Just Witchy's Blog — optimism

   You probably don't think much about moss.    You may know that it requires little soil and can thrive on rocks, walls, and even rooftops. But did you know that moss can filter and absorb carbon dioxide at a rate four times higher than that of trees? It's also a natural air conditioner, retaining large amounts of water and cools the air through slow evaporation. This cool plant is both beautiful and versatile, making it a gem of the natural world. So it should come as no surprise that Moss Agate—the gemstone bearing this fine plant's name—should symbolize steady...

   Not to be confused with the mysterious sunstone of Viking legend—now believed by many scientists to have been calcite crystals used for navigation—Sunstone is a beautiful feldspar mineral known for its shimmering, sparkling appearance created by copper or hematite inclusions (a phenomenon called aventurescence).    Although it isn’t considered a navigation tool, that doesn’t diminish the beauty or energetic qualities attributed to this crystal gemstone, which has many traits that make it special.    A member of the triclinic crystal system—where all three unit cell axes differ in length and meet at non-right angles, forming the least symmetrical crystal structure—Sunstone can...