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TIGER EYE
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: Tigereye is a type of quartz that is
chatoyant from inclusions of crocidolite asbestos. It is
lusterous yellow to brown, vitreous, greasy luster and the
streak is white. The hardness is 7.
ENVIRONMENT: Quartz is an important rock-forming mineral and
developed in many different environments.
OCCURRENCE: Beautiful Tigereye comes from Austria, Australia and South-
West Africa, mainly near Griquatown.
GEMSTONE INFORMATION: This stone is normally tumbled or cut
into cabochons. It is very rare to find a piece larger than
2" across.
NAME: The name is from the appearance of the stone, banded
browns and golden yellows.
LEGEND and LORE: The various "eye" stones have always been
considered strong talismans. It was believed that a person
possessing one could see everything, even behind closed
doors. Egyptians carved it into god figurines, to represent
divine vision.
MAGICAL PROPERTIES: "Tiger's-eye is a fine stone for
promoting wealth and money. A simple money spell involves
empowering several tiger's-eyes with your need for money. Use
them to surround a green candle. Light the candle and
visualize." (4)
HEALING: This stone is soothing for emotional turmoil. It
will help you to see things in the best light. It is
optimistic! It also promotes courage and strength. This stone
is also used traditionally, for diseases of the eye.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: I use Tigereye as a stone to help my
clients "see clearly" emotional issues that they are having
trouble dealing with. Because it allows them to look at
things both objectively and optimistically...and hopefully
learn whatever lessons are needed and move onward. In
addition, I find that Tigereye can aid in visualization,
especially during past-life regressions.
NOTES: The Crocidolite that causes the chatoyancy in Tigereye
is normally blue.
Oxidation changes it to a brown color. (Unoxidized Tigereye
is called Hawkseye, and is a blue chatoyant mineral.)
-------bibliography-------
1. Scientific, Environment, Occurrence and Name are from (or
paraphrased from) "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North
American Rocks and Minerals".
2. Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may come
from "Gemstones" by E. H. Rutland.
3. Other Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may
come from "Gem Cutting", sec. ed., by John Sinkankas.
4. Legends and Lore, Magical Properties are from
"Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic", by
Scott Cunningham.
5. Some of the healing information may come from "Color and
Crystals, A Journey Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.
6. Personal Experience is from MY personal experience,
journals and notebooks, by Tandika Star.
TIGER EYE: Carry for clear thinking, accurate judgement,
protection, and good-luck. Symbolizes personal power,
integrity, and the ability to bring heaven to earth. Aids
in manifesting ideas and visualizations into reality.
Helps one recognize past life connections with others.
Picks up the sounds of the earth - the pulsations. Psychic
protector, guards against negativity. Helps one find the
most advantageous and positive way to reveal their inner
light. Promotes wealth.
BLUE TIGER EYE (or) HAWK'S EYE: An emerging power stone
for the base chakra. It will greatly assist one to gain
perspective on issues or situations in daily life.
Symbolizes the ability to see the physical as if you
were gazing down from above it. Can facilitate
understanding of how the world works. It will bring a
deep peace and healing into physical realities.
Compiled by Fern Bouchard
Tiger-Eye: Variety of chalcedony (quartz). Beneficial
for spleen, pancreas, digestive organs, colon.
Emotional balancer. Enhances connection with personal
power and will. Grounding, centering. Helps soften
stubbornness. Enhances clear perception and insight.
Slightly masculine energy. (2,3)
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TOPAZ
TOPAZ: If you want to conquer your fears, wear a topaz. A
stone of trust, strength, and protection. It relieves
depression, anger, fear, tension headaches, and insomnia.
Bestows inner vision and helps light up the correct
direction to pursue. Increases personal abilities.
Stimulates the intellect for writers, scientists, and
artists. It aids abstract thinking and creativity.
Believed to prevent colds and tuberculosis as it
strengthens the breath.
Compiled by Fern Bouchard
Topaz (Golden): Tissue regeneration. Strengthens liver,
gallbladder, spleen, digestive organs, nervous system.
detoxifies body. Warming, awakening, inspiring. Abundance.
(2,7)
Topaz (Blue): Tissue regeneration. Strengthens thyroid gland,
enhances metabolism. Emotional balance. Cooling,
soothing, peace, tranquility. Creativity, self-expression.
Enhances psychic perception, communication with Higher
Self/Spirit Guides. (4,5,6)
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TOURMALINE
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: Tourmaline which is green-and-pink
zoned, (pink in the center and green on the outside,) is
referred to as Watermelon Tourmaline. The coloring is most
pronounced when cut in "slices" perpendicular to the long
axis of the crystal. The Tourmaline group is a complex
silicate of boron and aluminum, whose composition varies
widely because of substitutions. The chemical formula
reflects this complexity,
Na(Mg, Fe)3Al6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH,F)4. The hardness is between
7 and 7-1/2 and the streak is white.
ENVIRONMENT: Tourmaline forms in igneous and metamorphic
rocks and veins. It occurs with lepidolite, microcline, and
spodumene in granite pegmatites; with andalusite and biotite
in schist of regional metamorphic rocks; with siderite and
quartz in hypothermal veins, nd with molybdenite and
cassiterite in massive hydrothermal replacement deposits.
OCCURRENCE: The most famous Tourmaline deposits are in Sri
Lanka, the Soviet Union (Urals), Afghanistan, Burma,
California, Maine, Connecticut, Brazil, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
and Namibia.
GEMSTONE INFORMATION: Tourmalines are mounted or cut into
faceted gems.
NAME: The name is from the Singhalese [touramalli], which
means "mixed colored stones". The reference to Watermelon
refers to the appearance of a "slice".
LEGEND and LORE: I am unable to find any "ancient" references
to Tourmaline. I think this is partially due to them being
confused with other stones that their coloring resembles. The
closest that I could come was a reference to the "ancients"
using various colors of Tourmaline for "calming and
relaxation."
MAGICAL PROPERTIES: In the past, Tourmaline (of any color)
was not commonly used for magical purposes. Cunningham
suggests its use for balancing the male and female aspects of
personality.
HEALING: This stone, because of it's dual coloring is
considered important in linking the upper and lower Chakras.
It is associated with the Heart Chakra for this purpose. It
is also recommended as a "balancing" stone, because it
contains opposite colors (green/red).
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: I use Watermelon Tourmaline as a primary
stone for healing work involving cancer and Aids. Often, if I
have to choose a single stone for anyone with these diseases,
I will choose Watermelon Tourmaline. Green Tourmaline is a
general healing stone, and Pink Tourmaline works with the
heart and emotions. The combination works well for all-around
healing and understanding of the basic causes.
-------bibliography-------
1. Scientific, Environment, Occurrence and Name are from (or
paraphrased from) "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North
American Rocks and Minerals".
2. Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may come
from "Gemstones" by E. H. Rutland.
3. Other Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may
come from "Gem Cutting", sec. ed., by John Sinkankas.
4. Legends and Lore, Magical Properties are from
"Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic", by
Scott Cunningham.
5. Some of the healing information may come from "Color and
Crystals, A Journey Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.
6. Some of the healing information may come from "A Journey
Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.
7. Personal Experience is from MY personal experience,
journals and notebooks, by Tandika Star.
8. Birthstone poem from "The Occult and Curative Powers of
Precious Stones" by William T. Fernie, M.D.
WATERMELON TOURMALINE: The best heart chakra healer around.
It cleanses the old while building the new. The green ray
heals the emotional wounds the heart has stored while the
pink inspires the love to flow within and without. It
helps build a sense of humor for those who take life too
seriously. Balances the projective and receptive
(masculine and feminine) energies within the body.
Compiled by Fern Bouchard
Tourmaline (All colors): Aids balance of endocrine system.
Aids sleep. Strengthens, vitalizes body/mind. Acitvates
and enhances crystaline properties of body/mind. Aligns
subtle bodies. Dispels fear and negative conditions.
Strong protective influence. Concentration, inspiration.
Enhances sensitivity and understanding. Powerful healer,
highly electromagnetic. The various colors will activate
and align corresponding chakras:
Black (Schorl) - 1
Watermelon - 1,4
Green - 4
Blue (Indicolite) - 5, 6
Red/Pink(Rubelite) - 1,4
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TURQUOISE
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: Turquoise is a Hydrous basic
phosphate of copper and aluminum. It may occasionally contain
some iron. The chemistry is CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8.4-5H2). This
mineral ranges from sky-blue through bluish green; even
occasionally apple green. The streak is white and the
hardness is between 5 and 6.
ENVIRONMENT: Turquoise forms as a secondary mineral in the
zone of alteration in disseminated hydrothermal replacement
deposits.
OCCURRENCE: The finest Turquoise comes from the southwest
slope of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh Mts., near Nishapur, Khurasan,
Iran. In North America turquoise is found mostly in the
Southwest and occasionally in Mexico. Microscopic crystals
of Turquoise occur in fractured quartz in a small copper
prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia.
GEMSTONE INFORMATION: Gem-quality Turquoise ranges in color
from pale blue to bright blue. Vein Turquoise is usually poor
in quality and does not take the polish that can be given to
nodular Turquoise. Much Turquoise is porous, but it can be
plastic-impregnated before use. Turquoise is used for
cabochons or carved.
NAME: The name was originally French, [turquoise,] meaning
"Turkish" It originally referred to material from the great
localities in Persia (now Iran), which had passed through
Turkey via the old trade routes and was mistakenly believed
to have been excavated there.
LEGEND and LORE: This stone has long been used for protection
against traumatic injuries. It was thought that the stone
would shatter, thus warning the wearer of imminent physical
danger. It was also used to decorate the bridles of horses,
to protect them against broken bones from falls. Among the
Native Americans of the Southwestern United States, Turquoise
is believed to be a connector of Earth and Sky. It is one of
the four "elemental" gemstones of the Pueblos; (the others
are coral, jet and abalone shell). This is considered to be
one of the Birthstones for December:
"If cold December gives you birth,
The month of snow, and ice, and mirth,
Place on your hand a Turquoise blue;
Success will bless whate're you do."
MAGICAL PROPERTIES: Turquoise is thought to increase Wisdom.
"An old ritual utilized Turquoise to gain wealth. Perform
this rite a few days after the New Moon when the crescent is
first visible in the sky. Avoid looking at the Moon until the
proper time. Hold a Turquoise in your hand. Visualize your
magical need -- money -- manifesting in your life. Move
outside and look at the Moon. Then directly shift your gaze
to the Turquoise. The magic has begun. Carry the stone with
you until the money arrives." (4)
HEALING: It is recommended that healers wear Turquoise to
increase their power. This stone is also said to heal the
emotional "heart" of the individual. In addition it has been
recommended for healing stomach disorders and for the eyes.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: I call Turquoise the "talk to me" stone.
I use it at the Throat Chakra, in association with it's
elemental side (water) to "make the words flow" when an
individual has difficulty expressing themselves. In addition,
whenever I make an animal fetish to represent a clients totem
animal, I normally include a small chip of Turquoise where
the throat would be. This is to encourage the Animal Spirit
to "communicate" with the person. Finally, I will often carry
a piece, or wear a piece of Turquoise when I am going to do a
"reading" or teaching, both for mundane or metaphysical
topics, because of its connection with Wisdom.
-------bibliography-------
1. Scientific, Environment, Occurrence and Name are from (or
paraphrased from) "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North
American Rocks and Minerals".
2. Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may come
from "Gemstones" by E. H. Rutland.
3. Other Precious and semi-precious gemstone information may
come from "Gem Cutting", sec. ed., by John Sinkankas.
4. Legends and Lore, Magical Properties are from
"Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic", by
Scott Cunningham.
5. Some of the healing information may come from "Color and
Crystals, A Journey Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.
6. Some of the healing information may come from "A Journey
Through the Chakras" by Joy Gardner.
7. Personal Experience is from MY personal experience,
journals and notebooks, by Tandika Star.
8. Birthstone poem from "The Occult and Curative Powers of
Precious Stones" by William T. Fernie, M.D.
Turquoise: Tones, strengthens entire body. Tissue
regeneration. Aids circulation, lungs, respiratory system.
Vitalizes blood, nervous system, Aligns chakras. Enhances
meditation. Creative expression, peace of mind, emotional
balance, communication, friendship, loyalty. (5)
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UNIKITE
UNIKITE: Combination of pink feldspar and green epidote. The
pink in unikite speaks to the heart chakra to awaken the
love within. the green lends its healing qualities to any
hurts which have been sustained. The pink is more
grounding than rose quartz. Unikite has a leveling effect
and helps to balance the emotional aspects of the body.
Compiled by Fern Bouchard
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VARISCITE
VARISCITE: Benefits the nervous system, the eyes, and those
who wish to investigate past-life experiences. Healers can
use this stone to fully understand the energies of those
they are working with.
Compiled by Fern Bouchard
Variscite: Soothing, calming, balancing for body/mind.
Aids blood, heart, emotional stability. Helps one recall past
lives. Self confidence. Abundance. (4,3)
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ZIRCON
Zircon: Strengthens the mind. Aids bowel problems. Balances
pituitary and pineal glands. Aligns subtle bodies.
Emotional balance, self-esteem. Aids sleep. Similar
properties as diamond and quartz crystal. All around healer.
(All).
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