 | Ajoite brings a sense of calm, inner peace and harmony. It aids connection to the higher Self and communication with the higher realms and beings. It is an excellent meditation tool. Ajoite releases negative energies from the physical, emotional, mental and etheric bodies thus removing unhelpful and out-dated emotions and blocks and bringing renewed sense of optimism and acceptance.
Photo shows green Ajoite on matrix. |
|  | Alexandrite aids spiritual development. It increases self-esteem and confidence. Alexandrite aids decision-making and getting the best from any situation. It is beneficial for the central nervous system, spleen and pancreas.
Photo shows Alexandrite rough rock. |
|  | Almandine Garnet balances all aspects of the physical and subtle bodies and promotes a feeling of peace. It is particularly helpful during a crisis and encourages a positive attitude and confidence. Allmandine Garnet energises the body; increasing motivation. It enhances the body's ability to regenerate, stimulates the metabolism and fortifies the immune system.
Photo shows an Almandine crystal in matrix.
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|  | Amazonite balances Yin and Yang energies and aligns the physical body with the subtle bodies, which strengthens the energies, making them more balanced and protective. It is helpful for students, as it assists clarity of thought and insight and soothes the nerves. Amazonite relieves muscle spasms (it is very good for childbirth) and reduces the symptoms of osteoporosis and calcium deficiency.
Photo shows a Amazonite tumblestone.
Microcline has the chemistry KAlSi3 O8, Potassium Aluminum Silicate and belongs to the mineral class Silicates, subclass Tectosilicates and Feldspars group. Amazonite is deep green variety of Microcline and if it is striped or veined it is known as Perthite. The coloured stripes are Microcline and the white or clear stripes are Plagioclase Feldspars. Microcline is a polymorph of other minerals that share the same chemistry but have different crystal structures.
Microcline crystal habits include blocky or tabular crystals that have an almost rectangular or square cross-section with slanted dome and pinacoid terminations and twinning is common. Crystals are translucent to opaque, colour is usually off-white, yellowish, flesh pink, brown or green and lustre is vitreous to pearly (dull if weathered). Cleavage is perfect in one and good in another direction forming nearly right angled prisms, fracture is conchoidal and hardness is 6 - 6.5. Specific gravity is 2.5 and the crystal system is triclinic.
Minerals associated with Microcline include Quartz, muscovite and Plagioclase Feldspars. Notable locations include USA, Russia, Norway and Madagascar. |
|  | Amber encourages spontaneity and a sunny, gentle disposition. It enhances good luck and happiness, bringing trust, peace and success. It is motivational and removes obstacles. It soothes and heals dis-ease in the aura, bringing the whole body back into balance. It is beneficial for stomach, spleen, kidney, liver, gallbladder and skin disorders. It eases painful joints, aids the healing of wounds and soothes teething pains.
Photo shows a polished piece of Amber. |
|  | Amblygonite aids the removal of blocked emotions, both releasing and transmuting negative energies. It balances the chakras, meridians and aura on all levels, bringing a sense of inner peace. It increases self-esteem, self-worth and self-confidence. Amblygonite encourages empathy towards others and promotes positive relationships. It facilitates the development of creative talents. N.B. Do not drink water in which Amblygonite has been placed.
Photo shows an Amblygonite rough rock.
Amblygonite has the chemistry of Lithium Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Fluoride Hydroxide and belongs to the mineral class Phosphates, Amblygonite group. It is a relatively common phosphate mineral, which is found in Lithium and Phosphate rich pegmatites as a primary mineral and as such is a source of Lithium and Phosphorus. In Amblygonite's chemistry, the Lithium and Sodium substitute for each other, however there is a greater percentage of Lithium than Sodium. The mineral, Natramblygonite has the same structure and chemistry as Amblygonite but has more Sodium than Lithium content. When powdered and placed in a gas flame, Amblygonite gives the flame a bright red colour, which indicates the presence of Lithium.
The colour of Amblygonite is generally white or creamy, but it may be colourless, pale yellow, green, blue, beige, grey or pink. The crystal system is triclinic, lustre is vitreous to greasy, fracture is uneven to conchoidal and specimens are translucent. Crystal habits commonly include anhedral masses and compact grains, however short prismatic, tabular or lath-shaped (equant) crystals occur sometimes. When twinning takes place elongated, flatten crystals are formed.
Its name is derived from the Greek word amblygonios meaning blunt angle. This refers to the fact that its cleavage angle slightly differs from 90°, thus distinguishing it from Scapolite, for which it was originally mistaken. Amblygonite has four different directions of cleavage at different angles from one another and with different qualities of cleavage.
Associated minerals of Amblygonite are many and include Lepidolite, Quartz, Albite, Elbaite, Topaz, Cassiterite, Apatite, Brazilianite, Beryllonite, Montebrasite, Lithiophilite and Spodumene. Notable locations include Minas Gerais, Brazil, France, Germany, Varutrask, Sweden, Sakangyi, Burma, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, as well as California, Maine, New Mexico, Arizona and South Dakota in the United States. |
|  | Amethyst aids meditation and encourages spiritual insight, honesty, inspiration and intuition; opening perceptual awareness. It supports those freeing themselves from addictions, particularly of alcohol. It brings comfort during times of sadness, grief and loss. Amethyst reduces tension and relieves the pain of headaches. It helps lessen pain and swellings from injuries and reduces symptoms of lung and intestinal dis-eases. It is an excellent pain reliever (on all levels) and facilitates healthy sleeping patterns (great for insomniacs).
Photo shows a Amethsyt cluster from Uraquay with neat dark purple crystals.
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|  | Banded (Chevron) Amethyst enhances and increases Amethyst's meditative uses. It aids cleansing of the aura and energises the chakras. It develops psychic abilities and repels negative energies.
Photo shows a Banded Amethyst tumblestone. |
|  | Amethyst Flowers have the energies of Amethyst plus the following. They encourage and enable the ability to be involved in many tasks, groups etc, whilst remaining centred and retaining a grip on what is important. They bring a calming, fluid energy to both individuals and the environment.
Photo shows an Amethyst Flower cluster.
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| ![Amethyst Mineralogy]() | Amethyst is a macroscopic member of the enormous Quartz (SiO2) family. It is recognised by its purple colour, which ranges from the palest, most delicate lilac to the deep almost black purples. It is found all over the world and the country of growth influences the colour differences. For example, in Uruguay Amethyst tends to be medium to dark in colour and to retain its colour throughout the piece, unlike those from Brazil. Amethyst from the Ural Mountains, Russia tend to be very clear and dark and are excellent to cut for top quality gemstones, natural uncut clusters are rarely available. Vera Cruz, Mexico is the site of one of the palest varieties. The crystals are clear and prismatic with many phantoms (having a clear quartz interior and an amethyst exterior) and some forming as sceptres.
Amethyst crystals are transparent, fine-sized to large and can occur as long prismatic crystals that have a six-sided pyramid at either end or they can form as druses, which are crystalline crusts of pointed terminations, usually found in cavities. The lustre is vitreous, hardness is 7 and the crystal system is trigonal. The colour and the shape of the crystals define the grade and therefore the price of a mineral specimen.
The name Amethyst comes from Greek and means not drunken. This is a reference to the ancient belief that if you were to drink alcohol from a goblet made of Amethyst you would not become drunk, and so avoid the side effect of a hangover! |
|  | Ametrine promotes optimism and hope, which leads to taking considered action to bring a sense of resolution and harmony to previously difficult relationships or situations. It brings good luck and stimulates creative energy. Ametrine brings a sense of general well-being due its cleansing effects on the metabolism and tissues, and its support of the autonomic nervous system.
Photo shows an Ametrine Buddha. |
|  | Ammonite (over 65 million years old) facilitates growth on your spiritual contractual path in a stable and manageable manner. It brings order from chaos on all levels. Ammonite is beneficial for those working in occupations where precision and analytical thinking is paramount. It eases symptoms of depression and helps with the birthing process.
Photo shows a spiney Ammonite. |
|  | Anatase aids connection with other worlds and of psychic development, particularly concerning all subtle energies. It helps in understanding the concept of blending past, present, and future energies into the Now. Anatase both precipitates changes and supports you whilst undertaking any kind of changes in your life, particularly those that you consider most challenging. It enhances the retaining and assimilation of new knowledge and skills.
Photo shows an Anatase rough rock.
Anatase has the chemistry Titanium Oxide, TiO2, and belongs to the mineral class Oxides and Hydroxides. It is a polymorph with two other minerals, Rutile and Brookite, and is the rarest of the three. There are two distinguishable habits of Anatase crystals. The commoner occurs as simple acute double pyramids with an indigo-blue to black colour and steely lustre. The rarer one may have numerous pyramidal faces and the colour is honey-yellow to brown. It is found in veins and cavities in schists, gneisses, granites, syenites and other related igneous rocks.
It was named by RJ Haüy in 1801 from the Greek word anatasis, which means extension, due to its unusually elongated pyramidial formation. When strongly heated to about 915 degrees Celsius, Anatase will automatically revert to the Rutile structure. |
|  | Chiastolite promotes stability and brings a sense of peace, even in the most challenging circumstances, whilst keeping a sense of reality. It is strong protector. It balances all levels of the body. Chiastolite facilitates finding the best direction and path for the moment. It strengthens analytical thinking and encourages letting go of anything that is no longer helpful, including belief patterns and behaviours, possessions and feelings of regret and guilt. It alleviates rheumatism and gout and fortifies the nerves.
Photo shows Andalusite.
Chiastolite is a unique variety of Andalusite that contains black or brown inclusions of carbon or clay, which are arranged in regular symmetrical shapes. Usually these are cruciform (X) and only seen when the crystal is sliced. Andalusite has the chemistry Al2 SiO5, Aluminum Silicate and is a member of the mineral class Silicates, subclass Nesosilicates. It is a polymorph with two other minerals, Kyanite and Sillimanite. A polymorph is a mineral that shares the same chemistry but a different crystal structure with one or more other minerals.
Crystal habits include massive, granular and prismatic crystals terminated by a pinacoid. The colour ranges through white, red, brown, orange and green, lustre is vitreous and crystals are transparent to translucent. Cleavage is good in two directions and fracture is splintery to sub-conchoidal. Harness is 7.5 and the crystal system is orthorhombic. Andalusite is named after the Andalusia district in Spain, where it was first reported in 1789. Other locations include Austria, California, USA and China. |
|  | Andradite Garnet facilitates the acknowledgement and understanding of the unknown, including other realms and beings. Its strong energy cleanses the aura and encourages the build up of strength, energy and vitality at all levels. It is a powerful stone that can cleanse anything within its energy field. Do not keep it near any programmed crystals as it may wipe out the programme. Andradite Garnet enhances perseverance, courage, stamina, motivation and determination. It aids the attraction in relationships and an understanding of what characteristics are looked for in a mate and why. It benefits the functioning of the heart, eases back and shoulder pains and reduces abdominal discomfort.
Photo shows Andradite Garnet crystals in matrix.
Andradite Garnet has the chemistry Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3, Calcium Iron Silicate and is a member of the mineral class Silicates, subclass Nesosilicates, Garnet group. It is the Calcium Iron Garnet and forms in contact, or regional, metamorphic environments, possibly from impure siliceous Limestones. Grossular Garnet, the Calcium Aluminum Garnet forms in a similar environment. Andradite is named after the Brazilian mineralogist J. B. de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838) and Demantoid is named after its adamantine lustre.
Andradite has varieties based on colour, Melanite is the black variety, Demantoid is the green variety and Topazolite is the yellow variety. Crystals are transparent to translucent, lustre is vitreous and the crystal system is isometric. Photo is of Demantoid Andraite Garnet.
Minerals associated with Andradite Garnet include Micas, Chlorite, Diopside and Serpentine. Well-known locations for this mineral include Ural Mountains in Russia, Italy, California and Arizona. |
|  | Angelite facilitates communication with angelic realms, encourages spiritual development and aids clairvoyance, astral travel and dream recall. It is an excellent stone for balancing the emotions, enhancing communication and overcoming challenges. Angelite helps protect against worries, and promotes courage and good fortune. It is good for relieving headaches and reducing infections. It reduces symptoms of throat infections caused by withholding verbal expression.
Photo shows an Anhydrite rough rock.
Anhydrite helps to break down out-dated thought and behaviour patterns. It releases stuck emotions and gently cleanses the heart chakra. It is especially helpful for those who feel burdened by responsibilities. Anhydrite encourages appropriate verbal expression. It lowers blood pressure and reduces tension.
Anhydrite has the chemistry CaSO4, Calcium Sulphate and belongs to the mineral class Sulphates. It forms as a result of dehydration of the rock forming mineral Gypsum (CaSO4-2H2O). It is named from the Greek anhydras meaning without water, as opposed to Gypsum, which has a water content.
Anhydrite is commonly white, grey or colourless and sometimes blue to lilac-blue. The blue to lilac-blue Anhydrite is commonly known as Angelite, due to its angelic colour. Anhydrite crystal habits are usually are massive or granular, but may be fibrous, lamellar or tabular, often elongated in one direction forming a prismatic crystal. Crystals are transparent to translucent, lustre is vitreous and the crystal system is orthorhombic. It is a soft mineral, with its hardness measuring 3.5.
Minerals associated with Anhydrite include Calcite, Halite and occasionally Galena and Pyrite. Well-known locations for Anhydrite are Mexico, Peru, Germany and India. |
|  | Apache Tear gives considerable comfort at times of grief. It facilitates understanding, insight, acceptance and forgiveness at this time, and for long-held grievances. It aids removal of toxins from the body and offers protection and support through challenging times. Legend says that the Apache Tear is one of the tears shed by Native American women mourning their men-folk who were driven over a cliff by cavalrymen.
Photo show an Apache Tear rough rock.<</u>>!! |
|  | Apatite encourages openness and extroversion. It reduces apathy, exhaustion, irritability and aggression and eases anger and sorrow. It aids and promotes communication on all levels (verbal, writing, artistic work, through music etc). It facilitates the ability to let go of someone or something that is no longer helpful to you, including unresolved issues from the past. Apatite encourages healthy eating habits (as its name suggests!), particularly the more yellow variety, and it helps reduce cellulite. Apatite stimulates growth of cartilage, bones and teeth. It lessens the effects of arthritis, rickets and joint problems, aids healing of broken bones and helps maintain correct posture.
Photo shows an Apatite egg.
Apatite has the chemistry Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) Calcium (Fluoro, Chloro, Hydroxyl) Phosphate. It belongs to the mineral class Phosphates and group Apatite. Actually, Apatite is one of three different minerals, depending on the amount of fluorine, chlorine or the hydroxyl it contains. Individually these are formally known as FluorApatite Ca5(PO4)3F, ChlorApatite Ca5(PO4)3Cl and HydroxylApatite Ca5(PO4)3OH. There may be elements of all three in any one specimen and it is difficult to distinguish them, therefore usually they are considered together.
Commonly Apatite forms in all the primary rock types, although metamorphic rocks are the more like place for crystals to form. Usually the crystals are transparent to translucent, prismatic or tabular and are trigonal/hexagonal. Other habits include granular, compact, reniform and massive and the lustre is vitreous. The colour of Apatite is varied and ranges through colourless, white, yellow, brown, red, pink, purple, blue, green and multicoloured. Apatite is found worldwide, particularly in Sri Lanka, Brazil, Russia, Canada, East Africa, Sweden, Spain and Mexico. It is associated with Hornblende, Micas, Nepheline and Calcite. In the past Apatite was often confused with other minerals, for example Beryl and Olivine, which is why it was not named Apatite until 1786. The word comes from the Greek apatao, which means to delude or mislead. |
|  | Apophyllite encourages honesty, openness and tranquillity. It reduces fears and anxiety and gently releases suppressed emotions. It removes energy blocks and negative thought patterns. Apophyllite reduces the symptoms of allergies and respiratory problems, (particularly asthma) as well as stimulating the nerves.
Photo shows an Apophyllite cluster.
Apophyllite (Hydrated Potassium Calcium Silicate Fluoride) is a member of the Silicate class of minerals with the subclass Phyllosilicates. Usually Apophyllite specimens are found in ancient lava and basalt flows. The crystals grow in the now solid cavities (amymydules or vesicles) that were formed by air bubbles when the rock was molten.
Apophyllite has crystals that tend to peel or flake apart when they are heated, hence its name, which translated from Greek means to leaf apart. The flaking occurs because of the loss of water molecules. The crystals have a vitreous to pearly lustre and are often four sided prisms truncated with either a steep four-sided pyramid or a pinacoid termination or both.
Their structure is layered with alternating silicate sheets and the potassium, sodium, calcium, fluorine and water layers. However, unlike other Phyllosilicates, the Apophyllite Group silicate sheets are composed of interconnected four and eight-member rings, which have a four-fold symmetry. Only Apophyllite group members have this unique interconnected four and eight-member ring structure. |
|  | Aqua Aura enhances spiritual development particularly psychic skills and awareness, meditation, telepathy and dream-work. It aids distant healing work and protects from psychic attack. Aqua Aura enhances communications of all kinds and especially verbal. It attracts success and prosperity. It reduces symptoms of dis-ease of the throat, thymus gland, stress-related illness and immune system deficiencies.
Photo shows an beautiful Aqua Aura cluster.
Aqua Aura is Quartz that is gold infused by taking 12 hours to heat the quartz to 1600F while setting a vacuum equal to 2 earth atmospheres, then letting chemically purified gold vapours into the chamber when the temperature and vacuum are correct. This bonds the gold to the lattice of the crystal, forming a permanent bond to the surface of the quartz and giving it an electric blue colour. |
|  | Aquamarine encourages spiritual growth, foresight, mediumistic qualities and clairvoyance. It promotes honesty, dynamism, persistence and success, coupled with light-heartedness and a happy disposition. It clears confusion and brings unfinished business to conclusion. Aquamarine regulates growth and hormonal balance by harmonising the function of the pituitary and thyroid glands. It improves both long and short sightedness. It calms overreactions of the immune system and is effective for allergies, particularly hay fever.
Photo shows a Aquamarine tumblestone.
Aquamarine is the blue-green variety of the mineral Beryl, a Beryllium Aluminium Silicate. Other varieties include Emerald (green), Morganite (pink), Heliodor (yellow) and those that are referred to by their colour e.g. Red Beryl. Aquamarine is coloured by trace amounts of iron in the crystal structure. |
|  | Aragonite stabilises spiritual and physical developments that are moving too fast. It is calming and brings a feeling of physical well-being. It enables flexibility of thinking and behaviour within boundaries. It promotes a connectedness with nature. Aragonite regulates the metabolism of calcium, strengthens the immune system and helps digestive disorders. It is particularly good for spinal problems and it warms the body when chilled by colds or flu.
Photo shows an Aragonite 'sputnik'. |
|  | Banded Aragonite aids intuition and psychic and spiritual development. It heightens awareness of the place of the Self within the Universe. It balances the subtle bodies, as well as the physical and brings a sense of peace and well-being. Banded Aragonite regulates the metabolism of calcium, strengthens the immune system and helps digestive disorders.
Photo shows a Banded Aragonite tumblestone. |
|  | Blue Aragonite enhances intuition and psychic abilities and facilitates communication with other realms. It lifts the mood and increases thoughts of achievement (I can do it). It aids verbal communication and speaking from the heart. Blue Aragonite is helpful against respiratory dis-ease. It relaxes muscles and reduces tension, anxiety and stress
Photo shows a Blue Aragonite tumblestone.
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| ![Aragonite Mineralogy]() | Aragonite has the chemistry CaCO3 Calcium, Carbon and Oxygen and is a member of the mineral class Carbonates, Aragonite group. It is found widespread around hot springs, forming in metamorphic and sedimentary rocks in limestone areas. Aragonite is a polymorph (having the same chemistry but a different structure) of Calcite in addition to having different symmetry and crystal shapes. It is unstable at normal temperatures and pressures, stable at higher pressures, but not at higher temperatures. If heated to 400 degrees C, it will spontaneously convert to Calcite if the pressure is not also increased. Vaterite, an extremely rare mineral, is a polymorph of Aragonite and Calcite also.
Perhaps Aragonite's best-known crystal habit is the twinned pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals that it produces (Sputniks), which is due to an error during the growth of the crystal. Another of Aragonites crystal habits is flos ferris, a delicate formation resembling coral, or twigs on a tree. In addition, it may be compact, granular, radially fibrous and massive. Aragonite is a constituent of many sea creatures' shell structures and occurs in Septarians (a fossilised sedimentary structure). Aragonite may be white, or colourless with shades of red, yellow, orange, brown, green and rarely blue. Crystals are transparent to translucent, the lustre is vitreous to dull and the crystal system is orthorhombic.
Aragonite is named after its type locality, Aragon province in Spain where it was discovered in 1788. However, it is found in many areas of the world including Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain United Kingdom and USA. Among Aragonites, many associated minerals are Gypsum, Barite, Smithsonite, Malachite, Calcite, Celestite, Zeolites and Quartz. |
|  | Astrophylite promotes optimism and a positive view of the Self. It removes unhelpful belief, thought and behaviour patterns thus enabling the Self to develop. Astrophylite aids astral travel. It benefits the reproductive system and regenerates at the cellular level.
Photo shows an Astrophylite palmstone.
Astrophylite has the chemistry (K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2(SiO3)8(O,OH)7, Potassium Sodium Iron Manganese Titanium Silicate Hydroxide. It is a member of the mineral class Silicates, subclass Inosilicates, Astrophylite group. It is a rare mineral found in some unusual granites and syenites. The crystal habits of Astrophylite include thin bladed, fine sized, stellate (spherical or radial in star-like aggregates and lamellar in massives. Crystals are translucent to opaque, the lustre is sub-metallic to pearly and the crystal system is triclinic. The colour ranges from brown through bronze to golden yellow. Minerals associated with Astrophylite include Quartz, Feldspars, Nepheline, Micas and Aegirine. Notable locations for Astrophylite include Russia, Greenland, Norway and Canada. Astrophylite was discovered in Norway in 1854. It is named from the Greek astron phyllon meaning star leaf. |
|  | Atacamite stimulates images via the brow chakra (third eye). It protects during astral travel and meditation. It heals and cleanses on many levels particularly from the heart, throat and brow chakras and the etheric body. Atacamite is beneficial for the kidneys and it aids the nervous system.
Photo shows microcrystalline and platy Atacamite on matrix.
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|  | Aurichalcite aids meditation. It facilitates regeneration of the nervous system, particularly in the brain. Aurichalcite calms and soothes both the physical and emotional bodies.
Photo shows Aurichalcite on Calcite matrix. |
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