PERUVIAN BLUE OPAL…..the “Calming Stone”

The Peruvian Blue Opal (also called blue opal) is a semi-opaque to opaque blue-green stone with colors similar to the Caribbean Sea.  This stone is also known as the “peacock opal”.  The color intensity of the stone can vary within a single specimen.

Peruvian Blue Opal is relatively rare and is only found in the Andes Mountains near San Patricio, Peru.  Blue Peruvian opal is a sedimentary stone formed at low temperatures from igneous rock with a high silica content. The composition is mostly silicon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

The Peruvian blue opal has soft relaxing energies.  Folk lore states that Blue Peruvian opal is a ”calming stone” that can quiet the mind and ease sleep problems.  Legend says that it takes the tension out of communication and helps ideas flow freely. It softens the impact of stress from the outside world and can help one to release the trauma of old wounds. It facilitates facing the future with a tranquil healing nature.  It is stated that all opals project the energies of the wearer, positive or negative.

BLOODSTONE has a primary message: "Be Here Now”

A chalcedony quartz, Bloodstone, is a green dotted with bright red spots of iron oxide.  The gemstone is a combination of green chalcedony (a mixture of quartz and morganite) and inclusion of iron oxide or red jasper, and sometimes is found with yellow inclusions.  

In ancient times it was called “Heliotorpe”, which is a combination of two Greek words “helio” meaning “the sun”, and “torpe” meaning “direction.”   The ancients believed its appearance resembles that of the red setting sun mirrored in the ocean.  Ancient Christianity held the belief that the blood of Christ dripped from the cross onto a dark green stone, thus creating bloodstone.

Bloodstone can be found include India, Brazil, China, Australia, and the United States.

Bloodstone is said to help one see the benefit of change and changing patterns.  It is believed to contain the abilities to revitalize love, relationships, and friendships.  Helps to let go of selfish behavior, and renews idealistic outlook on life.  Also enhances ones natural abilities, talent, and creativity.

BERYL….. possesses a wide color palette

Beryl stones represent a group of minerals, which include aquamarine, emerald, golden or yellow beryl, heliodor and morganite, to name a few. Pure beryl is colorless, but it also occurs in a variety of colors including green, yellow, greenish-yellow, blue to blue-green, red, colorless and pink when tinted by impurities.  The word 'beryl' is derived from the Sanskrit word in India, 'veruliyam.' It is an old term for chrysoberyl gemstone, from which the word 'beryllos' from Greek later developed.  Beryllos refers to a "precious blue-green color-of-sea-water stone.”

 

The list below describes each color variety

• Emerald, the green variety, is the most popular green gemstone and is one of the most valuable gems.
• Aquamarine, the blue to blue-green variety, is the most popular light-blue gemstone.
• Morganite, the pink to light-purple variety, named after the banker J.P. Morgan. 
• Heliodor is yellow to greenish-yellow variety. It can also include light green, orange, and brown Beryl.
• Golden Beryl  has a golden yellow to orange-yellow color. The terms Heliodor and Golden Beryl are often interchangeable.
• Goshenite (Colorless beryl) is the white to colorless variety of Beryl.
• Red Beryl (also known as "red emerald" or "scarlet emerald"), also known as Bixbite, is a rare, deep red variety found only two localities in Utah.

Beryl is found in Europe in Norway, Austria, Germany, Sweden (especially morganite), and Ireland, as well as Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Russia, South Africa, the United States, and Zambia. U.S. beryl locations are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.

It is said that beryl assists its possessor in learning how to filter out distractions and unnecessary stimulation. Good for relieving stress, calming the mind.  This stone is known to stimulate communication (blue), acceptance and healing (green), reawakens the love of married people (pink), supports spiritual growth (gold and white) and gives us strength and power (yellow).

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AZURITE….the stone of “Letting Go”

 

Azurite is a blue carbonate mineral, chemically composed of copper carbonate hydroxide.  It is a deep intense blue copper mineral produced by the weathering of copper ore deposits.  Azurite color combinations include electric blue, blue green, and turquoise. The name of the stone is derived from the Arabic word for blue.

 

In ancient times Azurite was used to produce a blue pigments and depending on the levels of copper carbonate produced a shades of blues. Chemical analysis of paintings from the Middle Ages shows azurite being recognized as a major source of the blues used by medieval painters. 

 Azurite crystals forms are found in the United States, Namibia, Australia, and France.  Azurite found in France is called Chessylite.  Other deposits have been found in Greece, Russia,  Germany, China, England, and Mexico.

Azurite is also a stone for CHANGE……"Letting Go “of old behavior, patterns, and way of seeing the world.  Bringing clarity and wisdom, and challenging us to rethink our "off-the-cuff reactions" and probe the depths of "WHY" we are reacting certain ways, and giving us the opportunity to "choose again".  Azurite is said to help control energy flow and to stimulate an increase in communication skills, intuition, creativity and inspiration.