Healing Benefits:  Agate is a wonderful gemstone for balancing the mind, body, and spirit as well as helping you to slow down and center yourself. It transforms negative energy into positive energy.  Agate enhances mental function, improves concentration,  enhances perception and analytical abilities. It is a soothing and calming gemstone that heals inner anger, anxiety and helps in the strengthening of relationships. Agate instills security and safety. It the stone to call on for stability and balance when juggling the many aspects of your life has you burned out. Physically, Agate addresses visual, digestive and uterine functions. It cleanses the lymphatic system and the pancreas; strengthens blood vessels and heals skin disorders. It's also wonderful for those sleepless nights, because of its calming effects.

Care:  To cleanse and recharge agate, place it under running water, avoid long exposure to sunlight, and occasionally set it on a selenite or quartz cluster.

History: Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks. Agate generally forms by the deposition of silica from groundwater in the cavities of igneous rocks. The agate deposits in concentric layers around the walls of the cavity, or in horizontal layers building up from the bottom of the cavity. The ornamental use of agate was common in Ancient Greece

Healing Benefits:  Legend was to be a strong amulet, bouncing the negative energy and shielding your surroundings. Due to its unusually high amount of iron, this stone naturally protects you from electromagnetic stress and is said to harmonize the brain. It has also been studied and used to help activate the immune system. This stone, when placed on a wound, is said to help heal scars faster. Use black tourmaline to dispel any self-judgment, worry, anger, or any other toxic emotion.

Care:  To activate place black tourmaline in sunlight for 20 minutes,  soak it in salt water or place in the moonlight, bury in the soil for 24 hours or rub in your hands for 10 minutes or Smudge your black tourmaline with a sage stick for 20 seconds.

History:  Its prismatic, vertically striated crystals may be long and slender, or thick and columnar, and are uniquely triangular in cross-section. The chemical formula for Black Tourmaline is NaFe 2+ 3Al 6(Si 6O 18)(BO 3) 3(OH) 3(OH).

Healing Benefits:  Bloodstone is an excellent blood cleanser and a powerful healing stone. It heightens intuition and increases creativity. It is grounding and protecting. Bloodstone draws off negative environmental energy, helping to overcome influences such as geopathic or electromagnetic stress.

Care:  You could charge it under the full moon, cleanse it with water, smoke, or sound, or even clear it with a different clearing crystal, like clear quartz or selenite.

History:  In terms of its chemical composition, bloodstone primarily consists of silicon dioxide (SiO2), which is the chemical formula for quartz. However, the presence of iron-bearing minerals, such as chlorite, epidote, and hematite, gives bloodstone its distinct coloration and appearance.

Healing Benefits: Jasper, in all its forms, is considered a powerful healing stone. Jasper is regarded as a gemstone that gives a sense of well-being, intensifying that feeling. Also a stone of gentleness and relaxation, fancy jasper's rich colors blend and complement each other so well for a complete sense of wholeness. Ocean Jasper help us to flow with the rhythms of life and to be patient with ourselves and others as we evolve. It is a fantastic tool for soul healing and exploring karmic ties. It helps us to learn from the past, both this life as well as past-lives, so that we can gain wisdom and move forward towards enlightenment. Brown Jasper is known for its digestive benefits and providing courage and independence.

Care:  To charge your Jasper, leave it directly exposed to sunlight or moonlight for at least 30 minutes.

History:  cryptocrystalline quartz or microcrystalline quartz is jasper, SiO2

Healing Benefits: Throughout human history, obsidian has been held in high esteem, prized for its strength, courage, and ability to provide protection from fear, harm, and danger. Indeed, obsidian’s allure, symbolism, and practical uses continue to enthrall many, even to this day. In antiquity, obsidian was highly valued for its sharp edges, which made it ideal for creating tools, such as arrowheads, blades, and cutting edges. In Mexico, obsidian mirrors were believed to possess divination abilities, providing a view into the invisible realms. Obsidian, also known as obsidian stone, is often associated with the elements of earth, fire, water, and air due to its volcanic composition and formation from molten lava. Its name, derived from the Latin word “obsidinus,” translates to “of darkness”. Many ancient cultures regarded obsidian as a symbol of power and resilience, utilizing the stone in various spiritual practices and rituals

History:  The chemical formula for obsidian is not a single, fixed formula, but is typically represented as 70-75% SiO2 (silicon dioxide) with trace amounts of other oxides like MgO (magnesium oxide) and Fe3O4 (iron oxide)

Healing Benefits:  Smoky quartz meaning signifies stability and grounding, so much so that the crystal is called the “grounding stone.” Smoky quartz is a variety from the quartz crystal family. Unlike clear quartz, which is entirely translucent, smoky quartz has a dark-black, smoky colour ranging from translucent grey to brownish-grey, to black, to transparent. Mirroring its smoky hue is smoky quartz spiritual meaning, which represents grounding, letting go, and surrendering old wounds. For emotional wellbeing, smoky quartz properties help lift the veil of depression and bring emotional calm to your spirit and soul. Smoky quartz helps you to release, purify, and shed negative energies. Free of these emotional toxins, you'll vibrate at a higher frequency with the harmony of your mind, body, and spirit.

Care:  Activate by placing in sunlight for 2-3 hours. 

History: Like other quartz gems, it is a silicon dioxide crystal. The smoky colour results from free silicon formed from the silicon dioxide by natural irradiation. Has many historical associations with Scotland

Healing Benefits:  Tektites, due to being a product of extraterrestrial phenomena, are associated with worlds outside our own. They are believed to facilitate communication with otherworldly realms and encourage spiritual growth. In some traditional societies, tektites are worn to promote fertility for both men and women. Resonating at a high frequency, Tektite raises your vibration and expands the aura to attract like minded people into your life. Heightening intuition, it invites psychic visions by facilitating astral travel, lucid dreaming and dream recall. Strengthening telepathic abilities, it opens transmission to other dimensions for receiving knowledge from beings beyond the physical realm.

Care:  Fill it with your intentions 

History:  Physical properties and chemical composition set tektites apart from other naturally occurring glasses. Normally the first thing mentioned about tektites is their color. Outwardly, tektites appear to be glossy-black, but thin sections of specimens are translucent, and generally appear to be yellowish brown.

Healing Benefits:  A stone of protection, Tiger Eye may also bring good luck to the wearer.  It has the power to focus the mind, promoting mental clarity, assisting us to resolve problems objectively and unclouded by emotions.  Particularly useful for healing psychosomatic illnesses, dispelling fear and anxiety.  Useful for recognising one’s own needs in relation to the needs of others.  Balancing yin-yang and energizing the emotional body, Tiger Eye stabilizes mood swings, imbues us with willpower, purpose, courage and self-confidence, and releases tension. Tiger Eye treats eyes, throat and reproductive organs, releases toxins, alleviates pain and is helpful in repairing broken bones and strengthening the alignment of the spinal column.

Care:  To cleanse it, the crystal should be kept in salt water overnight as a way to recharge its energy. Once it has been taken out of the salt water it should then be washed in fresh water and placed in the sun for 2-3 hours. This process should be done every 3 months at least

History: Tiger Eye got its unique name because it resembles the eye of a tiger or a cat. It was chosen by the Egyptians for the eyes in their deity statues to express the divine vision and was believed to provide the protection of the sun and earth combined. Tiger's Eye is a variety of the mineral quartz composed of silicon, oxygen and trace amounts of iron oxide. Iron oxide causes the brown coloration associated with the stone.

Disclaimer: Information regarding your mineral has been retrieved from multiple online sources. Although many people claim unique benefits may come from these rocks, gems, crystals and minerals, there is no medical or scientific information to verify  these benefits. The power from them comes from within you.

Healing Benefits:  Labradorite is a stone that is said to have many metaphysical properties, including enhancing intuition, promoting creativity, and protecting against negative energy. The gemstone creates a shield for auras and protects against negativity of the world. Labradorite is said to temper the negativity within ourselves as well. Labradorite is known for its changing colors, so it is no surprise this gemstone is known as a stone of transformation, enhancing strength of will and inner worth.

History: Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8) is a calcium-enriched feldspar mineral first identified in Labrador, Canada, which can display an iridescent effect