Amethyst I'm going to use for my staff. Somehow.
Assorted amethysts with no current charge or purpose aside from their own inherent ones. All given to me by one of my best friends, along with the other two amethysts here.
So, there's actually a kinda cool story behind this one (and why it's in the bag). My family and I went up to Leavenworth, Washington, which is this tiny little town that makes half its money off the Mayday festival in the spring, one Beltane, for obvious reasons. While packing for the weekend, I felt the sudden urge to grab this tiny chip of amethyst, which is no bigger than my thumbnail, and bring it with me. I've learned to listen to these things, because they're usually right, so I tucked it into the case for my flashdrive, which I carry on my belt loop at all times. I kept it there for the whole weekend and honestly kind of forgot about it. While we were there, I became aware that humans apparently aren't the only ones who travel to Leavenworth for the festival - I could sense other presences there, too, although I'm still not sure exactly who all was there. I know at least some sprites and other fae were present. I just enjoyed the music and the dancing and the food (oh my dear gods they had a shop entirely for cheeses and I kind of went nuts) and the magic (and magick!) of it all. But when we got home, I remembered about the amethyst again (I think I went to go get my flashdrive and went "Oh hey I remember this"). I pulled it out, and wow I almost dropped it because of the surge of energy I felt from it. I immediately set it faaar away from my other crystals, at the other end of my dresser, and sat there staring at it and laughing for a minute. It felt almost like an electric shock. From then on, that little tiny chip of crystal was kept far away from my other crystals, until I eventually acquired a bag for it. I still can't hold it for more than a second or two without getting so much overload of magickal energy from it that it actually hurts my fingers and arms a little. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.
Moss Agate, bought.
I actually don't know what this one is. I think it might be green calcite, but I'm not sure. It's a little transparent in a few places, but for the most part it's pretty much opaque.
Citrine. I found this actually while I was mowing the lawn at the wildlife center my mom runs (the AWF), behind one of the pens. It caught my eye, so I had to stop and go get it. There's a pebble embedded in it, though.
Citrine. I don't remember where I got it. Possibly that same friend gave it to me. He gives me a lot of crystals 'cause he knows I adore them XD
Citrine. This one scared me a bit, because I have no idea where it came from. I only had the second citrine above at the time, and it was sitting on my dresser with my other crystals. Had been for ages. Anyway, I came into my room one day and glanced at my collection of crystals, and stopped and frowned at it because there was a second little piece of citrine next to the first. I've no idea where it came from... faery gift?
Honey Calcite, bought. Could someone tell me any properties of honey calcite they know, please? Because I can't find any, for one reason or another. All I know is it's a very comforting stone to me, and it makes an excellent handwarmer. I was holding it in my hand as I was walking around the little store where I bought this, the agate (above), and the rubilated quartz (below), looking for anything else I wanted, and had to put it down after a few minutes because my hands were starting to sweat because it seemed to be absorbing and amplifying my heat. I say 'amplifying' because my hands are always, always freezing cold, unless they're literally submerged in hot water or something similar. The rest of my body can be sweating like a horse, and my hands and feet will be cold. (Makes me popular in summer, though, haha.) So a handwarmer is a very good thing. That little stone is coming with me to the football games I play in band for next year.
Jet, bought. Protection stone, yay. I was feeling in need of it at the time. For some reason when I first bought it, I sat rolling it between my hands for several minutes with no real purpose, probably just absorbing the energy from it.
Clear quartz. The only clear quartz I have, and it's in bedrock. Naturally. XD This was also given to me by that same friend I mentioned earlier.
I used to have a boatload of these, but now they're all mysteriously gone... *glares accusingly at Mother* *cough* Anyway. Find these left, right, and center on gravel paths.
Rubilated quartz, bought. The second pic is me holding it up to the light attempting to show off the "hair-like" structures inside, which range from white to pale gold in this one. Rubilated quartz is an intriguing stone, and I can examine this one for several minutes. You can probably find better pictures online.
Selenite, bought. Bought this one with the jet, and nothing else, after spending almost an hour walking extremely slowly through a crystal shop (if you blink, you'll miss it) and picking up almost every single one I could to get a feel for it. Mom was watching me and when I came to the counter, she asked me (and I quote), "All these crystals, and you pick a black one and a white one?" I was just like, "Yep," and paid for my crystals. XD I bought this selenite at a time when I was trying to understand someone, another best friend's boyfriend, actually, who made me nervous and gave me a really, really bad feeling in my very core from Day One. Despite the fact that he claimed we used to be pretty close friends, I had absolutely no memory of him and wouldn't have been able to pick him out of a lineup. The scary thing? He knew things that no one should ever know outside my very closest friends, and I would have remembered him if I'd told him those things - not that I would have in the first place. No, his girlfriend didn't tell him. She would never, for her sake as much as mine. There were other things, but that was a big one... I won't go into it further than that, though. Suffice it to say that I did at least two tarot readings and prayed a LOT for guidance with the help of the selenite, trying to figure out him both and the way he made my scales itch (so to speak; the tarot readings both freaked me out because they did NOT bode well, which now I know why). The relationship did not end well, no not because of my interference because I tried to stay out of it for the most part despite myself, only making sure that she wasn't going to get hurt. (Although I will admit that I acted like her mother for a little while there. Then again, I frequently do.)
