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This came up in another thread ( no worries here, no copy right stuff as all I am doing is copying and pasting my own post ).
Someone had asked about Ulexite ( which I had never even heard of). Said person actually owns some and I hope I get to see it soon (it sounds like a really nifty stone!
Okay well one of it's unique properties is that it refracts light so that if you put it over a word on a piece of paper instead of seeing the word ( murkily) through it, or even magnifying it....it looks like the word is right there on top of the surface of the stone! Pretty trippy eh?
My source ( Love is in the Earth by Melody....a wonderful book that I urge anyone to get their hands on if they are even minimally interested in stones n the like) says :
Can balance yin-yang ( male-female) energies
Brings clarity and clear spirit while balancing the subtle ( see auric/etheral) bodies
Helps one see into a problem to help resolve it
Helps one see within oneself
Allows for attunement to ones spirituality
Brings solutions to the mind and allows one to see that which is normally hidden
Can help aid in interpreting visions
Stimulates the imagination
Can enhance creativity in areas of buisness
Is said to help stimulate the "Third Eye"
It is said that working with this stone can become addictive (oooh the crack/cocaine of gemstones mayhaps?)
This came up in another thread ( no worries here, no copy right stuff as all I am doing is copying and pasting my own post ).
Someone had asked about Ulexite ( which I had never even heard of). Said person actually owns some and I hope I get to see it soon (it sounds like a really nifty stone!
Okay well one of it's unique properties is that it refracts light so that if you put it over a word on a piece of paper instead of seeing the word ( murkily) through it, or even magnifying it....it looks like the word is right there on top of the surface of the stone! Pretty trippy eh?
C/S/
From Wikipedia:
Ulexite is also found in a vein-like bedding habit composed of closely-packed fibrous crystals, also known as "TV Rock" or "TV Stone" due to its unusual optical characteristics. The fibers of TV rock act as fiber optics, transmitting light along their lengths by internal reflection, and when a piece of TV rock is cut with flat polished faces perpendicular to the orientation of the fibers a good-quality specimen will display an image of whatever surface is adjacent to its other side (as shown in the photograph).
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