Crystals, Gems & Metals

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In my beginning journey of understanding Orbs, I felt that a little history and knowledge of crystals would be an interesting aspect in setting up testing conditions. Knowing that today’s computer chips are made from crystals, it could be an interesting area to pursue.

Since we are on the subject of the metaphysical aspects of crystals, I decided to include for your use and enjoyment the below list of commonly known Crystals, Precious Stones and Metals including their alleged benefits.

Chart Of Crystals, Precious Gems and Metals

	Agate	Balances ying-yang energy and stabilizes the aura. Facilitates discernment. Imparts strength and courage. Opens one to innate creative talents.
	Amber	Purifies body, mind, and spirit. Balances electromagnetic fields of the body and allows even flow of energies. Provides a positive, soothing energy. Spiritualizes the intellect.
	Amethyst	Sedative energy. Facilitates spirituality and contentment. Stone of stability, strength, and peace. Excellent for meditation. Enhances psychic ability. Headaches, eyes, scalp, hair, pituitary gland, balancing blood sugar. Psychic abilities, imagery. Purify and transmute negativity. Reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Spiritually uplifting.
	Amazonite	Balancing energy, harmony, and universal love.
	Apache Tears	Assists in the grieving process, and allows forgiveness. Breaks down the barriers that hold one back. Also good for the analytical mind.
	Aquamarine	Courage, intellect, protection. Assists spiritual awareness, actualization. Heart, immune system, thymus, lymph nodes. Calming, uplifting, flexibility, innocence, joy, creativity, communication, self-knowledge, confidence, purpose. Releasing anxiety, fear, and restlessness.
	Aventurine	Independence, leadership, creativity. Balances male/female energies. Aligns mental, physical, emotional, and aural bodies.
	Azurite	Awakens psychic ability, insight, and intuition. Third eye. Excellent for clearing the mind in meditation.
	Calcite	Energy amplifier, teacher. Optical Calcite is excellent for clearing and cleansing.
	Carnelian	Circulatory system, kidneys, stimulate appetite, emotions, sexuality, physical energy, celebration, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Confidence, assertiveness, drive.
	Celestite	Excellent stone for dream recall and astral travel. Hope and harmony. Communication.
	Chrysocolla	Strength, balance. Promotes harmony and attunement to the earth. Purifies one's environment. Citrine: Positive energy - stone needs no cleansing. Dissipates negative energy. Warmth, joy, optimism. Acid indigestion, food disorders, allergies. Cleansing spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines. Mental and emotional clarity, problem solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline. Reducing anxiety, fear, and depression.
	Chrysoprase	Balances yin-yang energy. Acceptance of self and others.
	Copper	Copper is a mineral of energy and mental agility. Copper is said to enhance and transmit thoughts, even over long distances. Physically, copper is used for all types of healings, treatment of arthritis, relieving pain of broken bones, sexual instability, and low energy.
	Coral	Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system, thyroid, metabolism, spine, bone and tissue regeneration. Not to be used with high blood pressure. Protect and strengthen emotional foundation and enliven emotions.
	Diamond	Awareness, attunement, clairvoyance, telepathy. Good for information retention.
	Emerald	Respiratory system, heart, lymph nodes, blood, thymus, balance blood sugar, childbirth, eyesight. Strengthen heart chakras for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, monogamy, and honesty. Lift depression and insomnia. Loyalty, sensitivity, harmony, tranquility. Assists in memory retention and mental clarity.
	Fluorite	Stability, order, discernment, concentration. Helps one to understand and maintain ideals and the perfection of the universe.
	Garnet	Commitment, devotion, love, stability and order. Even flow of energy.
	Gold	Spirituality, understanding, attunement to nature. Attracts positive energy. Excellent healer.
	Hematite	Excellent for the mind. Grounding.
	Jade	Heart, thymus, immune, kidney and cleansing blood, nervous system. Courage, knowledge, justice, compassion, emotional balance, humility, generosity, harmony, wealth, longevity. Dream stone.
	Jasper	Protection, awareness, insight. Grounding.
	Kunzite	Communication, love, peace. Protects and dissolves negativity. Excellent for meditation.
	Kyanite	Never needs cleaning or clearing, aligns all chakras. Tranquility, communication, psychic awareness. Excellent for meditation and dream recall.
	Labradorite	Represents the light of the universe, extra-terrestrial energy. Intuition, subconscious. Illumination.
	Lapis	Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, shyness, nervous system, speech, hearing, pituitary, inflammation, pain. Mind expansion, intuition, creativity, and spiritual connection. Organize, quiet the mind. Knowledge, wisdom, perfection, protection, creative expression.
	Lepidolite	Honesty, stability, hope, acceptance. Assists in change and transition. Facilitates astral travel.
	Malachite	Stomach, liver, kidney stones, respiratory system, immune system, vision, circulatory system. Release pain, inflammation, depression, and anger. Stimulate psychic vision, concentration. Transformation, spiritual development. Clears the way to attain goals. Fidelity, loyalty, reasoning ability.
	Moldavite	Clarity, eternity. Extra-terrestrial, inter-dimensional access.
	Moonstone	Lunar, female energy. Emotional, intuitive. Rhythms, cycles, destiny.
	Obsidian	Dispels negativity. Grounding, healing, protective. Helps one to clearly see one's flaws and the changes that are necessary.
	Opal	Creativity, inspiration, imagination.
	Peridot	The Extraterrestrial gem. Found in meteorites. Healing, protective. Allows one to understand changes in one's life, regulates life cycles.
	Pyrite	Shields from negative energy, good stone of protection. Enhances intellect and memory. Symbol of the sun.
	Quartz Crystal (clear)	Universal crystal, clarity of consciousness.
	Rhodochrosite	Love energy. Excellent stone for balance in all areas.
	Rose Quartz	Emotional balance, love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiving, kindness, self-esteem. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, resentment, anger. Align mental, emotional, and astral bodies.
	Ruby	Infections, cholesterol, blood clots, blood cleansing, impotency. Stimulate circulation, menses, and pituitary. Love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, triumph over adversity. Intensify all emotions. Spirituality, wealth, protection.
	Rutilated Quartz	Intensifies energy of the crystal. Stimulates brain. Inspiration, clairvoyance.
	Sapphire	Reducing inflammation, fevers, and nosebleeds. Hearing problems, TB, burns. Communication, depression, intuition, clairaudience, mental clarity and calm. Joy, peace, beauty, prosperity.
	Selenite (Gypsum)	Clarity of consciousness, awareness, insight, good judgment. Aids in accessing past/future lives.
	Silver	Mirror to the soul. Eloquence. Connects physical and astral bodies. In jewelry, it provides a balanced setting that retains the qualities of the stone it holds. Lunar energy. Cleansing, balancing.
	Smoky Quartz	Dissolves negativity, grounding, balancing. Excellent for meditation.
	Sodalite	Logic, efficiency, truthfulness. Enhances group communication.
	Sugilite	Spiritual love, perfection, inspiration, confidence. Alleviates negative/destructive emotions.
	Tigereye	Earthy, grounding. Represents sun and earth. Optimism, insight, personal power.
	Topaz	Success, true love, individuality, creativity, joy.
	Tourmaline	Inspiration, understanding, self-confidence, balancing. Electrical.
	Tourmalinated Quartz	Strength, balancing. Combines attributes of tourmaline and quartz.
	Turquoise	Spiritual attunement, strength, grounding. Protective - excellent for astral travel.

History, Spiritual & Metaphysical Aspects of Crystals

Throughout the ages mankind has been aware of the special properties of crystals, gems, stones and different metals. Crystals, stones, and metals have been revered and given spiritual significance throughout the ages. They have been used for divination, healing, and meditation. They are worn not only for their beauty but also as protective amulets and healing. Of all of mankind’s oldest traditions, crystals have been connected to the spiritual world and particularly the heaven, sky, sun, moon and stars.

The Prehistoric use of crystals has been discovered by archaeologists in various graves and barrows excavated in the Middle East, Europe, Russia and Africa. What they have found are beads, jewelry and carvings made of turquoise, garnet, crystal and many other stones. Some of the discovered stones were in the shape of various animals, and were probably symbols of a particular fetish or totem. Many speculate that their presence in the graves was to assist the departed soul in the next life.

One of the most fascinating discoveries showing prehistoric use of crystals is the solar temple, Newgrange. This ancient passage grave in the Boyne Valley of Ireland is older than the pyramids. The solar temple was built in such a way that the sunlight would stream through the 70-foot-long entrance tunnel on the Winter Solstice. The temple roof was originally covered with white quartz, to symbolize the White Goddess.

In ancient times, certain stones held an important place in ceremony and ritual. Throughout the Americas, coral, carnelian, turquoise, abalone shell and obsidian were used as protective amulets. Among the native tribes of North America quartz crystals were traditionally used to forecast the outcome of a hunt or battle. In Central America, jade and turquoise were offered as ritual ornaments to the temple gods. In Australia and Indonesia crystals were used for divination and conversing with the spirits. In the Pacific Islands, quartz was regarded as belonging to the spirits of the ancestors and creator gods.

Another amazing archaeological discovery was that of perfect Crystal Skulls. Estimates put the age of the skulls at least 20,000 years old. Perhaps the best known of the crystal skulls is the Mitchell-Hedges skull. Some believe that the skull was discovered by Anna Mitchell-Hedges (daughter of archaeologist F. A. Hedges), in Guatemala while others speculate that she bought the skull in London. Although the specific purpose for the carving and use of the crystal is unknown, those who have spent time with it have reported a variety of mystical experiences.

Color Variations

The variations in crystal colors are derived from minuscule amounts of different elements within the crystals at the time they are forming. These elements alter the internal structure so that light is then bent towards one or the other end of the crystal spectrum to form a wide range of different colors. All crystals are the same mineral but because of it’s different colors, each color is given it’s own name. If you are interested in the Spiritual and Metaphysical meanings of Colors, I have included a Color Chart on this site. CLICK HERE

Technical Aspects

When we examine what modern research is uncovering regarding the full spectrum of the properties of crystals, we discover we are touching upon only the very beginnings of a vast technology. Quartz is a piezoelectric material, meaning that it generates an electrical charge when mechanical pressure is applied. These crystals also vibrate when a voltage from an outside source, such as a battery, is applied.

Crystals can store light and discharge it, or convert sunlight directly into electricity. A step beyond, the crystalline form can also store information in vast quantities. A cut sliver of crystal can pick up a specified vibratory pattern and it can then be scientifically manipulated and the pattern can be played back.

A complex layer of liquid crystals and mirrors act as light valves to create closed loops of light signals, which can be used as a system of information storage. By such means, information can be stored like that of conventional electrical-digital computer. The first working model of the light and crystal computer is scheduled to be operational sometime in the future.

Other experiments being conducted are said to have successfully captured a human thought within a crystal and retransmitted it back as an image. Masses of crystal flakes encased in a single stone act much like our brain’s individual neurons passing along information from one neuron to another.

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