The Library

A warm, honest guide to amazonite: the soothing blue-green feldspar known as the stone of hope, said to support communication, ...

A warm, honest guide to garnet: the deep red January birthstone said to carry passion, vitality and protection, with its true m...

The crystals traditionally chosen for protection and for healing: grounding stones like black tourmaline and comforting ones li...

An honest guide to pyrite, or fool's gold: what it really is, how to tell it from gold, its cubic crystals and meaning, how to ...

An honest guide to black obsidian: the volcanic glass, its real history as scrying mirrors, where it comes from, its forms and ...

An honest guide to tiger's eye: what the golden chatoyant stone really is, where it comes from, its varieties and forms, its tr...

An honest guide to black tourmaline (schorl): the protective grounding stone, its real piezoelectric science, traditional meani...

An honest guide to selenite, the moon stone: what it really is, why it must never be soaked in water, its meaning and forms, ho...

An honest guide to rose quartz, the love stone: what it really is, the science of its pink colour, its meaning and forms, how t...

An honest guide to citrine: the golden quartz, why most citrine is heat-treated amethyst, its meaning and forms, and what the e...

An honest guide to amethyst: what the purple quartz really is, its traditional meaning and uses, how to care for it, and what t...

A grounded guide to smoky quartz: what it is as a mineral and how its smoky colour forms, where it comes from, its traditional ...