Tiger-eye Tiger-eye is a natural stone. This stone is as hypnotic as the eye of an actual tiger.
Tiger-eye comes in a golden yellow with deeply banded browns running thought it. It is a magnificent stone to own and wear. It also comes in pink, blue, grey black, and red with the same banding in them.
Tiger-eye is found in United States, Mexico, India, Australia, and South Africa.
Healing Properties
Tiger-eye combines the earth energy with the energies of the sun. Tiger-eye is a protective stone warding off curses. Mentally, Tiger-eye integrates both sides of your brain and enhances your perception. Tiger-eye gives you greater self worth, self criticism, and blocked creativity. Tiger-eye treats your eyes and aids night vision, heals the throat and reproductive organs, and dissolves constriction. It helps in repairing broken bones.
Proper Care
Although Tiger-eye is a durable stone, it should be protected from scratches, sharp blows and temperature extremes. Store separately in cotton bags or cotton lined boxes.
Scientific Notes
Tiger-eye is composed of Silicon dioxide, macrocrystalline quartz. It has a Moh's hardness of 7 and is a favorite stone used in fine quality jewelry.
Tourmalinated Quartz
Tourmalinated Quartz is a natural stone.
Tourmalinated Quartz is a clear to opaque white quartz with black needle like inclusions of tourmaline or actinolite running thought it, making the stone a striking and beautiful stone.
Tourmalinated Quartz is found in Brazil but Quartz is found worldwide.
Healing Properties
Quartz is the most powerful healing and energy amplifier on the planet. Found world wide it absorbs, stores, releases, and regulates energy and is excellent for unblocking it. Quartz crystal raises energy to the highest possible level. Quartz stimulates the immune system and brings the body into balance. Quartz is great for soothing burns.
Proper Care
Clean in warm water with mild soap and dry with a soft cloth.
Scientific Notes
Tourmalinated Quartz is a Macrocrystalline quartz. It has a Moh's rating of 7 and is a favorite stone used in fine quality jewelry.
Tourmaline Tourmaline is a natural stone.
Tourmaline displays a greater range of colors than any other known gemstone including black, brown, green, pink, red, blue, watermelon, blue green.
Tourmaline is found in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Africa, United States, Western Australia, Italy.
Healing Properties
Tourmaline cleanses, purifies, and transforms energy. Tourmaline aids self understanding as well as others. Tourmaline is a powerful mental healer, balancing the right and left sides of your brain. Tourmaline releases tension, which makes it helpful with spinal adjustments. Tourmaline enhance energy flow. Each color of Tourmaline has its own specific healing ability.
Proper Care
Don't store tourmaline with harder gemstones or other materials that might rub against it and cause damage. As with all gems, protect tourmaline from scratches and sharp blows that could shatter it. Also, avoid large temperature changes that can cause the crystal to fracture (such as leaving it near a heater vent or in a hot car).
Do not clean tourmaline in a home ultrasonic cleaner. Tourmaline jewelry can be cleaned with a mild solution of gentle dishwashing detergent and water at home. Soak the stone for 10-20 minutes, then wipe gently but firmly with a wash towel.
Scientific Notes
Tourmaline is composed of Aluminum borate silicate. It has a Moh's rating of 7 to 7-1/2, making it a moderately hard stone, often used in fine quality jewelry.
Tree Agate Tree Agate is a natural stone.
Tree Agate has a white opaque translucency background with dark green foliage like patter with a matte polished surface.
Agate is found in United States, India, Morocco, Czech Republic, Brazil and Africa.
Healing Properties
Psychologically Agate gently facilitates acceptance of one’s self. This builds self confidence . Agate stimulates the digestive process and relieves gastritis. It heals eyes, stomach, and uterus. Agates cleanse the lymphatic system and pancreas.
Proper Care
Clean with warm soapy water and a soft brush. Dry with a soft cloth. Do Not use household chemicals. No prolonged exposure to temperature extremes. Store in a fabric lined box or cotton bag to prevent scratching.
Scientific Notes
Tree Agate is Microcrystalline quartz, banded chaleedony. It has a Moh's rating of 6-1/2 to 7, making it a moderately hard stone and may be used in fine quality jewelry.
Turquoise Turquoise is a natural stone.
Turquoise comes in hues of blue or green with patterns of brown and black veining and a waxy luster. Some Turquoise is dyed to give a more evenly vivid color. Most Turquoise is stabilized to improve overall strength and polish.
Turquoise is found in United States, Egypt, Mexico, China, Iran, Peru, Poland, Russia, France, Tibet, Afghanistan and Arabia.
Chalk turquoise, another variety of turquoise, is available in bright fuchsia pink, lime green, and robin egg blue .
Healing Properties
Turquoise is a very efficient healing stone. Turquoise purifies and dispels negative energy. Turquoise instills inner calm while remaining alert. Turquoise helps with exhaustion, depression, or panic attacks. It enhances the immune system and regenerates tissue. Turquoise helps assimilate nutrients and alleviates pollution.
Proper Care
Turquoise is a hydrous compound of copper and aluminum, so it loses color when it loses water. To keep your turquoise from becoming dehydrated, it is a good idea to water it, as you would your houseplants, with pure saline water periodically to revive or maintain color. (If salty ocean mist makes the statue of liberty, which is made of solid copper, turn green, it will do the same for your turquoise.)
Turquoise is porous, so chemicals can damage it. Use only pure water and a soft cloth to wipe it clean, and you can clean your turquoise frequently without causing damage. The natural oil of your skin is good for turquoise, and it will naturally polish it when you wear it. If it is set in silver, wearing if often will also keep the silver from tarnishing. Silver polish will damage the surface of turquoise.
Don't store turquoise with harder gemstones or other materials that might rub against it and cause damage. Turquoise can fade in sunlight, excessive sweat, chlorine bleach and dishwater.
Scientific Notes
Turquoise is Copper containing gasic aluminum phosphate. It is has Moh's rating of 5 to 6, the mid-range of hardness. It has long been a favorite stone for many kinds of jewelry, especially in the Southwestern United States.
White Moonstone
White Moonstone is a natural stone.
White Moonstone is a translucent creamy white with a soft sheen to it.
Moonstone is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia. Healing Properties
Moonstone is often called the visionary's stone. It helps us see things more clearly. Rainbow moonstone, in particular, offers us visions of things that aren't immediately obvious. Moonstone is a stone of new beginning. Moonstone has traditionally been to enhance psychic abilities and to develop clairvoyance.
Psychologically, moonstone calms overreactions to situations and to emotional triggers. Mentally, moonstone opens the mind to sudden and irrational impulses, serendipity, and synchronicity. Emotionally, moonstone soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotion.
Healing, moonstone helps the digestive and reproductive system, assimilates nutrients, eliminates toxins and fluid retention, and alleviates degenerative conditions of the skin, eyes, and fleshy organs such as the liver and pancreas.
Scientific Notes
White Moonstone is composed of Potassium feldspar. It has a Moh's rating of 6 to 6-1/2, a moderate hardness range. This gemstone may be found in fine quality jewelry. Zebra Jasper
Zebra Jasper is named for its exotic black and white patterns of a zebra, is a natural stone.
Zebra Jasper is actually onyx marble. It is translucent white with black patterns over the stone.
Zebra Jasper major deposits are found in Mexico and it is called Mexican Zebra stone but Jasper is found worldwide.
Healing Properties
Jasper helps us release our tendencies to over think or over analyze things. When you wear it, your mood lifts immediately. Jasper supports the circulatory, digestive, and sexual organs.
Psychologically, jasper imparts determination to all pursuits. Mentally, jasper aids quick thinking , and promotes organizational abilities and seeing projects though.
Scientific Notes
Zebra Jasper is composed of Silicate, chalceedony, quartz group.It has a Moh's hardness of 6-1/2 to 7 in the mid-range. Zebra Jasper is a favorite stone used in fine quality jewelry.
