Crystal Safety

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These crystals will fade in the sunlight:

• Amethyst
• Rose Quartz, Aquamarine
• Smoky Quartz
• Kunzite
• Hiddenite
• Spodumene
• Fluorite

These crystals will dissolve in water:

• Halite
• Sulfates: Borates, Calcite, Gypsum
• Lapis Lazuli
• Turquoise
• Ivory
• Pyrite: degrades when stored at high humidity. (Place silica drying gel in the container to absorb moisture)

When In doubt, most crystals are water soluble if:

• End in “ite”
• Moh’s Hardness less than 6
• Scratches easily with a steel knife

These crystals will dissolve in acid solutions (such as acetone & vinegar):

• Calcite
• Gypsum
• Limestone
• Marble
• Amber (acetone: contained in most nail polish remover)

These crystals will produce POISONOUS gasses when HEATED:

• Cinnabar
• Realgar
• Stibnite

Wash your hands after handling them and do not eat while working with them.

These crystals ARE TOXIC to INGEST:

Minerals and metals containing:

• Aluminum
• Arsenic
• Barium
• Cadmium
• Copper
• Lead
• Mercury
• Zinc

These Crystals will get damaged by Salt:

Any raw, rough stone.  Any stone with hardness under 7.  If you are not sure, use another method.

• Amber
• Angelite
• Azurite
• ALL Calcites
• Dioptase
• Imperial Topaz
• Fire Opal
• Kyanite
• Kunzite
• Malachite
• Moonstone
• Opal
• Red Coral
• Selenite
• Turquoise

DO NOT make Gem Elixirs, Gem Waters, or Massage Oils & DO NOT Ingest, Consume, or Put in Your Mouth:

• Adamite – zinc, copper
• Amazonite – copper
• Amber – toxic dust, fumes, possible ingestive toxicity
• Angelite – lead, sulphur
• Aragonite-
• Atacamite – copper
• Auricalcite – zinc and copper
• Azurite – copper
• Boji-stones/Kansas Pop Rocks (may contain sulphur)
• Bronchantite – copper
• Cerrusite – sulphur, molybdenum
• Chalcantite (aka “blue shit”) – copper
• Chalcopyrite (Peacock Stone, Peacock Ore) – copper and sulphur
• Chrysacolla (Chrysocolla) – copper
• Cinnabar – mercury
• Cobaltocalcite (Pink Cobalt Calcite) – cobalt
• Conicalcite – copper
• Copper – copper
• Coral – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
• Cuprite – copper
• Diopside – copper
• Dioptase – copper
• Eliat Stone – copper
• Emerald – aluminum
• Garnet – aluminum
• Gem Silica – copper
• Galena/ Galenite – lead
• Garnierite (Genthite, Falcondoite) – nickel
• Hiddenite – aluminum
• Iolite – aluminum
• Kansas Pop Rocks – may contain sulphur
• Kunzite – aluminum
• Kyanite – aluminum
• Labradorite – aluminum
• Lapis Lazuli – may contain copper, sulphur
• Marcasite (Markasite) – sulphur
• Magnetite (Lodestone) – iron in large quantities
• Malachite – copper
• Meteorite – may contain many toxic substances
• Mohawkite – copper, arsenic
• Moldavite – aluminum
• Molybdenum – molybdenum
• Moonstone – may contain aluminum or other toxic substances
• Mother of Pearl – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
• Opal – toxic dust for inhalation
• Pearl – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
• Psiomelane – barium
• Pyrite (Fool’s Gold) – sulphur
• Quartz (Do Not Inhale Dust) – toxic dust for inhalation
• Realgar – sulfur, arsenic
• Rhodocrosite (Rhodochrosite) – lead
• Ruby – aluminum
• Sapphire – aluminum
• Sodalite – aluminum
• Spinel – may contain aluminum, zinc
• Stibnite – lead, antimony
• Smithsonite (Galmei, Zinc spar)- zinc, may contain copper
• Sulphur – sulphur
• Tiger’s Eye
• Topaz
• Tourmaline, Watermelon – aluminum
• Turquoise – copper
• Uranium – radioactive mineral
• Vanadanite – lead
• Variscite – aluminum
• Wulfenite – lead, molybdenum