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Belief in the spiritual healing properties of rocks and crystals goes back beyond recorded history. You can read more about the actual use of rocks in minerals in ancient times for medicinal ...

The name Azurite is derived from the Arabic word for blue -azure.  The intensely darker royal blue Azurite is often found with its cousin, rich green Malachite. They are both hydrous copper ...

Malachite, a beautifully patterned green mineral, is a copper carbonate or a copper ore. It has a hardness between 3.5 and 4. Malachite crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most of ...

Copper Gemstones are stones that contain either Native Copper or copper minerals. Thirteen metals occur as native elements.  Obviously gold and silver are the most well known, but Native ...

Mexico is another country rich in rock and mineral resources. Unfortunately a lot of those resources remain unexplored. There is a great Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, which crosses the entire count ...

Chrysocolla Cuprite also known as Sonora Sunset, and sometimes Sonora Sunrise, is named for the lovely and colorful sunsets over the Sonoran Desert, from which it is found. This material is from t ...

Lots of beautiful rocks and minerals come from the state of Utah. Utah covers 54.4 million acres, of which 35 million are owned by the federal government. There are five National Parks and six Nat ...

Wisconsin is one of the best states in the U.S. for finding a variety of rocks, crystals and minerals. Wisconsin is a rolling plain laid down on sedimentary rocks and broken in places by uplifted ig ...

Nevada is a great place for collecting rocks and minerals.  Nevada is the seventh largest state in the union. Yet it's population density is very low. So much of the state is still open and u ...

  Arizona is rich in rock and minerals. But even better-it is the home to the world's largest Gem and Mineral Show! Every year for 2-3 weeks, around the first of February, rock and mineral dea ...

Origin of Names for Rocks and Minerals How do rocks and minerals get their names? The Rock and Mineral names can be traced quite often to Greek and to Latin. It is common practice to add an "ite" ...

Metaphysical Meanings on Rocks, Crystals and Minerals What is metaphysics? Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular ...