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Discover the World’s Largest Quartz Crystals

The world’s largest quartz crystal on display resides in Swakopmund, Namibia. This piece was pulled from a Namibian mine 135 feet deep, and weighs an incredible 14,100 Kgs. The excavation of the piece took over three years before finding its home at the Crystal Gallery in Swakopmund. This amazing quartz…

Rose Quartz- What You Need To Know

Rose Quartz is symbolic of love due to its notoriously famous pink coloration. This beautiful pink crystal gains its coloration from pink variations of borosilicate. Along with its pink coloration, rose quartz is typically a stone full of luster and translucent properties visually. Rose quartz originates in mines all over…

Shungite- What You Need to Know

Shungite is one of the most sought after healing crystals in the world. Likely deposited here from an asteroid impact years ago, shungite is a carbon-rich healing crystal notorious for its exceptional properties. Shungite’s composition is made up of fullerenes, which are 3-dimensional spherical molecules composed of 60 carbon atoms.…

Gaea- Greek Goddess of the Earth and Mother to All

Ancient Greek mythology describes Gaea as the Mother of Earth and was worshipped as the Mother Goddess before the introduction of other temples of thought. She was born out of nothingness as the original Goddess of the universe. Her offspring included titans, humans, and other Gods. From the titans spawned…

Gemstones: Agate- What You Need to Know

You may have heard of agate before, but its elusive name does not lend a proper definition unless you’re already familiar with the stone. Agate is a semi-precious variant of quartz, made up of a cryptocrystalline structure of chalcedony. Chalcedony is a commonly mined mineral around the world, making it…

Gemstones: Bloodstone- What You Need to Know and How it Affects Your Life

The bloodstone is a gemstone made up of Heliotrope. It is identifiable as a gem with deep, dark colored earthy tones and beautiful accents of red distribution throughout the stone. Its beauty has been renowned for millennia, with historical evidence of the semi-precious gem being used in jewelry, art and…

All Things Amethyst

Perhaps the most recognized and sought after quartz crystal specimens in the world are amethysts. They are characterized as a semiprecious mineral distinctly known for their vibrant violet hue. The ancient Romans sought the stone for its properties to stave off drunkenness, or better said, its properties to maintain a…

Crystals, and Gems, and Fossils- Oh My!

Crystals are the new diamonds, and people are going crazy finding high quality crystals. In cities like Los Angeles, high-end commercial real estate, hotels, and homes are buying up massive crystals to display, heal, and promote the feng shui of specific spaces. Feng shui is a movement and design principal that promotes…