Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
If you believe the metaphysical and healing powers attributed to Aventurine, you’d never be without this stone!
Thanks to Gems Basket (http://www.gemsbasket.com/aventurine-stone/) for this photo of Aventurine
I think it’s in my DNA to get excited about rocks and gemstones.
After all, my late dad was a geologist and, although he specialized in finding petroleum, he never lost his fascination with rocks.
When I was a kid, rocks were rocks. Boring inanimate objects that didn’t feel or speak to me.
Hard to get worked up over a lump of stone.
Then I went off to college and had to take a science class.
Now I’m more artistic than scientific and that, coupled with a poor background at the high school science level, told me to forgo Biology or Chemistry.
So I opted for Geology.
Really? Geology?
Sure, it made perfect sense. Daddy was a geologist. I figured I’d picked up enough from him to at least pass the course.
Geology was divided into a one-hour lecture class, three times a week, and a two-hour lab, twice a week.
The lecture class was scheduled for right after lunch. When it was hot outside, and the birds were chirping, and Spring was in the air.
And my old professor, bless his little heart, droned on and on and on, putting most of the class right to sleep.
Where we didn’t give him any trouble!
And the lab? Well, we each received a box approximately 8″ by 12″ by 1.5″ and were instructed to learn the various properties of what was inside.
Quartz and limestone and slate and such.
I, of course, found ways to memorize the markings and colors and feel of my box’s contents. And thought I was set.
Until the test.
When my teacher tricked me — my rocks weren’t there!
I didn’t know these new rocks. They didn’t look or feel the same, and I couldn’t remember properties to save my neck.
Somehow, I managed to pass. To Daddy’s delight.
Fast forward several years and once again, I’m studying rocks and gemstones and their various properties.
In an effort to learn which gemstone is purported to address which ill or need.
So I can expand my beading jewelry hobby into the healing gemstones area.
And I’m endlessly fascinated.
What goes around comes around, doesn’t it?
Thanks to several days of rain and thunderstorms, I recently had some time to myself, and I chose to pass it beading.
There’s something peaceful about working with beads, string, metal, and such. Something rewarding about creating a bracelet or earrings from rocks and wire.
I derive infinite satisfaction from fingering the beads, researching their healing properties, and knowing that, if I make something I don’t particularly like, I can either dismantle it and start over or I can squirrel it away for someone else to purchase one day.
We all have different tastes, you know, and one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!
Here are a few of the items I designed (and if you’re tired of seeing beaded jewelry, forgive me, but I’m up to my ears in Commencement preparations and this is the best I can post in my scatter-brained state!):
Citrine bracelet
1) This bracelet contains 8 Citrine chunks (helps with digestion and is known as the “Merchant’s Stone”) interspersed with 4mm round Hematites (increases intuition and improves relationships).
Unakite bracelet
2) This bracelet features 10 oval Unakite discs connected with 4mm round Unakite beads. Unakite is a combination of Red Jasper and Green Epidote. It’s said to lift your spirits, help you see the beauty in life, and uncover deception.
Healing bracelet
3) This “healing” bracelet contains 3 each of faceted Crystal beads, Sodalite, Turquoise, Jasper, Blue Averturine, and Howlite. All are 6mm round beads.
Healing bracelet #2
4) This is a healing bracelet featuring round stones sized 8mm each. Included gemstones are Crystal, Carnelian, Aventurine, Rose Quartz, Purple Striated Agate, Yellow Striated Agate, and Fancy Jasper. And here’s what the stones are said to do (minus, of course, the ones I’ve already listed):
Jade bracelet
5) This bracelet is comprised of 8 Russian Jade oval-shaped beads and 11 round, 4mm Fancy Jasper beads with a silver toggle clasp. Jade helps the body to heal itself. An ancient protective stone, Jade helps in clear reasoning.
Do stones in and of themselves really ‘Heal’? Who knows, but it’s fun learning about them anyway!
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 