The spectacular quartz route in Chile is located in the northern part of this country, specifically in Quilimarí Valley, a beautiful place with a tourist attraction that has been growing thanks in large part to the mineral benefits that exist in its vast geography, which highlights quartz, whose value lies not only in its use in various industrial processes and in the world of jewellery, but it is widely used to perform therapies and harmonize people’s energy field, which is also known as gem therapy or healing process through stones.
This is how the quartz route is promoted in this valley located in “La Serena” city as a tourist destination where people can make trips in natural environments which offer spectacular trails before reaching the mine where there are large pieces of quartz which, according to experts in the processes of healing with stones, offer the opportunity to people to balance their energy chakras or vortices that we all have and which are basic in the appearance of diseases, because if they are blocked or unbalanced, the physical, mental and emotional body is affected.
These healing properties of quartz also allow people to access to these stones to perform therapies, and even to acquire jewelry or amulets containing this precious gem. For these reasons, this route is also known as “The Mystical Route of Quartz”, associating this mineral and the route itself with the “Healing of the Soul” since, according to specialists in the field, the mineral acts directly on the energy field.
This conception of the quartz route is derived from the initiative of the Tourism Network of the Quilimarí Valley, where this route begins to extend through 42 kilometers into the interior of this valley where there is a statue with applications of quartz and metal which marks the beginning of the journey, and reaches the town of Tilama, where the quartz mines are and it gives the opportunity to walkers to participate in the process of mineral extraction.
In this way, it is convenient to reach one of the most well-known cities in the region such as La Serena, and travel only half an hour to be located at kilometer 16 of Route 41, as if you were going to Vicuña, where the Route of Quartz begins, to which the locals confer a special mystic power because, according to the ancestors of this zone, quartz favours people’s spiritual balance and fills the environment with positive energy, attributing certain healing properties to the physical, mental and spiritual body.
On the other hand, the properties of quartz in the foundry processes of other minerals are well known, as well as its pyro and piezoelectric properties, which make it very useful and fundamental in the precision electronics industry. Also, colored varieties such as amethyst and Citrine are widely used in jewelry to make various types of jewelry, as well as it served as a raw material for many years to make china and glass.
In this way, reaching the spectacular Quartz Route in Chile is an adventure that will fill you with positive energy, peace and harmony; you only have to contact Mr. Luis Castillo, who belongs to the third generation of a family of miners that for more than seventy years have been dedicated to exploiting this mineral, and is currently dedicated to guiding people who want to make the journey and reach the mines that are at the top of “Los Corrales” sector.
The route connects the walkers with nature, and from the highest parts spectacular landscapes can be observed, but there is a crossroad located between the Stream of Talca and Route 41 which serves as a reference to get into the hills, so that the people follow a route that combines hiking, enjoyment of nature, and watching of the fauna and flora of this wonderful place with the opportunity to perform therapies and energy healing processes through quartz.
It should be noted that as you go to the top of “Los Corrales” sector, you can see pieces of quartz on the ground, and if you manage to dig a little, pieces of different sizes and different levels of transparency start to appear.
It is important to mention that the Mystical Route of Quartz in Chile has increased the tourist activity in the region, since the mystical characteristic of these stones has awakened the interest of people who practice meditation and believe in the energetic power of stones, the reason why the influx of domestic and foreign tourists to the mines has increased where the mineral is extracted.
There is a group called Kreaser Therapists that makes excursions to the Route of Quartz in La Serena, which they call the Mystical Route of the Quartz because, according to them, this mineral gives them the opportunity to connect with nature and helps people to harmonize their energy field, ensuring that the walkers get a wonderful treasure which gives them peace along natural paths which in turn have a native vegetation which adorns the route, and upon reaching the quartz mine they feel full and connected with the divine source of the universe.
ALFA