Love this dude! I recently made a trip out to Oregon, and every time I’m there I make sure to bring home lots and lots of Thunder Eggs! These naturally occur in Oregon thanks to all the geological activity in the region.
They appear as unassuming brown nodules, but once sliced and polished reveal the most intricate, beautiful interiors! This particular one contains Agate as well as Quartz, and the formation is really just… freaking neat.
I’m excited to have a few listed in the shop this weekend, and I’ve met the most lovely source (always ethical in my shop) to keep me stocked up until I can make another trip out.
Put my current collection of crystals under the full moon the other night… what an amazing event that was!!! Just stunning to witness such a rare planetary occurrence… so much gratitude right now.
Put my current collection of crystals under the full moon the other night… what an amazing event that was!!! Just stunning to witness such a rare planetary occurrence… so much gratitude right now.
I always envy those amazing glamor shots other folks can get of their rocks…. someone on another site asked for some high-quality images of the stilbite cluster and that made me sit down and figure out how to make my camera do the work.
Turns out it’s:
-Aperture priority, 1/13th - 1/8th shutter speed
-ISO 100
-Hi-def Image-stacking mode (my camera can stack three)
-A tripod
-A lamp and a cheap lightbox with a black craft foam backing
-Manual focus
-Kicking the cats out of the home office so they quit making things bump and shake
My fancy Sony Cybershoot (AKA a point-n-shoot with an option for manual focus, not a DSLR-etcetc) managed to get these last night. Took a few tries, as the camera shows things overexposed on the screen; if I correct exposure for what I’m seeing on the camera, it’s underexposed on the monitor.
Top to bottom, pink stilbite cluster, lemon calcite cubes, pink heulandite geode, quartz geode with calcite crystal, and my stilbite flower, which is still my favorite find! No post-processing, just as they came out of the camera, tiny jar lid for a shooting stand included :P
Went crystal hunting for stilbite today! I found this place a few years ago but it is kinda a scramble to get up there so I really hadn’t been back until today. Worth the climb, I think.
Giving | Friends & Family | Forgiveness | Heart Chakra
According to myth Rose Quartz was created when Ares (The God of War) was jealous with Aphrodite’s love for Adonis. He turned himself into a wild boar and attacked the God of Beauty & Desire. As Aphrodite rushed to save Adonis, she caught herself on a Briar bush and her blood spilt on white quartz, turning it pink. Thus, Rose Quartz is known as the crystal of love.
Forgiveness & Gratitude
Friends & Family
Opens Heart Chakra
Unconditional Love
Calming & Reassuring for Trauma or Crisis
Brings Deep Inner Healing
Attracting Love & Relationships
Draws off Negative Energy & Replaces it with Loving Vibes
Does anyone else do this with their crystals after you get them home? Grounding is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and for the tools you work with. Letting your feet touch the Earth as Gaia intended. Letting your crystals feel the dirt and empty any energy that doesn’t serve it’s Highet purpose, as Gaia intends. ✨
