Natural crystals … They are also called beautiful, rarely found stones or solids. We imagine a stone crystal in the form of a large, bright, transparent or colorless polyhedron having perfect brilliant edges. In life, we are more likely to encounter such solids in the form of grains of irregular shape, grains of sand, fragments. But their properties are the same as that of perfect large crystals. Plunge with us into the magical world of natural stones of crystals, get acquainted with their structure, forms, types. Well, on the way …
Sacrament of crystals
The world of crystals is beautiful and mysterious. Since childhood, colorful pebbles attract and attract us with their beauty. We feel their mystery on an intuitive level and admire their natural beauty. People always wanted to know as much as possible about natural solids, about the properties of crystals, the formation of their forms, growth and structure.
The world of these stones is so unusual that I want to look inside them. What will we see there? A picture of infinitely stretching, strictly ordered rows of atoms, molecules and ions will open before my eyes. All of them are strictly obeying the laws that rule in the world of crystal stones.
Crystalline substances are very widespread in nature, because all rocks are composed of them. And the entire earth’s crust consists of rocks. It turns out that these unusual substances can even be grown at home yourself. It is important to note that the "crystal" in ancient Greek denoted "ice" or "rock crystal".
What is a stone crystal?
What do school books say about crystals? They say that these are solids that form under the influence of natural or laboratory conditions and have the appearance of polyhedra. The geometric structure of these bodies is infallibly strict. The surface of the crystal figures is made up of perfect planes - faces that intersect in straight lines called ribs. Peaks arise at the points of intersection of the edges.
The solid state of matter is a crystal. He has a certain shape, a specific number of faces, depending on the location of the atoms. So, solids in which molecules, atoms, and ions are arranged in strict regularity in the form of nodes of spatial lattices.
We most often associate crystals with rare and beautiful gemstones. And it’s not in vain, diamonds are also crystals. But not all solids are rare and beautiful. After all, particles of salt and sugar are also crystals. There are hundreds of substances around us in the form of them. One of these bodies is frozen water (ice or snowflakes).
The formation of various forms of crystals
In nature, minerals are formed as a result of rock-forming processes. Mineral solutions in the form of hot and molten rocks lie deep underground. When these hot rocks are pushed to the surface of the earth, they cool. Substances cool very slowly. Crystals in the form of solids are formed from minerals. For example, quartz, feldspar, and mica minerals are present in granite.
Each crystal contains a million individual elements (single crystals). The cell of the crystal lattice can be represented as a square with atoms in the corners. These can be oxygen atoms or other elements. It is known that crystals can react to various energies, remember the attitude of people to them. That is why they are used for healing and purification. Crystals can be of various shapes. Depending on this, they are divided into 6 large species.
Different types and types of natural solids
Crystal sizes can also be different. All solids are divided into ideal and real. Ideal are bodies with smooth faces, a strict long-range order, a certain lattice symmetry, and other parameters. To real crystals are credited those that are found in real life. They may contain impurities that reduce the symmetry of the crystal lattice, the smoothness of the faces, and optical properties. Both types of stones are united by the rule of the arrangement of atoms in the above lattice.
According to another criterion for dividing them, they are divided into natural and artificial. For the growth of natural crystals need natural conditions. Artificial solids are grown in the laboratory or at home.
By aesthetic and economic criteria, they are divided into precious and non-precious stones. Precious minerals are rare and beautiful. These include emerald, diamond, amethyst, ruby, sapphire and others.
The structure and forms of accumulations of solids
Single-peak crystals belong to hexagonal stones with a pyramidal top. The base of such generator minerals is wider. There are crystals with two peaks - Yin and Yang. They are used in meditation to balance the material and spiritual principles.
Minerals, in which 2 of 6 faces are wider on the side than all others, are called lamellar. They are used for telepathic healing.
Crystals formed as a result of impacts or cracks that decompose after this into 7 shades are called rainbow. They relieve depression and frustration.
Minerals with various inclusions of other elements are called ghost crystals. First, they stop growing, then other materials settle on them, and then growth around them resumes again. Thus, the contours of the mineral that stopped growth are noticeable, so it seems ghostly. Such crystals are used to attract crops in garden plots.
Fancy Druze
A very beautiful sight are the Druze. This is a collection of many crystals on one base. They have positive and negative polarity. With their help, the air is cleaned and the atmosphere recharged. Druze of quartz, emerald, topaz are found in nature. They bring peace and harmony to man.
Druzes are also called fused crystals. Most often, garnets, pyrites, fluorites are subject to this phenomenon. They are often exhibited as exhibits in museums.
Small fused crystals are called a brush, large minerals are called a flower. A very beautiful variety of druze are geodes. They grow on the walls. Druze can be very small and large. These are very valuable finds. Druze of agate, selenite, amethyst, citrine, morion are highly appreciated.
How do crystals store information and knowledge?
Scientists have found that on the faces of the crystals there are triangles indicating the presence of knowledge in them. This information can only be obtained by a certain person. If such a person appears, then the stones will give him their true gut.
Crystals are capable of transmitting vibrations, awakening higher forces of consciousness, balancing mental forces. Therefore, they are often used in meditation. Previous civilizations stored information in stones. For example, rock crystal was considered the jewel of the gods. Crystals were revered as living beings. Even in "cosmos" the original meaning was "gem".
Gems
It is important to note that precious crystals in raw form are not so beautiful. They are also called stones or minerals. They are called precious, because they are very beautiful in cutting and used in jewelry. Amethysts, diamonds, sapphires, rubies are familiar to many.
The hardest stone is considered a diamond. A fragile herb-green crystal is an emerald. A kind of red corundum mineral is ruby. Deposits of this crystal exist on almost all continents. What is considered his undeniable ideal? Burmese rubies. Deposits of rubies in the Russian Federation are located in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions.
What other expensive minerals are there? Transparent precious crystals of various colors - from pale blue to dark blue - are sapphires. Although a rare mineral, it is valued below the ruby.
An expensive variety of quartz is the beautiful amethyst gem. Once he was inserted by the high priest Aaron among the 12 stones of his pectoral. Amethyst has a beautiful purple or lilac tint.
