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A Course in Light
Amethyst
Chakra
Course
Light
a course in light
agate
amber
ametrine
apophylite
aquamarine
aventurine
calcite
celestite
citrine
coral
course
crystal geodes
emerald
energy
fluorite
gold
jove
level two
light
moon stone
white
Peridot
Peridot is an ancient and yet currently very popular gemstone. It is so old that it can be found eve...
Rutilated Quartz
While most varieties of transparent quartz are valued most when they lack inclusions, some varieties...
Apophyllite
Apophyllite is used as an aid to meditation and helps us make a conscious connection with the spir...
Pyramid
A pyramid is any man-made structure where the upper surfaces are triangular and converge on one poin...
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite (whose name means rose-colored from the Greek rhodon -"rose" and chroma - "color") is ...
Sugilite
Sugilite, a fairly recent discovery (1944) is found in Japan, Canada and India. The most important o...
Opal
Opal is a sedimentary stone. Under proper conditions, water percolates through the earth, becoming r...
Iolite
This gemstone is called the gemstone of the Vikings, Iolite is also very often mistaken for Tanzanit...
Prehnite
With its bright, almost luminescent green coloring Prehnite is an attractive mineral that can have a...
Emerald
Emeralds are fascinating gemstones. They show the most beautiful, deepest and most brilliant green i...
Larimar
Larimar (misspelled: lorimar) is a rare blue variety of pectolite found only in the Dominican Republ...
Calcite
Calcite can be found in clear, green, gray, yellow, pink, red, and blue. Calcite is calcium carbonat...
Lepidolite
Lepidolite is an uncommon mica and has only in the past decade become available on the mineral marke...
Labradorite
Labradorite (also called Spectrolite sometimes) is a considered by mystics to be a stone of transfor...
Crystal Geodes
Geodes, a term derived from a Greek word meaning earth-shaped, are irregular, roughly spherical bo...
Malachite
Malachite is copper carbonate formed from very small crystals. It is usually found with alternating ...
Turquoise Gemstone
Ancient and yet always at the height of current fashion: that is Gypsum is found in nature in ...
Amethyst
Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is one of the most popular gems. If it were not for its...
Stilbite
Stilbite is a very angelic energy. It is very uplifting and joyous to meditate with. Sit down and ga...
Moldavite
Natural glass created by a meteorite striking the earth. Green in color with a clarity that makes it...
AquaMarine
The name Aquamarine is derived from the Latin aqua (water) and mare (sea). Aquamarine is one of our...
Tiger Eye
Tiger Eye is a durable quartz composite. It begins as the fibrous blue mineral called crocidolite, w...
Smoky Quartz
A very common, coarse-grained variety of the silica mineral quartz that ranges in colour from nearly...
Lapis
Lapis is a gemstone straight out of fairy tales of the Arabian Nights: deepest blue with golden shin...
Moon Stone
Moonstone shows an almost magical play of light as its characteristic feature. It owes its name to t...
Celestite
Colour is often light-blue or white, colourless. Lustre is vitreous, pearly and is translucent. The ...
Citrine
Named from the French name for lemon,"citron," many citrines have a juicy lemon color. Citrine inclu...
Ruby
Which colour would you spontaneously associate with love and vividness, passion and power? Obviously...
Amber
Dinosaurs have been more popular than ever since their starring role in the movie Jurassic Park. A m...
Jade
Since at least 2950 BC, jade has been treasured in China as the royal gemstone, yu. The character fo...
Aventurine
This form of Cryptocrystaline Quartz contains inclusions of small crystals that reflect light and gi...
Tourmaline
Tourmalines are precious stones displaying a unique splendour of colours. According to an ancient Eg...
Tetrahedron
A tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra) is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which...
Sun Stone
Sunstone is also called aventurine feldspar (a variety of oligoclase). This gemstone varies from gol...
Fluorite
The many colors of fluorite are truly wonderful. The rich purple color is by far fluorite's most fam...
Phantom Quartz
Phantom quartz usually occurs in rock crystal, but is also found in smoky quartz, citrine, and ameth...
Quartz
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Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz is a form of quartz that ranges in color from pink to deep red. The pink can be almost ...
Kunzite
Kunzite and Hiddenite are both varieties of the mineral Spodumene. Kunzite carries the pink ray of D...
Sodalite
Sodalite crystals are vitreous and transparent to translucent, however massive specimens can ap...
Himalayan Rock Salt Lamp
Himalayan salt is rock salt or halite from a mine in the Punjab Region of Pakistan, which rises from...
Kyanite
Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek, kyanos, meaning blue, is a typically blue silicate miner...
Natural Sugilite Gemstone Bangle Bracelet
This Sugilite bangle is from an old mine in South Africa. You can see through some part of it. It lo...
Agate
In ancient times the beauty and durability of agate prompted man to use it in both practical and orn...