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In their follow-up to the popular Wiccapedia and other books in the Modern Witch series, Shawn Robbins and Leanna Greenaway offer readers an authoritative, in-depth guide to crystal magick and spells. They explain how crystal craft works; how to choose and collect magickal stones; and how to care for, charge, program, and house your crystals. They provide information on crystal circles, wands, and sabbats, as well as an A-Z list of the most commonly used crystals and their magical properties. Spells cover everything from protection, healing, and mindfulness to blessings and divination. Readers will learn how to incorporate crystals and gemstones into daily rituals and enhance their lives with healing crystal magick.

A visual reference combines highly detailed, vibrant photography of rocks, minerals and geological formations in a range of categories with engaging facts about how they form, how they are used and fascinating record breakers, in a guide that also outlines suggestions for starting a collection.

""A grandmother explores her special garden with her granddaughters. Wonder grows everywhere but Grandmother especially loves to show it in her story garden. She invites her granddaughters to join her there in a sweet meditation on the treasures she's brought to that magical place--the rocks, the shells, the crystals, the meteorites : how they came to be, how they were formed, how they each have a story to tell"--Provided by publisher.

"100 fun facts about rocks, minerals, gems, and all things shiny"--Provided by publisher.

"Determined to become Spinjitzu Masters, Wu and Garmadom must work together when they fall victim to a mysterious enemy who wants to pull them apart before training can truly begin"--Provided by publishers.

Rocks and minerals are the building blocks of our world, but there?s a huge and fascinating variety of these materials, from the roundest gray pond rock to the most brilliant and sparkly diamond. Readers will learn about all manner of rocks and minerals, as well as their properties, types, and uses. Color photos and diagrams allow curious geologists in training to study rocks and minerals in detail, while hands-on activities and projects will encourage them think for themselves about important principles.

This title covers what a mineraloid is, how it forms, and how it is set apart from minerals that have a crystalline form. It also explains how organic gems, like pearls, can also be considered mineraloids.

Having been immobilized in combat, Phosphophyllite has only Ghost Quartz for back up. Both of them must struggle through the Lunarian's relentless strike until more help arrives.

Spring arrives, and all the gems awake to see Phosphophyllite's transformation--brand new arms make our hero popular, too popular, and it attracts the scariest gem of all, Bort, who decides to be Phos's partner in battle.

Phosphophyllite returns to the moon after failing to convince Kongo to pray for the Lunarians. Padparadscha becomes covered in Cinnabar's poison, while Yellow Diamond has suffered a terrible psychological blow. On the moon, Phos must come up with a new plan, but Cairngorm and the other gems decide life on the moon is actually pretty nice.