Healing Crystal & Stone
Reference Guide

Gold Gold has been used in jewelry, coins, decorative and ornamental art for thousands of years. Gold is most commonly found in ore veins and occurs in quartz veins often associated with quartzite (and called picture stone). Gold is also found in nugget form and as grains such as those located in riverbeds . It's color depends on the types of impurities it contains, but typically it is golden yellow in color. In order to change it's color and increase it's hardness, different metals are alloyed with it, creating different purities (indicated in the USA by Karat) and different colors such as rose gold by the addition of copper, green gold, white gold, and peach gold. Mohs' Hardness of 24k (pure) Gold: 2 1/2
Metaphysical Properties: It is said to attract wealth and happiness and to amplify positive feelings. Gold is thought to trap and maintain the power of the stones set in it. Wearing Gold is thought to bring Sun like qualities to the wearer--strength, confidence, courage and a long prosperous life. It can also help attune one to nature and it's healing forces. Gold will not tarnish and seems immune to the effects of weathering and most acids, hence it was associated with immortality and invincibility. World famous Psychic, Edgar Cayce, mentions Gold as being excellent in rebuilding nerve and brain function. It may help to combat feelings of depression and inferiority and to calm excitation and states of anger. It is said to alleviate stress and helps to stabilize emotions. It is said to be beneficial for disorders of the nervous system such as Multiple Sclerosis and paralysis, to increase circulation and to treat blood disorders. It is thought to be helpful for arthritis, heart and vascular disease, and skin disorders including cancer. It has also been used to treat conditions related to epilepsy, autism and dyslexia.Modern doctors sometimes treat arthritis with injections of gold salts.
The energy of gold can be used to balance the energy fields. It has been used to open and activate the third-eye and crown chakras and for the development, purification, and balancing of the heart chakra. Like silver, it has the ability to clear negativity from the chakras and energy fields while transferring the positive energies of other minerals.
Gold is a metal in harmony with the Sun and therefore in harmony with the Leo born.
The traditional gift of the 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Silver is a mineral that is said to mirror the soul, strengthen the connection between astral and physical bodies, and enhance intuitive and psychic energies. Silver is mystically considered to improve speech, bring eloquence. It is also purported to attract, enhance and store the energies of gemstones, as well as draw out negative energies. Silver is related to the moon, and moon energies. Physically, crystal healing lore indicates that silver is has been traditionally used to aid hepatitis treatments, eliminate toxins, expel toxins through the pores, headache, rheumatic pain, nausea and gastritis, obesity, diabetes, and increase assimilation of vitamins A and E.

Copper assists in communication, channeling, cleansing, purification, increasing self-esteem and freeing the wearer of mental burdens. Copper is considered a mineral of energy and mental agility. iT Is said to be the legendary metal of the God Hermes, who facilitates mental agility, and quick wit. Copper is said to amplify and transmit thoughts of Psychic or Mental energies over long distances. Copper’s power to heal the mind and body is based on the metal’s ability to conduct electricity, subtle energies, and a wide range inbetween. In the 1970s, the United States Copper use as a healing agent began to see an increase. Worn next to the skin it can be a very powerful soothing assistant with Arthritic and Rheumatic diseases, but also look to it for its healing properties in improving the circulation of blood, cleansing, purification, increasing energy, detoxification, reducing inflammation, communication, channeling, increasing self-esteem and freeing the wearer of mental burdens. stabilizing metabolism and improving Oxygen use.
Copper balances warm sun energy and cool lunar energy. Sunshine will energize copper.