Magic Healing Crystals

After going to a few festivals this summer I noticed there was always at least one vendor selling pretty rocks like agates, crystals, and gemstones. It is a belief some people have that many of these crystals and gemstones give off energy and vibrations. Some people actually believe these gemstones have healing properties for certain diseases. I think it's a bunch of mumbo-jumbo fueled by the placebo affect. On one end I think someone would be doing a great disservice to themselves to expect that magic gemstones will actually cure them of a terminal illness. On the other hand, if they can use the placebo affect with these magic crystals to overcome depression and anxiety instead of using prescription drugs, then I say more power to them.

 

I agree.

 

selling healing rocks

oldest con probably

go pick your own they work just as well if not better

 

Me and Spaceman agree on something for once!!

 

So... PR, Are crystals part of the NWO too?

 

Mr. Fry and me share opinions on this, largely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-bNnewUXHQ

While I would say that there's nothing wrong with people experiencing the alleviation of painful or unpleasant symptoms through the placebo effect, there is definitely something immoral about selling stuff to them which has no medicinal value beyond a placebo effect and claiming that it does.

 

Aside from what they do to light, most crystalline minerals don't do much until you apply motive force, or electricity.

The real magic is the way they cause wallets to open!

 

No, but the people who buy into that crap are probably easily duped.

 

Rocks have magic powers over scissors, but not paper apparently

 

Rock hunting is a lot more fun anyway. I've found some really cool rainbow agates and obsidian arrowheads out in the field.

 

If you were trapped in a dark room without sunlight, but had a tiny hole in the ceiling that would beam one small dot of sunlight on the wall, and you were suffering Vitamin B deficiency, I bet holding a crystal up to that small hole and flooding the room with light beams flickering in sunlight from all the angles of the crystal might just be beneficial.

Anyone wanna knock that theory down?

Perhaps it's not the actual crystal that has the healing abilities, but rather, the effects of the crystal itself that has the potential for great reward?

I don't actually believe crystals make much of a difference to immune system, but, even aliens have been written about mining our own planet for gold and other mineral and rocks.

Maybe there is something to it. Long lost knowledge?

Or nope it's just rocks!

Nifty rock though.

 

Errr, just make the hole bigger

 

I have all of these in my healing collection.
Common Minerals and Their Uses
Beryllium
Used in the nuclear industry and to make light, very strong alloys used in the aircraft industry. Beryllium salts are used in fluorescent lamps, in X-ray tubes and as a deoxidizer in bronze metallurgy. Beryl is the gem stones emerald and aquamarine. It is used in computers, telecommunication products, aerospace and defense applications, appliances and automotive and consumer electronics. Also used in medical equipment. The U.S. was 10 percent import reliant in 2012.
Copper
Used in building construction, electric and electronic products (cables and wires, switches, plumbing, heating); transportation equipment; roofing; chemical and pharmaceutical machinery; and alloys (brass, bronze and beryllium alloyed with copper are particularly vibration resistant); alloy castings; electroplated protective coatings and undercoats for nickel, chromium, zinc, etc. More recently copper is being used in medical equipment due to its anti-microbial properties. The United States has mines in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada and Montana. Leading producers are Chile, Peru, China, United States and Australia. The U.S. was 35 percent import reliant in 2012.
Feldspar
A rock-forming mineral; industrially important in glass and ceramic industries; patter and enamelware; soaps; bond for abrasive wheels; cements; insulating compositions; fertilizer; tarred roofing materials; and as a sizing, or filler, in textiles and paper. In pottery and glass, feldspar functions as a flux. End-uses for feldspar in the U.S. include glass (70 percent) and pottery and other uses (30 percent). The U.S. was 78 percent import reliant in 2012. The U.S. was not import reliant in 2012.
Fluorite (fluorspar)
Used in production of hydrofluoric acid, which is used in the pottery, ceramics, optical, electroplating and plastics industries; in the metallurgical treatment of bauxite; as a flux in open hearth steel furnaces and in metal smelting; in carbon electrodes; emery wheels; electric arc welders; toothpaste; and paint pigment. It is a key ingredient in the processing of aluminum and uranium. The U.S. was 100 percent import reliant in 2012.
Gold
Used in jewelry and arts; dentistry and medicine; in medallions and coins; in ingots as a store of value; for scientific and electronic instruments; as an electrolyte in the electroplating industry. Mined in Alaska and several western states. Leading producers are China, Australia, United States, Russia and Canada. The U.S. was not import reliant in 2012.
Halite (sodium chloride--salt)
Used in human and animal diet, food seasoning and food preservation; used to prepare sodium hydroxide, soda ash, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, chlorine, metallic sodium; used in ceramic glazes; metallurgy, curing of hides; mineral waters; soap manufacturing; home water softeners; highway de-icing; photography; in scientific equipment for optical parts. Single crystals used for spectroscopy, ultraviolet and infrared transmission. The U.S. was 19 percent import reliant for salt in 2012.
Manganese
Ore is essential to iron and steel production. Also used in the making of manganese ferroalloys. Construction, machinery and transportation end uses account for most U.S. consumption of manganese. Manganese ore has not been produced in the U.S. since 1970. Major producers are South Africa, Australia, China, Gabon and Brazil. The U.S. was 100 percent import reliant in 2012.
Mica
Micas commonly occur as flakes, scales or shreds. Ground mica is used in paints, as joint cement, as a dusting agent, in oil well-drilling muds; and in plastics, roofing, rubber and welding rods. Sheet mica is fabricated into parts for electronic and electronic equipment. China and Russia are leading producers. The U.S. was 100 percent import reliant in 2012.
Pyrite
Used in the manufacture of sulfur, sulfuric acid and sulfur dioxide; pellets of pressed pyrite dust are used to recover iron, gold, copper, cobalt, nickel; used to make inexpensive jewelry.
Quartz (silica)
As a crystal, quartz is used as a semiprecious gem stone. Crystalline varieties include amethyst, citrine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, etc. Cryptocrystalline forms include agate, jasper, onyx, etc. Because of its piezoelectric properties quartz is used for pressure gauges, oscillators, resonators and wave stabilizes; because of its ability to rotate the plane of polarization of light and its transparency in ultraviolet rays, it is used in heat-ray lamps, prism and spectrographic lenses. Also used in manufacturing glass, paints, abrasives, refractory materials and precision instruments.
Silver
Used in coins and medals, electrical and electronic devices, industrial applications, jewelry, silverware and photography. The physical properties of silver include ductility, electronics conductivity, malleability and reflectivity. Used in lining vats and other equipment for chemical reaction vessels, water distillation, etc.; a catalyst in manufacture of ethylene; mirrors; silver plating; table cutlery; dental, medical and scientific equipment; bearing metal; magnet windings; brazing alloys, solder. Also used in catalytic converters, cell phone covers, electronics, circuit boards, bandages for wound care and batteries. Silver is produced in the U.S. at over 30 base and precious metal mines primarily in Alaska and Nevada. The leading global producers include Mexico, China, Peru, Chile, Australia, Bolivia and the U.S. The U.S. was 57 percent reliant in 2012.

Sources: The U.S. Geological Survey, Facts About Minerals (National Mining Association); Mineral Information Institute; the Energy Information Administration

 

You cannot reach it. It is double your height.
Yeeesh, you don't agree with one thing I say several days ago and now you're just being a jerk. -.-

 

with my luck it would be the one gem that filters vitamin b

or explodes

 

I'd make sure to give you a real one.

 

No, was just being a smartarse, you didnt say the height thing first time

So I win, nanner nanner, tongue poke out smiley

 

The Amazing Randi strikes again

https://youtu.be/p_MzP2MZaOo




Hotwater

 

There were so many things wrong with that "test".

 

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