Rose Quartz Pendant - Shape: Chinese Pi or Oval Donut Description of the Rose Quartz pendant in the shape of a Chinese Pi or Donut OvalRose quartz is a stone that is linked to love. In the Middle East, civilizations linked the stone to the goddess of fertility, love and war: Astarte. Egyptians used it to beautify their physical appearance: they thought it could rejuvenate the features and slow the aging of the skin. Rose quartz was therefore used as a beauty tool but it was also placed in the tombs of the deceased nobles at that time among the Romans and Egyptians as an offering. Greek legend told that the stone came from the goddess Aphrodite: one day, her lover, Adonis, was attacked by a wild boar during the hunt. The wild boar is said to have been sent by the god Ares, who is also a lover of Aphrodite and jealous of her relationship with Adonis. The wild boar would have fatally wounded the latter and Aphrodite would have cut herself