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Petrified
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General
Gemstone Details
Petrified wood is basically fossilized wood that has had it's
organic matter replaced by agate, bit by bit, as it decomposes. The
wood structure is maintained, but the wood fibers are slowly changed into
stone. Sometimes a jasper, quartz, pyrite or even opal can be found
fossilized in wood. More often than not its coloring is brown, but
it has been found in grey and even green color.
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Scientific Properties:
Mohs Hardness of 7 with a trigonal crystal structure.
Petrified wood comes from Argentina, Egypt and the Czech Republic, but
the most famous source is of course The Petrified National Forest Park in
Arizona. This material is quite heavy and has a Mohs hardness of 7,
similar to the agate.
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Mystical
Properties:
Petrified wood is a
stone that is good for grounding and stabilizing one's emotions. It is
particularly useful in calming survival-based fears, as it assists one in
accessing their practical side for answers, then offering a feelings of
safety and security. It is a stone of business success, and a good
stone for general protection.
Can be used to calm down survival
based fears, helps to make one feel safe and secure, helps one feel
ageless. It also offers "gentle hours in the day", to
assist one in keeping pace with the day, keeping the hours from neither
hurrying by or moving to slow...you are therefore moving forward in a good
and steady way. It helps one feel that all will be right, and to be
connected to their spirit in such a way that ones knows that time is not
really what it appears, and that there is no such real thing as
time...just forever.
During a crisis, a piece of
Petrified Wood will give you strength and support, providing insight into
cause and effect. You will remember lessons, avoiding repetitive mistakes.
Petrified Wood will help you forget petty worries, so that no thought or
action is useless.
Petrified Wood is an excellent gem for leaders. It has endured the
ravaging changes of time and become stronger, as will you if you ask for
its help in your leadership role.
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More Healing Information
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Healing
Properties:
Petrified wood stabilized general health and the body's
defenses. It generates calm and encourages contentment. Physically, it is
beneficial for the bones, backaches, skin and hair. Petrified
wood is also used for past life regressions because of its inherent link
with the past.
Healers have used Petrified Wood
on atrophied limbs and to relieve paralysis. It can help align your spine
or give you more control over bodily functions. Use this stone to strengthen
your spiritual and physical backbone.
A Petrified Wood Elixir will add thickness and shine to your hair.
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Magical
Properties:
Energy: Receptive
Element: Akasha
Powers:
Longevity,
past life regression, healing, protection
Petrified wood consists of ancient trees that a millennium ago were
covered with mineral rich water; that water slowly dissolved the wood and
came to replace it with the different minerals within the water.
Being that it is fossil, it is ruled by Akasha. As well due to its
great antiquity, it may be carried or utilized in spells designed to
extend a life span or to increase our enjoyment, and evolution within our
lives. It is also quite helpful in rites to recall past life
incarnations.
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Zodiac:
Associations:
The Sun
Not a
Traditional Birthstone for any Month
Stone
of any sign, and it is connect with the earth element. To dream of
petrified wood is a signal for the need to do away with any non-productive
life patters, relationships or ideas.
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Chakra
Classification:
Petrified wood provides great energy to the 4th,
Heart Chakra.
The amorphous tree quartz
works best on the 1st,
Root or Base Chakra and protects from arteriosclerosis.
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Gemstone
Properties
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Information Sources:
The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall, 2003
Wheels of Life by Anodea Judith, PhD, 2000
Crystal Enchantments by D.J. Conway, 1999
Smithsonian Handbooks Gemstones by Cally Hall, 1994
Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham, 2002
Chakra Healing & Karmic Awareness by Keith Sherwood, 2005
The Illustrated Directory of Crystal Healing by Cassandra Eason, 2003
Healing Crystals and Gemstones by Dr. Flora Peschek-Bohmer, Gisela
Schrieber, 2002
The
information here is presented to you to use as you see fit, but is
not to take the place of professional medical advice.
Crystals, Gemstones and Metal can accent, help, negate, protect,
encourage, strengthen, and balance and thereby promote healing.
Their effects can be extraordinary, but use in addition to medical
advice, and not as a substitute for proper care. If you are ill, we
beseech you to seek professional medical attention
from a qualified physician. |
