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Cleansing Gems And Stones

Any residual emotions that may have been transferred to the stone prior to purchase should be cleaned off.

Wrap each stone that's to be cleaned in a cloth, and bury it in an undisturbed place for a period of time, preferably 3, 9 or 13 hours, days, weeks or months. The longer the period of time, the better the cleaning.

Other ways include placing the stones in a bowl of salt, free running water, suspending in a fire, or under a fire, or just suspended so that nothing is touching them. Any of the elements can be used; leave it in sunlight, rain, or any place you'd feel comfortable.

Written By: Marieta Stevens
Date Posted: 2/22/2009
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Ammon Says:

3/27/2009 1:26:19 PM

Absolutely correct Nico, in fact some stones will simply dissolve in water, or even ignite when held over a flame, so it's allways good to know the crystals you work with well.

But for the most part and for most crystals the above cleansing process should work fine.

somethign else to note as well is that many crystals will actually fade or alter once used up, bloodstone will for example lose the red spots in it, my sister in-law took a beautifull piece of rose quartz to her office where she was having a lot of problems, the next day it had turned from pink to dark grey.

Nico Redelinghuys Says:

3/27/2009 10:31:58 AM

From a friend I heard that you have to be careful with some of the stones when using salt and/or water. It may cause discolouration (I know my big rose quartz faded after being outside on very saline soil for weeks). I'm sure the Crystal Bible that you now have in your store should explain all of this in more detail, though?