Crystal system: Isometric. Cell salt: Iron disulphide, often with substantial amounts of nickel and cobalt. Colour: Pale to brass-yellow, sometimes tarnished with a brownish film of iron oxide. Energy: Electric. Element: Air. Planet/sign: Mercury/Gemini; Moon/Cancer; Saturn-Uranus/Aquarius. Uses: Polished Pyrite is an excellent divinatory tool. It may also be used to focus the attention, transmit healing energy, or to attract money and good health.
Crystal system: Isometric. Cell salt: Hydrous aluminium silicate. Colour: Creamy white; reddish brown; black; often with hand-painted surfaces. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Earth. Planet/sign: Mercury/Gemini; Moon/Cancer; Saturn-Uranus/Aquarius.
Crystal system: Isometric. Cell salt: Hydrous aluminium silicate. Colour: Brick red. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Earth, air and fire. Planet/sign: Mercury/Gemini; Moon/Cancer; Saturn-Uranus/Aquarius. Uses: Pipestone is used primarily to fashion the sacred pipe, which is always handled with utmost respect. The bowl is filled with canshasha, the red willow bark tobacco, or herbs such as sage or wild cherry bark. Then the pipe is lit and the smoke offered to grandfather sky, grandmother earth and to the four directions. As the pipe is shared among the people, the smokers become one … Continue reading
Crystal system: Orthorhombic. Cell salt: Magnesium iron silicate. Colour: Yellow-green; dark yellow-green (Olivine). Energy: Electric. Element: Earth and fire. Planet/sign: Venus/Taurus; Sun/Leo; Mars-Pluto/ Scorpio. Uses: Peridot is both a receiver and transmitter of healing energy. It is a helpful agent in clearing emotional and physical congestion. There is a connection between Peridot and the digestive, assimilative and eliminatory systems and it may be used to bring light into the dark, hidden regions of the bowel. While Peridot is strong and resistant, it has been known to sustain damage if the … Continue reading
Crystal system: Opal is an amorphous stone and not linked with any specific system. Cell salt: Hydrous silica, often with some iron and aluminium. s Colour: White (White Opal); Yellow, red, pink (Fire Opal); brown, green grey, or blue flames in a black field (Black Opal); pale blue, green, orange (Precious Opal); colourless. Energy: Neutral-electric. Planet/sign: All. Uses: The Opal has been gravely misunderstood. It is difficult to wear because it is very fragile and needs special care and conscious attention. If you wear an Opal ring, for example, be … Continue reading
Crystal system: Obsidian is an amorphous solid of glass substance formed from volcanic lava. Cell salt: Spherulites of feldspar fibres with crystalline silica. Colour: Generally black with smoky, translucent to transparent edges; also black mixed with grey, reddish brown, mahogany, dark green, forming thin bands or marbled. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Earth and fire. Planet/Sign: Saturn; Mars-Pluto. Uses: Round spheres of Obsidian are still sold in Mexico today. Use them in place of clear quartz crystal for divinatory purposes. Obsidian can aid the decision-making process. It is capable of both attracting … Continue reading
Crystal system: Orthorhombic. Cell salt: Magnesium phosphate. Colour: Grey, brown, or colourless. Energy: Electric. Element: Fire. Planet/sign: Sun/Leo (exact cell salt equivalent); Venus-Neptune/Taurus; Mars-Pluto/Scorpio. Uses: Newberyite dissolves old habit patterns and encourages the development of new and constructive thoughts, images and actions. Use this stone to strengthen the heart muscle, improve blood circulation and to relieve pressure on the spine resulting from a back injury.
Crystal system: Monoclinic. Cell salt: Potassium aluminium silicate, sometimes with large amounts of sodium. Colour: Transparent; opalescent; moon-like, silvery white light. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Water. Planet/sign: Moon; Venus-Neptune/Pisces. Uses: Due to the moving spirit-light inside the stone, moonstone is a trance-inducing gem and may be used for hypnotherapy, scrying and all manner of divinatory work. As in earlier times, the moonstone may be used to instill tender passion in the hearts of lovers. Place moonstone in your mouth during a full moon to read what the future holds for your … Continue reading
Crystal system: Hexagonal. Cell salt: Moldavite falls into a subgroup of stones called tektites, which are silica based, or glassy meteorites. Colour: Translucent olive green. Energy: Electric. Planet/sign: Mercury/Virgo: Jupiter/Sagittarius. Uses: Moldavite allows us to reach the deeper levels of conscious awareness. I have found it to be a more effective medicine for those who have practised some serious form of self-discipline, such as martial arts or spiritual pathwork. The Otherworld quality of Moldavite mesmerizes and quietens the senses. Use it to increase your knowledge of the relationship between heaven … Continue reading
Crystal system: Tetragonal. Cell salt: Potassium phosphate. Colour: Yellow. Energy: Electric. Element: Fire. Planet/sign: Mars-Pluto/Aries (exact cell salt equivalent); Saturn/Capricorn. Uses: Meta-ankoleite is difficult to obtain. However, should you get your hands on it, its healing energy resonates predominantly within the body-earth, as it purifies the blood and strengthens the central nervous system through the cellular groups in the head, heart and sacral areas.
