Crystals & Stones

Bloodstone (heliotrope) specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Bloodstone: The Stone of Courage, Endurance & Grounded Vitality
Bloodstone, also called Heliotrope, is a dark green chalcedony or jasper material marked with red iron-oxide spots and traditionally recognized as a March birthstone. Explore its mineral science, ancient sun... Read more...
Black tourmaline (schorl) specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Black Tourmaline: The Stone of Grounding, Protection & Strong Boundaries
Black Tourmaline is most commonly Schorl, the iron-rich black member of the tourmaline group, recognized by its deeply striated prismatic crystals and Mohs hardness around 7. Explore its mineral science,... Read more...
Black spinel specimen from Sri Lanka; photo by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Black Spinel: The Stone of Strength, Resilience & Clear Boundaries
Black Spinel is a dark variety of magnesium aluminum oxide, MgAl2O4, known for durable isometric crystals and a Mohs hardness around 7.5–8. Explore its mineral science, gem history, modern symbolic... Read more...
Natural black onyx specimen; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Black Onyx: The Stone of Strength, Boundaries & Steady Focus
Black Onyx is a chalcedony material associated with true parallel-banded onyx, while much uniformly black commercial material is dyed or color-enhanced chalcedony. Explore its mineral science, historic use in seals... Read more...
Black obsidian specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Black Obsidian: The Stone of Grounding, Protection & Honest Reflection
Black Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass formed when silica-rich lava cools too quickly to crystallize, producing its characteristic glassy surface and sharp conchoidal fracture. Explore its geology, long history... Read more...
Bismuth hopper crystals; photo by Maxim Bilovitskiy, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Bismuth: The Stone of Transformation, Order & New Perspective
Bismuth is the elemental mineral Bi, a dense, soft, brittle metal whose colorful oxide films and geometric hopper crystals make it especially distinctive; many rainbow specimens sold today are laboratory-grown.... Read more...
Beryl crystal specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Beryl: The Stone of Vision, Adaptability & Clear Growth
Beryl is a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral that forms hexagonal crystals and includes famous gem varieties such as Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Heliodor and Goshenite. Explore its mineral science, history, modern... Read more...
Barite crystal specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Barite (Baryte): The Stone of Stability, Weight & Grounded Purpose
Barite, officially Baryte, is a dense barium sulfate mineral known for its surprising weight, soft Mohs 3 hardness, and tabular or bladed crystals. Explore its mineral science, history, modern symbolic... Read more...
Ammolite iridescent fossil ammonite specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Ammolite: The Stone of Transformation, Vitality & Ancient Continuity
Explore Ammolite, the iridescent organic gem material cut from ammonite fossil shell. Learn its fossil origin, Canadian geology, treatments and assembled stones, modern metaphysical traditions, care, and uses. Read more...
Aqua Aura Quartz gold-coated crystal cluster — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Aqua Aura Quartz: The Stone of Communication, Clarity & Radiant Expression
Explore Aqua Aura Quartz, natural or crystalline quartz enhanced with a thin gold coating that creates vivid blue iridescence. Learn the treatment science, modern spiritual symbolism, care, and uses. Read more...
Aquamarine beryl crystal specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Aquamarine: The Stone of Calm, Courage & Clear Communication
Explore Aquamarine, the green-blue to blue variety of beryl and a March birthstone. Learn its mineral science, sea lore, heat treatment, modern metaphysical traditions, care, and uses. Read more...
Fluorapophyllite on stilbite specimen — Roosters Peacock crystal guide
Apophyllite: The Stone of Clarity, Reflection & Spiritual Focus
Explore Apophyllite, a mineral-group trade name commonly referring to fluorapophyllite-(K) and related hydrated calcium-potassium silicates. Learn its science, history, modern metaphysical traditions, care, and uses. Read more...