A happy and harmonious home is filled with compassion, understanding, and abundance. Set your intention to invite harmony with rose quartz, amethyst, and citrine. Compassion is the capacity to feel for those in emotional or physical pain. It opens your heart in sympathy. Understanding is a mental or intellectual grasp of the situation. Abundance is… Continue reading Crystals for a Happy Home
Hematite supports a sense of grounding, supports your root, and connects you to the Earth. About Hematite Hematite is a soft iron oxide with a Mohs hardness scale rating between 5 and 6. Unpolished Hematite appears rusty with a rough texture. Polished Hematite is dark grey and slightly metallic looking. Important to note, Hematite: You… Continue reading Hematite
Unakite encourages you to embrace your emotional responses to move through them. About Unakite Unakite manifests as a pink and green blend of pink Orthoclase, Feldspar, Epidode and Quartz. It may also contain traces of titanium due to the epidote. If it lacks Feldspar it is called Epidosite. On the Mohs scale of hardness, it… Continue reading Unakite
Garnet encourages investing in your relationships and advocating for your causes. About Garnet While all silicate-based minerals, Garnet manifests in a variety of chemical compositions and colors from clear and colorless to black. Some of the colors and varieties in the Garnet group are: Garnets range from 6.5 to 8.5 on the Mohs scale of… Continue reading Garnet
Selenite vibrates at a very high frequency, clearing and balancing your energy centers, and bringing other stones back to their highest frequency. About Selenite Selenite manifests as translucent, ribbed as Satin Spar, or opaque rosettes as Desert Rose. It also shows itself in orange. In all forms it is a very soft hydrated calcium sulfate… Continue reading Selenite
Citrine sparks the fire of self-confidence, calling in the abundance that comes with stepping into your personal power. About Citrine Citrine is a yellow quartz, silicon dioxide. This places it on the Mohs scale of hardness at 7. Naturally occurring Citrine is pale, clear yellow and is found in few places. These include: Heat treated… Continue reading Citrine
Black Tourmaline actively attracts and neutralizes energy perceived as negative. Access this power to cultivate a positive, relaxed attitude of your own. About Black Tourmaline The striated appearance of Black Tourmaline can make it appear fragile. This is deceiving because it sits between 7 and 8 on the Mohs hardness scale. Its chemical composition is… Continue reading Black Tourmaline
Labradorite opens your intuition and allows you to see all sides of an issue, perhaps even in a new light. About Labradorite Labradorite is a 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs hardness scale. It is calcium aluminum silicate and is warming in nature. Originally discovered in the Canadian province of Labrador, you can also find… Continue reading Labradorite
Fluorite balances head and heart, protects from external influence and encourages focus. About Fluorite As calcium fluoride, Fluorite is a soft mineral in the halide group. It scores at, and is representative of, 4 on the Mohs hardness scale. Fluorite may appear in one, or a combination of, the following colors: And it can be… Continue reading Fluorite
Lepidolite is a stone of stability. It can teach you to access your spirituality when emotions run high. When strong or erratic emotions create turbulence, soothing Lepidolite brings peace. About Lepidolite The chemical composition of Lepidolite is potassium lithium aluminum silicate. It manifests as a sheet silicate which you may know as mica. This fragile… Continue reading Lepidolite
