Amegreen in it’s natural form is a beautiful blend of purple Amethyst and Green Amethyst, occasionally with a little bit of Quartz. If there are white lines on the piece, it’s most likely Chevron Amethyst with a blend of Prasiolite. Other pieces have little to no white lines or Quartz in them at all. Amegreen
Agates are found in abundance on Earth, with various different types only being found in certain parts of the world, whilst the more common, grey Agate can be found in the land mass of every continent. They are formed primarily of Chalcedony and Quartz, with various blends of chemicals or base rock that produce over
Skutterudite is a little known mineral that was first discovered in Skuterudåsen in Norway in 1845. It grows in the hydro thermal tunnels that are created by volcanic activity. To date, this mineral has only been found in small deposits in Norway, Canada & New Jersey, USA, so it is rare, but thankfully, at an
Epidote is a stunning mineral that was first discovered in the early 1800s in both Greenland and Salzburg, Austria. The first discoveries in the UK were made in Wales in the early 1900s and can still be found in Marloes Bay, Pembrokeshire and widespread throughout Gwynedd today. Epidote is a mineral in it’s own right,
Zincite is an incredibly rare mineral form of Zinc Oxide that was first discovered in 1810 by a man named Archibald Bruce. It was then renamed as the Zincite we know now in 1845. Zincite can be found growing in nature in only one location in the World, New Jersey, USA.  Most of the Zincite on
Grandidierite was first discovered in 1902 by a Frenchman who was exploring southern Madagascar. This man named the mineral after his predecessor, Alfred Grandidier, who explored and documented much of Madagascar’s natural habitat and resources in the late 1800s. Small deposits have been found in other areas of the World such as Sri Lanka, but
Blades of Light are extremely rare pieces of Quartz found only in Columbia. They come from a similar region as the famous Emerald Mines and location of the Mango Quartz mine. Blades of Light first came onto the market back in 2017, but received very little recognition & were only found in a few specialist
Hello and welcome to my latest blog. There is a stunning new blend on the block. There are only small pebbles in this blend as it’s a real anomaly for these two to grow cleanly together, so there is only a small amount on the market thus far. Lepidolite is considered one of the premier
Mango Quartz was first discovered by Don Victor Carranza in Columbia during the early 80s. However, he was involved in several unsavoury business ventures and was a very territorial and paranoid man. After he made the discovery, he sealed the mine entrance so no one else would know where to find ‘his’ beautiful Quartz. It
Hello and welcome to the first of my new set of blogs for 2021. If you’d like to check back on the new Crystal Energy blogs for 2021 at any point, please scroll to the bottom of the page where the blog categories are shown. I wrote back in 2014 about how the energies of
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