Crystal & Stones

Natural petalite crystal from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Petalite: The Stone of Clarity, Release & Light Perspective
Petalite is a lithium aluminum silicate with perfect basal cleavage and a Mohs hardness of about 6.5. Explore its mineral identity, history, care, and modern associations with clarity and release. Read more...
Natural orthoclase feldspar crystal from Itrongay, Madagascar; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Orthoclase: The Stone of Structure, Clear Priorities & Steady Direction
Orthoclase is a potassium-rich feldspar with characteristic cleavage and a Mohs hardness of 6. Learn its geology, naming history, care, and modern associations with structure, priorities, and direction. Read more...
Natural opal specimen from Queensland, Australia, displayed at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Eric Polk, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Opal: The Stone of Creativity, Reflection & Shifting Color
Opal is hydrated amorphous silica and a mineraloid rather than a crystalline mineral. Explore precious and common opal, play-of-color, care, history, and modern metaphysical associations with creativity and reflection. Read more...
Natural okenite specimen from Khandivali, Maharashtra, India; Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Okenite: The Stone of Patience, Gentle Reflection & Quiet Compassion
Okenite is a hydrated calcium silicate famous for delicate white fibrous crystal aggregates. Learn its mineral identity, history, very gentle care requirements, and modern associations with patience and compassion. Read more...
Natural olivine (peridot) crystal from Møre og Romsdal, Norway; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Olivine: The Stone of Renewal, Confidence & Forward Growth
Olivine is a major rock-forming mineral group whose gem-quality forsterite-rich material is known as peridot. Learn its geology, history, care, and modern associations with renewal, confidence, and growth. Read more...
Ocean Jasper from Madagascar on display at the Musée de Minéralogie in Paris; Animalculum, CC BY 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Ocean Jasper: The Stone of Emotional Balance, Patience & Cyclical Renewal
Ocean Jasper is a Madagascar trade material composed largely of spherulitic chalcedony. Explore its geology, history, care, and modern metaphysical associations with patience, emotional balance, and renewal. Read more...
Nuummite metamorphic rock showing iridescent amphibole; photograph by Dimitri Becue, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Nuummite: The Stone of Ancient Depth, Protection & Inner Strength
Nuummite is an unapproved trade name for an iridescent ancient metamorphic rock from the Nuuk area of Greenland, dominated by intergrown amphiboles. Learn its geology, authenticity notes, care and modern... Read more...
Natural neptunite crystals on natrolite from San Benito County, California; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Neptunite: The Stone of Depth, Focus & Disciplined Perspective
Neptunite is a rare black-to-dark-red monoclinic silicate mineral named for Neptune and famous from California benitoite deposits. Explore its mineral facts, history, care and modern symbolism. Read more...
Natural nephrite jade from the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska; James St. John, CC BY 2.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Nephrite Jade: The Stone of Endurance, Harmony & Ancient Strength
Nephrite Jade is a remarkably tough metamorphic rock made mainly of interlocking tremolite-actinolite amphibole. Learn its geology, long cultural history, care and modern symbolism of endurance and harmony. Read more...
Natural nepheline crystals from Princess Sodalite Quarry, Ontario, Canada; Kelly Nash, CC BY 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Nepheline: The Stone of Simplicity, Adaptability & Clear Foundations
Nepheline is a sodium-potassium feldspathoid mineral that forms in silica-poor igneous rocks. Explore its mineral facts, name, care and modern symbolism of simplicity, adaptability and clear foundations. Read more...
Natural natrolite zeolite crystal specimen; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Natrolite: The Stone of Clarity, Order & Uplifting Perspective
Natrolite is a sodium-rich zeolite mineral known for slender white to colorless crystals. Learn its mineral facts, history, care and modern symbolism of clarity, order and uplifting perspective. Read more...
Natural mimetite crystal specimen from San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Mimetite: The Stone of Discernment, Boundaries & Careful Observation
Mimetite is a dense lead arsenate chloride mineral in the apatite group, named for its resemblance to Pyromorphite. Learn its mineral facts, history, strict safe-handling guidance and modern symbolism. Read more...