| Astrological Sign: Aries |
| Chakra: Solar Plexus, Heart |
| Lore: Aventurine enhances creativity and amplifies leadership qualities. It reveals what makes us happy or unhappy, stimulates dreaming, and helps make our dreams come true. |
| Geology: Aventurine is a massive green quartz that obtains its sparkling color from inclusions of fuchsite, a chromium mica. The name is from the Italian “a ventura” meaning randomly, a reference to the random deposits of mica contained within. |
| Localities: India, Brazil |
| Astrological Sign: Aries |
| Chakra: Root |
| Lore: Traditionally, the apache tear is said to be one of the tears shed by Native American women in mourning for their warriors who were driven from a cliff by the U.S. cavalry. It is used for comfort in times of grief, providing insight and acceptance. |
| Geology: The apache tear is a small black nodule of obsidian or volcanic glass. The main obsidian flow has been altered to a whitish porous rock called perlite containing unaltered transparent glassy nodules. |
| Locality: Arizona |
Anita's Beads of Wakefield, NH 