Chrysocolla
Zodiacs: Taurus, Gemini, Virgo
Chakras: Throat, Heart, Root
Element: Water
Planetary Association: Mercury
Number Vibration: 5
Often found with Azurite & Malachite, Chrysocolla is a Stone of Empowerment. A strong communication crystal, it will facilitate bringing your inner wisdom out and heard by those who need to hear it (not always who you want to hear). This calming stone can be used to reduce feelings of overwhelm, clearing your head so you can make better decisions. Chrysocolla can also help open up your clairvoyance, encourage self-awareness and curiosity to seek higher knowledge, and bring an element of spontaneity to your life. Strength through compassion comes through when working with this beautiful stone as well. This stone pairs well with many other stones; however, quartz inclusions or using this with quartz will help to amplify its properties.
Malachite
Zodiacs: Capricorn, Scorpio
Chakras: Heart, Solar Plexus
Element: Fire
Planetary Association: Venus
Number Vibration: 9
A copper mineral that often grows with Chrysocolla and Azurite, Malachite has been used as early as 3000 BC for numerous purposes. The Ancient Egyptians used it for jewelry and carvings and was essential to the gods of the time according to the hieroglyphs recovered from that time period. Traders in ancient times wore Malachite during business deals as it was thought to bring prosperity and Italy, it was worn to ward off the “evil eye.†The benefits of Malachite have been known for a long time and much of the supply in Egypt and Russia has been depleted with most of today's Malachite coming from the Congo and the Dominican Republic. This stone is a buyer beware as it is one of the MOST FAKED stones out there, although with just a little training, spotting fakes is fairly easy.
Malachite, as you can see from history, is a powerful protection against negativity and can almost seem to create a “cloak of invisibility†around you to keep you away from unnecessary confrontations. It is good for warding off other people’s emotional baggage and definitely a must have for our empaths! This stone can boost your willpower to break free from stagnation and blockages and helps you to own up to your own personal responsibility while increasing your self-confidence. Malachite can guard against radiation and is our top prescribed stone for those going for Cancer treatments to clear the excess electromagnetic pollution and radiation. This power crystal is thought to bring financial prosperity, good luck, healing dreams, endurance and protect you when traveling. It can sharpen your intuitive abilities, particularly around sensing danger and helping to reveal subconscious desires. While Malachite is great at absorbing negative energy, it can hold onto it; so this stone should be cleared regularly.Malachite is a soft stone and it is important to keep it out of water as it can break and Malachite dust is toxic to our systems and should never be ingested.