Joanna May
Lavender Rose Healing

Black Tourmaline, which is also known as Schorl, is an iron-rich complex borosilicate. It is opaque black and is very common. Black tourmaline can be electrically charged by heating or rubbing it, which results in one end becoming positive and the other negative. Black tourmaline is one of the main crystals for protection against negativity. It is said to guard against radiation and environmental pollutants as well as giving psychic protection in challenging places or situati

Unlike all the other crystals that we have connected with so far, Amber is not a rock, but a resin that oozed from living trees in dense, prehistoric forests and then fossilized over millions of years. Some amber may contain inclusions of insects or other matter that was in it as it fossilized. To be classed as real Amber, the resin must be millions of years old. Younger tree resin which is only several thousand years old is called Copal. Amber is associated with the solar pl

Red Jasper is another member of the quartz family. Jaspers are opaque microcrystalline quartz which come in many colours and often with patterns depending on the inclusions. The red colour is due to the presence of iron. Red Jasper is associated with the root or sacral chakra. It has a strong stable energy, is grounding and very earthy. It can help with physical strength and stamina and is a stimulator of chi, or life force. It is known as the stone of endurance. Red Jasper i

Hematite is the mineral form of Iron Oxide. It is rather variable in its appearance as it can be reddish brown or all shades of silvery-grey and it forms as crystals, massive, rosettes, botryoidal (grape formation) or columnar. However it has formed, it will have a rust red streak through it. The hematite that is most frequently available is a metallic grey colour and has been polished and formed into a tumblestone - photo 1. Photo 2 is natural hematite on dark amethyst and p