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turquoise
turquoise is a good all-around protection stone. i consider this a
must-have for medicine bags, pocket rocks, & altars: because it has
transmutational properties, you'll be able to keep your stones cleaner
longer. this is useful for room-cleaning & absorbent stones such as
jasper & obsidian. turquoise is bright feeling, but not too distracting for
day-to-day living. it also won't knock you on your behind with
over-grounding the way agate sometimes does. you can wear it all day
if you want.
it also seems to speed up transmutational ability in stones that
naturally have this effect. for example, obsidian has transmutational
properties, only it tends to absorb faster than it transmutes if removed
from bare earth. put with turquoise, a room stays much cleaner. the
obsidian absorbs smudges from the room, & eventually the turquoise
will "sense" the obsidian's getting dirty. the obsidian will start to clear.
after awhile the turquoise will seem a little dirty from being in contact
with the obsidian. by this time the obsidian will be cleaner & then start
to work on clearing the turquoise if there's no more interesting
smudges in the room. (obsidian WILL clear other stones if it has
nothing better to do.) so you have a very basic cyclical room-cleaning
system which requires less smudging/stone cleansing. agate can be
another good choice to help with a cyclical room-cleaning system, tho
a large piece of agate is sometimes a bit too grounding, especially with
obsidian in the room. you can toss citrine into this house-cleaning
system, however be advised that most "citrine" is actually treated
amethyst & should not be used in conjunction with obsidian. it will
merely "relocate" smudges without doing much cleaning.
this ability to speed up the transmutational ability of other stones
might be due to the turquoise' high copper content. i have
experimented with this using pure copper & the results are a little
volatile (like using copper & quartz gets a little frenetic). turquoise may
be easier to handle than pure copper because it's buffered by other
elements.
turquoise is often stabilized, & its effectiveness depends on what
it's stabilized with. pure unadulterated turquoise is obviously preferred.
however turquoise stabilized with resins (tree sap) are still effective
(tho it might feel a bit like amber, which is petrified tree resin, & smells
a bit like turpentine when you cut it open). turquoise stabilized with
plastic feels like plastic & is basically worthless. i got a bad strand of
beads like this once--they were evil. you might as well buy plastic
beads considering the high price of turquoise :P
must-have for medicine bags, pocket rocks, & altars: because it has
transmutational properties, you'll be able to keep your stones cleaner
longer. this is useful for room-cleaning & absorbent stones such as
jasper & obsidian. turquoise is bright feeling, but not too distracting for
day-to-day living. it also won't knock you on your behind with
over-grounding the way agate sometimes does. you can wear it all day
if you want.
it also seems to speed up transmutational ability in stones that
naturally have this effect. for example, obsidian has transmutational
properties, only it tends to absorb faster than it transmutes if removed
from bare earth. put with turquoise, a room stays much cleaner. the
obsidian absorbs smudges from the room, & eventually the turquoise
will "sense" the obsidian's getting dirty. the obsidian will start to clear.
after awhile the turquoise will seem a little dirty from being in contact
with the obsidian. by this time the obsidian will be cleaner & then start
to work on clearing the turquoise if there's no more interesting
smudges in the room. (obsidian WILL clear other stones if it has
nothing better to do.) so you have a very basic cyclical room-cleaning
system which requires less smudging/stone cleansing. agate can be
another good choice to help with a cyclical room-cleaning system, tho
a large piece of agate is sometimes a bit too grounding, especially with
obsidian in the room. you can toss citrine into this house-cleaning
system, however be advised that most "citrine" is actually treated
amethyst & should not be used in conjunction with obsidian. it will
merely "relocate" smudges without doing much cleaning.
this ability to speed up the transmutational ability of other stones
might be due to the turquoise' high copper content. i have
experimented with this using pure copper & the results are a little
volatile (like using copper & quartz gets a little frenetic). turquoise may
be easier to handle than pure copper because it's buffered by other
elements.
turquoise is often stabilized, & its effectiveness depends on what
it's stabilized with. pure unadulterated turquoise is obviously preferred.
however turquoise stabilized with resins (tree sap) are still effective
(tho it might feel a bit like amber, which is petrified tree resin, & smells
a bit like turpentine when you cut it open). turquoise stabilized with
plastic feels like plastic & is basically worthless. i got a bad strand of
beads like this once--they were evil. you might as well buy plastic
beads considering the high price of turquoise :P