by Ron and Sue Windred | Sep 15, 2020 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Agate Meaning and Benefits. ~ Properties ~ Agate Meaning ~ Benefits ~ Healing ~ Agate. Here we will be concentrating on the generic qualities of Agate as there are so many different varieties. Agate Meaning – General Information Agate is a member of the Chalcedony...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Sep 8, 2020 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Smokey Quartz Meaning and Benefits. ~ Properties ~ Smokey Quartz Meaning ~ Benefits ~ Healing ~ Smokey Quartz Meaning – General Information Smokey Quartz (Smoky Quartz) is silicon dioxide and has a Trigonal crystal system. Its colour ranges from grey to warm brown,...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Jul 30, 2020 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Amazonite Meaning and Benefits. ~ Properties ~ Amazonite Meaning ~ Benefits ~ Healing ~ Amazonite Meaning – General Information Amazonite is also called Amazon Jade. A semi-opaque variety of microcline feldspar. Coloured green to blue-green and it is often streaked...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Jul 7, 2020 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Jade Meaning and Benefits. Properties ~ Jade Meaning ~ Benefits ~ Healing ~ Jade Meaning – History. Jade or “Yu” as it is called in China is a generic name for two different stones; Jadeite and Nephrite. In 1863 a French mineralogist determined that Jade...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Jul 23, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Apache Tears – Meaning and Benefits. Apache Tears – Meaning and Benefits – Apache Tear is a form of Obsidian with the same general properties as Black Obsidian, but gentler in its effect. At first glance it appears opaque, but is translucent...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Jun 25, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Obsidian – Meaning and Benefits. Black Obsidian is said to get its name from the discourse of Natural History written by the elder Pliny of Rome in reference to a volcanic glass called Obsian. It is a naturally occurring volcanic glass that is formed when molten...
by Ron and Sue Windred | May 28, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Tibetan Quartz – Meaning and Benefits Tibetan Quartz, also called Tibetan Black Quartz is colourless and transparent to slightly smoky crystal, with green to black inclusions of manganese and/or carbon. It also occurs in an opaque mostly black variety. It has a...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Apr 16, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Celestite – Meaning and Benefits Celestite – Meaning and Benefits – Celestite, also known as Celestine, derives its name from the Greek cœlestis, meaning celestial or heavenly and was so named by Abraham Gottlieb Werner in 1799. It occurs as crystals...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Mar 18, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Fuschite – Meaning and Benefits Fuschite – Meaning and Benefits – also spelt Fuchsite and Fuchite (so be very careful how you pronounce it) is a chromium rich, emerald green variety of Muscovite that can have a beautiful sparkly shine. It was named...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Feb 19, 2014 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Rhodochrosite – Meaning and Benefits Rhodochrosite – Meaning and Benefits – Rhodochrosite is also known as Inca Rose Stone and Raspberry Spar. An opaque stone with swirling patterns, its colour varies from bright red to soft shades of pink which is...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Dec 17, 2013 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Seraphinite – Meaning and Benefits Seraphinite – Meaning and Benefits – Seraphinite is the New Age name for Clinochlore which was discovered in the 19th Century in Russia, deriving from the Greek words, klino, meaning oblique, and referring to its...
by Ron and Sue Windred | Nov 19, 2013 | Crystal Meaning and Benefits
Chrysocolla – Meaning and Benefits Chrysocolla – Meaning and Benefits – Chrysocolla gets its name from the Greek chrysos, “gold”, and kolla, “glue”, referring to the material used since the earliest times by goldsmiths as an...
