“Lithium Quartz”, as it was labeled by metaphysical vendors, became an extremely popular and hard to find crystal from Bahia, Brazil everyone wanted in their collection. 

Healingcrystals.com says:

“Lithium Quartz Crystal is pure clear quartz with inclusions of magenta-colored Lithium ions. Lithium Quartz is a combination of pure clear quartz with inclusions of Lithium rich minerals.  The Lithium is often seen as a pale pink to mauve phantom within the quartz.”

Ravencrystals.com says:

                “Lithium quartz occurs as prismatic quartz crystals with phantom inclusions of lithium material.”

Crystalhealingforwomen.com:

“Its colors are thought to come from inclusions of Lepidolite, a Lithium mineral, as well as other minerals such as Manganese, Aluminum, Iron & Kaolinite.

Lithium Quartz Crystal is pure clear quartz with inclusions of magenta-colored Lithium ions

I could go on, but basically each shop just adapts the same description over and over.

Here’s what the laboratory found:

• The pink color is a result of iron content, submicroscopic particles so finely divided that they yield the pink color observed.
• Manganese is also present but in far lower concentration than iron and titanium.
• Aluminum was not detected; thus the pink color is not caused by inclusions of lepidolite.
• Lithium is not a chromophore, the pink color is not related to lithium.
• Lithium content: 32 parts per million, far less than other lithium bearing minerals.