The Healing Energies, Metaphysical Properties and Lore of Gemstones - Introduction
Ever since I started designing jewelry with gemstones I have been curious about the lore surrounding the energy of stones and crystals. In the metaphysical world, the words stone, gem, crystal and Crystal Kingdom are used interchangeably. That was always a bit confusing to me until I learned that most gemstones are actually mineral crystals - a pure solid substance that has an orderly repeating arrangement of atoms and molecules in three spatial dimensions. Some stones and organic materials used in jewelry such as turquoise, lapis lazuli, sunstone, amber, jet, coral and pearls are not crystals but still have metaphysical properties associated with them. Learning that fact was just the tip of the iceberg. There are gems properties associated with emotional and physical...