Spirit of things
A Glimpse into Crystals
By Samantha Duly
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This month I interviewed Sue Yarwood about her lifelong passion in crystals. It is in her blood, as she is a third-generation crystal collector.
“Sue’s favourite crystal of all would be clear quartz, especially with the formations inside the quartz.”
She now owns an amethyst that was found by her paternal grandmother 75 years ago. She was a diviner, able to divine water and gold and could pick up a solid rock and tell you whether it was an amethyst or clear quartz. It was on one of her visits to the Perth Hills that she discovered a large amethyst. Sue’s father as a ten-year-old was with her and he watched his mother break it into three pieces. Sue’s amethyst is one of those pieces.
crystals; he liked to have multiple of everything in the Crystal Bible. After he passed, the family divided his crystals up and Sue said the most treasured crystal she has, is the spirit quartz her father had near him when he passed over, as she felt this really helped him.
As a child, Sue remembers her grandmother tumbling the rough gems and the backyard being full of rocks and crystals. She also has fond memories of fossicking every weekend.
Sue’s favourite crystal of all would be clear quartz, especially with the formations inside the quartz. She said that as you look at a raw piece of quartz you can see the different properties and different inclusions, such as rainbows or phantoms, within a crystal that make each one special. The energies and vibrations of the clear quartz just fascinate her.
Sue also has some of her father’s large collection of
Sue mentioned excitedly that she had been looking for a
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channelling quartz crystal for a long time. They are extremely hard to come by and recently she was excited to find two within one week! Sue’s other special crystals are a beautiful lemurian quartz and a herkimer diamond. These are also part of the quartz family elevating the energies and the properties of any other crystal. The top five crystals Sue recommends as a starter are: 1. Amethyst: A really good crystal to relieve anxiety, a beautiful one for increasing intuition and achieving peace within your soul.
