I wish that when I
first started
bringing crystals and stones into my home I had kept some
records. It
did not occur to me that this could be important and or useful. I
started small like
most people picking up some stones at parks, buying a
quartz point
or two at an expo, getting a few stones whenever they
called to me
etc.. Then after the Deva mugged me, I began to study and
acquired
more stones as they found me. When I found out that a person
I knew was selling off
her collection I heeded my intuition to buy all her remaining
stones.
She had gotten them
mostly as prop for
her massage and
psychic reading studio or received them as gifts
and did not have much
information. She could not remember what some were and did
not
keep
all the labels and information she did have. I did not know that
I'd
want to know things like where a stone was mined etc. .
Some of the
stones were labeled incorrectly or she misremembered what they
were.
Over the years I have identified most if not all of the unknowns.
I especially wish that
all the different quartz
points had not been put in the same box without note . I
can tell
what the different
formations are but often don't know if a particular crystal is
from
China or Brazil or Arkansas. I do remember the provenance
of a number
of the ones I got for myself but never inquired about
many of them.
I
know that some of the things that she had paid high prices for
were
not what she thought she had bought and some gift stones were probably
worth far
more than she knew. Because I was not and probably never
will be
involved in crystals as a business the idea of keeping an
inventory
never occurred to me for years and years.
On the good side when I
started out I was not influenced by the cost
or mystic reputation of a particular stone . If I had had any
solid
idea of
what a particular individual stone had cost I probably
would not have
been able to part
with as many of the stones who wanted to go with others.
I work mostly with
energy and follow my intuition. When I seek a
stone or stones for a particular situation I ask and the
stones kind
of "light up" or vibrate to let me know. Sometimes the ones that
respond are not the ones traditionally associated with the
purpose and
sometimes they are.
Each place has its own
energy and the crystals and stones often carry
energy from the location of their "birth" Knowing where they are
from
can help you tune into the energy and mission of the stone.
My spouse keeps detailed
records of his collections of coins and police
pins and romance novels etc Perhaps the kind of detail would not be as
important for your crystals and some of the information is
subjective
and / unobtainable .
On the mundane arena It
can be useful to keep some kind of record of
when and where you got your stones and crystals how much you
paid for
them and where they are from and any notable history
Perhaps if
possible some notation of what similar stones are being sold for.
When working with
stones for healing and meditation it would also be
useful to note what work the crystal wanted to do and how you
worked
with it etc. Someday someone might want to know the
story behind
some special mineral friend.
No I still don't have
anything like a complete catalog or album of my
crystal family. I had started a digital scrapbook
with some photos
and notes but have kind of lapsed. Much of the
mundane information
is not available anymore I will probably never recall
which piece of
Dioptaise is from Uzbekistan? Afghanistan? (somewhere in the
former
USSR anyway) and Which is from Namibia ? The details of the
smoky
tabby are lost in time. I know I got the eight sided
toumanaleted
quartz at a Fung Shui shop in Millbrea and paid around $100
with tax
( yeah, probably Way too much but I had to give it a home) but I
never
asked where it came from and might not have understood the answer if I
had . There have also been times when I discovered that I already
had
something I had just been scouring the stores and web for. Then
There
was the friend who returned from vacation and discovered that her mom
had thrown out "all those dirty old rocks" as part of a surprise
house
keeping.
I don't know how many of
you keep any kind of inventory but it might
be helpful and while it may seem silly when You have only a
few but
there may come a day when you really wish you had some kind
of
records . It will be easier to start before you have a
house full of crystals and stones.
Some things you might want a record of include
Stone Name
Where did you get it?
When? from whom ?
cost?
How you work with it
channelled message or guidance
traditional healing and other uses
personal impressions experiences
possibly a photograph
If you have a number of the same stone you might wish to have a page
for stone type and a page for those specific stones you want to record
more detail about .
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