Chrysoprace, bloodstone and Lava rock
Chrysoprase is a form of Chalcedony. Color ranges from apple green to deep emerald green with inclusions of black or dark brown which can be goethite, iron oxides and sometime manganese oxides forming dendritic patterns.
It’s nicknamed the Stone of Venus here it is symbolizing love and fertility.
It also symbolizes emotional balance, compassion and wealth, it is considered soothing, calming for emotional heart healing.
Indian Bloodstone is a crypto crystalline quartz a.k.a. Chalcedony with iron oxide inclusions that look like drops of blood.
Lava Rock with Apatite bracelet
Apatite is a phosphate mineral that can occur in different forms and colors. It is one of the 32 minerals found in teeth but in the white to off white color.
Calcium Phosphate
Fluorapatite
Hydroxylapatite
Chlorapatite
Apatite is nicknamed the Stone of Manifestation. Apatite symbolizes emotional healing & mental clarity, personal growth, clarity, creativity, motivation, connecting to intuitio
Lava Rock with Carnelian bracelet
Carnelian is a type of Quartz occuring in cloudy to translucent hues of pale white to red orange to brown.
Historically it’s been used in Ancient Babylonian, Greek and Egyptian Artifacts as Signet rings, carvings, amulets, beads and cameos.
Carnelian symbolizes confidence, creativity, energy, and taking action.
Lava Rock with Dalmation Jasper
Dalmation Jasper is a cream to beige Igneous Rock composed if feldspar and quartz with black or brown spots which are comprised of arfvedsonite or amphibole mineral not tourmaline as many mistakenly believe. Dalmation Jasper is not a true Jasper but we don’t mind do we.
Known as the Stone of Joy it symbolizes joy, positivity, playfulness, breaking down barriers to happiness, reducing nightmares and protecting from negativity.
Lava Rock with Gemstone category Red Jasper
Red Jasper is a reddish brown opaque variety of “microcrystalline quartz”.
Red Jasper is found around the world. It has been used by Ancient Civilizations. The Egyptians, Native Americans and the Romans used it in rings, set stones, amulets, seals.
Red Jasper is known as the Stone of Physical Strength, Vitality & Stamina. Red Jasper also symbolizes grounding, stabilty, security.
Jasper itself comes is a wide variety of different types of Jasper. Poppy Jasper, Kiwi Jasper, Red Sesame Jasper, Mookaite Jasper and others.
Lava Rock with Hematite Bracelet
Hematite is an iron oxide mineral and the primary ore of iron essential for steel production. Hematite appears metallic grey or black but has a blood red streak to red brown streak when scraped against a porcelain plate. Called the streak test which verifies it’s authenticity.
Hematites nickname is the Warrior Stone. Hematite is also known as Red Ochre which has been used in cave paintings and as Red war paint on Native Americans.
Hematite symbolizes grounding, protection from negative energies, mental clarity, courage, endurance, vitality and emotional balance.
Lava Rock with Howlite bracelet
Lava Rock with Lapis Lazuli bracelet
Lapis Lazuli is one of the oldest semi precious gemstones used by ancient civilizations, dating back 6,500 years of it being mined. The ancient Egyptians, Sumerians and Babylonians used a lot of Lapis Lazuli.
It is created in the earth via contact metamorphosis. Lapis occurs in a deep blue with calcite and pyrite inclusions. Nicknamed the Stone of Kings or the Stone of Wisdom.
Legend says this stone is symbolic for helping to speak clearly and conscisely.
The photo of the bracket next to the ruler is the truest capture of the blue. It’s hard to photograph some of the stones and get a good color result.
Lava Rock with Picasso Jasper
Picasso Jasper is a metamorphic limestone known for a white to grey base with black or red dendritic lines and it is not a true Jasper. Primarily sourced in Utah the striking patterns remind us of art hence the name.
Picasso Jasper symbolizes grounding, calming and creativity.
Lava Rock with Ruby Zoisite
Ruby Zoisite is a metamorphic rock that forms with Ruby crystals and black spots of Hornblend aka Pargasite and is found only in Tanzania.
It is known as a Stone of Passion or Stone of Patience.
And symbolizes increasing vitality.
Lava Rock with Sodalite
Blue Sodalite is royal blue mottled with white calcite veins. It forms in sodium rich igneous rocks. It fluoresces bright orange under longwave UV light and faint green under shortwave UV light.
Having pointed this out please don’t panic if your Sodalite doesn’t fluoresce not all Sodalite will because it’s the impurities that are in the stone that causes it so if those are absent or if it has iron then it won’t fluoresce as much or at all.
Sodalite is known as the Thinkers Stone or the Poets Stone. Sodalite symbolizes clarity, self expression, self trust, emotional balance, enhance intuition.
Lava Rock with Speckled Teal Green Jasper
African turquoise is not a true turquoise, it is a speckled pale teal jasper that has been mined exclusively in central parts of Africa for thousands of years. It has hints of copper and iron webbing or spots. It is often color treated.
Speckled teal jasper symbolizes necessary change, opening your eyes to new ideas and your true purpose, good luck, prosperity. I would imagine it’s nickname to be African Turquoise. Since that’s how most laymen know it.