Andean Opal with what is reported to be Silica with Azurite inclusions

Andean Blue Opal

Peruvian Blue-Green Opal

Best used for:

Peace and calm
Smooth communication
Rediscovery of joy in life

• Very good for calming and soothing emotions
• Softens the impact of stressful outside  influences
• Releases trauma from emotional wounds
• Smooths communication and allows ideas to flow
• Brings enthusiasm, courage, and curiosity
• Can help one to ease into sleep

Additional Information:

• Opal forms when silica-rich water seeps into cracks  and voids within the earth— with evaporation over geological time, through deposition, in the right conditions, it leaves behind what becomes opal
• It is a mineraloid (non-crystalline), amorphous hydrated silica (SiO₂•nH₂O) with variable water content usually between 6-10%
• Precious (Noble) Opals display the more rare “inner-fire” or play-of-color within the stone
• Common Opals are far more plentiful and do not
• Pink Opal is a Common Opal formed with the mineral Palygorskite / Attapulgite, a magnesium aluminum phyllosilicate that occurs in a type of clay soil; the Peruvian and Mexican varieties gets its color from small amounts of quinones, organic compounds often found in plants, that enter the stone during formation American and Australian varieties are colored by manganese, where Australian specifically is biogenic in origin, formed from opalized radiolarite, a type of sedimentary rock formed from the skeletal remains of marine planktonic organisms

Availability: Uncommon
Hardness: 5 - 6 

Suggested Cleansing Methods: Moonlight, Sage Spray / Energy Spray, Fresh Water
Caution: stone is brittle and prone to cracking, do not expose to heat, extreme temperature changes, harsh cleaning chemicals, no ultrasonic cleaners.
Avoid very low humidity environments.

Azurite

Best used for:

Spiritual expansion
Removing blocks and negativity
Initiating positive transformation

• Increases psychic abilities, prophetic dreams and intuition
• Helps with the flow of energy in healing
• Promotes inspiration, imagination and creativity
• Brings mystical knowledge and wisdom
• Excellent for deep meditation and relaxation
• Removes blocks and dissolves negativity
• Stimulates transformation in one’s life
• Improves communication by providing  balance between our intellectual mind and our emotions

Stones are natural and may differ slightly in appearance from shown example.

✰ This information serves as a quick guide of subjective metaphysical properties for crystals & gemstones formed through personal experience as well as research of historical and cultural customs & practices. Each person is unique and will experience crystals in their own way depending on their life’s experiences.

✰ Crystals and gemstones are tools used for living a more positive life and should be used to empower yourself to transform and grow. We possess within ourselves everything that we need to live life fully. Crystals and gemstones serve as a visual and energetic tool to help us on our path. We should not give our power away to them. They are not meant to be a substitute for medical attention.