Manifest Money, Prosperity and Abundance with Crystals

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Today we are going to talk about how to manifest money, prosperity, and abundance with crystals.

 

What do you want to manifest an abundance of this year? Post in the comments to fill in the blank
I want to manifest an abundance of _______________.
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Money, Money, Money
Fair warning up front, this topic may trigger some of you. How do I know that? Because it used to trigger me.

Someone would start talking about manifesting money, and this topic would trigger me big time.  Back in the ’90s, they didn’t use the words manifestation or trigger,  but trigger is the right word for what I’m talking about. So, fair warning if you think this is going to push your buttons and you’re all “why is she talking to us about money?” Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space.

Now I’m not necessarily talking about money. When we’re talking about manifesting prosperity and abundance, we can talk about prosperity and abundance of a lot of different things. But a lot of times it does mean money. Does that push your buttons? No judgments if it does because like I said, it used to push mine.

I have this quote right above my desk from Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor.

Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space because it affects our manifestation.

I know this from personal experience.

So if your panties are in a bunch about this, please be mindful of your energy (and your energy includes the comments), be careful. Just keep an open mind, if nothing else, and you might have some food for thought when we’re done here. We can agree to disagree, that’s cool, but just keep an open mind and listen and see what you think at the end, okay?
Attracting Abundance
To attract an abundance of anything, not just money, you need to have cleared your mind, your mindset, of any old thought patterns you might be holding onto that tell you-you don’t have enough.

And you might not even realize that these thought patterns are there. But they’re sneaky little suckers, and they hang out, and they cling. Perhaps you won’t suspect it, but there they are. They’re telling you that you don’t have enough or there isn’t enough to go around, or you’re never going to succeed or that you lack in some way.

And I say, YES, we can work with crystals as tools and supports to adjust that mindset. Work with them as allies. Our goal in working with crystals is to attract what we’re seeking; to manifest. Like attracts like, right.
Redefine Your Thinking
First thing’s first, we have to redefine our way of thinking.

When I say the words:

  • success
  • prosperity
  • abundance

What’s the first thing that comes to mind for you?  What’s the first thing that pops into your head? First feeling or emotions?  Those are very telling.

For a lot of people, if you just hear the word success, prosperity, abundance, and like I said, it doesn’t always mean money but for a lot of people that equals money.

Now here’s another question and I want you to put the answer to this in the comments.
How does it make you feel when you think about money?
Sometimes people feel worried. Some people just automatically feel negative. Other people feel great; they feel positive.

Some go “Ooh, let me go check my bank account right now, see how I’m doing,” because they’re on, maybe for the New Year they’re on a mindset of, I’m going to save, I’m going to be good about that. I’m going to create little envelopes and such.

So, see how you feel about that. Feel into it. And we’re going to work on a little mindset change here.

What do you think of this one?

Money can’t buy happiness.

You can just think about that one and mull it around. What does that bring up? Is that something you’ve heard all your life or maybe your parents used to tell you that.

I’d like to give you another version.  Here’s a different one to think about:
Happiness can buy money.
What?

Think about that.

Happiness is energy. It’s a currency, an exchange of sorts that we’ve invented.  Money is something we created as a means of exchange.

Happiness is an energy and a currency, an exchange as well.

Think about happiness as energy and currency and so is money. But it’s an exchange of energy. So let’s incorporate this thought into our new abundance mindset that we’re working on here.

And this abundance mindset is a really important step if you want to work with crystals to attract abundance. You can do all this work without the crystals but believe you me when you have a support of your crystal tools you’ll see it requires less effort.

In physics, the definition of a tool is something that allows you to do the work with less effort. And it does require less effort when you work with the crystals.

So when you’re able to cultivate and nurture happy, positive energy about money you’re naturally going to make yourself more attractive to it.  This includes (and I know this one well), not hating those who have more money than you do, or seemingly appear just to acquire it more easily than you do.

Again, how do I know this? Because I’ve seen both sides of that coin.

I’ve been super poor. Not able to scrounge up enough coins to do my laundry down the hall at the apartment complex I was living at and get my uniform cleaned so I could go to my work as a waitress. And sometimes I went to work with it dirty ’cause I didn’t have enough quarters to do the laundry. I was eating stale bread and drinking a Diet Coke for dinner. Stale bread, Diet Coke. That was one of my meals, often. Waitressing my ass off, working double shifts, working three jobs at a time, while curling my lip at what seemed like comfy people that I was waiting on.

I did my job well. I did my job really well, and I knew how to get the tips, but to a certain extent, I wouldn’t do certain things. Let’s not get crazy here. But those people didn’t do anything to be hated on. But I just did because they were able to go out to dinner without a care in the world, that’s what it seemed like to me.

That was the story I was telling myself in my head, and they were enjoying themselves, and they were dressed well, and they were driving a nice car, and they seemed to be doing well, and here I was, working like a dog, putting myself through school, working tons of jobs. What a mindset I had. And I was attracting more and more of the same because that’s the mindset I was in.

As long as I stayed in that cycle, I was going to continue to attract more and more of that, and I did.

Let me tell you a funny story… I was driving my mom’s Toyota Tercel because I couldn’t afford the payments on the car that I loved at the time, which was a royal blue Firebird, with T tops. So we had to trade cars. Could you imagine, my mother was driving around this Firebird. She was like, uh. But they were helping me out, and so I had her Toyota Tercel. I think it was an 84′ and this was in 92′, maybe.

And so embarrassing, I went to go meet a friend at the mall for lunch, and we hadn’t seen each other for years and kinda check in on how each other was doing, and I didn’t have a lot of time, and I had to get to work, and it was in between classes and work. So I go to the mall, and I was always asking everyone about this because I was worried about the noises.

The car had all kinds of weird mechanical things and sounds, and it always sounded like the tires were going to fall off of the car, and I would always ask “Is it possible that tires can just fall off the car while you’re driving?” No, gosh that’s so ridiculous. Well, I was in the mall parking lot, and I made a turn, and the tire fell right off the axle. I’m not even gonna get into the big long story, but it can happen, it did happen!

I never had money to fix my car. It was just a mess. So if your attitude about money, success, prosperity, and abundance, in general, is that you’re lacking or you have this jealousy thing going around your head about it, that’s exactly what you’re going to have coming. It’s negative energy. And if your attitude is that you lack in those things, then you’re going to keep coming up short.  A lack mindset will bring you more of that.
Turn it Around
So one of the best things you can do is take a good step back, widen your view, and look at all the wonderful things that are happening in your life that you can be grateful for. That is something I never did back then. It’s something I do on a daily basis now.

It can be something small. You have to start small when you’re in that place of lack mindset. You might not even realize you’re grateful for something until you examine it a little more closely. It’s one of the best feelings to realize that oh my gosh, I have all these wonderful things and I’m just sitting here wasting energy on complaining and all of this stuff. You might be more prosperous and thriving in ways that you don’t even realize. And wealthy in all sorts of things.

But you’re focusing on what you don’t have. An attitude adjustment is the first step to turning your whole situation around.

Before we go any further, I want to remind you to grab my free download with my crystals checklist + crystal grid template to bring in prosperity and abundance.

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I love to use crystal grids to support me in whatever my next vision is. And they just do such a wonderful job. They’re so efficient at it.
Crystal Allies
We know that crystals have these amazing healing properties. They can be our allies in attracting money, success, prosperity, and abundance as well. Because they can be a vibrational match to that type of energy, that type of frequency.

Here are the crystals that I’ve found to be most effective for that.
1.  Congo Citrine
This type of citrine is not your run of the mill baked citrine (and I’ve gone over that quite a bit recently.)

Congo citrine is this champagne color. It can be dark like iced tea, or it can be more on the smokey side, but it’s not a very dark orange. And it doesn’t come as little geodes. It comes as a point with some smaller points around the base. This is very typical of a Congo citrine.

It’s been known as the merchant’s stone for hundreds of years now. Merchants have been using it near their cash registers, or in their cash drawer. Some people even put a little tiny tumbled stone or a little chip in their wallet.

Congo Citrine brings into alignment the vibrations that allow us to attract and collect money.

And I’m saying specifically Congo citrine because to be short and succinct about it,  that baked citrine variety I feel is not delivering the goods. Let’s just leave it at that.

Congo citrine also allows you to be also better at saving money or spending money more wisely, being a good steward of your finances, so not losing money and doing silly things.

It’s about the solar plexus energy. So your personal power, your personal will and healthy self-confidence.

Plus it puts you in this really happy mood. So if you’re ever feeling depressed or down, Congo citrine is going to be very, very important. When you feel happy, and in a good mood, it greatly influences positive results for you, all around.
2.  Green Jade
Since the stone age, people have been using green jade to bring about vitality, good luck, good fortune.  And the ancients have pointed us in the right direction with this one.

3.  Pyrite
Another one very commonly used for prosperity, abundance mindset is pyrite. In an ideal situation, pyrite will naturally grow into a cube.  People always ask, “Does it grow like that?” Yeah, it does. That cube is the crystals expressing their sacred geometry, their inherent sacred geometry on a macro level.

Pyrite has masculine energy and please don’t get upset. When I use these genderized terms, masculine, feminine, people get all panties in a bunch. And we’re not talking about gender here. We’re just talking about energy.

There’s a polarity to energy and there’s masculine energy and there’s feminine energy. And we all harbor both, you know, whether you consider yourself male, female, or in between. Pyrite has masculine energy.

The word pyrite has Greek origins or the root of the word, and it means fire because when you take two pieces of pyrite and you strike them together, you’ll see a spark (especially if you turn out the lights). It’s fitting, that spark energy because that’s the kind of vibe we get from pyrite. An igniting kind of energy.

It’s a real push, explosive kind of energy and that’s what masculine energy is. So it’s a take action kind of stone.

A manifestation stone which is all about solar energy. So, it aligns and influences our mindset with an earning mentality, and that’s what we’re looking for here.

Additionally, it resonates with our solar plexus chakra, so it’s another one that helps with our will and self-discipline. We see a theme here, right?  Pyrite also helps to build confidence.

4.  Peridot
That’s a large piece of peridot in a matrix, top left in the above pic.

Peridot influences the growth of anything. This includes your bank account.

It’s all about the prosperity vibration, about vitality. General overall well being. It resonates with two chakras, our solar plexus again, as well as our heart chakra. Peridot is a really good one for that.

It’s not a stone that you often see, and you’re probably going to more easily find small pieces of peridot, and that’s okay if you have a little small piece of peridot. That’s fine.
5.  Clear Quartz
Why clear quartz? Because clear quartz is all about amplification. It amplifies the energy of all the other crystals that you have. So if you’ve got say peridot and green jade in a crystal grid you can amplify that with clear quartz.

Clear quartz is always an all-around great crystal to have because of that amplification ability.

It’s also a good clarifier, so it can help clarify energies. It can make the other crystal work that you’re doing way more effective by intensifying and clarifying the energy. And little laser points are convenient when you’re doing a crystal grid.

6. Green Aventurine
Make sure it’s green aventurine and not yellow or the other colors. Look for green aventurine because the other colors are rarer. Yellow aventurine, red aventurine are rarer while green aventurine is very abundant.

This one is also all about vitality, vibrancy, growth, development. So that kind of energy. Health, finances, growing confidence, growing your number of friends.  Anything you want to expand into abundance.
Money Increase Ritual
Let’s do a quick money increase ritual to manifest it up.

And I know we like quick because sometimes rituals can be very involved and it takes a little bit too much time. And we’re like, oh yeah that sounds nice and you put it away, and you never do it. So this one you can do right now. You could do it tomorrow.

This is to charge your money so your money can grow plentiful. It’s like money fertilizer!  How does that sound?

  • You’re going to take a raw Congo citrine. If that’s hard to find, then you can also go with pyrite. I like either of those two stones for this ritual. Pyrite might be easier to find than Congo citrine. If you have a Congo citrine, use it.
  • Take a $5 bill or a $10 bill (because you want to think of this as an exponential build and if you start with a one dollar bill, you can do that, but it might not be as big of an exponential build as if you used a five or a ten).
  • Put the bill out in the sun. Let it bask in the intense peak pranic energy of the sun during the peak hours. So that depends on where you live.  So maybe it’s between the hours of 10 and two, for a few hours. There’s no exact, just peak pranic energy of the sun.  Outdoors. Not in a window, not indoors. So if it’s raining and cloudy then wait until you can get to a sunny day. Put it out in the sun, put it somewhere where it’s not gonna get stolen.
  • Put that stone over the bill.  And then when it’s done, put that stone in your wallet. You can put the money in your wallet too but keep the stone.
  • You can go ahead and spend the money. Go ahead and do that but that stone stays in your wallet.

And that’s going to bring about the energy of money and fertilizing, charging your money so you can grow plentiful.

Yeah, I like the simple, I like the easy I like the quick, I like the practical. That’s what I’m all about with this money fertilizer ritual.

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So I hope you’ve enjoyed this manifestation blog and I hope you can do the money ritual or get to work with your crystals and create your manifestation crystal grid.  And don’t forget to post your fill-in-the-blank answer in the comments:  I want to manifest an abundance of _______________.

Crystal Blessings,

Top Five Simple Ways to Use Your Crystals Every Day

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Ancient peoples truly appreciated and put to good use the extraordinary healing properties of crystals. We can learn so much from them and apply their wisdom to our modern lives to inspire us to work with crystals every day.

Unfortunately, us mod-humans, have mostly pushed aside or just forgotten all about our effective ancient stone and mineral know-how.

The good news is that recently we’ve experienced quite the Rock Revival. Am I right? A total resurgence and re-interest in the energetic healing powers of crystals and stones. (I feel we’re simply REMEMBERING what worked well for us without the nasty side-effects of other possible “remedies.”)

Sneak Peek: One of my recommendations is daily crystal meditation. For a simple meditation, grab this free throat chakra meditation mp3 and drop into some quality time with you, your rocks and your breath.

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First Some Interesting Crystal Healing History
Humans have used crystals for millennia for various healing and protective purposes.

We now have evidence regarding the earliest hominids that were working with crystal energy as early as about 40,000 years ago.

This is specific evidence of ancient human remains buried with jade-looking (chlorite) jewelry. Anthropologists gather that it was used for either healing or some sort of protection, like a talisman of some sort. So far, this is the earliest evidence of crystal healing to date.

Ancient civilizations have also been documenting the use of working with stones or laying on of stones; where they were placing them on the body for different modes of healing, protection and connecting with Mama Earth. We even have evidence of this documented in the Bible.

[caption id="attachment_21894" align="aligncenter" width="864"] Bottom Left: Lapis lazuli used in Scarab Pectoral, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, Ancient Egypt, c. 1361-52 BC. Right: Lapis lazuli used in “Ram in a Thicket”, from the Royal Tombs of Ur, Sumer, Ancient Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, c. 2600-2500 B.C.[/caption]

Yes, metaphysical powers of crystals were no mystery to most of our ancient cultures including:

  • Egyptians
  • Native North Americans
  • Chinese
  • Indians
  • South Americans
  • Australian Aborigines
  • Sumerians

… and many, many others regularly adorned their bodies with gemstone jewelry and embellished their buildings, carvings, statues, etc. with sacred stones. This was the norm, not the exception. The ancients had many ways of working with crystals every day.

Crystal Info Dissemination
Civilizations have worked with stones and have experimented with them for thousands of years, honing and perfecting this information and techniques.

When the anthropologists sit down to study various cultures and ask them, “Where does this information come from?”, it’s repeatedly revealed that it’s been passed down from generation to generation to generation.

They’ll often say, “It was passed on by others.” Now, who are the others? That’s left up to interpretation. You can take that deeper wherever you’d like to go, but that’s beyond the scope of this blog post. 😉

Most of our crystal books and their stone correspondences are based on this passed down data.

Not all of them…

Some contain info that’s been channeled or personally researched by the author, but the majority have a strong foundation largely based on this ancient information.

And it’s great to KNOW all this crystal stuff, but keep in mind…

Knowledge is useless unless it’s applied. Right?

And I don’t know about you, but for me to CONSISTENTLY apply something, it had better not take up much of my time or brain power, plus it has to work itself easily into my everyday routines. Otherwise, it just becomes some beautifully complicated ceremony that I did that one time and never had time to do again.

Now that may work for some stuff but for most of the things that we want to apply crystals to; it generally works out best if we work with them often and consistently; making them part of our everyday routines.

So, how do we do that? – actually put them to practical everyday use?

Well, I can tell you what I do…

My five favorite ways to work with my crystals every day:
1. Crystal Grid
Crystal grids are like a manifestation-amplifier for any area of your life — money, health, relationships, happiness. On any given day, I’ll have at least one (but usually two) crystal grids set up somewhere in my home to manifest a certain intention I’m working on. There’s always something I could be working on!

I have a recent blog post over here with specifics on getting you started with a crystal grid.
2. Gem Elixir
Basically, a gem elixir is crystal water. When made with the intention of drinking it, I’m always mindful of toxicity levels of any of the stones that I use. I also consider the Mohs Hardness or rusting probability (iron content) when I’m concerned about preserving the stone’s integrity and beauty.

Gem elixirs are water entrained with specific crystal healing vibrations… because subtle energies can be charged and stored in water quite efficiently. Here are two different blog posts where I give you an example of how I work gem elixirs into my everyday routines: Hibiscus Iced Tea for Immune Boosting and Magical Mermaid Crystal Tea. But, listen… most days I just take a safe tumbled stone and plop it into my drinking water.
3. Crystal Meditation
This is something I strive to work into every day. Some days it just doesn’t happen. However, I’ve found that if I do it in the morning, that seems to work best. I usually end up getting my meditation in about four days a week.

And this is the one activity in this list… that if I had to choose just one, I would not do without this one. I find it to be the most transformative for my everyday psyche and mindset.

Before meditation, I simply choose a stone to work with. It’s usually the same stone that I’ll work with for at least a week, if not longer. Then I’ll rest it in my left (receiving energy) hand or if it feels uncomfy that day I’ll rest it in front of me on my meditation cushion while having it touch some part of my body and allow it to influence my vibratory field for what’s usually a ten-minute meditation. Most people have a Rose Quartz. Or an Amethyst. Grab one and give it a go.

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4. Chakra Balancing
This is an active and highly effective technique that can really effect change with recalibrating your major energy centers in your body. If you’re new to chakras entirely, I suggest you start with part 1 in my chakra blog post series here.

This is the art of laying on of stones.  There are many steps and nuances to it that I teach my students in my Certified Crystal Healing Course, but to do a very simple chakra balancing session, you’re taking seven crystals whose colors correspond to each chakra and lay them over each chakra leaving them in place for about 15 minutes.
5. Crystal Jewelry
Now, in contrast to chakra balancing, stone jewelry is a very passive approach you can take with your crystal healing. You can simply find jewelry that incorporates the stones you’d most like to work with and wear them, allowing their energy field to entrain with and influence your own. That’s it! Does it get any easier than that?

Now there are many more ways to work with our crystals, right? These are just my personal methods that have fallen effortlessly into my almost-daily routines. I would love you to share your top methods with our Crystal Family! What are your favorite ways to work with crystals every day? Please tell me in the comments below.

Crystal Blessings,

Top 10 Most Popular Crystal Blog Posts of 2018

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Today I’ve got the Top 10 Crystal Blog Posts of 2018 for you! I’ve listed out and linked to the most popular blogs right here to end the year with a bang!   Maybe you’ve read some of these…but then again maybe you’ve missed a few and want to check them out!  Let’s dive in.
Crystal Blog Posts
1.  10 Must-Have Crystals
This crystal blog post and all about my top 10 must-have crystals.

Whether you’re a beginner or you’re intermediate or advanced, just check in and see if you have these in your collection. Maybe you are missing one or two?

These might not necessarily be the easiest crystals to get because I don’t always feel like the easiest crystals to get are going to be the most effective for what we’re trying to achieve in our must-have crystal collection. Maybe it’s time to evolve your collection or upgrade your collection a little bit. Most of them are relatively easy to find, but a slight departure from the usual beginners list.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/10-must-have-crystals/
2.  🔮Crystals 💎 for Anxiety 😬 and Stress
I get asked about this a lot.  What Crystals are best for Anxiety and Stress?

Oftentimes, worry and stress about the future is what can lead to anxiety, but some of us have an anxiety disorder. Maybe we don’t even know what we’re worrying or stressing about, it’s just this anxiety takes hold of us. I feel like it’s a side effect of living in today’s society. How w we lead our lives today is not the best … it’s the latest, but it’s not the greatest, right?

I’ve got five crystals I’d like to talk to you about that are wonderful for inviting in the vibrations we want to get us past anxiety.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/crystals-for-anxiety-and-stress/
3.  Empath Everyday Survival Guide: Crystals + Secrets for Sensitive Souls
I’m so excited to bring this to you, because I recently did a poll on YouTube, asking what you guys wanted to hear about most and the topic crystals to help Empaths was high on the list.

We’re going to cover Empath Everyday Survival Guide, (but if you’re brand new to crystals you might be interested in reading this first).  This blog is all about crystals and secrets for sensitive souls. The goal is to avoid emotional hangovers, exhaustion, and sensory overload. Plus you can grab my Free Recipe for Negativity Neutralizer Spray.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/empath-crystals-and-secrets/
4.  How to Use a Pendulum
Something I’m often asked about is how to properly use a crystal pendulum.

Well, we’re in luck because that’s what this blog post is all about.

I’ve also put together a free download of 10 common Crystal Pendulums for you as a quick reference! I’ve even included some examples of when you might want to reach for those making it the perfect guide for when you’re unsure which pendulum to use in certain situations.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/how-to-use-a-pendulum/
5.  New Crystals Fakes, Misrepresentations and Frauds to Watch Out For
Well, I think we’re a bit overdue for another “fakes” blog post to add to my series.

Now, on my annual trips to the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show I get to view a lot of what’s hot on the market and also spot some of these fakes first-hand. I also like to attend some of the lectures they have at the Convention Center so I can stay up-to-the-minute and knowledgeable about what’s going on in the mineral world. Last year I audited a lecture on Fake Minerals.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/new-crystals-fakes/

And, if you like this blog topic, you might want to read my most recent blog post outing more crystal fakes.
6.  How to Neutralize Negative Energy with Crystals
What can you do when you’re stuck in a situation that feels or you’re perceiving as negative, and you want to transmute that feeling- from an energetic standpoint? You know… because that negative-energy-downward-spiral can be pretty powerful!

Do you desire to have some simple tools to combat its effects?

You know I always turn to crystals for stuff like this!

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/negative-energy-crystals/
7.  Amp Up Your Voltage: Crystals to Support the Lymphatic System
As we move through our days, it’s easy to just mindlessly keep going, moving fast on autopilot.

But we may want to start paying attention and slow down long enough to take time to read the signs.

You know, the messages that we receive again and again to slow down… and lately I’ve received many signs to stop and give some TLC to my lymphatic system; in particular the need to encourage Lymphatic Drainage.

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/crystals-lymphatic-system/
8.  Sacred Geometry | The Sacred Language of Crystals
The study of the structure of many things has its basis in geometry: space, crystals, visualizing sound and vibration to name a few.

Geometry connects it all.

Just so you know… I’m not talking ’bout your boring ole’ high school geometry here, but SACRED GEOMETRY. Big difference.  

Let’s go deep. Shall we? 

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/sacred-geometry/
9.  Let’s make DIY Crystal 💎🔮 Infused Vibrational Perfumes
These sorts of perfumes are great because they’re:

  • holistic
  • all-natural
  • non-toxic (actually helping your body to detox and get healthier if you’re using the right kind of essential oils in them!)
  • while also gently entraining your vibrational frequency

And, you’re gonna fall in love ♥ with how EASY this is!

So, let’s dive into creating our own High Vibrational Crystal Infused Essential Oil Perfume!

Keep reading here: https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/crystal-infused-perfume/
10.  3 Things You Want to Know Before You Start Working with Crystals
Are you new to working with crystals?

I’m going to share three things you want to know before you start working with crystals.

Because you want to avoid pitfalls, right? When you get started on this crystal path, you want to avoid wasting time and energy.

Why reinvent the wheel? I made a lot of mistakes when first starting out with crystals. I’ve worked through a lot of stuff and I can save you a lot of time and energy in that area, and save money which is a big one with these three things.

Keep reading here:  https://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/working-with-crystals/

 

I sure hope you’ve enjoyed this year-in-review of my top crystal blog posts of 2018.  Have you read them all? Which one is your absolute favorite?  Tell me in the comments below!

Crystal Blessings,

New Crystal Fakes To Keep An Eye Out For

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Yep, we’ve got more crystal fakes to talk about today. Looks like this problem is becoming more and more prevalent.
Get Educated about Crystal Fakes
One of my greatest joys is investigating and researching possible fake minerals and then teaching our Crystal Family about what’s popping up out there, keeping us educated so we can avoid the confusion that comes along with misrepresentations and crystal fakes. This way we can all make informed decisions when adding specimens to our sacred collections.

The three I’m going to discuss today aren’t what I would classify as a misrepresentation; these are straight up Crystal FAKES.

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Let’s dig into it!
Fake Moldavite
Moldavite has become quite the popular metaphysical stone. I’ve written before about its energy here.

Why would anyone want to create a synthetic version of this? Well, finding and mining for moldavite is getting harder.

Several years ago the Czech government changed the rules restricting miners abilities to dig no deeper than one meter deep (unless they’ve paid for a very expensive permit). In addition, it’s becoming increasingly harder to find the green rock since there’s a very limited supply of it and it’s becoming more and more scarce. It’s an expensive stone for this reason. So you can see the motivation for wanting to fake it.
Genuine Characteristics
Moldavite is most likely formed by an ancient meteorite’s violent impact with our planet. Because of the quick cooling that immediately followed, moldavite is characterized by lots of very small internal bubbles and random flow lines.

Another thing to look for in the real stuff can be found with a jeweler’s loupe. You’re looking for teeny-tiny worm-like wire filaments that won’t exist in the melted glass fakes.

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Fake Characteristics
Fake Moldavite, on the other hand, usually won’t exhibit much texture; they’ll be relatively perfect looking with no bubbles. Because much of the fake stuff is made of melted green glass (green bottle glass, melted down and then etched with acid to make it look like the real deal) they’ll have a wet-shiny look. In addition that bottle glass stuff will have a blue cast to it, whereas the real moldavite green has more of an olive tone.

It will be more uniform and smooth. If you’re looking at moldavite in bulk, you may also notice there are many pieces exhibiting the same shape and not randomly shaped at all.

Another trick, to kind of hide or disguise the fact that they look different from real moldavite…often times fakes will already be faceted or set into jewelry.

Also, large pieces of moldavite are extremely rare so, be aware.

As always, the price is a good indicator. If you find moldavite at a too-good-to-be-true price, start looking for signs of it being a fake.

Unfortunately, many of the moldavite fakes come from China, India, Japan or Thailand so if you’re buying online from those locales, be sure you’re buying from a reputable trusted seller.
Gold Lodestone
This was a new one I was alerted to recently. I had never heard of it but a couple of my students asked about it during our last term so it must be relatively new on the rock scene.

They really look like pyrite, don’t they?

I immediately suspected they had been painted. So I ordered some up and sure enough, they’re just regular lodestone (magnetic magnetite) that have been painted up with gold paint.

I’ve seen them being touted to bring luck and prosperity. You can get those energies from all natural lodestone, so I see no need for the gold paint on them.

I did a quick search and unfortunately, with the three sellers I found; no one disclosed that they were painted lodestone. Then again, maybe the shop owners aren’t even aware.
Yellow Tibetan Quartz | New Finds?
Now this one…

Captured your attention? Yep, mine too.

They’re pretty, there’s no doubt.

BUT, my experienced eye noticed that they looked a little too much like the synthetic green quartz I wrote about some time ago. I can tell from the characteristics that they used the same laboratory process as green quartz but have just started infusing a different chemical or dye to achieve these colors.
Yellow Tibetan Quartz/Spirit Quartz
The one in the above photo was listed as Yellow Tibetan Quartz/Spirit Quartz; most likely because it was purchased from Tibet, a popular spot where these sorts of synthetics often come from.
I could tell from the seller that they were not at all aware that this was a fake.
Let me tell you, I’m afraid to touch this spiny thing. Spirit quartz grows with tiny crystal facets on it. However, this thing has very fine crystal filament splinters growing on it that pierced me several times. It’s quite dangerous actually. That is NOT how natural crystal grows.

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New Find Yellow Phantom Quartz Crystal
This next one was listed as “New Find Yellow Phantom Quartz Crystal Cluster Specimen”. I’m laughing… I can’t even get pissed anymore because this stuff has just gotten so ridiculous.

The listing also called this one “yellow citrine quartz”.

So which is it?

Citrine or Yellow Phantom?

I guess they thought the fancier woo-woo names they threw in, the better.

The listing also included this “helpful” info: “Please take note that each crystal will be slightly different from the picture due to it being a natural stone.” A natural stone you say? I don’t know… call me picky but I strongly feel that it needs to be disclosed when a mineral specimen is synthetic.
Blue Phantom Quartz
OK, I have to admit, this is one is pretty eye-catching. The Blue Phantom Quartz was obtained from the same seller as the above “Yellow Phantom”. The seller shipped from China. I suspect these were grown in the same lab.

This one was also listed as a “Natural Quartz” and ironically the listing said this: “Blue Phantom in Quartz Crystal is, of course, a Throat Chakra crystal. It helps us speak our truth.”

Really?

Ok, so you’re probably wondering how I can tell these are synthetics.

Here’s what to look for…
DEAD GIVEAWAY TELL-TALE SIGNS to look for:

  • Crystal tips and apexes that have an etched or stepped growth pattern; due to forced regrowth of a quartz cluster (or sometimes they’re entirely synthetic)
  • Crystal apexes (tips) that are trigonal (3 facets) rather than the more common hexagonal (6 facet tip)
  • More color concentration at apexes (even look like phantoms so may be higher in price!)
  • Many of these specimens on eBay hail from China or Tibet (as did these examples)
  • Can look like spirit or fairy quartz w/ the same sort of teeny crusted crystals points that tend to cover the crystal shafts; due to the forced regrowth, but the crystal growth is MUCH smaller than a genuine spirit quartz

Always use your common sense and the best protection from this is to be well-informed yourself.

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Can you tell I’m passionate about this stuff? If you are too and want to know more about the mineral kingdom so you can be confident in what you’re getting then you may want to check out my Crystal Savvy: Crystal and Mineral ID class here.
Do your thing
If you choose to work with man-made crystals and you enjoy them just fine or it’s been working for you… as I always say:
“keep on ‘truckin’”. Don’t change a thing!
I just want us all to have the geo-knowledge first. Then you can make an informed decision regarding how you choose to work with these “stones”.

And as always, the moral of the story here is…

Buyer Beware: Who are you buying from? Are they reputable? Do they know what they’re talking about? Are you doing your own due diligence & research? The best way to protect yourself is education.

We all love the beautiful jewels that mama earth creates and you don’t know what you don’t know… until you know better. So, I hope you’ve learned something new here today.

Have you seen any of these or new crystal fakes or misrepresentations recently? Please share in the comments below!

Crystal Blessings,

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