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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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To: a fool in paradise; unixfox; dfwgator
Diamonds are Forever


21 posted on 04/01/2021 1:34:50 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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To: nickcarraway
Crystals with magic powers. It reminds me of a meme


22 posted on 04/01/2021 1:37:10 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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23 posted on 04/01/2021 1:46:07 PM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: gundog

It fits post #14


24 posted on 04/01/2021 1:47:36 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: jonrick46

When you hit your horn it must be brutal on the hand.


25 posted on 04/01/2021 1:48:02 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: nickcarraway

Rd later. I used to live in Santa Fe, which was full of alternate medicine and practitioners. Only thing I tried was Rolfing, which helped my back.


26 posted on 04/01/2021 1:52:40 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: nickcarraway

My wife had some friends into all of this. They would put the crystals out under the full moon to “recharge”. They didn’t like me.


27 posted on 04/01/2021 1:53:58 PM PDT by Ironfocus (Texas! MAGA!)
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28 posted on 04/01/2021 1:55:48 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: jonrick46

There use to be an added caption about what will happen when the air bag goes off.


29 posted on 04/01/2021 1:58:52 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: nickcarraway

Throughout history some subset of humans have always believed in voodoo.


30 posted on 04/01/2021 2:00:31 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: LukeL

You’re fast! I didn’t think anyone would catch the irony of someone having rocks over their air bag and thinking they have crystal protection. LOL!


31 posted on 04/01/2021 2:04:51 PM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Rubies and emeralds are actually rare.


32 posted on 04/01/2021 2:09:41 PM PDT by zek157
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To: nickcarraway

Healing crystals, asifidty bags and face masks...name three things worthless against COVID. Homage to the Great Karnak.


33 posted on 04/01/2021 2:15:30 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run olut of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: nickcarraway

“he gifted me a stunning large”

Latest pet peeve: “to gift”. Argh.


34 posted on 04/01/2021 2:18:03 PM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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Karnak's greatest punch line


35 posted on 04/01/2021 2:22:22 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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“Katy Perry claims her rose quartz helps her attract men”

Umm, she might be wearing that crystal on a necklace, but men are not staring at her jewelry...


36 posted on 04/01/2021 2:23:58 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: sauropod

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37 posted on 04/01/2021 2:24:31 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: unixfox

😁


38 posted on 04/01/2021 2:53:44 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: jonrick46

That post belongs on the “stupid people” thread a few posts ago. Hope she never has to brake hard and collide with something. She could put an eye out.


39 posted on 04/01/2021 6:26:38 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them."—Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh)
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To: Bratch

That was hilarious!


40 posted on 04/01/2021 6:35:11 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them."—Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh)
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