What are crystals good for? What’s the best gemstone for me right now? How do I pick? What does this one do? Why am I drawn to this particular crystal lately?
Read below to find out!
Notes on Care and Cleansing
Crystals work hard to take care of us, and we need to take care of them in return. Most crystals take on energy from their users and environment, so remember to cleanse new or gifted stones before use, or after you wear them. Remember that intention is key when doing energy cleansing. As you cleanse your crystal, you may wish to say or think something like, “May this crystal be free of all negative or harmful energy, and retain and be recharged with energy that is for my highest good.”
Some at-home energy cleansing methods include:
Smoke cleansing with incense such as sage or palo santo; passing a crystal quickly through a candle flame; leaving the crystal in the sun or moonlight for a few hours or overnight (caution: some stones, such as amethyst or rose quartz, will fade in the sun!); rinsing with water, or placing in water or salt water (check if it is safe for that crystal to be exposed to water); placing in a dish of salt overnight (a good option for soft stones such as selenite).
Note that all items from Island Britt are already thoroughly cleansed before being sent out to you!
Crystals
Amazonite 天河石
Amazonite is a beautifully soothing stone, calming the mind and the nervous system alike. Dispelling negative energy and aggravation, Amazonite’s calming energy also helps the wearer to blend outside information with intuition.
It heals the heart and throat chakras, so you may speak your truth with love. Thus, we may see multiple sides of a situation more clearly.
This gentle blue stone is also said to protect against electromagnetic and cellphone radiation.
Amethyst 紫水晶
Amethyst is a powerful, protective, stabilizing stone, excellent for “beginners” to the crystal world. It transmutes bad vibes into love, supporting you in coming to terms with loss.
It is said to bring serenity and focus, calming a scattered and overactive mind. For this reason, it is also used beside the bed as a sleep aid.
In folklore, amethyst is also used to curb cravings and support sobriety.
Quartz 水晶
This harmonizing crystal brings the body back into balance. It amplifies energies, raising them to the highest vibe possible.
Because of its tendency to amplify the energy of whatever is around, it’s a good idea to cleanse quartz regularly. Whether under running water or with a smoke cleanse, remember – intention is key!
Rutilated Quartz 髮水晶
Rutilated Quartz is a variety of quartz with golden threads, signifying abundance and prosperity.
This brilliant crystal is relaxing and opening, soothing dark moods. It is said to aid transitions and growth, and to provide insight and forgiveness.
Holding a “perfect balance of cosmic light,” Rutilated Quartz lights up the wearer’s mood, aura, and energy levels down to the very cells of our being!
Rose Quartz 粉水晶
This stone of unconditional love opens the heart at all levels, attracts love, and helps you accept that you ARE lovable. It brings deep inner healing and self-love, self-forgiveness, self-acceptance, self-trust, and self-worth.
Rose quartz is calming and reassuring; a great emotional healer, this stone is excellent for use in trauma or crisis (including mid-life crisis!). Rose quartz aids in the acceptance of necessary change, soothing grief, deprivation, and internalized pain. It restores trust and harmony, gently replacing negative energy with loving vibes.
Promoting receptivity to all kinds of beauty, rose quartz is an excellent tool to enhance the use of positive affirmations!
Black Tourmaline 黑碧璽
Tourmaline is a grounding, protective stone, bringing balance and alignment into one’s life and ridding the wearer of victim mentality. It helps ground your spiritual energy into the physical, aligning “above and below, within and without.” Its most powerful attribute is dispersing tension, negativity, and stress.
Black tourmaline is said to protect against cell phone and electromagnetic radiation; it is recommended that those spending a lot of time around electronics wear this stone.
As it does work hard to dispel negativity, it is important to “cleanse” it often.
Pink Morganite 摩根石
This delicate, gentle variety of beryl is perfectly suited for the Heart Chakra.
Pink Morganite’s calming nature is said to build positive relationships, and it encourages loving thoughts and compassion.
Tiger’s Eye 虎眼石
Traditionally carried as a stone of protection, Tiger’s Eye helps you stay stable and centered, even in the midst of chaos.
It is associated with the lower chakras, particularly the Solar Plexus (3rd) chakra: manipura.
This shimmering stone provides grounding, confident energy. It is the choice to bring you down to earth and help you move forward in life, bestowing you with the courage to change.
Red Tiger’s Eye in particular provides motivation, and helps in overcoming lethargy.
Blue Kyanite 藍晶石
The blade-like shape of kyanite reflects its ability to slice through confusion, clearing through energetic blocks, illusion, frustration, and stress.
Blue kyanite is said to strengthen and heal the voice and throat, and is particularly good for the Throat Chakra. Kyanite is a self-cleansing stone, as it does not hold negativity.
K2 Jasper – K2藍點石
K2 Jasper comes from the mountain, K2, in the rugged Karakoram Range, and contains brilliant blue specks of Azurite. It is said to aid in accessing & understanding higher knowledge.
Due to the stone’s grounding and high vibe nature, it balances and centers the wearer.
Obsidian 黑曜石
A strongly protective and powerful stone, obsidian works rapidly to reveal truths of all kinds. It is said that one of its key uses is for revealing the underlying pattern or cause behind disease, dissolving blockages in a rapid, cathartic manner.
When associated with the Root Chakra (Muladhara), obsidian is said to aid in manifesting and grounding the spirit to the “real” world. When used with the Third Eye (Ajna) Chakra, this stone dissolves blocks to provide absolute mental clarity.
Remember to cleanse obsidian frequently, as it draws out negative energies from the environment and the wearer. Sunlight, smoke cleansing, and rinsing with water are all suitable cleansing methods for this stone.
Landscape Jasper 圖畫石
Also known as Picture Jasper, Landscape Jasper’s powerfully grounding energy helps one tap into the Earth’s energy during meditation, bringing comforting warmth to the wearer.
This visionary stone brings harmony & spiritual rest, and aids in overcoming artistic blocks by inspiring creativity.
Landscape Jasper is also said to help wearers find their place in the world.
Labradorite 拉長石
The brilliant, iridescent Labradorite is found in a variety of colours ranging from opaque greens and blues, to the more translucent Grey Labradorite. Either way, the deep flashes of colour seemingly emanating from this gemstone inspires mysticism in many, including some who say it contains the power of the Aurora Borealis.
Some say Labradorite aids the metabolism, menstrual tension (PMS), and boosts vitality. A bringer of light, Labradorite helps bring new ideas while also being said to calm an overactive mind through contemplation and wisdom. Just as the Aurora connects earth and sky, this beautiful crystal helps the wearer ground spiritual energies into the physical body. This allows for transformation, while strengthening faith in oneself and in the universe that everything happens at exactly the right time.
A perfect gemstone for those who feel easily influenced by the world around them, protective Labradorite also dispels and repels fear, stress, and insecurity – both from the self and from external influences.
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