Sacred Stones. May 2015 Crystal of the Month: Aquamarine. Larry Bassett

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Sacred Stones May 2015 Crystal of the Month: Aquamarine By Larry Bassett Background: Aquamarine is a very powerful sacred stone because it is a variety of beryl.

1 Sacred Stones May 2015 Crystal of the Month: Aquamarine By Larry Bassett Background: Aquamarine is a very powerful sacred stone because it is a variety of beryl. Many of the most powerful sacred stones in my limited experience contain a little or a lot of beryl. Beryls include bixbite (reddish), emerald (green), goshenite (clear to white), heliodor (yellow), and also morganite (peach, pink, to purple). I find aquamarine to be the most powerful of these primary beryl stones. Previous newsletters of stones that contain beryl (moldavite, phenacite, and rhodizite) speak about how beryl is an atom that quickly moves energy. In our winter travels, we worked more with this sacred stone than others and we found it to be highly transformational. Aquamarine was first reported in the geological literature in 1747, by J.G. Wallerius. Aquamarine is greatly appreciated for its incredible clarity, yet it be appear cloudy or milky at times. The colors found in aquamarine are a mixture of pale blue, blue, bluish-green, and sometimes with touches of yellow. The ancients saw how it looked like the color of sea water. They named it from the Latin words aqua (water) and marina (sea). This is translates as water of the sea or sea water. Greek and Roman myths attributed aquamarine be a gift from the sea and especially from mermaids. The Romans used it to purify water. They had cups made from aquamarine and they let water sit in it for a time to purify it. Egyptians often put aquamarine beads in their graves to protect the dead, and as the inlays on their statues. Aquamarine was highly valued as a stone of protection. Sailors and other travelers always carried it. It was carried by mothers to protect themselves and their unborn child. Many relied upon aquamarine for safe travel, especially when sailing on water. Everyone 1

2 knew aquamarine to be a seer stone. Aquamarine was the stone that repelled darkness and brought in the light, visions, or answers. The ancients experience was that this was a stone of happiness and mysticism. The energy and power of aquamarine and beryls were worshiped by many. Aquamarine was highly valued by the ancient Hebrews because it strengthened ones belief in God. The ancients associated a number of Goddesses with this sacred stone. This includes Akna (motherhood), Kuan Yin (compassion and unconditional love), Kupala (water), and Yemanya or Yamanja (motherhood), are all associated with aquamarine. The ancients valued and knew aquamarine to be a stone of courage because it is so protective. It shields the body, aura, and subtle bodies. The ancients knew aquamarine protected them at all times. It augmented their and our ability to always be prepared. Aquamarine is also known as the Tears of God, because when you hold it, you can feel God, and tears form because of the love you feel. The ancients also believed aquamarine to be a stone of eternal youth. Aquamarine has a long list of historical physical, and spiritual healing applications. Aquamarine was used to cure throat and thyroid conditions, eye disease, toothaches, coughs, hormone imbalances, immune system issues, kidney problems, reduce water retention, skin conditions, thymus (immune system), and more. They used an elixir of aquamarine to wash eyes that were diseased, cure hiccups, and shortness of breath. I suggest you avoid drinking elixirs made with aquamarine because it contains aluminum. Aquamarine helped them to understand and speak clearly. It was known to aid in the assimilation of knowledge, because it enhanced intuition and awareness. It was a perfect stone for the spiritual initiate and students in all fields of endeavor. It enhances our ability to reason and understand the subtle issues of our own creations and experiences. It was used to calm the body and mind. It provides stability for the emotions, mind, body, and intellect. It was known to augment the intellectual reasoning, logic, and create a deep thirst for the truth. The spiritual students carried aquamarine and they were said to be in a state of being spiritually prepared for the unknown. It allowed one to see a situation from a detached perspective. It creates a state of tolerance, and an open mind, so one can avoid the limiting aspects of judging people or a situation. One becomes more sensitive to and gains an understanding of the true factors involved in what they see or experience. Aquamarine helps one release the old patterns of behavior that you now understand are limiting and destructive. It creates a state of peace, and quiets an overactive mind, so life can become a meditative state. Daily insights and awakenings about what you used to take for granted help one to change in dramatic ways as you see their flaws and limitations. Aquamarine is a stone that seems to connect all aspects of your being with your Higher Self. Aquamarine is found in over 250 locations worldwide. It is found on every continent and many believe the best is found in Pakistan. Major producers include 2

3 America, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Zambia. Madagascar is historically known as a producer of beautiful medium dark blue aquamarines. Today, Brazil is one of the most prolific producers and the largest aquamarine was found in Brazil in It was 16 inches wide, 19 inches long and weighed 243 pounds. Be aware that aquamarine will fade in prolonged sunlight. It is also often heat treated to remove the green and yellow tones and to enhance the blue color. Irradiation can reverse this process and restore the yellow and green colors. The darker the blue, the greater the chances it has been treated. Heating the stone also increases the clarity. I find that untreated crystals are the most powerful healers. Today, probably all aquamarine jewelry has been heat treated. Always ask when trying to decide on a purchase if a crystal has been heated or otherwise enhanced. Once you feel the energy of a natural and unmodified crystal you will prefer that to the ones the marketers produce. Keywords to remember about aquamarine are: affinity, alignment, ameliorate disputes, awareness, balance, beauty, calming, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairvoyance, cleansing, clarity, closure, compassion, concise and improved communication skills, conviction, cooling, courage, creativity, dependable, development, discipline, exhilarating, fearlessness, fortitude, gentle, good luck, harmony, healing, honesty, hope, inner peace, inner power, inner strength, inspiration, intellect, intuition, love, loyalty, meditative, moderation, patience, peace, perception, perseverance, protection, purity, reconciliation, recovery, rejuvenation, relaxing, renewal, resolution, revelations, safe travel, self-expression, sensitivity, serenity, service, shielding, skin health, soothing, stability, supports, talisman, tolerance, tranquility, transformation, trust, truth, understanding, union, victory, will power, and wisdom. Why I Love This Stone: The physical properties and metaphysical effects of aquamarine are easy to experience and challenging to put into words. These sacred stones have strong metaphysical properties. It is one of the more interesting stones because I find it to be a stone of truth and higher consciousness. It is a stone for transition through transformation to higher states of consciousness. It removes doubt and uncertainty. It releases the fears of the unknown. It facilitates healing on all levels. It raises awareness, reduces aggressive behavior as it calms, centers, and it will compose all aspects of your being. The ancient's knew and highly valued the effects and blessings of aquamarine. The shielding aspects protect you from being affected by the emotions and behaviors of others. They help you to deal with issues of grief, anger, rage, and other limiting emotions. When I hold it, I am quickly in a state of calm, and clarity. This gentle and powerful crystal is a life changing sacred stone. I saw my self created short comings and I saw how to change my thoughts, behaviors, 3

4 and belief systems. By changing myself, the world has to change to adjust to the new me. Aquamarine is said to remove the fear of speaking in public. It is a spiritual stone that allows you to connect and align with your Higher Self and higher dimensional realms. This is an amazing sacred stone. Composition: Aquamarine is a beryllium aluminum silicate (and some say cyclosilicate). It has a chemical formula of Be 3 Al 2,(SiO 3 ) 6. Many allude to how the blue color is due to the presence of Fe 2+, and Fe 3+ will make it a darker blue. Ironically none of the chemical formulas I have seen have iron in it, go figure. Beryl is a somewhat common mineral that generally occurs in pegmatite rock formations. Aquamarine is in the beryl mineral class. It is in the crystal class of silicates, and the subclass of cyclosilicates. Aquamarine is most closely related to tourmalines. Physical Properties: Aquamarine is rated with a hardness of 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale. Aquamarine has a hexagonal crystal system. It forms pyramidal crystals that can be large and incredibly beautiful. Many have a clarity that is stunning. Some say aquamarine will streak colorless and others say it streaks white white. The transparency is translucent to transparent. The specific gravity is 2.6 to 2.9. The luster is vitreous. It will fracture uneven to conchoidal. The refractive index is to Be aware that aquamarine can be brittle. The cleavage is imperfect. Aquamarine is an igneous rock found in granite pegmatites. It is also rarely found to have trace minerals which create the characteristics of asterism, also known as the cats eye effect. Experiences: My first experience with aquamarine was when I bought many pieces of clevlandite from our spiritual crystal dealer and friend Jaffre. When he works with people, he provides the best crystal, at the lowest price, for the development of the person. One of the pieces of clevlandite had a small loose piece of aquamarine that could be pulled out of the matrix. I held this small six sided piece and was amazed at the power of this small piece. My hands were vibrating as it also worked on my body and etheric fields. I was soon in an altered state. As my friend Mike, who also held the aquamarine, so aptly described the stone, he called it a Buzzmaster. He calls the very powerful pieces Buzzmasters because in a very shot time you are buzzing with the sometimes intense energy. A friend who held some of our aquamarine remarked on how the stone had a heartbeat and that it felt alive. She was overwhelmed by what she was feeling because it brought a sense of calm and protection. I found that homes that contain aquamarine are transformed into a protected and nurturing sacred site that contains wonderful spiritual energy. I have known a few people who taped a small piece of aquamarine in their belly button, or other places because they were convinced this was helping their thyroid and other physical issues. 4

5 Aquamarine, like other sacred stones, works best when touching the skin. In my experience, aquamarine is one of the more spiritual of the sacred stones. Recommended Uses: Aquamarine is beneficial to hold and carry with you and to especially to hold while meditating. It is invaluable when used to dispel anger and fear, which seem to be to be the predominant emotions in most people. It is one of the most comforting of all the sacred stones I have used. It helps one to see and understand what we have done to ourselves. We quickly become aware of our behaviors, words, and judgments, that really created our issues. Aquamarine gives us the courage to change in a beneficial way. It is a stone that instills a desire to align with our Higher Self and embrace the spirituality of life. Essential Oils: Essential oils are powerful healers, most require dilution with an organic carrier oil, some create photosensitivity concerns, and there are potentially very dangerous contraindications when clients are on medications, or if they have certain medical conditions. A listing of safety concerns and possible contraindications can be found at our web site: The properties of aquamarine as a sacred stone include the ability to align, balance, calm, change, cleanse, detoxify, exhilarate, ground, harmonize, heal, increase beneficial aspects, promote spiritual behaviors, release blocked energy, remove painful behaviors and their associated cellular memories, and so much more, works well with all essential oils. Every sacred stone works well with all organic and 100% pure essential oils. Meditations: Kathy began by by holding a beautiful pieces in each hand and another piece was placed on her thyroid. The piece on the thyroid felt as if it were burning for a bit and then the energy adjusted to a nurturing pulse. She felt intense energy moving in her hands. She immediately heard the words clearer picture. She was sitting in our gazebo in the country and quickly relaxed. Then she was taken out of her body. Soon she had a feeling that I was coming outside to tell her that she had been out there an hour. Interestingly, she picked up on my thoughts because I was inside working on my newsletter. Soon she was walking inside, relaxed, and feeling a sense of awe and introspection. I began by holding the two smaller pieces pictured on the lower right. I quickly felt the amazing energy in my hands. I reflected on how we were traveling quite a bit this winter. The stress of constant travel wears on you especially after a month of constant travel. We were looking for the ideal home with enough land to farm organically. We also bought a small flat of aquamarine pieces found at 12,000 feet in Pakistan (pictured) at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show from our spiritual crystal dealer, Jaffre. I 5

6 realized that I was experiencing something beautiful. I had an extreme clarity and understanding of our journey, the places, and people we met. It struck me that I was just along for the ride. Even though snow storms at times blocked our path, we ended up where we needed to go. We did find our ideal property in this process and we were led to it. It was way beyond what we needed or wanted, yet it was at the right price. After watching the movie of our journey, I realized how blessed and protected we were. I felt loved, nourished, rested, and restored. It was an amazingly beautiful and insightful meditation. Kathy began with larger two pieces, one in each hand. She again felt the energy intensely in her hands. She had a slight headache when she began. The energy of the stones began to circulate throughout her body. She felt a deep clarity and knowing. As the energy of the stones continued to relax her. Her headache soon vanished and she also had a deep sense of clarity about our journey. When the meditation was over, she was filled with the aquamarine energy for a few hours, like she was still meditating. I began with two smaller new pieces to hold. These stones begin to radiate their energy into my hands as soon as I pick them up. I was overwhelmed by the deep intense feeling of love as I felt the energy move from my hands throughout my body and into my biofields around me. The energy went way out of my body. The energy flow balanced as I held these stones and my body felt as if it were a true sanctuary of peace and perfection. The clarity and spirituality I experienced were way beyond what I could put into words. Something like this can only be experienced because there are no words to describe it. Miscellaneous: Aquamarine is challenging to find at a reasonable price. It is worth the effort, and the expense, to find a few aquamarine pieces that resonate with you. Aquamarine vibrates to the number 1 and 9. Aquamarine is the anniversary gemstone for the 16 th and 19 th year of marriage. Aquamarine connects to, aligns, and balances the heart, thymus, throat and third eye chakras. Then it aligns all chakras and strengthens your aura. Aquamarine is associated with the water element. Aquamarine is associated with the planet Neptune. Aquamarine is used in Feng Shui because it utilizes water (purification, regeneration, stillness, and strength) energy. Aquamarine is always placed in the north areas of a home, property, or room. It is associated with new beginnings and balance. Aquamarine is associated with the astrological signs of Aquarius, Aries, Gemini, Libra, Pisces, Scorpio and Taurus. Aquamarine is the birthstone for February, March, and October. Aquamarine is the state stone of Colorado. 6

7 Aquamarine in various forms allows the body to heal on all levels and it is beneficial to ameliorate the effects of disorders and bodily issues like acne, allergies, anger, asthma, auto-immune disorders, bladder, brain, breathing, cataracts, chronic fatigue, colds, cough, depression, digestion, eczema, edema, endocrine system imbalances, eyes, eyesight, feet, fluid retention, GERD, glands, grief, gums, hay fever, headaches, herpes, hives, immune system, inflammation, insomnia, intestinal, jaw, legs, laryngitis, leprosy, liver, loss, lungs, lymphatic system imbalances, nausea, neck, nerves, overeating, phobias, pituitary gland issues, psoriasis, regulates hormones, rosacea, shingles, sinus, stress, sore throat, spasms, teeth, thymus, thyroid, toothache, urogenital disorders, vision issues, water retention, and watery eyes. Disclaimer: The information in this paper regarding the physical and metaphysical properties of crystals is intuitively derived. It is in no way intended to diagnose or treat any form of medical, physical, emotional, mental, psychological, spiritual or other issues. Readers are advised to view this material as speculative in nature. We recommend you determine through personal experience the power of crystals. 7

Sacred Stones. July - August 2014 Crystal of the Month: Infinite. Larry Bassett

Sacred Stones. July - August 2014 Crystal of the Month: Infinite. Larry Bassett Sacred Stones July - August 2014 Crystal of the Month: Infinite By Larry Bassett Background: Infinite is a delightful, nurturing, smooth green serpentine and chrysotile combination believed to originate