Its primary goal is to facilitate accessibility and user-friendly exploration of the realm of crystals and their connections to various facets, including chakras, planets, colors, and healing properties.

The author also looks at the geological nature of each stone, such as its hardness and crystal structure, enabling you to explore the connections between mineral science and the metaphysics of crystal healing. One of the oldest known gemstones, agate is a favored material of lapidaries and artisans around the world. Wonderful book, very easy to find what you are looking for as it has reference indexes by colour, name and benefit/value of each crystal.In this new edition of the classic Encyclopedia of Crystals , internationally best-selling author Judy Hall presents a comprehensive guide to more than 400 powerfully healing crystals and stones, plus information about more than 150 newly discovered stones. Bismuth (Bi) appears to be a metal, but the number of electrons available for electrical conduction is similar to that of semiconductors.

When you turn to The Encyclopedia of Crystals, you not only experience a lavishly illustrated compendium of crystals, you will also get information on newly discovered stones, see learn material on geology and fluorescent properties. For those who are working with crystals or for anyone interested in knowing more about the world of precious stones and minerals, Judy Hall passes on all the knowledge she has curated over her life’s work as a healer, psychic, astrologer, broadcaster, author, and karmic counsellor. The actual locale was a different province in Spain, El Cardoso de la Sierra, but the name Andalusite endured. Now, you may know what gold or quartz looks like, but do you know what peridot or staurolite look like? Within this comprehensive database, you'll find detailed profiles of more than 100 distinct crystals, gemstones, and precious metals.They can be insulating, semiconducting, or metallic, depending on the type of molecules in the crystal. Many crystals can be classified as a single type of solid, while others have intermediate behaviour. The only down side is that the index isn't very helpful when looking for a specific crystal, as the index is done by symptom and not by crystal name.

Different atoms have different numbers of electrons, which are distributed in a characteristic electronic structure of filled and partially filled shells. Rather than a single crystal, it is composed of a myriad of miniature crystals that can only be seen with extreme magnification. You will find no elemental correspondences in this book, but you will find loads of great photos and good general knowledge. If you work with crystals or you simply love everything mysterious and magical about them, then The Encyclopedia of Crystals is an essential addition to your library. She has clients from all walks of life: the House of Lords, the European Parliament, pop singers, university professors, scientists and mystics, and people on social security.He was the author of more than fifty books covering both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; sixteen of his titles are published by Llewellyn Publications. In this pocket reference, crystal healing teacher Nicholas Pearson offers a quick-start guide for working with crystals as well as a full-colour A-to-Z compendium of the physical, psychological, and spiritual healing properties of 450 crystals, rocks, minerals, and fossils. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. All other crystal books are just not structured very well, hard to find each crystal and don't go into a lot of detail or have many lesser known crystals including intertwined crystals.