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DANBURITE- is powerful and durable

DENDRITIC AGATE - Encourages connection with plant kingdom, maintains centering, earth healer, abundance in business and agriculture.

DIAMOND - (crystal made of carbon) Diamonds are the birthstone for April, is the hardest and most brilliant of gems. It is the chief symbol of marital happiness and as such the most popular engagement and anniversary stone. Diamonds are listed as the hardest gemstone on the Mohs’s scale, at a 10.

Ancients believed that diamonds were splinters of shattered stars.

There are so many factors to take into consideration when purchasing a diamond, such as size, clarity, and color, most jewelry stores will be happy to explain the differences in each diamond. Some diamonds may be laser drilled to improve dark inclusions. Some diamonds may be treated with a glass like substance to mask fractures. The presence of laser drilling or fracture filling should always be disclosed to the consumer. Although it is generally considered legal and ethical to sell clarity -enhanced. Diamonds as long as the consumer is informed of the treatments.

Diamonds are the “king” of all precious gems. It represents omnipotent power, purity, and strength. It is also the symbol of trust, commitment, innocence (our true nature) and Love. It power will absorbs and amplifies thoughts and attitudes of user, other gems, and wear’s strengths and weaknesses. Diamonds are comprised of carbon, the foundation of all life, the diamond assists the wearer in the transformational process towards perfection. Diamonds have been known to attract inspiration, genius, and abundance. Balances metabolism, de-toxifies the body, and strengthens the eyesight. Vivifies all Chakras: Prosperity, generosity vs. miserly; love vs. distrust; overview spirituality vs. lust, immediate gratification. Use with loving clear intent; clears blocks, opens crown Chakra: spiritual love, peace, clarity, trust and confidence. Cleanse thoroughly (it can hold other’s previous attitudes and emotions). Ancient also use for detoxing. The clear diamond is said to bond relationships, and encourage innocence, love, longevity, balance, clarity, profundity, abundance, courage, purity, hope and discernment. This stone helps us get to the essence of things. The black diamond grants us the courage to look within without illusion. The blue diamond inspires us to take better care of our health and strengthen will power. Pink diamonds foster creative expression and yellow diamonds make us more thoughtful and considerate.

DICHROIC GLASS-is produced in optics laboratories. Extremely thin layers of metal oxides-such as titanium, selenium, and tin are deposited onto clear glass in a vacuum chamber. This coating reflects certain wave-lengths of light and allows other to pass through. The glass changes color when viewed from different angles due to laws of light refraction. The color is determined by the thickness of the coating as well as the material used. When seen from a different thickness of coating, thus producing a different color. Dichroic Glass has many uses in aerospace industry, photography, and optics. The technology is called "Thin Film Physics."

DIOPTASE- deep green- An aesthetic quality for overworking overstudying, when the brain has been overly stimulated. Mental and spiritual attunement. It is also good for high blood pressure and pain.

DOLOMITE - Relieves sorrow, “everything happens for a reason”, encourages original thinking.

DRUSY- in a mineralogical term applied to small quartz points of even height under 2 mm. They emit in light and lively energy. The cheerful energy is attractive to children and the inner child. Placing jewelry or other stones on drusy is good for energy cleaning and balancing. Drusy is affected by the mineral it covers if not quartz.

DUMORTERITE - Eliminates stubbornness, patience, stimulates verbalization of spiritual ideas.

DUMORTIERITE- Dumortierite,Al7(BO3)(siO4)3O3 is basic aluminum borosilicate. It occurs in aluminum rich metamorphic rocks. It is named after a French paleontologist Dumortier. The natural bright blue color of Dumortierite often causes it to be confused with lapis lazuli, sodalite, azurite, and lazulite; however, it has also been found to be violet , pink, and transparent to translucent. In the past, Dumortierite has been mined in Nevada for use in manufacturing porcelain for spark plugs. Origin Brazil.

EILAT - (blue-green) Combination of copper based minerals: turquoise, chrysocolla, azurite and malachite. Detoxifies system and balances the yin/yang, aids subtle body alignment.

ELESTIALS - Gift from the angels, overcome emotional burdens, activates memory, contains wisdom and records, stabilized brain wave frequencies, expanded awareness, assists in mass cleansing.

EMERALD - (green) The name is of ancient origin. The Latin smaragdus appears to have referred to the stone we call emerald, which is now considered as a distinct species. It is basically the green variety of beryl, although not all gem-quality green beryls are called emeralds: yellow-green stones are called heliodors; soft blue green or even pale green specimens are called aquamarines.

The typical color is beautiful, distinctive hue known, in fact, as emerald green and in sues to traces of chromium in the crystal structure. But emeralds can be light or dark green, bright green or leaf green. The vitreous luster is not outstanding, and is strongest in medium-light stones with few inclusions. All emerald contains inclusions, although in the best quality stones, these are very faint and not visible to the naked eye. They show up under a 10x, 20x, or 40x lens. The most common shape for gems is the step or trap cut, which is also known as the emerald cut. They are occasionally given a mixed, oval cut, while antique stones are found with hexagonal, step cuts, cabochon cuts, or pear shapes with a hole in them, often used as pendants. On the Moh's scale Emeralds are between a 7.5 and 8.0.

The typical emerald color is virtually unmistakable. Some very rare specimens of jadeite jade, which are less transparent and have different physical properties, only equal it. To the initiated, the inclusions in emerald can be highly distinctive: a bubble of gas in a liquid, within spindle-shaped or, more rarely, truncated prismatic cavities; birefringence, circular plates of mica; multifaceted pyrite crystals or calcite rhombohedra. However, a microscope is almost always needed to recognize them. Although not the typical emerald color, some green tourmalines may look similar, but they can be distinguished either by their marked pleochroism, or by the fact that tourmalines which are given an emerald cut display alternating, longitudinal lines of lighter or darker color, when viewed through the table faucet. Olivine may also be a verdant green color vaguely similar to that of some atypical emerald; but the powerful birefringence of olivine is detectable with a simple lens, a double image of the opposite faucet ages being clearly visible in certain directions through the table facet. In any case, the density of either tourmaline or olivine immediately distinguishes the stone from emerald.

The biggest and the most beautiful emerald come from the famous Chivor and Muzo mines of Columbia. Much smaller quantities of emeralds, mostly of medium-light color, come from Brazil, and small, very intensely color stones, characterized by the numerous minute inclusions of molybdenite with a metallic appearance, are found in Transvaal. In the last few decades, increasing quantities of emeralds have been found in a series of small deposits in East Africa-principally in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania. These are quiet strong color sometimes with a bluish-green tinge; and they often contain mica plates and, sometimes, thin crystal needles. The most famous of this emerald are the ones from Sandawana in Zimbabwe, which are value for their color. Emeralds with similar characteristics also come from the mountains of India and Pakistan, as well as the Soviet Union, and formally Austria.

The Romans are known to have imitated emerald with skillfully worked green glass. Glass were also use in later centuries, extraneous particles sometimes being incorporated to simulated inclusions. Doublets have also been used as imitations, with a lower portion of green glass and a top portion of garnet, or triplets, with a layer of colored cement sandwiched between two layers of colorless beryl, synthetic spinel, or quartz, Synthetic emeralds have likewise been widely produced over the last few decades. Generally a good color, these are mainly distinguished from the natural variety by their inclusions and other features. There are a lot of synthetic stones about, but their cost is quiet high, so that the market from them is saturated.

Strengthens memory, increases intelligence foresight and prophecy, clear seeing, wisdom, enhances speech and creativity. “Stone of successful love”, domestic bliss, stimulates heart chakra, harmony, fidelity, joy, all healing.

FLOURITE - (Violet, blue, black, yellow to brown, green, pink, often zoned colors, seldom colorless. Luster: vitreous; transparent to translucent) Focusing and centering, assists in balance while working on computers, “genius stone: ability to concentrate, bones.
Streak: White

Cleavage: complete. Fracture: conchoidal, splintery, brittle. Flame test: dull red. Often violet, blue, or green fluorescence under ultraviolet light.

Aggregates: rough, sparlike, macrocrystalline to dense, rarely dendritic or crumbly; present in veins, pegmatites, and alpine crevices, as by-product of many rocks.

Found in: Harz mountains, eastern Bavaria, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Spain, USSR, USA, and Namibia.

Similar to: apatite, barite, chalcedony, calcite, halite and apophyllite.

Properties of stone: Understanding objectivity, advancement of the mind, concentration, raises the I.Q. to the highest mental capacity. Cleanser. Grounds excess energies and helps to work with large amounts or energy. Helps to focus and with mental imbalance and universal knowledge. Can be healing for strokes, arthritis mental disorders, and nervous systems.

FUCHSITE- Fuchsite, K9AlCr)2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 is hydrous potassium aluminum silicate. Fuchsite is a variety of muscovite, a type of mica, with up to 4.8% chromium oxide. Chromium is what gives fuchsite its bright green color. The presence of Fuchsite in the earth usually indicates that there are peridot or seperntine rocks nearby. Fuchsite’s primary use is its interest to scientists and collectors. It originates in Brazil.

GARNET - (deep rosy-red, pink or purple) Garnet is the name of a group of different colored minerals with similar compositions, silicate of magnesium, iron, and aluminum, belonging to the garnet family. It is more correctly a group of minerals consisting of mixtures in variable proportions of the two end-members. Mixtures in which magnesium clearly predominates over iron are called pyrope; those in which iron predominates are called almandine. The name garnet, which is derived form the Latin word “granatum” meaning pomegranate, because of the crystal’s red color and seed-like shape. Now applied to the entire family, was originally given to the garnets of the pyrope-almandine series, due to their resemblance to red pomegranate seeds (Latin name, malum granatum).

Usually in isolated, granular crystals, often in the form of a perfect rhombic dodecahedron. The color often reddish-brown, but can be a definite red, light red, violet red, or deep blackish red. The crystals, which are often semi-opaque, can be transparent and limpid, with highly lustrous faces. They have no cleavage.

Pyrope is normally found in peridotitic and eclogitic rocks and also in diamond-bearing kimberlite. Almandine is a characteristic mineral of metamorphic rocks. Due to their resistance to weathering, pyrope and almandine are often found in alluvial, secondary deposits or are nacreous rocks.

During the Middle Ages garnet was regarded as the gem of faith, truth, and constancy. Findings of garnet beads and inlaid work indicate widespread use of this gem in Egypt as far back as 3100 B.C. Today the chief use of garnet is still gemstones and jewelry making. On the Moh's scale garnets are between 7.0 and 7.5.

This mineral is very wide spread. Countries famous for garnets usable as gems include Czechoslovakia (Bohemia), South Africa, Madagascar, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Burma, Sri Lanka, and India.

Garnets are said to help with sexuality, assists in taking action, “stone of commitment”, stimulates kundalini, and provides energy. Garnets are very grounding, evokes stirs up from depths than soothes and integrates. Keeps energies flowing and will increase creative energies. Brings circulation to normal, clotting of the blood, purifies. Balance awareness and well being, pevents fears and insecurity, draws or negativity. Balances thyroid disorders, increases sex drive. Good for use at second chakra.

GASPEITE- Gaspeite crystallizes in the rhombohedra system and primarily in massive formation. The color is a rich limey green. The mineral was first described by D.W. Kohls and J.L. Rodda in 1966 and was named for the Gasp’e Peninsula where it was first discovered. In Australia, the mineral is also known as “Allura”.

This mineral is said to bring spirituality in every day living, bringing the enchantment and attraction of sanctity to the user. It assists one in removing the curtain between the distress and ignorance and a very clear view of assurance.

It was used by the Aboriginal Tribes to gain visions and to provide success to endeavors. It has been used by this culture in diagnostic healing, in raising the consciousness towards the enlightened state and in communicating with the spirits and with those from other worlds. It is thought to bring healing powers to the user and to provide protection from all dangers occurring on the physical plane. The energy has brought about the awakening from the “dream of illusion” and to promote the experience of the self as a part of the universal spirit.

It can be used to attract people towards one for friendship or business, such that the manifested attraction is “for the good of all”. Sometimes those wearing Gaspeite grow absorbed with the enormity of successes of mundane nature such that there is little time for the sacred: hence a “break” is often necessary to assure continuation “ on the path”. Use of the “Super Seven” with gaspeite ameliorates the necessity for the “break”.

Gaspeite also enhances impartiality, yet resolution and allows one to endure individually when conditions demand. It is also assists one in understanding that it is okay to ask for and to accept help from others: it contributes to the insight of reality that assistance from another is, in truth, help form the self.

It has been used in the treatment of disorders of the lungs and to the ameliorate the expansion of mucous glands in the bronchial walls. It can also be used to further the application of oxygen affecting the stimulation of the senses, speech, behavior, thought patterns and memory. This information was copied out of the “Love is in the Earth Kaleidoscopic pictorial, supplement A” by Melody.

GEM SILICA- Gem Silica is high quality chrysocoll. It expresses a clear and high blue color which impacts the fifth chakra, upgrading and enhancing communication abilities, while adding “compassion in action” to the wearer’s skills. The yin energy of this stone makes it and emotional balancer and extends its influence to the heart chakra. This mineral truly impacts the soul, and is sought after for healing layout work. For those wishing to connect with the music of the spheres and the energy of St. Germaine, this mineral is a profound ally. Gem silica is rarely found alone, usually with better grades of chrysocolla. Gem silica is located in the Spiritual Apothecary in the Etheric Opener division. Information was copied out of the “Crystalline Communion 2000”.

GEODE- millions of years ago when the earth’s crust was being formed, gas pockets and cavities formed in relatively low temperature, volatile rich magma. Later after the magma hardened into rock, high temperature fluids filled these gas pockets, depositing minerals and causing crystals to form unobstructed during their growth. Geodes have been cut in half with diamond saws to reveal their beauties inside. They originate in Brazil.

GOLD CALCITE- translucent gold brown- stimulates the conscious mind and enhances the capacity to channel the highest mental faculties. Wear when you need to be mentally alert and sharp. Good for mental clarity.

GOLDSTONE- glass with copper flecks- A transmitter stone which causes light to pass through you in order to convey or receive as a medium. Openness, honesty, relaxation and sharing. Intellectually calming and refreshing. There is blue (purple) or brown Goldstone.

GREEN AVENTURINE- green metallic iridescent- A healing stone in times of readjustment and transition. It gently and calmly stabilizes the body. Increases opportunities in speculative ventures. It is good for transformation of a physical condition

GREEN TOURMALINE- transparent spike like green- Regeneration and rebirth of the physical body. Pushes out toxins form the body and brings in new energy. Brings in abundance and prosperity. It is good for the heart and blood pressure.

GYPSUM DESERT ROSE - Gypsum (Hydrated calcium sulfate) is a type of sedimentary rock called an evaporite. It is formed at the bottom of shallow bodies of saltwater containing calcium and sulfur. As the saltwater evaporates, dissolved calcium and sulfur in the water become concentrated and precipitate as the mineral gypsum. Gypsum crystals occur in rose shaped aggregates often incorporating grains of sand. These gypsum “desert roses” grow by replacing carbonate sediment in soil overlying gypsum deposits. When gypsum is heated and ground to a fine powder it is known as Plaster of Paris, used in construction. Plaster of Paris was first produced in the Montmartre quarries of Parris.

HAWK’S EYE- blue gray to blue green- Seeing things from a different perspective, with unusual delicacy and refinement. More activity and involvement on the ethereal plane of existence. It helps with the etheric body. Also see Tigers eye

HEMATITE - (steel gray to black iron oxide) Iron based- very grounding. Decreases inflamation fraws out heat form a feverish part of the body. Dissoves negative energy and works as a shield of armor for any person or thing. Can eliminate spaciness and increases intuition. Protective yet aids in opening chakras. Transforms negative energies and calming. Good for people with high blood pressure, muscle cramping, nervous disorders, anti-inflammatory and insomnia. Use for root chakra and grounding. On the Moh's scale Hematite is a 6.5.

HERKIMER DIAMOND - (Clear, double terminated quartz) Double-termination allows energy to be drawn from one end and released through the other. Good for extra boosts of energy healing, vision and dream crystal- stimulates visual (clairvoyance) in meditation, dreamwork, and recollection and storage of information. Clears and dissolves congested chakra areas. Releases physical stress and tension. Aids in past life memory and balances polarities both physical and astral. Use on the 6th and 7th chakras.