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Rocks, glorious rocks! stopped at a rock store in Bellaire on the way to Cici's for food. I now have about 3 pounds of green aventurine, tumbled, and about 2 1/2 pounds of random tumbled rocks, including quartz (clear and rose and a couple blacks), tigereye, amethyst, sodalite, citrine, snowflake osidian, agate, and tons of ugly brown and red jasper. And a tumbled amethyst bead bracelet and one of sodalite (blue, kinda lapis-ish, white inclusions). Now my head-thingies shall be decked and adorned! And they came with interesting little papers giving their supposed gem-properties. I'll list them here, because I think you people would find them interesting and I want you to pick stones to represent yourselves anyway. And there's a bookmark, too, with info on fewer rocks; I'll put it in colons after the card and my comments. I have a feeling Nia's got aventurine.
Amber- promotes mental clarity.
Aventurine- :releases anxiety and fear, boosts tranquility, promotes decisiveness and leadership skills:
Green Aventurine- encourages opportunity and motivation.
Red Aventurine- personal power and better communications.
Blue Aventurine- clams anxiety and builds stability.
Agate- dissolves tensions; gives one security and protection. :balances body, intellect and emotions; awakens inborn talents and perceptions:
Blue Lace Agate- encourages emotional tranquility (I got a couple of these for you people!)
Crinoid Fossil Agate- helps one understand a past situation.
Dalmatian Agate- promotes moderation and calming.
Leopard Skin Agate- calms anxiety and fears.
Moss Agate- reduces stress and increases energy. (there were some gorgeous goblets carved out of this, for $42... It's a pretty stone.)
Tree Agate- helps to mellow high-energy people.
Amazonite- encourages faith and hope and confidence. :activates creative expression, removes energy blocks, soothes nervous system:
Amethyst- increases patience and understanding (maybe that's why I like it?) :conducts peacful energy, aids intuition, encourages freedom from addictions:
Black Onyx- clams anxiety and helps one feel secure.
Bowenite- creates positive attitudes.
Carnelian- stimulates motivation and energy levels.
Yellow Calcite- helps one feel happy and that everything is o.k. (what the heck? who wrote this thing?)
Chrysocolla- :promotes inner strength in stressful situations, purifies home/environment, soothes female ills: (cool)
Chrysoprase- allows one to be more understanding of others.
Coral- allows one to be more understanding of others.
Citrine- :stimulates openness, helps solve problems, boosts lightheartedness, joy and cheerfulness:
Copper- (almighty copper!) :increases alertness and sexual balance, stabilizes and blanaces blood flow, detoxifies: (sounds useful)
Emerald- aids insight and communications.
Fluorite- helps one to feel balanced and in control. :stabilizes chaos, promotes loving detachment, strengthens bones/teeth, heals many disorders:
Garnet- helps one to enjoy being more productive. (You know what? I started making my head thingies after I got tons of garnets from G&JS.)
Goldstone- helps one to feel more enrgized. (I love this rock; it's absolutely gorgeous but none came in the bag)
Hematite- encourages one to deal with personal issues. (this looks like blackish silver, and reminds me of Ally) :energizes and revitalizes, attunes the mind, positively affects bloodstream:
Howlite- aids artistic creation and inspiration.
Iolite- dissolves negative thoughts and feelings. (Puuuuuurplllllle)
Jade- inspires wisdom, love, calmness and prosperity. (quite the range there, eh, jade?)
Jasper- :nurturing, protects against negativity, promotes healing to kidney, liver, spleen, bladder: (maybe that's why it's so ugly)
Brecciated Jasper- promotes clear thinking.
Green Jasper- gives energy to those who need motivation. (well, wouldn't motivation be more useful?)
Grey Jasper- stimulates personal confidence.
Red Jasper- promotes feelings of personal power.
Yellow Jasper- calms those who are too agressive.
Labradorite- enables one to work long hours without tiring (goooorgeous rock!)
Lapis Lazuli-aids perceptiveness of personal emotions (I like this one for its association with Egypt).
Malachite- helps to protect one from accidents. (Well, it's made out of copper... of course I like it) :clarifies emotions, facilitates insights, removes obstructions, represents fidelity and loyalty:
Mother of Pearl- for stress relief and challenges in life (aren't those two things opposite?)
Picasso Marble- helps one to focus and to reduce stress.
Green Marble- gives attention to prosperity issues. (prosperity issues? Heh!)
Obsidian- :focuses inner vision on right course of action, absorbes and transforms negativity:
Mohagony Obsidian- makes one feel luxurious. (Not BE luxurious, just feel that way...)
Sheen Obsidian- motivates one to exercise. (I wonder whether the diet crowd has tried this?)
Snowflake Obsidian- to recognize and eliminate bad habits.
Rainbow Obsidian- helps one to feel safe and secure. (does this sound hokey to you? I like the bookmark's one better)
Pearl-inspires wisdom and inspiration. (inspires inspiration?)
Peridot- helps one to overcome wisdom and depression.
Pyrite- :promotes harmony and positive outlook, enhances memory, aids digestion: (a very versatile stone :))
Clear Quartz- used as an all around healer. :crystal amplifies thought forms, promotes clear thinking, aids restful sleep, enhances patience:
Rose Quartz- enhances self image and feelings of the heart. :heals the heart and emotional wounds, promotes forgiveness and compassion:
Smoky Quartz- helps one evaluate and understand situations.
White Quartz- helps one to recognize and fulfill dreams.
Tourmaline in Quartz- creates a feeling of authority.
Rhodenite- promotes self-esteem.
Rhodocrosite- will help to bring emotional happiness. (as opposed to, say, mechanical happiness? Or maybe it's just really intense, emotional... happiness).
Rhyollite- fortifies one's feelings of self worth.
Sardonyx- brings happiness and confidence (which is ironic, considering its name; does sardonic humor bring us happiness? Alan Alda rules!)
Serpentine- creates harmony, calmness, peace.
Sodalite- stimulates creativity. :purifies the body, relieves insomnia, helps recognition/expression of truth:
Sugilite- helps one to realize one's purpose in life. (Wow. I always thought it was awfully pretty.... puuuurplllllle)
Tiger Iron- stimulates one to acheive excellence.
Tiger Eye- increases insight and understanding. :grounds and centers, stimulates wealth, brings awareness of one's needs:
Blue Topaz-increases leadership skills.
White Topaz- helps one to have a sharp, focused mind.
Tuquoise- relieves stress and anxiety.
Unikite- promotes personal power.
And there you have it. If you believe it hard enough, it might be true. And I only have so many of those. Odd it didn't way anything about the most expensive ones, like ruby or diamond. It has a little blurb at the top saying how Egyptian tombs are filled with gemstones, there are references to stones throughout the bible and a lot of Indian American lore has to do with gems... Intersting. There are also little cards that came with the bracelets, giving the mineral info of amethyst, aventurine, and lapis. The lapis one has further lore: associated with power, wisdom, and love, symbolized universal truth to Egyptians and valued it equal to gold. Odd, I thought they ground it up and used it for eye shadow. No, that was malachite. Hmm.
While eating at Cici's we said how convenient it would be if J was there, cause I only eat the tops and she only eats the bottoms of pizzas, and I hate to waste. Mama wondered why she only ate the bottoms, and it came up that she's a vegetarian for an unusual reason: she doesn't think it's right to eat soething she couldn't kill by herself. We extrapolated that she probably should be living in a mud hut and going without books and air conditioning and plumbing and cars, if she feels that way. I mentioned that I'd always felt kinda guilty using things I wouldn't know how to fix, let alone make, and I wanted to learn how to make at least the basics; that's one reason metalworking is so interesting to me. I wanna be a moat, not a joat. She said one thing about Daddy and a good thing too, was that he knew how to do most things, and was pretty capable. Grr. Other things he could have taught me, besides piano and theory. I'd be a prodigy if he'd lived. A selfish thing to say, I know, but...
On the way back from Cici's, we got stopped at the tracks for two trains. One had 97 cars each with a box, and three engines, the other had 99 boxes and a string of empty platform cars, four engines. I marvel at their strength; your average pickup can't even pull one box, and it uses gasoline, and with great effort I can put out kinetic energy equivalent to three drops of gasoline (museum activity stats are fun). What do train engines run on? Wow.
Amber- promotes mental clarity.
Aventurine- :releases anxiety and fear, boosts tranquility, promotes decisiveness and leadership skills:
Green Aventurine- encourages opportunity and motivation.
Red Aventurine- personal power and better communications.
Blue Aventurine- clams anxiety and builds stability.
Agate- dissolves tensions; gives one security and protection. :balances body, intellect and emotions; awakens inborn talents and perceptions:
Blue Lace Agate- encourages emotional tranquility (I got a couple of these for you people!)
Crinoid Fossil Agate- helps one understand a past situation.
Dalmatian Agate- promotes moderation and calming.
Leopard Skin Agate- calms anxiety and fears.
Moss Agate- reduces stress and increases energy. (there were some gorgeous goblets carved out of this, for $42... It's a pretty stone.)
Tree Agate- helps to mellow high-energy people.
Amazonite- encourages faith and hope and confidence. :activates creative expression, removes energy blocks, soothes nervous system:
Amethyst- increases patience and understanding (maybe that's why I like it?) :conducts peacful energy, aids intuition, encourages freedom from addictions:
Black Onyx- clams anxiety and helps one feel secure.
Bowenite- creates positive attitudes.
Carnelian- stimulates motivation and energy levels.
Yellow Calcite- helps one feel happy and that everything is o.k. (what the heck? who wrote this thing?)
Chrysocolla- :promotes inner strength in stressful situations, purifies home/environment, soothes female ills: (cool)
Chrysoprase- allows one to be more understanding of others.
Coral- allows one to be more understanding of others.
Citrine- :stimulates openness, helps solve problems, boosts lightheartedness, joy and cheerfulness:
Copper- (almighty copper!) :increases alertness and sexual balance, stabilizes and blanaces blood flow, detoxifies: (sounds useful)
Emerald- aids insight and communications.
Fluorite- helps one to feel balanced and in control. :stabilizes chaos, promotes loving detachment, strengthens bones/teeth, heals many disorders:
Garnet- helps one to enjoy being more productive. (You know what? I started making my head thingies after I got tons of garnets from G&JS.)
Goldstone- helps one to feel more enrgized. (I love this rock; it's absolutely gorgeous but none came in the bag)
Hematite- encourages one to deal with personal issues. (this looks like blackish silver, and reminds me of Ally) :energizes and revitalizes, attunes the mind, positively affects bloodstream:
Howlite- aids artistic creation and inspiration.
Iolite- dissolves negative thoughts and feelings. (Puuuuuurplllllle)
Jade- inspires wisdom, love, calmness and prosperity. (quite the range there, eh, jade?)
Jasper- :nurturing, protects against negativity, promotes healing to kidney, liver, spleen, bladder: (maybe that's why it's so ugly)
Brecciated Jasper- promotes clear thinking.
Green Jasper- gives energy to those who need motivation. (well, wouldn't motivation be more useful?)
Grey Jasper- stimulates personal confidence.
Red Jasper- promotes feelings of personal power.
Yellow Jasper- calms those who are too agressive.
Labradorite- enables one to work long hours without tiring (goooorgeous rock!)
Lapis Lazuli-aids perceptiveness of personal emotions (I like this one for its association with Egypt).
Malachite- helps to protect one from accidents. (Well, it's made out of copper... of course I like it) :clarifies emotions, facilitates insights, removes obstructions, represents fidelity and loyalty:
Mother of Pearl- for stress relief and challenges in life (aren't those two things opposite?)
Picasso Marble- helps one to focus and to reduce stress.
Green Marble- gives attention to prosperity issues. (prosperity issues? Heh!)
Obsidian- :focuses inner vision on right course of action, absorbes and transforms negativity:
Mohagony Obsidian- makes one feel luxurious. (Not BE luxurious, just feel that way...)
Sheen Obsidian- motivates one to exercise. (I wonder whether the diet crowd has tried this?)
Snowflake Obsidian- to recognize and eliminate bad habits.
Rainbow Obsidian- helps one to feel safe and secure. (does this sound hokey to you? I like the bookmark's one better)
Pearl-inspires wisdom and inspiration. (inspires inspiration?)
Peridot- helps one to overcome wisdom and depression.
Pyrite- :promotes harmony and positive outlook, enhances memory, aids digestion: (a very versatile stone :))
Clear Quartz- used as an all around healer. :crystal amplifies thought forms, promotes clear thinking, aids restful sleep, enhances patience:
Rose Quartz- enhances self image and feelings of the heart. :heals the heart and emotional wounds, promotes forgiveness and compassion:
Smoky Quartz- helps one evaluate and understand situations.
White Quartz- helps one to recognize and fulfill dreams.
Tourmaline in Quartz- creates a feeling of authority.
Rhodenite- promotes self-esteem.
Rhodocrosite- will help to bring emotional happiness. (as opposed to, say, mechanical happiness? Or maybe it's just really intense, emotional... happiness).
Rhyollite- fortifies one's feelings of self worth.
Sardonyx- brings happiness and confidence (which is ironic, considering its name; does sardonic humor bring us happiness? Alan Alda rules!)
Serpentine- creates harmony, calmness, peace.
Sodalite- stimulates creativity. :purifies the body, relieves insomnia, helps recognition/expression of truth:
Sugilite- helps one to realize one's purpose in life. (Wow. I always thought it was awfully pretty.... puuuurplllllle)
Tiger Iron- stimulates one to acheive excellence.
Tiger Eye- increases insight and understanding. :grounds and centers, stimulates wealth, brings awareness of one's needs:
Blue Topaz-increases leadership skills.
White Topaz- helps one to have a sharp, focused mind.
Tuquoise- relieves stress and anxiety.
Unikite- promotes personal power.
And there you have it. If you believe it hard enough, it might be true. And I only have so many of those. Odd it didn't way anything about the most expensive ones, like ruby or diamond. It has a little blurb at the top saying how Egyptian tombs are filled with gemstones, there are references to stones throughout the bible and a lot of Indian American lore has to do with gems... Intersting. There are also little cards that came with the bracelets, giving the mineral info of amethyst, aventurine, and lapis. The lapis one has further lore: associated with power, wisdom, and love, symbolized universal truth to Egyptians and valued it equal to gold. Odd, I thought they ground it up and used it for eye shadow. No, that was malachite. Hmm.
While eating at Cici's we said how convenient it would be if J was there, cause I only eat the tops and she only eats the bottoms of pizzas, and I hate to waste. Mama wondered why she only ate the bottoms, and it came up that she's a vegetarian for an unusual reason: she doesn't think it's right to eat soething she couldn't kill by herself. We extrapolated that she probably should be living in a mud hut and going without books and air conditioning and plumbing and cars, if she feels that way. I mentioned that I'd always felt kinda guilty using things I wouldn't know how to fix, let alone make, and I wanted to learn how to make at least the basics; that's one reason metalworking is so interesting to me. I wanna be a moat, not a joat. She said one thing about Daddy and a good thing too, was that he knew how to do most things, and was pretty capable. Grr. Other things he could have taught me, besides piano and theory. I'd be a prodigy if he'd lived. A selfish thing to say, I know, but...
On the way back from Cici's, we got stopped at the tracks for two trains. One had 97 cars each with a box, and three engines, the other had 99 boxes and a string of empty platform cars, four engines. I marvel at their strength; your average pickup can't even pull one box, and it uses gasoline, and with great effort I can put out kinetic energy equivalent to three drops of gasoline (museum activity stats are fun). What do train engines run on? Wow.
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Hmmm... you know, I've always wondered why all the stones have good effects. Don't you think there'd be bad ones, too? O.o Not all stones can be good... o.O Okay I go now. Very interesting.
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