Just Witchy's Blog — Stone

Black Onyx Obelisk    What is Onyx? Onyx is the parallel banded variety of chalcedony - an oxide mineral. The colors of its bands range from black to nearly every color. But today I am going to talk about the uber cool black variety!      The gemstone is produced in water under low temperatures with vast silica deposits. Typically it is surrounded by many different rocks, fissures and cracks and can be found all over the globe in places like Greece, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Pakistan, India, the UK and the United States, to name just a few places.   ...

Opalite    Ohhh, look at the pretty cloudy sky blue shinyite!                              Like a summer sky with white puffy clouds,                              it exudes a sense of peace and tranquility.   As it should - Blue and white, the two primary colors often found in Opalite, are associated with peace, tranquility and purity. Natural Opalite is usually found in Africa and Brazil, although there are man made Opalites created by opalizing glass, creating stunning colors.So how...

 Featured Shinyite: Apatite    Want to work up an appetite? I have just the stone for you! Get it? Apatite?    I think the boss just groaned. Well it's her own fault, after all, she bought me a beautiful pair of Apatite earing for my birthday and now I just can't get my fill. (I crack myself up!😆)    Of course, Blue Apatite is only one of the many colors found in Apatite. The name Apatite is actually given to a family of crystals and can be seen in shades of yellow, pink, purple, white, green and blue - the...

 Featured Shinyite: Amethyst    When it comes to stones that rock, purple shinyites rate high on my list. I mean Amethysts! Amethyst Heart Shaped Specimen Maybe because they are my birthstone. Yep, I’m a February child, born on Valentine’s Day. Makes me a real sweetheart, right? Okay, so the sweetheart part might be debatable, but the fact that this rock is cool is not!     Often called the Stone of Sober Kings, Amethyst is a member of the quartz family. Although classified as a semiprecious stone it can be found in crystal formations. This purple colored gem is found in...

 Featured Shinyite: Tiger’s Eye I was first hired by Just Witchy's for a special project involving bagging backflow incense cones. It was the height of the pandemic, and because of transportation and manufacturing issues, nearly everything had to be ordered in large quantities to ensure product was available. Unfortunately, these were not necessarily quantities the customer was going to purchase. Not many customers needed 550 lilac scented backflow cones, thus the need for my special talents. I love titles, so I created one for myself: Incense Inventory Specialist. It sounded better than: Backflow Cone Counter. As time progressed, the owners...