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‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones.
MSN ^ | Amanda McCracken

Posted on 04/01/2021 12:28:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed the gift and the positive protective energy my friend said he could feel with his hands. I even placed it on the dinner table the night of my induction. It couldn’t hurt, could it?

Although the market for diamonds has seen a decline during the pandemic, “near-gemstones” (crystals and minerals) have maintained their appeal among consumers, making it a $1 billion business. Even classy art giants Sotheby’s and Christie’s have joined the mom-and-pop incense-burning shops in selling crystals. Katy Perry claims her rose quartz helps her attract men, and Adele swears crystals decrease her anxiety onstage. According to trends on Google, there has seen a steady climb in searches for “crystal healing” in the past year, including “crystal healing shops near me.”

Purchasing crystal merchandise is not just a basic shopping trip anymore; it’s an experience. You can sign up for a crystal-mining adventure at Sweet Surrender Crystals in Arkansas,

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Science
KEYWORDS: alternativemedicine; healingcrystals
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1 posted on 04/01/2021 12:28:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
too bad only the voters cared.

the 2020 Election Fraud/CCP-Maltese invasion ONLY
was allowed by the corrupt Congress and [Malta's-]SCOTUS.


2 posted on 04/01/2021 12:31:56 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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>> I welcomed the gift and the positive protective energy my friend said he could feel with his hands. I even placed it on the dinner table the night of my induction. It couldn’t hurt, could it?

Actually stones radiating energy COULD hurt. Radium for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium


3 posted on 04/01/2021 12:32:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: nickcarraway

Common sense says so too.


4 posted on 04/01/2021 12:34:58 PM PDT by Condor 63
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To: nickcarraway

A lot of millennials are into this stuff. They laugh at Christians, but talk about quartz getting rid of negative energy.


5 posted on 04/01/2021 12:36:43 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To be fair, there are a few select minerals that reradiate far infrared wavelengths, regardless of added heat. However, quartz is not one of them.


6 posted on 04/01/2021 12:37:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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7 posted on 04/01/2021 12:37:13 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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>> Actually stones radiating energy COULD hurt. Radium for example.

Kryptonite will mess you up and totally ruin your day.

8 posted on 04/01/2021 12:37:48 PM PDT by SGCOS
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Romans 1:22 in action

Accompanied by 1:24-28 and 1:32


9 posted on 04/01/2021 12:38:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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‘If it’s not working then you’re in the wrong train station buying the wrong crystals’, says Marianne.


10 posted on 04/01/2021 12:42:32 PM PDT by z3n
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I remember the pyramid craze of the 70’s. They would keep your razor blades sharp, food fresh and prevent flowers from wilting. It didn’t work.


11 posted on 04/01/2021 12:42:40 PM PDT by dainbramaged (The best bilge pump is a scared man with a bucket.)
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>>Kryptonite will mess you up and totally ruin your day.

A bit of Red Kryptonite now and then can lead to some fun experiences.

BTW has Warner sued over all of these Krypto currencies yet?

12 posted on 04/01/2021 12:50:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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"Oh yeah, I heard a guy on Johnny Carson talkin' about pyramids!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfeikDfIwHM

13 posted on 04/01/2021 12:52:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: dainbramaged
I remember back then seeing a couple of pyramid people wearing pyramid hats made from pieces of copper pipe, each one had a quartz crystal dangling from the vertex. Sort of like this, but they sat higher on their heads.


14 posted on 04/01/2021 1:03:43 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (CGI Joe: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


15 posted on 04/01/2021 1:05:44 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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16 posted on 04/01/2021 1:07:38 PM PDT by Bratch (The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. - Louis L'Amour)
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To: nickcarraway

My wife seems to heal rather quickly anytime she receives pretty stones. So it does work.


17 posted on 04/01/2021 1:09:10 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend


18 posted on 04/01/2021 1:11:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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Katy Perry claims her rose quartz helps her attract men,

That's odd. Quartz has no cleavage, unlike Katy.

19 posted on 04/01/2021 1:17:40 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Zircons usually contain some uranium and thorium substituted into the crystal lattice. Usually it’s just a few hundred ppm, rarely several thousand ppm.


20 posted on 04/01/2021 1:18:48 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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