Smokey Quartz is associated with the Root Chakra – Smoky Quartz is a variety of  Quartz, a silicate mineral. It is a crystal of primary formation which means it has been formed from molten magma. This usually happens in cavities in volcanoes where the combination of chemistry and structural arrangements of mineral deposits, atoms and substances pass from gas or liquid into a solid-state or through going out of solution by precipitation or evaporation.

Smoky Quartz is a type of quartz distinctive by its translucency which ranges from transparent to smoky opaque. It is formed through natural irradiation from free silicon from silicon dioxide.

All crystals belong to a different group according to the basis of the relationships of their axes. There are seven systems and 32 classes of symmetry. Smoky Quartz crystals belong to the Trigonal system.