Ever since I was a kid, I was always interested in rocks and fossils in a roundabout way---not necessarily in learning their exact names or their exact time periods, but more in thinking generally about how they were millions of years old and yet...here they were, right in the dirt next to my house or embedded in some wall! (What did the world used to be like?) Some people today often think of crystals mystically and "New Age-ily"---and they ARE, indeed, something to be wondered about. To me, it's kind of profound that you can actually touch something that's millions of years old.
A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a cheap crystal "natural healing" set from Amazon ("for beginners," it was labelled; $20 for 14 raw and tumbled stones, plus 2 gem necklaces, a bracelet, a wooden moon tray, a selenite stick, etc.). Cheap, but with real stones. I couldn't stop looking at them and touching them. Then, while searching for more stones to order, I came upon other items on Amazon containing the exact same thing, but from a scientific geological perspective... When it's "National Geographic" marketed at 6-year-old children, you get 10 times the same stones, plus real fossils, for the same price! I can't wait to get my National Geographic big pile of rocks to vibe off of! :)
A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a cheap crystal "natural healing" set from Amazon ("for beginners," it was labelled; $20 for 14 raw and tumbled stones, plus 2 gem necklaces, a bracelet, a wooden moon tray, a selenite stick, etc.). Cheap, but with real stones. I couldn't stop looking at them and touching them. Then, while searching for more stones to order, I came upon other items on Amazon containing the exact same thing, but from a scientific geological perspective... When it's "National Geographic" marketed at 6-year-old children, you get 10 times the same stones, plus real fossils, for the same price! I can't wait to get my National Geographic big pile of rocks to vibe off of! :)
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