'Healing' crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they're just pretty stones.
‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. Amanda McCracken © The Washington Post/iStock When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed the gift and the positive protective energy my friend said he could feel with his hands. I even placed it on the dinner table the night of my induction. It couldn’t hurt, could it? Although the market for diamonds has seen a de...