Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles are also called “parallel twinned crystals” or Dauphine Twins.

A quartz crystal castle has many points in more or less parallel alignment. They look like cathedrals, castles, temples, lighthouses, or even tiny cities. Although they may look like a group of crystals fused together, each is actually a single twinned crystal that has grown many parallel tips. The combined energy of this huge number of perfectly aligned points makes this crystal a powerful healing and manifestation stone, as all the points are in energetic resonance with each other. Such parallel quartz crystals have an architecture and geometry that is unique on earth. My personal belief is that all human architecture was originally based on the crystalline geometries expressed by minerals eroding out from the ground. Quartz in particular, is very durable, and lasts for millions of years unchanged. Quartz castles are found in almost every country, and can take on many colors and tints. Sometime, minerals trapped in the quartz can appear as floating color layers in the crystals. (See Phantom Crystals.) A crystal castle or crystal city can have 6 or more different colors in it.

I have seen architectural quartz crystals that look like:

  • Castles
  • Cathedrals
  • Temples
  • Lighthouses
  • Cities
  • Skyscrapers
  • Chalets
  • Pyramids
  • Churches
  • Chapels
  • Pueblos
  • Cave dwellings
  • Tipis
  • Steeples
  • Towers
  • Peaked roofs
  • Geometric arches
  • Windows
  • Doorways