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Crystals ~PIOG~

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on Feb. 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM

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i'm using a single book for these posts... Crystals by Jennie Harding... the book gives lots of information about the crystals themselves, explaining the various structures & lattices as well as healing layouts & the many uses for each crystal all broken down based on color... my plan is to make a seperate post for each of the colors listing the crystal name & the properties associated to that crystal... they may be slow in comming as i have a partial knee replacement surgery on the 13th... hope the information helps...

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on Feb. 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM

The Brown Ray
Brown crystals & stones are generally seen as grounding, connecting to the earth, powerful personal cleansers & protectors of your environment. They are useful to cary with you if you tend to live more 'in your head' rather than 'in your body', or if you run around feeling like you are being pulled in all directions. The calming & grounding energies will help restore your steadier sense of self.

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 Smokey Quartz
Form & Structure: trigonal, often in long well defined points or clusters.
Color: light brown to dark brown & sometimes almost black.
Rarity: easily obtained in both large pieces & in small polished stones.
Hardness: 7
Physical/Emotional Uses:
focuses & grounds a person's energy in the present bringing peace & calm ~ helps ease pain in the lower back, hips & legs ~ neutralizes negativity in the human energy field & aura ~ counteracts the effects of radiatin such as the electromagnetic field around a TV or computer ~ protects your home from negative energies ~
Healing Effects: used in crystal healing layouts to create a safe & nurturing energy field for the release of negative emotions ~ place a large piece between the feet or smaller stones on either side of the body as protection ~
Personal Uses: place large pieces by electrical equipment, carry smaller stones with you or wear as a pendant ~ hold a small stone in each hand to calm negative emotions

Petrified Wood
Form & Structure: wood fosilized by minerals in the microcrystaline quartz group giving it a structure & appearance of agate
Color: mottled brown, black & reddish brown, depends on the mineral combinations
Rarity: easily available in small pieces & large slices
Hardness: 7
Physical/Emotional Uses: cleansing to both the liver & the blood ~ aids in stiff joints & arthritus ~ eases stuck emotions around old issues ~ clears old patterns linked to difficult relationships, especially those of ancestral origin ~ is a symbol of slow evolution into new forms & so helps to connect spiritually to the deepest history of our planet ~
Healing Effects: in healing layouts place over the pubic bone or the base of the spine to stabalize the root chakra
Personal Uses: meditating with it can help encourage the transformation of patterns that seem 'set in stone'

Brown Jasper
Form & Structure: hexagonal microcrystaline quartz, impurities of limonite make the jasper brown, smooth texture
Color: brown, also red, yellow, green, purple, blue & multicolored; Mookite is reddish brown. all are opaque with variations of specks & stripes
Rarity: very common as larger piecesor small polished tumblestones
Hardness: 6.5
Physical/Emotional Uses: helps clear toxins from the body & supports the immune system ~ strengthens the energy at the base of the spine ~ Mookite is used to help reproductive issues & is a good stone to hold or carry during pregnancy
Healing Effects: like smokey quartz it neutralizes negative energies & electromagnetic interference ~ grounding & centering, enabling a connection with the earth ~ Mookite links to distant generations & helps dissolve old family issues
Personal Uses: place it on the forehead or hold it in the hands to help calm stress & tension ~ meditate with it to help stabalize your body within your energy field

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The Red Ray

Red crystals, such as garnet & ruby, have a powerful effect on the physical body, often bringing a sense of warmth, stimulation & comfort. In healing, they are used to generate more energy in the system if life force is low. Physical, mental, or environmental stresses can cause damage to the body making us feel cold, depleted, & lacking in energy when everyday demands take over. The rich luster & vibration of red stones renew our strength & our ability to take our lives into our own hands, make decisions, & take action.

 

Garnet

Form & Structure: garnets can take many forms, the most common being a 12 sided crystal with diamond shaped faces. Of the 6 main types the pyrope or almandine varieties are most commonly associated with the name garnet.

Color: pyrope garnets are dark to ruby red with a translucent shine when polished. Almandine garnets are reddish brown.

Rarity: easily obtained, either as raw or gem-quality stones.

Hardness: 7

Physical/Emotional Uses: pyrope garnets bring vitality & warmth to the system, improving circulation & promoting positive feelings of love. Almandine garnets are more grounding, energizing the root chakra.

Healing Effects: Can be used in crystal-healing layouts to create a sense of “feet on Earth, head in Heaven,” balancing mind & body. Placed on the pubic bone, heart, or between the feet they create a sense of true alignment.

Personal Uses: Wearing garnets as jewelry is the easiest way to experience their effects. Garnets are traditionally the birthstone for the month of January.

 

Ruby

Form & Structure: trigonal structure, creating distinctive hexagonal crystals with a shining vitreous luster when polished.

Color: deep blood red & red to various shades of pink.

Rarity: gemstone quality is readily available & expensive, with uncut stones easy to obtain & inexpensive.

Hardness: 9

Physical/Emotional Uses: strong affinity to the blood &circulation, helping to warm cold limbs & ease chilliness, invigorating the system & bringing renewed energy & strength, & improving self-confidence & courage.

Healing Effects: in crystal-healing layouts, rubies promote powerful & positive feelings, helping to strengthen the energy field/aura of the person & encouraging spiritual expansion. Place them over the heart or the pubic bone to increase the life force in the body.

Personal Uses: make a gem remedy using a raw stone. Meditate with ruby to increase vitality & independence. Ruby is traditionally the birthstone for the month of July.

 

Red Tiger’s Eye

Form& Structure: hexagonal, easily shaped into rounded, polished stones that have a silky feel & reflect the light.

Color: red (heat treated), also yellow, blue, & blue-green.

Rarity: easily obtained as small polished tumblestones.

Hardness: 7

Physical/Emotional Uses: red tigers eye is warming & grounding, helping to ease sluggishness & “winter blues”. Gently energizes the body & awakens sexual energy. Red tiger’s eye is a good stone to place in a bath along with rose quartz to sooth the emotions.

Healing Effects: in healing layouts, red tiger’s eye can be used to energize the lower abdomen, particularly the area around the navel, soothing & releasing emotional tension.

Personal Uses: place on the pubic bone & lower abdomen to ease stress. Hold tumblestones in either hand to energize the corresponding side of the body.

 

Red Jasper

Form & Structure: microcrystalline quartz in a trigonal structure. Opaque appearance with a dense color.

Color: red, also yellow & brown.

Rarity: easily obtained & inexpensive in large pieces, carved globes, or small tumblestones.

Hardness: 6.5

Physical/Emotional Uses: red jasper is gently energizing & supportive, grounding & protecting the body & strengthening the energy field. Energizes the circulation & warms the system. Promotes self-belief & the courage to act.

Healing Effects: in healing layouts, it can be used on the root chakra or laid in a circle around the body to strengthen the energy field, especially after a period of illness.

Personal Uses: place under the pillow to facilitate lucid dreaming. Hold tumblestones in each hand to stabilize & balance energy.

 

Zincite

Form & Structure: hexagonal in the natural state; as by-products of zinc smelting, glasslike with a translucent quality.

Color: red, red-brown, dark red, orange, & green

Rarity: natural zincite is rare; the smelted variety is easier to obtain.

Hardness: 4

Physical/Emotional Uses: used to raise the energy of the root chakra throughout the spine & whole system, causing a profound increase in sexual energy & power (this is the foundation of all creative impulses – whether expressed through a relationship with another person or through individual creative pursuits – and in India is called the rising of the kundalini serpent)

Healing Effects: place it over the base of the spine, the pubic bone or heart. Best used in short applications; it is powerful & needs to be used with care because it has pronounced effects & the system needs time to get used to these effects.

Personal Uses: a piece placed in your space is a powerful symbol of personal transformation.

 

Spinel

Form & Structure: cubic with pyramid-shaped points, often in small spiny formations, hence its name, with a glasslike transparency. Larger examples are found in metamorphic bedrock, such as marble.

Color: typically red, also green, blue, brown, purple & black.

Rarity: available from specialist suppliers.

Hardness: 8

Physical/Emotional Uses: has an energizing effect on body & mind, creating a positive outlook & a refreshed approach to the future. Spinel is used to detoxify the body & is also capable of healing emotional toxicity.

Healing Effects: in grounding & cleansing healing layouts, it is used on the base of the spine, over the pubic bone, or between the feet as an “anchor” to prepare the body for spiritual expansion.

Personal Uses: place a piece in your workspace to encourage inspiration.

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The Orange Ray

Orange crystals are a popular choice for jewelry because they are cheering & warming shades, enlivening any colors. In healing, these colored stones are used to help heal emotional imbalance & enhance self-confidence in emotional expression. Bright orange shades can be too stimulating, but softer, more muted apricot or peach colored shades are alternatives. Intuitive color healers will mute the orange ray according to their patient’s needs.

 

Orange Calcite

Form & Structure: an amazing variety of shapes & forms exist, & key forms are rhombohedral, like large pointed teeth, often in pairs.

Color: orange, also clear, blue, green, honey, pink, brown, black, gray.

Rarity: easy to find in all colors, either as large polished spheres, or as smaller chunks or points.

Hardness: 3

Physical/Emotional Uses: all the calcites have a gentle, soothing look & feel, & the orange variety is connected with the sacral chakra, releasing negative emotions & enhancing zest for life, useful for enhancing creativity & playfulness, which help solve seemingly impossible problems & is employed to balance the digestive system.

Healing Effects: in the bath use with other soothing stones like honey or pink calcite to calm stress & anxiety, in healing layouts place over the solar plexus or lower abdomen to calm the digestion or to prepare someone gently for expansion into new levels of energy.

Personal Uses: hold one stone in each hand for a soothing inner balance or as a focus for meditation.

 

Aragonite

Form & Structure: orthorhombic formation with a glasslike shine & texture, & with many crystals radiating from a central point or clustering around a single central pillar.

Color: orange-red, also brown, yellow, green, blue, grey.

Rarity: obtain from specialist outlets

Hardness: 3.5 – 4

Physical/Emotional Uses: helps balance the emotions & the physical body, easing feelings that have been trapped inside, changes feelings of helplessness into self-confidence, helps support the skeleton & the bones, the physical frame of the body, its orange-red color energizes the sacral chakra & warms the body by gently increasing circulation.

Healing Effects: in healing layouts aragonite used over the lower abdomen clears & heals negativity & emotional blocks, used over the heart or the throat it facilitates feelings & expressions linked to past events.

Personal Uses: wear aragonite in a pendant over the heart to ease the emotions, or place in a healing room to enhance higher energy frequencies.

 

Carnelian

Form & Structure: trigonal with fibrous layers of quartz, creating soft smooth bands of color & a hint of translucence.

Color: orange in different shades, from pale to deep orange-red; stones can be clear ro show a wide range of specks, stripes, or markings.

Rarity: very easily obtained

Hardness: 7

Physical/Emotional Uses: speeds up healing processes, especially after trauma or injury, helps improve elimination & increases vitality & strength, purifies the blood & improves circulation, helps bring courage when facing personal challenges.

Healing Effects: used with rose quartz over the heart, carnelian balances sexual energy with the vibration of love, in healing layouts, placed on the lower abdomen, it energizes the sacral & root chakras.

Personal Uses: lay on the lower abdomen or lower back, place in the bath or wear over the heart for warmth & support.

 

Sunstone

Form & Structure: triclinic system with a translucent or milky appearance, forms in blocks or slightly slanted termination points.

Color: good specimens are orange with plenty of inclusions; poorer specimens are creamy white or pale orange with few specks.

Rarity: easily sourced from crystal suppliers

Hardness: 6 – 6.5

Physical/Emotional Uses: helps lift depression & anxiety, clearing the mind of negative thoughts to enable positive decision making, creates a feeling of expansion, balances the orange sacral chakra & the yellow solar plexus chakra, helping the mind & emotions work together, eases aches, pains & rheumatism.

Healing Effects: in healing layouts place on the lower abdomen to work on the sacral chakra, or lay on the throat to ease soreness or difficulty with communication

Personal Uses: wear over the heart to spread light & positive energy to the whole body, meditate with the stone to experience its energy

 

Copper

Form & Structure: cubic metal forming natural smooth nuggets, or inclusions in other minerals such as malachite, azurite, & cuprite.

Color: dull orange, green when oxidized

Rarity: natural-formed nuggets are occasionally available as collectable mineral samples

Hardness: 3

Physical/Emotional Uses: commonly worn as a bracelet to help ease arthritic or rheumatic pain, its properties as a conductor make it useful if physical or mental energies feel blocked or stuck.

Healing Effects: in healing layouts place copper over the thymus gland on the breastbone to support the immune system & build energy in the body.

Personal Uses: display in arrangements with malachite to cleanse & harmonize personal spaces.

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i really enjoyed your post.  i have been working with crystals for many years and i am always amazed at how much information is out there to learn.  i like how you placed all the stones and properties according to their color...  great info...thanks