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Cinnabar

Cinnabar stone, mercury sulfide (HgS), is the chief ore mineral of mercury. It is commonly encountered with pyrite, marcasite, and stibnite in veins near recent volcanic rocks and in hot-springs deposits. The most important deposit is at Almadén, Spain, where it has been mined for 2,000 years. Cinnabar stone increases persuasiveness and assertiveness in selling, and
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Cypress Essential Oil

Cypress, an exceptionally long-lived evergreen tree with needle-type leaves, often grows near cemeteries. With spicy, resinous top notes, and sweet, smoky, balsamic, woody undertones, steam distillation from the needles and twigs removes the essential oil. Some common uses for cypress essential oil have been bone spurs and bunions, circulation, swelling, flu, muscle fatigue, pain, as
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Turquoise, the Protection Stone

Turquoise, the Protection Stone, is a phosphate mineral that ranks anywhere from 5 – 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. The color ranges from translucent to opaque blue, blue-green or green, and sometimes veined. Turquoise can be easily obtained in the US, Egypt, Mexico, China, Iran, Peru, Poland, Russia, as well as other countries. This
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Orange Essential Oil

Citrus sinensis is Latin for Orange essential oil. It has a fresh, citrusy, fruity and sweet scent. Orange is an uplifting oil that helps provide emotional balance by bringing peace and joy. Some common primary uses are anxiety, digestion, fear, insomnia, and nervousness. It is an uplifting oil that helps provide emotional balance by bringing
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Aquamarine

The Aquamarine is a type of beryl that rates 7.5-8 on the Moh’s hardness scale. Its color is greenish blue to blue. This crystal is found in Brail, Pakistan, China, Burma, and the US. This calming and soothing stone has been a good luck talisman since ancient times. Associated with safe travels, especially over water,
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Grapeseed Oil

Grapeseed oil is another carrier oil that is used a lot in aromatherapy. It is fine, light, non greasy, as well as fast absorbing. It is hypo-allergenic and baby-friendly. As the name implies, this oil comes from the grape seed. It works very well for skin that does not absorb other oils very quickly. This
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Sapphire Crystals

Sapphire crystals come in many different colors, including blue, green, black, white (clear or colorless), yellow, pink, grey as well as the star sapphire. This crystal rates a 9 on the Mohs Hardness scale. Sapphires are found world-wide, including the US, South America, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Slovakia, Cameroon, as well as Pakistan and Cambodia. The
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Wintergreen Essential Oil

Wintergreen oil, steam distilled from the leaves of the plant, helps the skeletal system, as well as the muscular system. It will also influence, elevate, open and increase awareness in the sensory system. The early American Indians drank wintergreen essential oil as a tea. You can find this essential oil as a flavoring in chewing
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Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

In order to produce Roman Chamomile essential oil, the daisy flower is steam distilled. It is a perennial herb with a low growing, creeping habit, delicate, feathery leaves and daisy-like white flowers carried on the plant’s many hairy stems. The primary uses for the oil are bee stings, calming, hyperactivity, inability to sleep, muscle spasms,
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Agates

There are many types of agates – blue lace, dendritic, fire agate, moss agate, just to name a few. Agates also come in many colors – blue, green, gray, pink, white, brown, as well as clear or milky white. One of the attributes of the agate is the banding which is caused during formation, when
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