Snowflake Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass containing the mineral Cristobalite in the form of white "snowflake" crystal patterns.
Snowflake Obsidian Associations:
- Chakras: Base Chakra
- Zodiac: Virgo
- Numerical Vibration: Number 8
- Typical Colours: Black with white patches
Snowflake Obsidian is a grounding and protective stone. Its benefits include:
♥ Balance during changes ♥ Purification ♥ Transformation ♥ Fulfilment ♥ Metamorphoses ♥ Manifestation ♥ Practicality ♥ Psychic ability
Spiritual and Emotional Benefits:
Snowflake Obsidian is calming and soothing. It teaches you to value mistakes as well as successes. A stone of purity, it provides balance for body, mind, and spirit. It helps you recognise and release “wrong thinking” and stressful mental patterns. Promotes dispassion, inner centring, and aids surrender in meditation. It empowers acceptance of isolation and loneliness as part of personal growth.
Physical Benefits:
Snowflake Obsidian aids disorders of the veins and skeletal structure. It improves circulation, alleviates muscular aches and spasms, and treats joint pain (including arthritis) and hardening of the arteries.
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Hematite is a powerful grounding and protective stone.
Hematite Associations:
- Chakras: Base Chakra
- Zodiac: Aries, Aquarius
- Planet: Mars
- Element: Fire / Earth
- Numerical Vibration: 9
- Typical Colours: Black to steel or silver-grey, brown to reddish-brown, or red
Hematite strengthens our connection with the earth, helping us feel safe and secure, and supports the creation of healthy energetic and emotional boundaries. Known as a “stone for the mind”, Hematite enhances concentration, focus, memory and original thought.
Hematite balances yin-yang energies, aligning the body’s meridians and stabilising the ethereal nervous system and physical nervous systems. It dissolves negativity, protects from absorbing others’ negative energies, and boosts self-esteem, willpower, and confidence. It also aids in overcoming compulsions and addictions, such as overeating or smoking.
Physically, Hematite supports blood health, stimulates iron absorption, and promotes the formation of red blood cells. It helps with anaemia, kidney function, tissue regeneration, leg cramps, anxiety, insomnia, spinal alignment, and fracture healing.