Crystals

What Are They?

Now that is going to depend very much on whom you ask because there are as many opinions as there are facets to a well polished gem.

A crystal has been defined as "a substance solidified in a definite geometric form". Natural crystals are born deep within the womb of Mother Earth.

For the geologist their shapes, sizes and chemical compositions reveal astounding atomic symmetry, they are solids that form by a regular repeated pattern of molecules connected together.

By definition crystals are: a collection of atoms called the Unit Cell repeated in exactly the same arrangement over and over giving them their unique properties:

  • An orderly and symmetrical atomic structure with a definite chemical composition.
  • A definite external geometrical shape bounded by planes and faces.
  • Physical (and optical) properties that vary with direction (except for the isometric minerals). 

A jeweller would tell you that the most desirable stones are the ones that are the most difficult to mine and or have a limited supply hence they have just that much more value, lets not fool each other, money does make the world go round.

Lets not forget . . . a diamond might well be a girls best friend, and what a gemstone it is, a healing gemstone that is, from healing Love to a healing a Broken heart.

Natural Quartz Healing CrystalA complementary health therapist would say a crystal is a tool with which individuals can direct, and amplify healing energy, to focus, store, transmit, transmute, hold and channel energy.

Energy is a universal force which cannot be created or destroyed and is not inherently either positive or negative, good nor evil. Energy is simply energy . . . The Universal Life Force. 

Invest in the chart on the different Quartz configurations!

Quartz Chart

This chart gives you an overview of all the different Quartz configurations including descriptions as well as pictures enabling you to easily and effectively identify them. You also get a short overview of what to use them for.

Crystals have take several hundreds of thousands to a few million years to form and grow.

During this period of growth crystals have weathered the storms of Mother Earth's development, volcanic upheavals, the Ice Age and of course natural as well as man made disasters.

The crystals have come through all this; some clear and others colourful but all of them beautiful, reflecting PURE love.

Within the magnificence of crystals is stored the "Energy of Time". This energy can now be harnessed to bring balance to mankind and the ecology of the Earth.