Healing Properties of Boulder Opal: A Crystal for Beauty & Heart Healing
A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Boulder Opal:
“I am here to connect you to the energy of the cosmos. Feel your spirit rise up toward the heavens and commune with the stars!”
Common Healing Properties of Boulder Opal:
- Balances energy in the aura
- Helps restore you to wellness after times of stress or negativity
- Allows your inner radiance to shine forth
- Enhances inner and outer beauty
- Promotes harmony in friendships and partnerships
- Connects you to the cosmos
- Promotes mystical experience and journey work
- Assists you in seeing auras
- Allows you to remain positive and optimistic until your hopes, dreams, and wishes have been fulfilled (or until you find a more suitable path forward)
Colors: Light blue, white, or indigo with glittering rainbow swirls
Zodiac Signs: Virgo, Scorpio
Elements: Water, Air
Companion Flowers: Rattlesnake Master
Companion Essential Oil: Eucalyptus
Companion Stone: Black Star Diopside
Common Origins: Australia
Notes: Commonly found in an Ironstone matrix.
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The staff from my new age shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts, had this to share:
Opal is a variety of microcrystalline quartz in which water particles have become trapped between layers of silicon dioxide. This water refracts light, giving opal an inner “fire”.
When the crystal forms in an enclosed space where the water can’t evaporate, the crystal-plus-water gel hardens to form opal. This stone may contain other impurities as well, which is why opal comes in a rainbow of colors.
Opal Lore:
A lot of opal lore begins with the notion that in some sense opal is alive, maybe because of the play of colors that comes when you move the stone. Because of this living quality, opal was the original “mood stone,” sparkling when its owner was happy, or shooting fire if the owner was angry.
Quite a few stories about opal talk about misfortune. For example, Queen Victoria loved opals, so for her coronation she chose an opal pin to fasten the back of her off-the-shoulders dress. When the pin popped out during the ceremony, the world got to see a little more of the young queen than was considered proper at the time. Of course, the Opal was blamed.
A darker legend comes from Australia, currently, the main place opal is mined. Miners there talk about the mysterious “night stones,” or opals that are so fiery they’re said to glow in the dark. They would descend into the mines at midnight to find them–a practice that no doubt added to the mystery of the stones, but caused a lot of accidents as well. Because of these and many other similar stories, some people call opal “beautiful but dangerous.”
Care and Safety: Due to their water content, opals can be fragile and water-sensitive, and can also be damaged by excessive drying. It’s best to store them in a cool place, away from direct sunlight or moisture. They should never be used in elixirs.
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[…] Opals have a history & reputation for bringing bad luck and curses, perhaps this is one of the reasons JK Rowling chose it as the stone for the cursed necklace given to Katie Bell by Draco Malfoy in an attempt to assassinate Albus Dumbledore. […]
What stones harmonize with Boulder Opal?
Black Star Diopside. 🙂 Crystal Blessings!
What are some good sources of Boulder Opal? Shops to buy from?
Hm.. I don’t know any off the top of my head but you can check our blog list! https://loveandlightschool.com/best-places-buy-crystals-online/ Crystal Blessings 🙂
I need to know Healing Crystals for motivation while you work from home
Good question! Crystals like Orange Calcite & Ruby would be good 🙂 we also have this helpful blog post with great suggestions: https://loveandlightschool.com/getting-unstuck-crystals-for-motivation-and-banishing-procrastination/ Crystal Blessings!
How can I clean and recharge the opal?
We have a lot of articles that discuss cleansing/charging that you can check out! Here are a few great options to start: https://loveandlightschool.com/10-sure-fire-ways-cleanse-healing-crystals/ , https://loveandlightschool.com/healing-properties-of-selenite-a-crystal-for-cleansing-purification/ 🙂 Crystal Blessings!