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Post by Verminda Spirit on Feb 18, 2006 13:00:42 GMT
Most crystals are safe to use in remedies, but their are a few that should be avoided...Certain stones will leach out metals and minerals into the water, which cannot be processed by the body.....A list follows of such stones...
Mohawkite and Realger;Substance within stone Arsenic..
Psiomelan; Substance = Barium...
Amazonite, Atacamite, Auricalcite, Azurite, Bronchantite, Chalacanite, Conicalcite, Opyrite , Chrysocolla, Culprite, Dioptase, Gem Silica, Mohawkite, and Smithstone; Substance contained = Copper...
Galena, Galenite , Stibnite , Vanadanite, Wulfenite; Substance contained = Lead....
Cinnabar = Highly toxic, contains Mercury...
Garierite; Substance contains = Nickel...
Chalcopyrite, Lapis Lazuli, Marcasite, Pyritr, Realgar; Contains = Sulpher...
Auricalcite, Smithstone; Contains = Zinc...
Please note, that if you intend to do gem essences please research, research research...A good book to have is the Crystal bible by Judy hall......
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