Brecciated Jasper is a granular type of fine-grained quartz usually colored red by the inclusion of hematite, but if iron oxide is present in the ground, the color may be yellow or brown. It has a hardness of 7, and is found in abundance in the USA, India and Russia. Jasper provides protection and induces health and re-birth. All jaspers are grounding and protect against negativity. They help to protect during astral travel.

This is a nice mixture of natural and dyed tumbled stones. There will be very little hematite in this mixture, which can tend to make it on the heavy side. You will get a nice assortment of some dyed agates, but mostly natural quartz, rose quartz, aventurine, jaspers, sodalite, unakite, onyx, obsidians, and more. By the pound only $6.00/lb.

Blue Lace Agate is a chalecedony quartz with a hardness of 7, and is found in Brazil, Uruguay, China, India, Madagascar, Mexico and the U.S. Blue Lace is a slightly transparent baby blue color with a white lacy pattern running through it. Blue Lace Agate can help one attain high spiritual connections. It is useful in meditation and aligning the throat, heart, third eye and crown chakras.

Green Moss Agate is another type of chalcedony which is a translucent white or gray mixed with a darker green material resembling moss. The dark green mosslike inclusions are believed to be due to manganese oxide and the red and brown inclusions due to iron oxide. It is said to improve ones self-esteem, balances the emotions, and is also one of the stones reputed to help cash and crop growth.

Amazonite is a variety of feldspar, similar in composition to moonstone. It is a decorative bluish-green color, with some occasional white swirl running through it. Amazonite has a hardness of 6. It can form into massive prismatic crystals as large as 39 feet across, and can be found in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Crystal Peak in Colorado, Russia, India, Madagascar and Finland. Wearing it is said to help in eliminating negativity and is soothing to all the chakra centers, particularly to the heart and throat chakras.

Amethyst is a type of quartz with a hardness of 7. Amethyst comes in various shades of purple because of the presence of manganese. It is found in abundance in Brazil, Uruguay, and Madagascar. It comes in crystallized and massive forms. Amethyst has many healing properties. It is the traditional stone carried to help combat alcoholism. It also aids against psychic attack. It is also a dream stone, and has been known to induce vivid dreaming. The intensity of this stone usually begins to wear off within three or four days, but can be recharged by soaking in salt water for a day or two.

Aventurine is a type of quartz which owes its speckled-green color to bright particles of mica and hematite. It has a hardness of 7 and is mined in Brazil, India and Russia. Aventurine helps to clear and activate the heart chakra and is a soothing healing stone, good for enhancing creativity.

If you want the good bloodstone, you have to go to S. Africa to get it, which is where this tumbled variety is from. Worth having.
Medium to large (1 1/2")

Carnelian is a translucent type of chalcedony quartz. The color results from the occurance of iron oxide. The polished reddish-orange stones that are inlayed in the Taj Mahal in India are carnelian. The hardness is 6 1/2 - 7, and is found in India, Brazil and Uruguay. Carnelian protects against envy, fear, and rage. It helps in the cleaning of other stones, and is good to increase physical energy, creativity, compassion and personal power.

Chevron Amethyst is an interesting form of amethyst that has bands of white quartz mixed in with the purple color. Chevron amethyst is cleansing to the aura and helps to remove negativity by replacing it with a soothing love. It also has the same benefits as the transparent Brazilian amethyst.

Citrine is an amethyst quartz turned light golden brown to a dark amber brown due to intense heat in the ground where it grew. It has a hardness of 7 and is found in abundance in Brazil, Madagascar and the USA. Citrine is one mineral that does not hold negative energies and never needs cleansing. It encourages the accumulation of money and is called the merchant's stone. It is a good stone to carry when there are family gatherings, encouraging good relationships, as well as business and educational pursuits.

Hematite, also known as the Alaskan Black Diamond, is the major producer of iron ore. It is found in abundance world-wide. The U.S. has been the largest consumer of iron ore since 1895, and until 1960 it was the largest producer as well. Hematite is one of nature's major pigments, lending its red color to many rocks and minerals. The red rocks of the Painted Desert and the Grand Canyon, as well as carnelian and agate - just to name a few - get its color from hematite. Crushed hematite mixed with water makes a nice red paint. Hematite is found the world over, but can be found in large amounts wherever volcanic activity has occured in the past, since it is a lava based and slightly magnetic stone. It has a hardness of 6 1/2, and can be found in Brazil, Alaska, Hawaii , and USA. Hematite helps the thinking processs and helps one to enter into loving relationships. It is grounding, and because it is slightly magnetic, helps to balance the body's energies.

Howlite is a white hydrothermal rock in borate deposits, and is associated with ulexite and colemanite. It sometimes shows many gray markings, which lend it to being dyed either a turquoise color to resemble turquoise, a green color to resemble malachite, or a dark blue to resemble the costly lapis lazuli. It is found in abundance in Nova Scotia, Canada, and California, USA. Howlite is an especially soothing healing stone, good for eliminating rage and stress. It also helps in improving ones personality, to reduce selfishness.

Leopard Skin Jasper is a reddish-beige leopard spotted stone belonging to the quartz family. The red jasper gets its color from hematite, and the brown jasper gets its color from iron oxides. Leopard Skin Jasper contains both. It's hardness is 6 1/2 - 7, and it can be mined in India, USA, and Russia. All jaspers are grounding and protects against negativity. It helps build patience and responsibility.

Malachite is a beautiful emerald green stone with some blackish-green agate-like markings running through it. It occurs in oxidized zones of copper deposits. Malachite is often found growing with blue chrysocolla and vivid blue azurite. It occurs in botryoidal form (like a bunch of grapes), or as a stalactitic mass. The most important areas to find malachite is Tsumeb in S.W. Africa, Katanga in the Congo, the Ural Mts. in Russia, and Bisbee, Arizona. It is quite soft at 3 1/2 - 4. Because of its copper content, malachite can be quite helpful for arthritic conditions, and it also protects against radiation (x-rays, microwaves, TV, etc.) These highly tumbled pieces, approximately 1" - 1 1/2", are $1.00 each.

Moonstone belongs to the feldspar family. There are many colors of moonstone: white, yellow, cream, beige, transparent clear, and multi-colored rainbow. The colors in rainbow moonstone are caused by reflections of alternate layers of albite and orthoclase feldspar. It has a hardness of 6 - 6 1/2, and can be found in India, Madagascar, Brazil, and the USA. Moonstone enhances creativity, confidence, and self-expression. It also protects during travel and is a good luck stone.

Snowflake obsidian is a volcanic glass formed when molten lava poured into a body of water and was cooled quickly. Iron and magnesium gives the obsidian its black color and the snowflake effect on the shiny black glass is actually inclusions of a mineral called phenocryst. Because of its glass-like qualities and its ability to fracture into sharp edges when broken, it was often made into spear heads, arrowheads, and other tools by the ancient people. It has a hardness of 5.5. Obsidian is found worldwide. One of it's most famous occurences is the Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone National Park. Snowflake obsidian is a grean metaphysical stone. It is comfortable and feels good. If you want one stone to help you remove those negative energies from around you and your home, pick this one. It repels the negativities without absorbing them, so you never have to worry about recharging it, although it will enjoy a good bath occasionally.

Quartz crystal is comprised of fine particles of sand called silica. Quartz is abundant the world over, and they can range in size from microscopic to weighing over 5 1/2 tons! Quartz has been carved into sculptures, vases, goblets and jewelry for centuries. This is your traditional healing stone, good for cleansing, whether it's a room or your aura. It is also a good amplifier for transferring energies during meditation or healing work.

Rose Quartz is a pink colored stone in the quartz family. It rarely forms well defined crystals, but is usually massive in size. Its pink to rose shade is caused be small amounts of titanium within the quartz. Rose quartz is found almost exclusively in pegmatites, found in large masses crossed by veins of white quartz. Rose quartz is found in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Brazil and Madagascar. The very rare crystals have been found in small amounts in Maine and some larger ones found in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rose Quartz has a hardness of 7. Rose Quartz is a wonderful stone to give to someone who has just suffered a loss in their life or one who wishes to find love, as it is a calming stone for giving and receiving love.

Rutilated quartz is a clear quartz that contains small golden needles of titanium commonly called Venus' Hair Stone, because of the lovely thin strands of golden needles running through the quartz. Rutilated quartz can be found in many parts of the world and carries a hardness of 6 - 6 1/2. Rutilated quartz is used for healing the aura, stabilizing relationships, emotions, and helping to repel negative energies. 1" tumbled pieces @ $1.00 each

Smoky quartz is believed to be the result of natural irridation. Smoky quartz ranges in shades of a light to dark smoky brown color. It will often contain inclusions of rutile needles. Its hardness is 7, and it is found in Brazil and Switzerland, and some can be found in New Hampshire growing among the white quartz. Smoky quartz helps dissolve negative energies, enotional blockages and disorders. It is grounding and protective.

Sodalite, a fluorescent stone under an ultraviolet light, is a beautiful blue-violet stone, a product of volcanic eruptions. It is found in many places in association with nepeline syenite rocks. It is also found growing near hematite and barite. It has a hardness of 5 - 6, and is found in Germany, Italy, Rumania, USSR, Maine, Arkansas in the U.S., and Bolivia. Sodalite is a good stone for truthful communication. It helps to remove confusion and to provide direction in all endevors.

Tigereye is what used to be a fibrous material containing asbestos which has over much time metamorphosed into a golden-brown quartz. Much of the tigereye is found in Africa, Australia, Burma, India and the USA. It has a hardness of 7. Tigereye can come in a few different colors of brown, black and blue. Red tigereye has been heat treated to attain that color. Regardless of color, all tigereye are wishing stones, enhancing wealth, stability and intuitive thought.

Unakite is a combination stone of feldspar, green epidote and quartz. It is an olive-green and rust colored stone with a hardness of 6 - 6 1/2. Unakite can be found in Madagascar. Unakite helps you to get to the root of your problems and balances your emotions.

Black Onyx is a variety of agate in which the alternating bands of color are straight instead of curved. Onyx is made up of black and white bands, commonly made into cameos. It is a hard 7 and comes from India, Madagascar, Brazil and Uruguay. Onyx is a grounding stone, helping to center and align, encouraging happiness and good fortune.