Healing Stones for Us and for Our Furry Friends

By Diana Kirkpatrick | August 17, 2014

Healing Stones for Us and for Our Furry Friends – I love gemstones and crystals and I’m always interested in learning more ways to have beneficial stones around me to bolster me and also my environment. This interest has inspired me to work on designs for PetsAmulets – healing and protective stones for our furry friends.…

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I’m Trapped Inside!

By Diana Kirkpatrick | July 10, 2014

Inclusions in Gemstones An inclusion is any material that has been trapped inside a gemstone during its formation.  Inclusions can be animal (insects), vegetable (a leaf), or mineral (the needles in tiger eye).     It should be noted that according to Walter Schumann’s “Gemstones of the World”, amber is the only incidence of organic…

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Gemstones I Love – the Feldspar Group

By Diana Kirkpatrick | May 21, 2014

The Feldspar group includes several very popular gemstones – Amazonite, Moonstone, Sunstone, and Labradorite among others. In the earth’s crust, feldspars may be more abundant than all other minerals combined. The majority of the common feldspars fall into two groups, (1) the alkali feldspars – potassium aluminum silicates (KAlSi3O8) and sodium aluminum silicates (NaAlSi3O8) and (2)…

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