Chrysoprase and its properties
Physical properties of chrysoprase:
Chrysoprase is the most valuable stone in the chalcedony group. It is a form of quartz, and is usually found in an green apple color. The color may fade in sunlight, but often recovers in moist storage.
Chrysoprase has a hardness of 6 1/2 to 7 on the Mohs' scale, and a specific gravity of 2.58 to 2.64. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of chrysoprase: ... (see Note on Properties)
Chrysoprase can help you to achieve greater personal insight. Its calming and shielding energies can help you work through issues without the distractions caused by outside influences. It promotes the calm state of mind that is useful in objectively examining your problems and can help you to find realistic solutions to these problems.
This stone also can help you gain self esteem without ego. This can lead to greater confidence and allow you to interact better with those around you.
Chrysoprase is a good choice for those in management positions. It is said to bolster clarity of thought and creativity, allowing you to see problems and their solutions, often before they become big enough to cause serious trouble.
Physically, chrysoprase is said to help relieve gout, eye problems, and mental illness. This stone's subtle energies are also said to enhance fertility for both sexes and was historically used to help guard against sexually transmitted diseases.
Chrysoprase and synergy:
Chrysoprase is a good choice for those born during The Moon of Flowering - (21 May -20 Jun). Its ability to help develop creativity and to extend perceptions beyond the five senses can help those born during this time to grow.
Chrysoprase is also a good choice for those born during The Moon of Long Days - (21 Jun - 21 Jul). Its ability to help you achieve greater insight can allow you to see new paths to explore.
Chrysoprase can also benefit those born during The Moon of Cleansing - (20 Jan - 18 Feb). Its ability to help you explore new avenues can spark new innovations.
Chrysoprase is well suited to those born under the zodiac signs of Aquarius, Gemini, and Cancer.
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Physical properties of citrine:
Citrine is in the quartz group, its name derived from the lemon yellow color. Natural citrine is usually pale yellow. Many citrines found on the market are heat treated amethysts, these will show a red tint.
Citrine has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs' scale, and has a specific gravity of 2.65. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of citrine: ... (see Note on Properties)
Citrine is related to the sun. Like the sun, its vibrations are positive, uplifting, and energizing. This makes citrine a good choice for people that could use a little extra motivation. Citrine's energies have an energizing effect that can also lead to greater physical activity, and thus improve overall health.
Citrine also help to develop a feeling of security and inner calm. Its subtle vibrations can help displace negative ones, leaving you not only more open for constructive criticism, but also more able to use this criticism to move yourself in a more positive direction. This makes citrine a good stone to help you become a better you.
Citrine is a good stone for those seeking spiritual growth. It can help you be more in tune with your creative side, thus allowing you to understand things on a level that goes beyond the physical, 5 senses world. Citrine's calming energy makes it a good choice to use during meditation, and its positive vibrations will make the experience more rewarding.
Citrine and synergy:
Citrine is a good stone for those born during the Moon of Harvesting - (22 Aug - 21 Sep) Citrine's ability to help us look within and its energizing effects combine to help harvest and use the potential that is inside us all, and its motivating effects make it seem easier to follow through with the things that will lead to growth.
Citrine is part of the quartz group, and is able to to work with a wide range of different vibration levels and rates. This makes citrine a stone with a wide range of applications. Citrine is one of the best all-around stones for a new age.
Citrine is a good choice for those born under the zodiac sign of Virgo.
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Calcite and its properties
Physical properties of calcite:
Calcite can be found in clear, green, gray, yellow, pink, red, and blue. Calcite is calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and will dissolve in dilute hydrochloric acid. Some types are fluorescent in ultraviolet light.
Calcite has a hardness of 3 on the Mohs' scale, and a specific gravity of 2.71. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of calcite: ... (see Note on Properties)
Calcite is an aid to perception, allowing you to see things more clearly and to see reality in a new way. Its subtle energies help balance the spiritual and physical aspects of yourself, promoting a more harmonious way of life.
The double images produced when you look through clear calcite are a reminder that things are more than they seem. We are both physical and spiritual creatures, existing at in the material, every-day world and in the realms of energy.
Calcite is a calming stone. Its influence is said to help you look within and determine if some of the aspects of your life are in need of change. Calcite can help you make the transitions between a stagnant or negative situation and a more positive one.
Calcite has long been believed to aid memory. By helping you remember important information at critical times, it can allow you to gain more insight from your personal experiences, and often prevent you from repeating your mistakes in life.
Calcite can be used as an aid to meditation. Its soothing energies promote a peaceful mental state that will help you get more benefit from meditation. It is also used to facilitate astral projection and other forms of non-physical exploration.
Physically, calcite is said to be beneficial to the bones, joints, and the cleansing organs. It can also be used for those suffering from ligament damage, arthritis, and nervous tension. It is a good choice for athletes and anyone that puts undue stress on their bodies.
Calcite and synergy:
Calcite is a universal stone, well suited for those born at any time of the year.
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carnelian and its properties
Physical properties of carnelian:
Carnelian is in the chalcedony family, which is part of the quartz group. Carnelian is translucent to clear and is usually found in red to orange, though brown carnelian is sometimes found.
Carnelian has a hardness of 6 1/2 to 7 on the Mohs' scale, and has a specific gravity of 2.60 - 2.65. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of carnelian: ... (see Note on Properties)
Carnelian is in tune with the energies of the Earth. Its strong connection with the Earth makes it a good stone to help keep you anchored and comfortable with your environment. Carnelian's grounding influence allows you to fell settled and more secure.
Carnelian's stimulating energies influence the reproductive organs. This stone has long been used as a fertility symbol for this reason.
Carnelian can also help to stimulate creativity. It seems to have a clearing effect, dispelling negative energies as it replaces them with positive ones. This can make it easier to find direction, and its grounding effects can make it easier for you to feel in control of your life. This makes carnelian a good stone for people who feel like they are going nowhere.
Carnelian can help with motivation, allowing you to find the energy to make the most out of life. It is also said to help purify the blood and the liver, giving you more physical energy. This makes carnelian a good stone for people considering new projects or directions.
Carnelian and synergy:
Carnelian is a good stone for those born during The Moon of Ripening - (22 Jul - 21 Aug) Carnelian's energies are grounding and can help you to feel secure enough to pause and reflect. This quiet introspection is an important tool that allows growth. People born during this time of the year benefit from carnelian's ability to replace negative energies with positive ones.
Carnelian is a good stone for people with the zodiac sign of Leo.
| Chalcedony and its properties
Physical properties of chalcedony:
Chalcedony is a form of quartz. Types of chalcedony include; agate, carnelian, jasper, and onyx. Gray is the most common color, but chalcedony can also be found in black, brown, blue, and white.
Chalcedony has a hardness of 6 1/2 to 7 on the Mohs' scale, and a specific gravity of 2.58 to 2.64. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of chalcedony: ... (see Note on Properties)
Chalcedony is said to make you more reflective while maintaining an objective, constructive perspective. This combination will allow you to be more self assured and better able to find the confidence to make positive changes in your life.
Chalcedony's energies are soothing and stabilizing. They enhance mental stability, promoting inner peace and emotional honesty. Chalcedony is also said to dispel the negative energies that manifest as anger.
Traditionally, chalcedony has been used to eliminate negative influences that can cause bad dreams. This stone is also an aid to openness in communications. It can help you to verbalize your feelings and express your needs.
Chalcedony is a cleansing stone. It is said to promote the rapid healing of open sores. This cleansing quality is so strong that chalcedony needn't be cleaned after such use. It absorbs and dissipates the negative energies so they are not passed on.
Healers should include chalcedony in their healing kits because of this strong protective property. Chalcedony's healing energies are said to benefit the eyes, gall bladder, blood, bones, spleen, and circulatory system.
Traditionally, chalcedony has been used to eliminate negative influences that can cause bad dreams.
Chalcedony and synergy:
This stone is a good choice for those born during The Moon of Long Nights - (23 Nov - 21 Dec). Those born during this time of the year can benefit from chalcedony's ability to make communication easier. Chalcedony also can help you see things in a more objective light, allowing those born during this time to better benefit from their introspective natures.
Chalcedony is well suited to those born under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius.
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Physical properties of chrysocolla:
Chrysocolla has a greasy, vitreous luster, and is often opal-like in appearance. It decomposes in hydrochloric acid, leaving a silica gel. Chrysocolla is blue to blue-green in color.
Chrysocolla has a hardness of 2 to 4 on the Mohs' scale, and a specific gravity of 2.00 to 2.40. | |  | | |
Metaphysical properties of chrysocolla: ... (see Note on Properties)
Chrysocolla helps promote honesty, and can help you to feel more comfortable speaking the truth without feelings of guilt. Its subtle energies are an aid to open communications.
This stone's soothing energies can help you to overcome stress. It promotes serenity, peace, and tolerance. Chrysocolla can help you become more open to intimacy and is said to attract and nurture feelings of unconditional love.
Chrysocolla can make you more sensitive and better able to express the love you feel for those around you. It promotes and encourages gentleness and nurturing.
Chrysocolla can help to ease fears and allow you to let go of past pains. It sooths and refreshes the heart and emotional aspects of yourself, helping you find the inner wisdom that can manifest as clarity of purpose and renewed hope for better times to come.
Physically, chrysocolla is said to help with arthritis and other diseases of the bones and joints. It also is said to be beneficial to the organs of the digestive tract. This effect, combined with chrysocolla's stress relieving properties, can help those suffering from ulcers.
Chrysocolla is also said to help women during childbirth and help regulate menstrual irregularity.
Chrysocolla and synergy:
This stone is a good choice for people born during The Moon of Harvesting - (22 Aug - 21 Sep). Its energies can help those born during this time to discover and use their inner resources to discover new paths toward personal growth.
This stone is also a good choice for people born during The Moon of Flowering - (21 May -20 Jun). Chrysocolla can help those born during this time of the year overcome the fears that prevent them from trusting their intuitive side. This can help them expand into new directions.
Chrysocolla is well suited to those born under the zodiac signs of Virgo and Gemini
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