Golden Healer
Lots of crystals have a layer of iron oxide when they come from the mine. However, what differentiates a “Golden Healer” quartz crystal is that the iron oxide is trapped under a thin layer of clear quartz so it can’t be removed by an acid bath as most iron oxide is.

Golden Healer quartz crystal emits an especially high energy. They are good for healing and have a soft, bright energy.

Often the lightly coated Golden Healers will have rainbow iridescence on the outer layer (like rainbows you see on oil slicks). This is called natural rainbow aura.

Iron Oxide Coated
Much of the crystal on this page is iron oxide coated but not Golden Healer because of the lack of the layer of quartz ‘sealing’ it in.

Crystals with the mineral and rust still on (and clay in some cases) tell us to “remember where you come from” and speaks to many levels and layers. Where we come from physically, what we’ve been through, (both emotionally and physically), where we come from in our past (this life) and where we come from ultimately (Spirit) etc. These crystals give us pause to reflect on our past and contemplate the residue of the experiences we have accumulated.

I will note in the description when a crystal is considered a Golden Healer or simply iron oxide coated.