Lena Rocks

We were playing with putting together little sets of crystals and I took some photos here:

Individual sets, each set containing (clockwise) one Madagascar Quartz, three Lemurian seed crystals (one skinny, one DT and one sparkly), one Recordkeeper Ruby, one polished piece of Scolecite, one Apophyllite point, one small piece of Bismuth metal, one large Tibetan DT Herkimer:

I dug out some various forms of quartz so I could photograph an easy comparison sheet for those who are curious:

As you can see they all have pretty distinctive characteristics when you place them side by side  If you click on the image you will get up a larger version of the photo.

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We went to a crystal show yesterday and I learned something I had not known about before – about crystals that have been struck by lightning while in the ground.  The vendor had a few that he showed me and they felt just fantastic to me so I had to get myself one.  I also got myself a large Lemurian that has so much Lithium in it that it is very pink and when I examined it later it just happened to have a lightning strike on it as well so I felt like I got the most amazing bonus.

When we came hom I tried to find more information about these crystals but there is not a lot so I am going to have to figure it out for myself.  Some of what I came up with is the following:

For many years, itinerant miners in of the Serra de Espinha?o Mountains of Brazil have reported finding “flash stones” – now demonstrated to be the result of lightning traveling through a quartz crystal while still in the ground.  The Espinha?o range is frequently hit by orographic thunderstorms, which produce the greatest number of lightning strikes.  Interestingly, orographic lightning has some peculiar features:  it reaches velocities of 160,000 m/s (524,934 ft/s), and it achieves plasma temperatures of 30,000°C in nanoseconds.  Evidences of the effect of this special lightning on lightning-struck quartz crystals are the presence of beta-quartz (which only forms at temperatures over 573°C), along with the presence of cristobalite, the high-temperature modification of quartz (which forms at temperatures of about 1,715°C). Also, an enormous pressure of about 35.00 bar (508 psi) is evidence by the presence of coesite, the rare high-pressure polymorph of quartz.  The stress caused by this very rapid heating and cooling, along with the intense electrical charge and the high pressure, creates a characteristic zigzag fracture pattern on the surface of the affected quartz crystals.

Reproducing the effects of lightning on quartz crystals in a laboratory setting has proven to be very challenging.  After exploring a variety of methods to try to reproduce the characteristic patterns, the study concluded that this pattern could not be created by any mechanical process.

At the high-voltage lab at the Technical Institute of Vienna, Austria and at Ilmenau University in Germany, scientists were finally able to match the unique, shallow zigzag lightning tracks on quartz that is the hallmark of lightning struck quartz.  To form these crystals it takes a unique combination of geological, morphological, climatological, and meteorological conditions.  This means that lightning-struck quartz is very scarce, making it a highly valued item for mineral and gem collectors.

Here are some photos of some of these crystals that I took at the show, apologies for the crappy quality but I didn’t bring my good camera:

Go Thor

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We had found these silicone ice cube trays intended for making ice shot glasses but I wanted to see if I could make little orgonite containers instead…  I got both round ones and square ones and the possibilities are endless…

you can put SP’s in them…

put a vase with flowers in them…

let your favorite crystal have a custom built home

I am sure the molds can be found online.

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I have recently been thinking of how to make something to charge our cats water dish. Been using a regular charging plate but wanted to try something more dedicated.

We have been putting amethyst into the drinking water of our pets since it does a lot of good there. My dog even brings me the amethyst from her bowl when it’s empty and drops it in front of me – she has been doing that since she was a puppy and figured it out all on her own

I have cast in dog bowls before but wanted to make something that would be more of a dish that you can use for either water or even to put plants on.  My first attempt was a disaster, I did not practice my patience and tried to pull it out too soon and a piece broke off, stuck in the dish…  Tried to recast it and then spent way too much time trying to get it out of the dish – it was stuck…

After freezing, boiling, prying and finally a heatgun it came out and it was a mess… so I just decided to make another one.  This one came out, it has a clear layer with a circle of amethysts, a layer of fake gold and then a layer with copper, brass and iron oxide with various other crystals:

Of course I then asked the cat to pose for a picture but the response I got was the usual “there is a bird over there – talk to the tail…” so I will have to wait to see if she liked it  Time will tell.

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We have had the most fun time spending our fourth of July weekend taking photos and I wanted to show the ones that came out with the clear quartz skull on top of the hollow nano pyramid.  All kinds of things in there

Enjoy!

Lena

Hubby had this idea rolling around his head for a while where he said it would be nice to find a way to incorporate orgonite to one of those light boxes we so love taking crystal pictures on so he went about finding a way to create that kind of a shell.  For now he  made a pyramid shape that he cut the tip off but we are also going to try this with round and square shapes to see how they come out.  I will never stop being fascinated by seeing some of these faces looking back at me in these crystals…when we take pictures and wanted to share:

I got myself a set of Solfeggio tuning forks in the following frequencies:

FORK	HERTZ & NUMEROLOGY	LATIN NAME & MEANING	CHAKRA
	174 Hz* (=3)	Unification with Spirit – Become Light	Soul Star
	285 Hz* (=6)	Unification with Gaia	Earth Star
Ut	396 Hz* (=9)	Ut quent laxis Liberating Guilt and Fear	Root/Base
Re	417 Hz* (=3)	Resonare fibris Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change	Sacral
Mi	528 Hz* (=6)	Mira gestorum Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)	Solar Plexus
Fa	639 Hz* (=9)	Famuli tuorum Connecting/Relationships	Heart
Sol	741 Hz* (=3)	Solve polluti Awakening Intuition	Throat
La	852 Hz* (=6)	Labii reatum Returning to Spiritual Order	3rd Eye/ Ajna
	963 Hz* (=9)	Conscious Disciplined Connection to Spirit	Crown

You can get the whole set here:  http://www.luminanti.com/tuningforks.html#anchor570565

Am curious to find out if they have any application for the curing process in orgonite.  So far I have only played with them with crystals and found that smaller and flatter Lemurians will make the tone sound higher whereas the larger ones hold the tone for longer, though more subdued.  Funny thing, we have a cat who is very energy sensitive, to a point where she will come running whenever we hug, wanting to catch the good vibe  When I started dinging the forks she came running and would not leave… and once I was done decided to bless the forks in her own way.

Oomba blessing the forks

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We met up with a wonderful new friend who gifted us with some amazing crystals – so beautiful that I had to share.  This is only part of what he gave us, banded amethyst, dravite tourmaline, garnet, rutilated quartz, rubies, emeralds and more…  Can’t wait to get a nice pour going with some of these new rocks…  The Tibetans are just amazing – they were hand harvested by monks from a monastery in Tibet.

Here is the tray of the ones I chose to take pictures of:

Enjoy!

Lena

Got a request from someone who asked if I could make them a healing chakra set so I did quite a bit of research on what stones to use and made one set for my friend and one set for myself. Playing with them on my body I quickly realized that you cannot use all of them at once… since it’s just too much – I felt like I was about to take off The cat did enjoy them close by – he loves sleeping close to orgonite…