Tumbled Stones

Tumbled pyrite

Pyrite makes one aware of their true nature and highlights both the positive and negative aspects of their personality. It encourages the individual to reveal their hidden sides, making them loyal and open with others.

Pyrite provides the wearer with energy and stability, boosts optimism, reveals the causes of conflict in relationships, and helps eliminate them. It helps endure pain and accept the changes that come into life.

Size: approx. 2 - 2.5 cm

Description

Mineral class: sulfates.

Chemical formula: FeS2 + Co, Ni, Sb + (Cu, Au, Ag, Zn)

Pyrite is a very common mineral composed of iron disulfide. It is generally hydrothermal in origin, but can also be sedimentary. Shiny gold in color and opaque, it is often found in octahedral form or emerging from clusters of fluorite and calcite. Fragile and heat-sensitive, when heated with a flame, pyrite emits a mixture of sulfides and releases the classic smell of sulfur

Element

Fire: the fire element relates to the sphere of energy and masculine strength (courage, willpower, purification, conquest).

Chakra

Third chakra Manipura ("Navel and Solar Plexus")

Mythology

The term "pyrite" derives from the Greek pyr, "fire": in fact, when struck with a piece of metal, it produces sparks, hence the name flintstone. Because it was believed to actually contain fire inside, it was used to make protective amulets or, for therapeutic purposes, to warm the body. Due to its gold-like color, with which it was confused, pyrite was known in the Middle Ages as the fools' gold.

Effect on the body

Pyrite helps clarify the cause of illnesses and has a pain-relieving effect. It improves blood circulation and prevents anemia. It increases the body's defenses, develops physical strength, and helps against fever and inflammation in general. Pyrite treats respiratory tract problems, including laryngitis, aids digestion, and calms stomach cramps.

Effect on the psyche

Pyrite makes one aware of their true nature and highlights both the positive and negative aspects of their personality. It encourages the individual to reveal their hidden sides, making them loyal and open with others.

Pyrite provides the wearer with energy and stability, boosts optimism, reveals the causes of conflict in relationships, and helps eliminate them. It helps endure pain and accept the changes that come into life.

Pyrite connects the right hemisphere of the brain with the left and facilitates communication between rationality and emotions, analytical intelligence and creativity.

Moonstone (Peristerite) - tumbled

Moonstone is a feldspar with a pearlescent glow that can range from bluish to reddish-beige, yellow-green, or even black.

In India it is called “the stone of dreams” because it is said to improve the quality of sleep and dreams.

Dimensions: variable

Material: Moonstone, semi-precious stone

Description

Mineral class: tectosilicates, feldspar family.

Chemical formula: K[AlSi3O8] + Na, Fe, Ba

Moonstone or adularia belongs to the feldspar family and is a potassium and aluminum silicate. Semi-transparent and translucent, it presents a color ranging from white to pearly gray with a soft, silvery luster that recalls the moonlight: this particular optical effect is called adularescence.

Be careful not to confuse it with white Labradorite, also known as rainbow stone, which has blue reflections but does not exhibit the phenomenon of adularescence.

Moonstone: element

Water: the water element concerns the sphere of emotions and femininity (love, healing, compassion, reconciliation, intuition).

Moonstone: chakra

Second chakra Svadhishthana (“Sacral”) and Seventh chakra Sahasrara (“Crown”)

Moonstone: mythology

As the name indicates, moonstone is traditionally associated with the moon and the feminine energies of the Great Mother, the feminine spirit of the Universe. Ancient peoples attributed various virtues to this gem, including that of favoring sailors and saving them from storms. In various parts of the world it is considered a lucky stone and in India it is worn only on fabrics dyed yellow, which is the sacred color.

Moonstone: effect on the body

Moonstone or adularia has a soothing action on problems of the female genital system. It stimulates lymphatic circulation, harmonizes the cycle, and alleviates menstrual pain. It is also recommended for menopause problems. Moonstone promotes sleep and has a positive effect on related disorders such as insomnia. It protects the stomach by countering the tendency toward hyperacidity.

Moonstone: effect on the psyche

Moonstone or adularia has a feminine energy and brings emotional peace, serenity, and harmony. It increases intuition, sweetness, and compassion. It favors feelings and fertility. Moonstone allows the individual to come into contact with their unconscious and to more easily accept their irrational aspects. It stimulates optimism and brings out creativity. It is the stone of hope and purity. It frees from family conflicts, helps overcome difficulties with love, and helps when facing radical changes involving the emotional sphere to not react in an excessive and anxious way. Moonstone mitigates aggressive impulses and improves the relationship with the mother.

Moonstone (Adularia) - tumbled

Moonstone (or Adularia, so named for its adulescence effect) is linked to the feminine (Yin), the tides, and the unconscious.

It is a mysterious stone that has always been associated with the Moon, whose legends and virtues have been lost since time immemorial. Being linked to the Moon and the night, it is used for journeys into the unconscious and for clairvoyance.

Finally, it is a lucky stone that helps to fulfill one's desires and attracts everything one needs. 

Dimensions: variable

Material: Moonstone, semi-precious stone

Description

What it is: Potassium aluminum silicate moonstone adularia

Family: Feldspars

Crystal system: Monoclinic

Chakra: 7th (Crown), can also be used on the 2nd and 6th

Use in Crystal Therapy: Clairvoyance, Dreams, Femininity, Fertility

Properties of Adularia Moonstone

Moonstone (or Adularia, so named for its adulescence effect) is linked to the feminine (Yin), the tides, and the unconscious. It is a mysterious stone that has always been associated with the Moon, whose legends and virtues have been lost since time immemorial. Being linked to the Moon and the night, it is used for journeys into the unconscious and for clairvoyance. Finally, it is a lucky stone that helps to fulfill one's desires and attracts everything one needs. 

Benefits for the body

Moonstone has a soothing effect on the body regarding problems of the female genital tract: it stimulates lymphatic circulation, harmonizes the cycle, and alleviates menstrual pain, relieves pain during pregnancy, and promotes fertility. It is also recommended for problems related to menopause. It promotes the healing of conditions related to the stomach and spleen. It provides restful sleep and has a positive effect on related disorders such as insomnia.

Benefits for the mind

It particularly increases intuition, which can be of great help in everyday life, promoting psychic abilities, clairvoyance, telepathy, and sensitivity to natural cycles. In fact, it is used to be worn during divination acts (tarot reading, runes, etc.) to increase psychic sensitivity. It also produces lucid and inspired dreams, and helps to remember them the next morning.

It frees from family conflicts, helps overcome difficulties in love, and helps not to react excessively and anxiously when facing radical changes involving the emotional sphere. It inhibits aggressive impulses and anxieties derived from relationship problems with the mother.

Benefits for the spirit

Being linked to the Water Element, which concerns the sphere of emotions and femininity (love, healing, compassion, reconciliation, intuition), it has a Yin energy and brings emotional peace, serenity, and harmony.

It stimulates romance, patience, availability, compassion, and gentleness even in men, helping them to accept their feminine side.

It promotes the control and balance of emotions, helps not to identify with an emotional state in order to reach a state of peace and serenity, and protects from self-destructive tendencies. Moonstone is useful for people who tend to go from one extreme to another and for those prone to easily changing their attitude.

Sunstone tumbled

Sunstone improves mood and stimulates feelings of joy, optimism, and confidence.

It works on the throat and stomach areas, reducing tension. It helps overcome the depressive states that occur during seasonal changes.

It helps you be decisive.

Sizes: variable

Sunstone is a beautiful orange-brown color, therefore connected to the second and third chakras. Its triclinic crystal system makes it perfect for very practical people who do not want to have to endure unnecessary problems. It tries to achieve the desired result with little effort. It loves the daily rhythm, trying to take advantage of the well-established structure of the day. Every now and then, it loves to let go and relax. This crystal structure makes sunstone particularly suitable for the crown chakra as well.

Material: Sunstone

Sunstone properties

Our ancestors believed that the sunstone fell from the sky, from the mother star of our solar system during an eclipse. It was also considered a precious lucky charm as well as a very beautiful jewel to wear. Ultimately, it was the representation of the Sun God, as the one who gives life and abundance.

Benefits for the body

In crystal therapy, sunstone is used to speed up metabolism and restore good digestion. It has a rebalancing power on the various organs. It works on the throat and stomach areas, reducing tension. It helps overcome the depressive states that occur during seasonal changes.

Among its other physical properties, we find:

• Relieve rheumatism and cartilage problems
• Arthritis
• Cramps
• Fever
• Various types of infections

Benefits for the mind

Use sunstone if you feel psychologically attached to your loved ones and cannot let them live their own lives. In fact, by using this mineral, you will be able to put love and unconditional, non-possessive care first. At the same time, it helps you recognize which bonds need to be cut.

It is the perfect stone for you if you are facing important study or creative work sessions; it helps you maintain high concentration and not procrastinate. It stimulates your thirst for independence, inducing you to think in individualistic terms, but without ignoring the importance of teamwork.

Sunstone encourages an optimistic view of life, removing the hooks that keep us connected to harmful emotional patterns. It helps us transform anger into determination to achieve goals. It allows you to see things in a much more detached way, without becoming insensitive.

Benefits for the spirit

This feldspar has important spiritual properties. Its crystal system is connected to the seventh chakra. By using it in meditation, for example, you can count on a valuable ally that will help you investigate the essence of your soul. It makes you more confident about the future and destiny.

It works comprehensively on the chakras, managing to purify all the main energy centers of the human body. It performs a special action on the root and sacral chakras, stimulating both creativity and sexuality.

It also works very well on increasing enthusiasm and a greater connection with reality. Wearing it consistently in the form of a ring or bracelet allows you to work on the feelings you have been suppressing for a long time, those that do not allow you to savor the good things in life. It is also highly appreciated by deeply spiritual people, such as missionaries who dedicate their lives to serving others.

Snowflake Obsidian, with its beautiful characteristic black and white color, is a stone associated with purity, balance, and the equilibrium of body, mind, and spirit.

Its black and white color makes it an important stone for bringing balance and coherence to our lives.

This is a natural product, so its color, shape, and size may vary and differ from the image shown.

Size: variable

Stone of Centering and Change

Snowflake obsidian is an excellent aid and support for first recognizing, and subsequently letting go of, negative thoughts. By negative thoughts, I mean wrong thoughts and repetitive, deeply rooted patterns that limit us. All this is to promote rapid change. The stone works on helping us stay centered and feel inner balance.

Another characteristic of the stone is its ability to bring everything that is being held back to the surface, which in turn causes stress and inner imbalance. Suppressed emotions and thoughts are gently helped to emerge in the most beneficial way for the person. After all, we must remember that we are talking about a stone associated with serenity and purity, and therefore it could never cause harm.

Stone of Protection and Healing

It is also a wonderful stone for protection against physical and emotional harm, as it creates a shield against negativity by transforming and purifying negative vibrations within the spaces where we live. We can truly consider it a “cleaner” of negative energies, as it helps remove not only negativity from the environment, but also that associated with our own emotions, such as anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, envy, etc., by strengthening emotional stability. This gives it the ability to keep our emotions balanced, preventing “wild” mood swings that destabilize ourselves and those around us. Carrying or wearing Obsidian helps us disperse those unkind thoughts that arise from within and reverberate outward into the world and onto the people around us.

It is very useful in all healing processes, as it helps clarify the cause of the illness or disorder. In this way, it promotes subsequent improvement and makes us more receptive to the healing energies needed to create the right positive attitude toward this end.

Snowflake Obsidian and Physical Disorders

Physically, the stone acts on the vascular system, improving blood flow and working very well on veins and capillaries. Improved blood circulation will help warm the hands and feet of those who suffer from chronically cold extremities. It also works on the skeletal system, smoothing the skin and supporting the healing of wounds.

Mind and Emotions

Mentally and emotionally, it drives away fears of all kinds and helps release emotional blocks and traumas. It refines the mind and relieves stress. Furthermore, it is an excellent means of materializing and making ideas and projects tangible.

It also helps us bring our shadow sides to light and see them in their true nature so that they can become part of our new self.

Historical Tidbits and Legends

Snowflake obsidian chips and blades have been found in burial sites dating back to the Paleolithic era. Over time, it was considered a stone that had the power to drive away demons. In the Middle Ages, it was used as an aid and support for magical rituals. Mayan priests used mirrors made of this stone to predict the future. Shamans used it to come into contact with the spirit world. Every self-respecting sorcerer had an obsidian stone that allowed them to concentrate astral forces.

This is a natural product, so its color, shape, and size may vary and differ from the image shown.

Obsidian is used therapeutically to help you recognize and understand the darker sides of your personality.

This volcanic glass can come in various colors, although black obsidian is the most common.

It helps you develop your latent potential. It was already used for ritual purposes in the Stone Age.

An excellent meditation stone that helps overcome blockages.

Size: variable

It helps you free yourself from daily disharmony, resentment, anger, and fear. An excellent anti-stress aid. When working on yourself to let go of certain negative feelings, always keep obsidian with you.

Benefits for the mind

Thanks to this stone, you can better overcome shocks, great fears, and past traumas that prevent you from evolving, forcing you to stagnate in beliefs that only harm you.

Benefits for the body

It is used in crystal therapy against physical pain in any area of the body. It accelerates the healing of a wound by stimulating tissue regeneration. It also appears to stimulate blood circulation, which is why it is recommended if you suffer from always cold hands and feet. However, its use at a physical level is rather limited. Although obsidian is a stone that vibrates in relation to the first chakra and therefore has rather earthy energies, its role is primarily to help us from a spiritual and energetic point of view.

Benefits for the spirit

It protects you from negativity. It is also perfect for grounding because it allows for better contact with the Earth. Its vibrations are excellent and can be felt even with short use. Of course, depending on the type of obsidian you own, the properties change. However, the entire family of these volcanic stones has several things in common.

Obsidian has been used by shamans in different parts of the world to come into contact with the spirit world. Thanks to its high vibrations, it also promotes spiritual contact with your spirit guide. It is said that by looking into an opaque obsidian specimen, you can see images of deceased loved ones.

While obsidian helps you come into contact with these energies, also stimulating the gift of prophecy, it also acts as a protective amulet. It helps you understand the deeper meaning of this life and find the answers you are looking for.

Benefits at an energetic level

In crystal therapy, obsidian acts as an energetic cleanser. It works on the human body's aura to clear it of any blockages. In practice, it helps eliminate impurities and negativity lodged in the auric field, helping you regain your spiritual, physical, and emotional health.

It vibrates in correspondence with the first chakra. Its energy helps you stay grounded. Thanks to obsidian, all energies present in your body in excessive amounts (causing blockages) can be redistributed, and those in excess flow away through the first chakra during grounding.

Tumbled Pink Opal

Pink Opal is a powerful stone primarily connected to the Heart Chakra.

It helps heal emotions, especially those related to unconsciously suppressed pain.

Pink Opal also encourages you to release your fears and worries. It helps relieve stress, allowing you to be more centered and calm.

This is a natural product, so the color, shape, and size may vary and differ from the image shown.

Size: Approximately 2.5–3 cm

Material: Precious Stone - Brass

Pink opal is a variety of opal. It forms from dried silica gel. It can be found in manganese deposits.

It is not a very well-known stone; fire opal is undoubtedly much better known. However, it is quite commonly used in crystal therapy, often as a substitute for or in combination with rose quartz.

Properties of Pink Opal

Benefits for the Body

Physically, pink opal is used for disorders of nervous origin, as well as heart conditions. In this case, it should be kept in close contact with the heart. Since it is a pink stone, a beautiful pendant is ideal, as this keeps it aligned with the heart chakra.

Benefits for the Mind

On a spiritual level, it strengthens the spirit of brotherhood. Wear it if you need to start working in a team, because it makes you much more attentive to the needs of the group and more open to sharing ideas. It makes you more altruistic and eager to embrace a true ideal.

Benefits for the Spirit

Pink opal is recommended for combating depression, as well as for those who tend to worry too much and excessively. It makes you more cordial and open toward others. Above all, it brings out your truest self, even the parts we always try to keep in the shadows.

Just like fire opal, this stone allows you to experience sexuality in a more open and sincere way. Desires and physical energies unite so that the person can finally fulfill their desires.

Like all stones of this color, Black Onyx absorbs negative energy to transform it into positive energy.

In Persia, it was used to ward off the evil eye.

It is undoubtedly a stone that leads to a state of introspection, forcing us to face our Shadow and our inner demons.

Dimensions: variable

Material: Precious Stone

Physical benefits

As passed down to us by popular wisdom, black onyx seems to possess certain properties when it comes to the body. It is considered the stone of hearing and therefore supports therapies aimed at healing ear ailments. It also strengthens the immune system, helping to combat infections.

Psychological and mental benefits

By wearing black onyx, we open ourselves to getting in tune with others, allowing us to better understand their desires and aspirations. However, this interaction with others also helps us better understand ourselves and our inner world.

It is therefore perfect for situations where clarity is needed, whether in achieving goals, bringing order to our feelings and thoughts, or finding our own path. All of this is viewed through the lens of our true needs, rather than the behaviors we have adopted to satisfy someone else's wishes.

Spiritual benefits

Black onyx also has several very interesting properties on a spiritual level. First, it protects us from negative influences by shielding us. This is actually a role that belongs somewhat to all black stones, such as tourmaline, which protects against radiation emitted by technological devices.

Black onyx also allows us to focus our attention on what truly matters, helping us better assess which judgments are constructive and which are intended to tear us down.

Thanks to this mineral, we can work much more consciously on the root chakra, which is linked to our survival instinct, the need to put down roots, and the desire to find our place in the world. It also strengthens our connection with Mother Earth.