Since time immemorial, people have endowed various stones with special properties. Chalcedony is a semi-precious mineral that is widely used in jewelry. The crystal is one of the varieties of quartz: it is transparent, and if impurities are excluded, then a pure stone turns grayish. The mineral is heterogeneous, massive and heavy. In nature, chalcedony is found in different colors: white, pink, gray, red, lilac, green. In the Gobi Desert, deposits of blue crystals were often found.
Depending on the color and structure, several types of crystal are distinguished:
- red or pink is carneol or carnelian;
- apple green, emerald - chrysoprase;
- tan - sarder;
- gray-blue - sapphire;
- gray-green - plasma.
It can be not only monophonic, but also with splashes or stripes. A popular stone (a variety of chalcedony) of all kinds of colors and shades is agate. All these jewelry and ornamental minerals cannot be called expensive, but jewelry with them is very popular.
It is called chalcedony that only stones of pale tones are called: yellowish, milky blue, greenish. One of the crystals is mentioned in the New Testament when describing the construction of the heavenly city. Especially popular were blue stones. Chalcedony served as a decoration in ancient times. Among the minerals, there are specimens interspersed with dendrites, flakes, manganese oxides, and chlorite. Such patterns resemble landscapes of reservoirs, deep forests, tree branches. "Subject" crystals were very popular in China, India and other eastern countries.
Since ancient times, people idolized these stones. Chalcedony in the culture of many nations represents the life-giving Great Mother with a very controversial female essence. Red shades symbolize vitality and energy, white blotches - a certain limitation and hardness. It was believed that blue minerals attract a lover to a woman, so they are often called crystals of love. They tried to avoid white minerals, because they store a very strong energy, combining death and motherhood, and it can go in any direction. For the manufacture of images of gods and statuettes, such stones were used.
Chalcedony has strong magical properties, but their strength and direction depends on the variety of the mineral. The Mongols sacredly believed that he was able to cheer up, drive away melancholy and melancholy. Stones were revered in India, Mongolia, China. Some peoples believed that chalcedony is able to strengthen faith in their own forces. Some Indian treatises mentioned that blue minerals are the embodiment of pure consciousness.
Saves from sudden outbursts of anger, instantly calm and give calm only chalcedony. Photos of jewelry with this stone have always attracted like a magnet; many fashionistas acquire pendants, rings, earrings and beads with a wonderful stone. Chalcedony looks original and elegant. According to the horoscope, it is perfect for Taurus.
