Category: Featured Stones

Featured Stone – Purple Fluorite

In its purest form, Fluorite is colorless, but due to the presence of impurities, you can find almost the entire colour spectrum in this gemstone. From the Chinese to the Egyptians to the Greeks, ancient civilizations have always appreciated Fluorite. It was used for scarabs, statues, and beads. The Romans believed drinking alcohol from a Fluorite carved vessel would prevent drunkenness. In the Americas, Fluorite sculptures have been found in the mound builders Mississippi culture. Fluorite is a protective and stabilizing stone and cleanses the aura of anyone that wears it.

Featured Stone – Clear Quartz

This pendant features a lovely polished Quartz crystal. This crystal’s colourless, transparent properties beautifully reflect light. Quartz crystals were once believed to be an eternal ice sent by the heavenly Gods. This lovely gemstone has been around for thousands of years and has been found in Egyptian tombs as amulets for the dead in the afterlife. Sacred fires were often lit using this crystal to show gratitude to the Gods. Clear crystal is said to enhance your bio-magnetic field, just by holding it in your hand. It is considered a master healing stone with a very strong vibration.

Featured Stone – Blue Goldstone

This pendant features Blue Goldstone, a beautiful deep blue stone with sparkles. This stunning stone is reminiscent of stars twinkling in a dark blue night sky. Blue Goldstone is made of ground glass with quartz and copper flakes to create the sparkle. It truly is a magnificent stone, known for its metaphysical properties of motivation, ambition and dreams. Blue Goldstone is said to stimulate motivation and drive.

Featured Stone – Horn Coral Fossil

Horn Coral grows in long cone shapes and are formed from the calcium carbonate that came from the ocean floor. They are estimated to be between 251 and 488 million years old! The proper name for these fossils is Rugose Coral. This fossil is regarded as a soothing and protective stone. This stone and fossils in general are said to help you tap into ancient wisdom when learning a new spiritual tradition. This fossil is commonly found along the shores of the Great Lakes.

Featured Stone – Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz is a pink variety of quartz that is abundant around the world, usually occurring as anhedral occurrences in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites. Quartz of all kinds is readily found here in Ontario. It polishes beautifully in part due to it’s composition and hardness, which is a 7 on the Mohs scale.

Rose Quartz is known as the “Stone of Love. It has a gentle, steady energy that helps with unconditional love, emotional healing and compassion. It is associated with opening the heart and is associated with the Heart Chakra. Rose Quartz is fantastic for calming emotions to facilitate a more peaceful sleep.

Featured Stone – Green Fluorite

Fluorite is a mineral that is composed of calcium and fluorine and forms in isometric crystals such as cubes and octahedrons, but can have other shapes. It’s used in many industrial applications like steel manufacturing, glass etching and ceramics. In Ontario, there were many Fluorite mines in operation in the last century, many of which are now closed. It is a relatively soft stone at a 4 on the Mohs scale and tends to be a difficult stone to tumble. Fluorite comes in green, blue, purple and yellow colours and combinations of all four colours in some specimens. It is truly a beautiful stone! This pendant features rough green Fluorite which is found in many areas right here in my home province. When I look at this beautiful shade of green, I’m reminded of the seafoam green of a lovely ocean and the green hue of a lovely forest.

Green Fluorite is an excellent stone that is known as a gentle healer and detoxifier and energizer of all chakras especially when placed on the throat or heat chakra. It is truly an all purpose stone promoting healing on all levels. Do you need to get back into touch with nature and the outdoors? Fluorite is helpful in restoring those ties to the Earth and the great outdoors. It also helps to promote self-love and can be helpful in removing blockages and narrow mindedness, leading to creativity and new ideas.

Featured Stone – Prehnite

This pendant features Prehnite, a beautiful green stone primarily made up of calcium and aluminum. Iron inclusions are sometimes found in Prehnite resulting in a darker orange-yellow colour. It has a crystalline structure which gives it a glittery appearance. It is primarily found in South Africa and Australia. Needless to say, it is not found along the shores of our Great Lakes and is one that was purchased to set in the driftwood pendants we produce. It is truly a beautiful stone!

This is a stone for intuition, premonition and dreaming. It’s also excellent for healing, promoting changes in our thoughts and feelings as well as opening blocks in awareness. Prehnite links the Heart Chakra directly with the Solar Plexus. Do you need help in learning to lead with your heart? This stone might help. Prehnite is known as the “stone of prediction” because of its ability to bridge the gap between the spiritual and physical world. It’s an excellent stone for all forms of divination as well as astral travel and connecting with spirit guides.

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