Crystals are beautiful symbols of nature that are as good for healing and beneficial for our health as they look adorning our home. An example of mother nature at her best. Like all things in our modern society though they cost money and I thought I would write a little to help explain a few things.
For example; Why so some crystals that are the same cost different amounts?
One of the main reasons is crystals are generally sold by their weight. The heavier they are, the more they cost. Also some are higher grades than others. Take amethyst for example, generally speaking, the deeper the colour ( which is purple ) the more expensive it is as it is a higher grade.
Fossilized wood can come in many different guises of reds, browns, whites, creams, greens and others, all mixed. The normal average fossilized wood sphere that most people recognize is mainly brown and cream. However, when you start introducing other colours like reds and different shades of the above colours it becomes more desirable and attractive in appearance. Another step further, when it is exposed to great volcanic heat from mother earth it can form pockets of quartz in the wood. The net effect makes it stunning to look at with glittery pockets of white/diamond appearing quartz in bedded in the wood in different shapes, sizes and depths amongst a bewildering hue of varying shades of browns, reds, greens, creams in vivid patterns. This immediately ups the value and rarity.
The cut of the crystal, i.e. the shape and appearance affects the value, as does in some crystals the clarity. The flip side is that in some crystals inclusions of other crystals in the main body such as pieces of black tourmaline in an otherwise perfectly clear piece of clear quartz can add rarity. Phantoms within the main body can also do this. Phantoms are like ghost crystals within the main body that are visible, especially if you look closely, and they all look different. It’s finding that crystal which looks unique!
Then of course you have that obvious rarity of some crystals over others that are more readily available e.g. diamonds are rarer than amethyst. Gold more than copper.
How the crystal is mined and brought to our shelves for sale. Has it been just bombed out and put in crates, cut and polished by machines on mass by people who don’t care. Or hand dug out by local villagers working for a supplier in the UK and then enhanced by one person who lovingly creates the piece by hand. Picking shapes of rough crystal that are closest to resembling its final form after polishing, keeping physical interference to a minimum. Remembering everything is energy. The more ethically farmed the crystal is with caring and love, the better the energy of the crystal.
It’s a bit like buying organic or non organic. Buying non organic can be fine, but I would always have the ethically obtained organic if possible. The energy and feel of the crystal is the most important thing. This is one of the main reasons I still don’t sell crystals on line. It’s all about the feel of the crystal and what “feels” right for you. You can’t do that on line. I’m often asked why I don’t by clients and my business advisers recommend I do. I’m not saying I never will, but for now I have resisted.
If you know and trust your supplier you are also paying for the time, effort and expertise he or she puts in to hand picking those special crystals.
So there is a lot involved with this business of crystals! Above all, make sure you feel right with the crystal when it is in front of you. Trusting your supplier also helps. The rest will fall into place!
