Last one for the day. Vintage beads with malachite gem stones

[Maraya1969]

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[Patchuli]

1. How lovely!

What is it that malachite does for us?

[Maraya1969]

2. Here is some information

Spiritual and Healing Properties of Malachite:

Malachite Heals Emotional Pains

The malachite stone is an excellent stone for the heart charka. It also is a powerful stone for stimulating the physical and the psychic visions. It will help you to have good concentration. It can also assist you in releasing anger and depressions, while restores a sense of peacefulness. It's a stone that can help ease muscle tensions and stress. And is good for healing emotional pains.
~forum post from stones

http://healing.about.com/od/gemstonesaz/p/p_malachite.htm




Malachite
Malachite is a beautiful green earth stone with black bands.
Colours: Green with black bands.

Healing Physical pain; Asthma; Arthritis; Swollen joints; Tumours; Broken bones; Torn muscles. Enhances the immune system. Birthing; Menstrual cycles. Toothache Malachite is a stone of transformation and helps with change and spiritual evolution. It can clear and activate all chakras, as well as balance them. Malachite is a stone that bridges the energy of the heart and root chakras. It is particularly useful for balancing and clearing the heart chakra. As such, it helps balance pure love, romance, and one's own well-being. It can decrease one's tendency to radiation illness, asthma, arthritis, and tumours.

Birthstone Months: Malachite is not a birthstone.
Star Stone Months: Malachite is not a star stone.
Anniversary Gemstone: Malachite is the anniversary gemstone for the 13th year of marriage.

Mystical Properties: Malachite is said to bring harmony into the wearer’s life. Clears and activates all chakras. Helps one in making transformations. Aids one with insight to find disorders. For equalising and balancing and revitalising all the bodies. Helps one to attain goals. Promotes fidelity and friendship and loyalty in business. Enhances psychic abilities. Malachite is a stone of good fortune, prosperity and abundance, too. Malachite is also a very protective stone, being especially helpful for general protection, protection from evil, protection during pregnancy and childbirth, and protection for children. It is also an excellent protection stone during flying and other travel.


Folk Lore: It is said that malachite gives knowledge and patience. Malachite was used as a children's talisman to ward off danger and illness. It is attached to infant's cradles. Mining Malachite began as early as 4000 BC by ancient Egyptians. Using this stone, one can counteract self-destructive romantic tendencies and help encourage true, pure love. Malachite is also good for enhancing emotional stability and balance in general.

http://www.psychicguild.com/psychic-articles/57