True unadultarated citrine. It’s ~divine~. It’s like petrified, golden sunlight. Natural, As-Mother-Made-It, citrine is actually quite rare. There is some coming out of Brazil, some from Africa, and some from Madagascar, but most of the “citrine” on the market is actually heat-treated amethyst. See, they take amethyst that is too light to sell well as […]
I’m not sure why, but I like to say the word carnelian like I’m Doctor Evil from Austin Powers. ~Car-neeee-leeee-annnn~ *Stacie puts her pinky finger against the corner of her mouth* It’s just a fun word to say. I also have to confess to having one of the world’s strangest collections. I collect carnelian specimens […]
I have written a fairly comprehensive blog article on your regular variety of rose quartz that you can see by clicking here. It’s a good place to start to learn about the basic foundation of rose quartz’s meaning and healing properties. And then there are the exotic varieties of rose quartz that are pretty dang […]
Hematoid rose quartz is pretty rare stuff from Madagascar. Sometimes it takes awhile to get back around to some of the raw readings that Christopher and I have done. I just looked at my notes and the first pass at hematoid rose quartz was 3/28/13. Dang, I hadn’t even left my husband yet, but the situation was […]
Oh Poly, Poly… you little shape shifting minx, you. I just sifted through files in the wooey room and found Chris and my old notes about polychrome jasper. It made me laugh a bit because the original ~attempt~ at a reading was all the way back in January of 2013. Polychrome was not grabbing anyone’s attention back then. It was […]
(Intuitive development workshop crystal grid: lapis lazuli, Moldavite, azurite, iolite, scolecite, Spectralite, precious opal, moonstone, Ocean Jasper, apatite, and amethyst.) What is an energy “signature”? Most of the metaphysical properties of stones are derived from their “energy signatures”, insights said to be encoded in their physical qualities, geology, or symbolism. Although the concept is found […]
Salt is the common name for the mineral halite (NaCl, sodium chloride), a combination of the metal sodium and chloride, an ion related to the gas chlorine. The name comes from the Greek halos “salt, sea” and the suffix “ite”, derived from the Greek lithos, “stone” It is pronounced “hay-light”. The main metaphysical properties of […]