Yule/Winter Solstice: Bloodstone — Crystal Dawn

Stone of the Season: Bloodstone Energy: Projective Element: Fire Planet(s): Mars Bloodstone is opaque, green, spotted varieties of chalcedony. The dark green of the bloodstone is spotted with red because of the presence of iron oxides. These distinctive spots seem to resemble blood, thus giving the stone its name. Found in India, Brazil, China, Australia, […] … Continue reading Yule/Winter Solstice: Bloodstone — Crystal Dawn

Yule/ Winter Solstice: Jacinth — Crystal Dawn

Stones associated with Yule~Winter Solstice Rubies, bloodstones, garnets, emeralds, diamonds, turquoise, serpentine, jacinth, peridot Jacinth is an orange-red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone. Jacinth’s magical properties tie with the legend of its origin and the image of Apollo. As the god of beauty and art, he endowed the stone with the ability […] … Continue reading Yule/ Winter Solstice: Jacinth — Crystal Dawn

Diamond: A Stone of Yule

General Properties of Diamond: Clarity, purity, strength, harmony, protection, peace, healing, amplifier, spirituality Color: Clear, steel, pink, blue, green, orange, brown, black, canary yellow Element: Earth, fire Chakra: Root (1st chakra), power (3rd chakra), crown (7th chakra) Planetary: Sun Astrological: Aries, the sun, spring Geology: The diamond is the strongest stone rating a 10 on … Continue reading Diamond: A Stone of Yule

Chrysoberyl (Cat’s Eye) Stone

General properties of chrysoberyl (cat’s eye): protection, wealth, beauty, healing Color: Cat’s eye is translucent and often greenish-yellow, gray-green, yellow or grayish yellow. Fibrous inclusions produce a cat’s eye. Element: Earth Planetary: Venus Astrological: Pisces Energy: Projective Geology: Chrysoberyl is a hard stone rating 8.5 on Moh’s Scale of Hardness. It is found in … Continue reading Chrysoberyl (Cat’s Eye) Stone