I wonder how many people know the difference between using crystals for healing and using gemstones as astro-gems or vedic gemstones?

I have spent a long time today thinking, reading some wonderful emails (thanks xx)  and realised that perhaps this was one subject that should be posted about?

This board has the title Gemology - Know the right astral gems that can make your life progressive

The ideas and beliefs differ greatly between using 'crystals' for their healing properties; that is..... any old crystal, every crystal, whether tarnished, raw, dirty, cracked, chipped, broken, cloudy, bought on a Monday, Tuesday or anyday; and gemstones that have to be a specific weight, lustre, set in a certain metal in a certain way and bought on a specific day, worn on a specific finger according to your birth chart or extreme bad luck and ill health will result.

I am very open minded, I have studied both and can kinda switch between the two, my beliefs here are immaterial, but I do respect and honour others and so it might help to start a topic about this so that perhaps we can all discuss the differences?


The New Crystal Healing board is here Crystal Healing Board

I think many people use crystals and want to learn more and that lust for knowledge isn't refined to just gemology.... or is it?

So now we have a place for each branch of using crystals and gemstones

With respect  xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Forgive the lack of knowledge, but can you describe in layman's terms, what gemology is?  (And what crystal healing is, although intuitively obvious, I guess, but there must be differences between that and gemology).  Also, if a crystal calls to me, what exactly is that?  Gemology?  Crystal healing?  Something else?  Anyway, lots of questions...

Hmmmm the difference?????

Well I really am unable to say the difference, I'm just not that brainy I'm more airy fairy i work with spirit too much...haha......  I'll tell you what this forum means for me even if it is not what it 'really is intended'
Ok I just love crystal and I have many gems, stones, crystals etc etc.  I occasionally will use them as healing on friends etc but they really are all handpicked by me for me to look at in awe to hold and delight in the beauty of such a delicate gorgeous piece of the earth.  
I will find I am drawn to specific ones at specific times.....
On here what I would love is to just post picks ask people what other properties this crystal may have that I neglected to jot down when buying it or found it.  See pics of others gorgeous collection.  I would love to know the make up of the stones, how they were brought to birth (dont know a better word I only just woke up)......I would like to find out others experiences with them both peronally and professionally.  In healing or just collecting!

I'm just on the road for extra knowledge about anything with them.  I've never taken courses its all learnt over the last few years and what I read in books, lapidary club etc etc.....

did all that make sense?

Ummm... did all that make sense? you ask.  Well, I appreciate the effort and enthusiasm, to be sure.  You're a nice person who tried to answer my questions but I don't know enough to interpret all that.  But thanks for trying.  (I guess I need it dumbed down more for someone like me who just doesn't get it ;)

Earl no I dont really understand the difference between the two either?  I know the healing side of it that is the use of crystals to work on the chakras and help with aid, pain, blocks etc within the physical and emotional body.  I use green and pink fluorite for my arthritic pain and that works well for e.g.  

The gemology bit has me a little stumped I had assumed that covered all aspects of crystals you know the healing, grid layouts, the lapidary areas, the make up of the stones I thought thats what it means or maybe its just a communication breakdown on my half of my synaps' in the brain have misfired yet again......hehe