Stone and other Musings

Iolite “Water Sapphire”

Iolite “Water Sapphire”

A property called pleochroism is very pronounced in Iolite, producing different colors when the stone is seen through different positions. Over...

Amethyst

Amethyst "Purple Positivity" Throughout history, amethyst has sparked countless myths, legends, and beliefs across cultures. The ancient Greeks and...

Carnelian

Carnelian is traditionally worn to enhance passion, love, and desire

Herkimer Diamond "energy dispersers"

Herkimer Diamond, with its pure, crystal light, clears the chakras, opening channels for spiritual energy to flow. It stimulates conscious attunem...

Aqua Chalcedony

References:- [Ahsian, pp.] Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian, The Book of Stones (Berkley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2007).[Eason, pp. ]Cassandra ...

Yellow Jade, "Dream Stone"

Jade is said to bless whatever it touches, serving mankind across the globe for nearly 6,000 years. Jade has been the most highly esteemed stone in...

Feather symbolism

Feathers take on the meaning of the avian kind. So, we look to birds for their symbolic meaning. Birds represent freedom and inspiration. Whenever ...

Howlite, "emotional expression"

Howlite, also known as Magnesite, is a calcium borosilicate hydroxide mineral that crystallizes in the form of masses, nodules and occasional small...

Pink Tourmaline, Light of the heart and love

Pink Tourmaline may vary in color from pale pink to deep red, and in clarity from flawless transparent gems to opaque rough crystals, yet all are d...

Clear Quartz, “master healer”

The white crystals include moonstones, quartz, calcite, selenite, and white forms of lepidolite, topaz, and beryl. Use them to experience and appre...

Chrysoprase

chrusos prason "Australian Jade'' Chrysoprase opens, activates, and energizes the heart and sacral chakras, balances yin-yang energy, and bri*...

Amazonite, "Amazon Jade"

Like waters deep and ancient, Amazonite beckons in captivating shades of turquoise-green, promising to soothe the spirit and calm the soul. Its ene...

Rose Quartz, "Reawakening the heart"

Rose Quartz also inspires the love of beauty, in oneself and others, in nature, and especially that which stimulates the imagination - art, music a...