Stone of the Week

Carnelian, translucent form of the silica (SiO2) mineral chalcedony, which is a variety of quartz. Carnelian ranges in color from yellow to a deep red. The finest specimens come from Brazil, India, and Arabia. Carnelian is cut and polished and used in jewelry. The blood-red varieties were greatly valued by the ancients, who produced beautiful engravings in carnelian and also used them for seals.
(MSN Encyclopedia)
Keywords- courage, vitality, sexuality,confidence, action
Element- fire
Chakras- Root(1st), Sexual/Creative(2nd) Solar Plexus (3rd)
(Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian The Book of Stones)

Stone of the Week

Fire Agate- Fire agate is a name given to a brilliant multicolered stone that combines a deep brown base hue with flashes of orange,red,green and gold.The best come from Mexico. Its irredescent colors are produced by light interferance at thin layers of regulary spaced iron oxide crystals within the chalcedony.
They vibrate with the vitality of the physical world and are ideal tools for those who need to have an in-body-experience.Fire agate awakens the lower chakras and fills one with the zest for living.It lights ones inner fires of life force, creativity, sexuality and will.

Key Words- Vitality, sexuality, creativity, will
Element- Fire
Chakras- Root(1st), Sexual/Creative(2nd), Solar Plexus(3rd)
(Robert Simmons-The Book of Stones;Heaven and Earth PublishingLLC 2005)