Black Rutilated Quartz is the brightest of all dark stones.  Routile is in first place as the capacity to contain the highest amount of light strength in a black color. Since the black color is associated with the first chakra, Black Rutilated Quartz, also called Morione or smoked, is one of the most powerful stones to be used in therapeutic techniques with crystals, in order to stimulate and purify this energy center. When involuted, the root consciousness of the root chakra can be somewhat decadent, only for personal gratification, however, when this chakra becomes radiant with light and is balanced with the upper chakras, then it becomes the foundation on which it manifests the spiritual force in the physical body.