One of the most common questions we receive at The Crystal Bar is: How do I cleanse my crystals?
Crystals are powerful energy holders, they absorb, store, and transmit energy from the spaces and people around them. Over time, just like us, they can become energetically tired or heavy. Cleansing your crystals helps them release any stagnant or negative energy they’ve absorbed, allowing them to shine, energetically and physically, once again.

Whether you’re using crystals for healing, protection, meditation, or simply keeping them around your home, regular cleansing ensures they’re vibrating at their highest frequency and aligned with your intention.
💫 Why Crystals Need CleansingCrystals act as energetic sponges. When they work with us, absorbing stress, protecting our energy, amplifying intentions, they can sometimes hold on to those vibrations. Think of cleansing as a spiritual reset button, bringing your crystals back to their natural, balanced states. After all, they can only give out what they’re able to hold, so keeping them clear keeps their energy pure and powerful.
🌙 When to Cleanse Your CrystalsYou don’t need a strict schedule, but here are a few times when cleansing is especially helpful:

✨ When you first bring a new crystal home.
✨ After using it in healing, meditation, or intention work.
✨ After emotional or stressful events.
✨ During the New Moon or Full Moon.
✨ Anytime your crystal feels dull, heavy, or less “alive.”
Trust your intuition, if a crystal feels energetically dense or just “off,” that’s your sign it’s time for a refresh.
🔮 Ways to Cleanse Your CrystalsThere are many ways to cleanse crystals, choose the one that feels right for you and safe for the type of crystal you’re working with.
🌕 1. Moonlight CleansingA favourite at The Crystal Bar, moonlight is one of the gentlest and most powerful ways to cleanse. Place your crystals on a windowsill or outside under the moon overnight, especially during the Full Moon, when energy is at its peak. The moonlight resets and recharges their vibration with divine feminine energy. Best for: all crystals, especially delicate ones like Selenite or Celestite.
🔥 2. Smoke or Incense CleansingUse the smoke from herbs such as consciously sourced sage, palo santo, rosemary, or incense to cleanse the energy of your crystals. Gently pass each crystal through the smoke while setting the intention to release any energy that no longer serves you. Best for: quick energy resets, ritual cleansing, and intention work.
💨 3. Sound CleansingSound carries vibration, and vibration moves energy. You can cleanse crystals using singing bowls, bells, tuning forks, or even gentle chanting. The sound waves help to break up stagnant energy and restore harmony. Best for: all crystals, especially when cleansing an entire collection at once.
🌊 4. Water CleansingSome crystals love the energy of natural water, like spring water, rain, or a running stream. Gently rinse or submerge your crystal for a few minutes while visualising it being purified.
⚠️ Important: Not all crystals are water-safe. Avoid water for Selenite, Malachite, Lapis Lazuli, Pyrite, and any soft or porous crystals, as they can dissolve or rust. Best for: Quartz family, Agate, and most tumbled stones.
🌞 5. Sunlight CleansingA few hours in gentle sunlight can revitalise your crystals. The light helps to recharge their vitality and warmth. However, avoid prolonged exposure, as some crystals (like Amethyst, Rose Quartz, and Fluorite) can fade in direct sunlight. Best for: Citrine, Carnelian, Tiger’s Eye, and other solar stones.
🌿 6. Earth or Salt CleansingCrystals come from the Earth, so returning them to the soil or placing them in a bowl of natural salt can help draw out old energy and restore their natural frequency. Bury them in the Earth overnight (or for a full moon cycle) to let Mother Earth work her magic. Best for: grounding and protective stones like Black Tourmaline, Smokey Quartz, and Hematite.
🌟 7. Energy or Visualization CleansingIf you work intuitively, you can cleanse your crystals simply through intention. Hold your crystal in your hands, take a deep breath, and visualise white or golden light flowing through it, clearing and rebalancing its energy. Best for: personal practice and when you want to deepen your connection with your crystals.
💎 After Cleansing: Recharging and ReprogrammingOnce cleansed, your crystals are energetically clear, like a blank slate. It’s the perfect time to recharge and set your intention.
Hold your crystal, close your eyes, and state (out loud or silently) what you’d like it to help you with, whether that’s protection, self-love, abundance, or peace. Crystals respond beautifully to clarity and gratitude.
🌸 A Final Thought from The Crystal BarCleansing your crystals isn’t just about them, it’s about you, too. It’s a moment to pause, reset, and realign your energy with the universe. When you cleanse your crystals, you’re also cleansing your own space, aura, and intentions.
So, next time you feel a shift, a release, or a need for renewal, gather your crystals, light your incense, and let the ritual bring you back into harmony with your energy, and theirs.
✨ Written with love by Claire Titmus, Founder of The Crystal Bar

This is one of the most popular questions we receive at The Crystal Bar — “Why do crystals break?”

​You might be holding a favourite crystal one moment, and the next, notice a small chip, crack, or even that it has split entirely. It can feel disappointing or even emotional, especially if it’s a crystal that’s been with you through a big part of your journey. But the truth is, crystals breaking isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, it’s often deeply meaningful.

🌙 Crystals Are Energy Holders

Crystals are not just pretty stones, they are energetic beings, each with their own frequency and vibration. Over time, they absorb and store energy from you, your environment, and situations around you. Think of them as tiny energy batteries, always working to balance, protect, and align your energy field.

Sometimes, when a crystal has absorbed too much energy, especially heavy or stagnant energy, it can reach a point where it can no longer hold that vibration. The result? A crack, a chip, or a complete break. This isn’t a failure; it’s a release. Your crystal has done its job and fulfilled its purpose.

💫 1. Stored Energy and Emotional Release

When a crystal takes on energy for you, whether it’s stress, grief, protection, or emotional healing, it can sometimes store that energy until it becomes “full.” The internal pressure of this energy build-up can cause the structure to fracture, much like an emotional release.

In these moments, your crystal has transmuted the energy it was holding for you. It may have helped you heal, protected you through a difficult time, or absorbed negativity that you no longer need to carry. Its breaking can be a sign of completion, a beautiful reminder that healing has occurred.
You can thank the crystal for its service, cleanse any remaining fragments, and either keep a piece as a reminder or gift the rest back to the Earth.

🌿 2. Natural Weak Points in the Crystal

Many crystals grow with natural inclusions, fissures, and internal lines. These are part of their unique formation deep within the Earth. When temperature changes, humidity shifts, or the crystal experiences even a tiny amount of physical pressure, those internal fault lines can expand, leading to a break.
This is purely natural and doesn’t lessen the energy or beauty of the crystal. In fact, it’s often seen as a reminder of the crystal’s organic journey from the Earth’s core to your hands.

🔮 3. Physical or Environmental Damage

Sometimes, the reason is simple, your crystal might have been dropped, knocked, or exposed to elements it doesn’t like. Certain crystals (like Selenite, Calcite, and Fluorite) are soft and delicate by nature. They can chip, crumble, or flake even with gentle use. Others can react to extreme temperatures, water, or sunlight, which may cause cracking or fading. Always research your crystal’s care needs — not every one enjoys a water bath or direct sunlight! Proper care ensures longevity and energetic stability.

⚡ 4. Energy Misalignment or Overload

Crystals work in harmony with your vibration. If you’re going through a major shift, spiritually, emotionally, or energetically, your frequency changes. Occasionally, a crystal that once resonated deeply may no longer match your new vibration. This mismatch can cause energetic strain, and sometimes the crystal will physically break as a way of saying, “I’ve done all I can here.” This is often a sign of growth, not loss. When this happens, it’s time to honour that transformation and perhaps gift or return the crystal to the Earth with gratitude.

💎 5. Neglect, Overuse, or Lack of Cleansing

Just like us, crystals need time to recharge. If a crystal is used continuously for healing, protection, or manifestation without regular cleansing or recharging, it can become energetically heavy. This build-up can lead to dullness, brittleness, or even small fractures. Cleansing with moonlight, smoke, sound, or gentle energy resets their frequency, helping them continue working in harmony.

🌕 What To Do If Your Crystal Breaks:

1. Pause and reflect – notice what was happening in your life when it broke. There’s often meaning in the timing.
2. Thank it – crystals respond beautifully to gratitude.
3. Cleanse the pieces – remove any stagnant energy.
4. Decide what feels right – keep one piece, gift one, or bury the rest to return its energy to the Earth.

Remember: a crystal breaking doesn’t mean bad luck, it often signifies healing, protection, or transformation complete.

🌸 A Message From The Crystal Bar
Every crystal carries its own journey, and when one breaks, it’s not an ending — it’s part of that sacred story. Whether through energy release, natural formation, or simple wear and tear, each moment holds meaning. Crystals are living allies of the Earth, guiding us through change, absorbing our pain, amplifying our light, and reminding us that even in the breaking, there is beauty.

✨ Lovingly written by Claire Titmus, Founder of The Crystal Bar

Crystals have been used and cherished for thousands of years, not just for their beauty, but for the energy they hold. From ancient temples to modern homes, these natural treasures have always been seen as gifts from the Earth, carrying the wisdom and vibration of time itself.

At their core, crystals are minerals formed deep within the Earth under immense pressure and heat. Each one grows in its own unique structure, some forming over millions of years, and it’s this structure that allows them to hold and emit energy. In science, that’s known as piezoelectricity, the ability of certain crystals (like Quartz) to generate an electrical charge. Spiritually, we understand this as their ability to store, amplify, and transmit energy , just like we do.

When we work with crystals, we’re connecting with the Earth’s energy field, a vast, living network that mirrors our own. Each crystal vibrates at its own frequency, and when we hold or place them near us, that vibration interacts with our own energy. That’s why Rose Quartz feels so soothing, Citrine so uplifting, and Amethyst so calming, their energy harmonises with our emotions, aura, and intentions.

Crystals can support us in many ways:
🌿 Emotionally – easing stress, promoting calm, and lifting the spirit.
💫 Spiritually – enhancing intuition, clarity, and connection.
🌸 Physically – supporting balance and vitality by influencing our energetic flow.

Whether you wear them as jewellery, meditate with them, place them in your home, or simply keep one in your pocket, crystals act as gentle reminders of your own power and potential. They help us to pause, ground, and realign, and in a fast-moving world, that’s something truly magical.
So, what are crystals? They’re Earth’s art. Energy in physical form. Beautiful companions on your journey of healing, self-discovery, and growth.