If you are going to study rocks and crystals in any detail, you will need
good reference books. There are many such books for the Spiritual,
Metaphysical and Healing properties of rocks and crystals, by if I had to
choose just one it would be Love is in the Earth - A Kaleidoscope of
Crystals - Updated by Melody. If you like this, there are several
other books in the same series that you may wish to add to your
collection.
Also highly recommended,
and at the present time perhaps slightly easier to obtain, is the
Crystal Bible series by Judy Hall.
Beyond these books, you may wish to expand your horizons by consulting other author's works, which you can find in any bookstore with a good Mind, Body and Spirit section.
You may think that you do not need to know about physical properties and mineralogical information concerning rocks, but even if your interest is primarily New Age you may have to identify an unknown specimen that comes your way. For most purposes, an inexpensive beginner's book on rocks and minerals from any good bookstore will be adequate.
There is also much information on the Internet. The following sites are especially informative and complete:
- Dave Barthelmy's Mineralogy Database
- Athena Mineralogy by Pierre Perroud
- The Mineral Gallery
from Amethyst Galleries, Inc
- The Mineral and
Gemstone Kingdom by Hershel Friedmann
includes some excellent pictures and many more links
