Chrysocolla & Peridot

Chrysocolla is first and foremost a Stone of Communication. Its very essence is devoted to expression, empowerment and teaching. The serenity of its turquoise-blue color discharges negative energies, calms, and allows truth and inner wisdom to come to the surface and to be heard and understood.  It opens bottled up emotions that block the mind from thinking clearly.    

The soothing energy of this stone can help calm highly charged emotional situations where there are angry words or sarcasm.  Chrysocolla helps with knowing when to speak and when to remain silent making it a stone of empowerment and teaching us that genuine power is best expressed through gentleness.  

Chrysocolla is a stone of wise women everywhere.   It is a teaching stone, encouraging us to reveal our highest knowledge so that others may benefit from our experiences. This may come in the form of speaking lovingly to a friend and offering insights, a teacher to a student, or by simply modeling the power of words, chosen wisely with knowledge of their impact in the world. Peridot is believed to increase confidence and assertiveness, balanced by patience and clarity of thought.

This crystal is attuned to spiritual truth and understanding one’s destiny. It is also known as the stone of manifestation.  It teaches one to examine the past for the gift of the experiences, admit mistakes and let go of guilt and blame, forgiving yourself and others to allow you to move forward.  Peridot inspires a sense of happiness and contentedness in one’s life. It empowers one to have confidence in one’s own abilities.  It initiates independence and assertion without aggression.