Amethyst has been revered through the centuries as a stone of nobility, protection and intuition. Many people start their journey with crystals and their healing properties with amethyst, drawn to the beautiful purple hues. It is perfect as a stone for novices for its gentle healing energy and its ability to awaken intuitive and physic abilities.

The amethyst from Madagascar has a deep resonating energy filled with wisdom of the ages. These amethyst crystals have vibrant purple phantoms capping white quartz shafts, and are often in a scepter formation, or the tips of a scepter. Several of these crystals also have hues of smoky quartz within the amethyst. The energy is warm, healing on an emotional level by helping you to identify the root cause of behaviors and habits. The smoky phantoms give you a sense of added security assisting you to leave the negative habits in the past. Their scepter formation gives you empowerment to reach for your dreams. Their energy is gentle enough for children yet strong enough for more advanced healing work too.

What a neat little formation this is.  The main crystal is a scepter, tapering down into the shaft that connects to the matrix where several smaller babies blossom.  There is elestial etching on absolutely every surface, even the bottom is highly crystallized!  There is a ding out of the back of the main termination, but the delicate phantoms pull your attention to its interior!

The crystal measures 1.6" x 1.2" x 1.1".

Amethyst brings serenity and calm, to enhance one's ability to assimilate new ideas, and to assist during meditation. It is also said to give strength and mental stability, and to provide balance between one's physical, emotional, intellectual states. Amethyst is also said to make one shrewd in business matters. Amethyst is said to help remove toxins from the body and to help treat arthritis. It also said to be useful in treating a number of disorders including those of the digestive system, heart, nervous system, skin and hearing and to help provide relief from pain and to strengthen the immune system.

Phantom quartz crystals are said to help one understand the various stages in life that we all evolve through, and they are said to be an excellent tool for meditation and for remembrance of past lives. Phantom quartz is especially good for children, assisting them with learning to meditate. Use phantom quartz during stressful periods, or periods of change to facilitate a more peaceful transition. It is also an excellent stone for assisting with healing from abuse issues. It helps one to see the progress in healing, and identify patterns.

Elestials are master healers and work on many-many levels. Elestial Quartz crystals used in body layouts they will purge toxicity from the major organs into the bloodstream, from which they can then be purged from by drinking lots of water. Do not work with Elestial Quartz Crystals if you do not want an abundance of lessons and change!

The translation for Elestial is “Crystal of the Angels” and thus has a strong link with the Angelic realm. One may retrieve information stored in Elestials by running your hands over the etching of the crystal, before long your hands start moving on their own, you are reading the crystal much the same way as the blind use Braille language. It is best to clear the mind and have no expectations through this process. Also remember to drink lots of water afterwards as you will be detoxified.

A Quartz Scepter is a powerful manifesting crystal and must be used wisely, make sure it is something you really want, or more importantly...need! These crystals are symbols of power. The energy flows to the heart (center) of everything. These crystals are energy powerhouses and command respect when using them. Quartz Scepter crystals help one with self forgiveness.