Greetings, friends and welcome to the end of yet another weekend. Yesterday was fairly busy - my husband and I had an appointment at our bank in the morning regarding a pension plan I had with a former employer which needed to be notarized - (yes, I am a notary but of course I can not notarize my own documents). After that, my sister Aurora Skye and I had a chance to spend the day together having lunch and shopping around at or local haunts.
Since The Mint Leaf is located directly down the road from my house, we started there ...
They have a HUGE table of assorted crystals and gemstones! I LOVE IT!! I bought a malachite gemstone and something I have never seen nor heard of before - Blue Onyx!
Blue Onyx is a blue colored variety of onyx, found in Brazil, Uruguay, the United States of America, and India. It is connected to the throat chakra, which explains its mighty inner strength energy, and emotional healing properties to deal with stressful situations and overcoming difficult times with expertise. Onyx is a variety of chalcedony.
Chalcedony is distinguished from agate by its frankly banded structure. Onyx often reminds us of a black colored stone, considering that black onyx is one of the most popular varieties of the Onyx stones.
However, it is good to know that Onyx stone exists in other fascinating colors, depending on the fine inclusions found there, and one of these colors is blue.
I also picked up these books ...
And a Healing Gem Candle and votive ...
Then we headed out for lunch at Beverly Hills Tavern where we bumped into our friends Kyle and Dave on their way out.
The shops are awesome. I wish we had something like that close by. The blue onyx is gorgeous and my favorite shade of blue! I have never heard of onyx coming in any other color but black. Looks like you had a wonderful outing. Take care.
ReplyDeleteYou did well with your purchases, everything looks good.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the week ahead.
All the best Jan
You have some really interesting shops and boutiques near you. And the food always looks good. I never knew there were so many different mermaid items - love the mug.
ReplyDeleteThat car with the threatening inscription on the window is really weird.