| I just found out a well-educated neighbor has crystals and tends to them daily. It’s completely changed my view of her, and not for the better. |
Sorry that happened to you, but one nutcase at work isn't data. You don't like science, do you? |
+1. Earth-made crystals are interesting and beautiful. It's not deeper than that. If you judge me for some crystals I display as objet d'art, you're the dumb-dumb. Not into oils only because too much scent is not my jam. |
Right? Take Amethyst for example. It’s a variety of quartz that has iron inclusions in it and spent millions of years underground. The exposure to gamma radiation is what gives it the purple color. However not all quartz with iron will turn purple. It has to be just the right amount of radiation exposure. I wish I had more time to study their chemical properties. What scares me about the metaphysical community collecting crystals is they do not realize some have harmful substances included in them. Take Galena. It is lead. Any time you touch it you risk lead exposure if you don’t wash your hands immediately after…but you never want it in a home with kids or pets. Cinnabar has mercury. The fiberous stones like cats eye, tiger eye, some malachite, pietersite (sp), etc. have asbestos. Though generally if the fiberous ones are polished, you dont have to worry as much. |
Probably. |
Maybe she found something that works? |
| for sure! |
We call it static electricity. |
It’s not that type of energy. Have you ever picked up the phone and known who is calling before you answered? Even if it was someone who you haven’t spoken with in a very long time? That’s the energy. |
| Yes |
It's called caller-id. |
You cannot possible prove that you have never been wrong. You are just unaware of cases when you have been wrong. |