Crystal & Stones

Natural deep-green pargasite crystal on marble from Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Pakistan; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Pargasite: The Stone of Grounded Strength, Adaptability & Deep Resolve
Pargasite is a calcium amphibole that commonly appears green, brown, or nearly black. Learn its mineral identity, naming history, care, and modern associations with grounded strength and adaptability. Read more...
Natural bright green pyromorphite crystals from the Schauinsland mining district, Germany; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Pyromorphite: The Stone of Focus, Boundaries & Deliberate Change
Pyromorphite is a dense lead chlorophosphate mineral of the apatite group, often forming vivid green or yellow crystals. Learn its geology, safe handling, and modern associations with focus and boundaries. Read more...
Natural pyrite crystal specimen from Huanzala Mine, Peru; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Pyrite: The Stone of Confidence, Protection & Prosperous Action
Pyrite is the brass-yellow iron sulfide known as fool’s gold and famous for metallic cubic crystals. Learn its geology, history, care, and modern associations with confidence, protection, and prosperity. Read more...
Natural prehnite specimen from Lonavala, Maharashtra, India; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Prehnite: The Stone of Calm Preparation, Intuition & Steady Readiness
Prehnite is a calcium aluminum silicate often found in pale green botryoidal or crystalline aggregates. Explore its geology, naming history, care, and modern associations with calm preparation and intuition. Read more...
Natural phenakite crystal from the Bauchi Plateau, Nigeria; Rob Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Phenakite: The Stone of Clarity, Focus & Elevated Perspective
Phenakite is a hard, often transparent beryllium silicate once easily mistaken for quartz. Learn its mineral identity, naming history, care, and modern metaphysical associations with clarity and focus. Read more...
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...