Guide To Buying Crystals Online: Crystals For Sale
Crystals For Sale: A Guide To Buying Crystals Online
Crystals have been revered, traded, and sold throughout human history. From enigmatic crystal skulls, to Clear Quartz Crystal Balls used for fortune-telling, to crystal jewellery and accessories; crystals have always come in many forms.
In this guide to buying crystals online, we will take you on a journey through the history of crystals for sale, and help you to navigate the wide variety of crystals for sale online so that you can choose the ideal crystal for you.
At Madagascan Direct, we sell a large range of crystals of different types, colours, and shapes. Please feel free to peruse our catalogue of crystals, fossils, and jewellery for sale online: the stones mentioned in this article are only a sample of the wide variety of rocks and minerals available to buy online.
The History Of Crystals For Sale
Crystals have been traded, sold, and used by humans since pre-historic times.
Crystals For Sale In Pre-Historic Times
For example; Carnelian, Chalcedony, and Agate crystals have been found at pre-historic archaeological sites, where the crystals were transformed into crystal jewellery, beads, and ornamental gemstones.
Lapis Lazuli was mined in Ancient Afghanistan many thousands of years ago, and traded with pre-historic communities such as those of Bhiranna (located in modern day India), where Lapis Lazuli Beads dating back to 7570 BC have been discovered.
Crystals For Sale In Ancient Civilisations
Famous ancient civilisations such as Ancient Sumeria, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome all traded and sold crystals and gemstones, with Carnelian, Malachite, and Lapis Lazuli being some of the most popular gems to trade.
Crystals were traded by merchants travelling along the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia; for example, Carnelian was imported from Asia to Greece via the Silk Road during the time of Ancient Greek civilisation.
Crystals For Sale In Modern Times
Over millennia, centuries, and decades, crystals have continued to maintain their popularity; the advent of birthstones increased the popularity of giving crystals and gems as gifts, and jewellers such as Tiffany & Co revolutionised the modern world sales of luxury crystal and gemstone jewellery using rare gemstones.
Crystals have been used for spiritual practises throughout history, and by a wide range of civilisations and cultures, but in recent times, crystal spirituality and crystal healing have seen a massive boom in interest, thereby increasing the popularity of healing crystals for sale, for example in the form of healing crystal wands and crystal palm stones.
Shop Crystals For Sale By Crystal Shape
The shape of a crystal not only influences its aesthetic value, but each crystal shape has its own unique spiritual meaning and crystal healing properties.
Therefore, it's important to choose a crystal shape that's right for you.
Crystal shapes available to buy online at Madagascan Direct include cut and polished crystal shapes such as crystal palm stones, crystal spheres, and polished crystal points, as well as natural crystals and raw crystals, including crystal geodes.
Tactile Crystals For Sale: Crystals To Hold In Your Hand
Tactile crystals such as crystal palm stones, crystal thumb stones, crystal tumblestones, and other crystals that fit in the hand are great crystals to buy if you're looking for a stone to use for grounding, stress relief, mindfulness, and meditation.
A tactile crystal is a wonderful natural alternative to a stress ball, and is enrapturing with its many sensory aspects.
Whilst engaging in mindfulness exercises or meditation practises, you can use a tactile crystal such as a smooth crystal palm stone to maintain your focus and ground yourself to the present moment.
Types of tactile crystals for sale include:
Crystal Wands For Sale: Crystals For Crystal Healing
Any crystal can be used for crystal healing purposes, but there are some crystal shapes that are easier to use as healing crystals, or have specific uses in crystal healing.
A crystal wand is an important tool in a crystal healer's repertoire, and therefore is a great first choice of a crystal to buy if you're looking to engage in crystal healing.
Crystal wands range in shape and size, meaning you can choose the exact crystal wand shape you desire.
Pointed crystal wands are said to be helpful in channelling the flow of healing energy to a concentrated point; either a point on the body that the healing crystal wand can be directed towards, point-first, to channel healing energy to, or a point away from the body where the crystal healing wand can be directed to draw negative energies away from the body.
Crystal massage wands are smooth, rounded crystal wands that can be massaged over the body for a soft, relaxing crystal healing massage.
Crystal massage wands are incredibly tactile, and therefore also make a great choice of a crystal to buy if looking for a tactile crystal.
Crystal wand shapes for sale include:
Raw Natural Crystals For Sale
Although a polished crystal is gorgeous in all its smooth, sleek glory, sometimes all you want is a raw, natural crystal with its wild, rugged beauty.
Natural crystals for sale include:
Crystals With Stands For Sale: Crystals In Display Stands
When displaying a crystal as home decor, it is important to ensure that the crystal is safe and stable on its surface, otherwise your crystal is at risk of falling and becoming damaged.
Some crystal shapes, such as polished crystal spheres and crystal balls, crystal eggs, and round crystal freeform shapes, are unable to balance on a flat surface by themselves and need to be placed securely in a crystal display stand first.
Other crystal shapes, such as crystal slices, can either be laid flat on a surface or displayed upright in a crystal display stand, depending on your preference.
Crystals with stands for sale include:
Free-Standing Crystals For Sale: Display Crystals That Stand Up By Themselves
Unlike crystals with stands, free-standing crystal shapes have a stable base which enables them to balance on a flat surface without the need for a display stand's support.
Free-standing crystals for display make great choices as ornaments for home decor, especially when they are large crystal display pieces.
Free-standing crystals for sale include:
Pointed Crystals For Sale: Crystals With Points
All pointed crystals display at least one pointed tip, but vary widely in shape and form apart from this.
For example, a traditional polished crystal point displays a free-standing base, one cut and polished sharp pointed tip, and multiple polished faces.
However, whilst some pointed crystals are free-standing crystal points, other pointed crystals cannot stand up by themselves and must be laid flat on a surface or mounted on a crystal display stand to be displayed.
Some pointed crystals display one point, as is the case of single terminated crystal points, whilst other crystal points have more than one point, as is the case of double terminated crystal points, which display two points, one at each end.
Crystal points can vary in the number of polished faces and shape of their crystal base, from eight-sided crystal points to crystal towers and crystal obelisks, which display a square base and four polished sides.
Crystal pyramids display one point, like many crystal points, but display a highly unique pyramid shape with sloping, triangular shaped polished faces and a square base.
Pointed crystals for sale include:
Crystal Jewellery For Sale And Crystals For Jewellery Making
Shop Crystals For Sale By Crystal Colour
The colour of a crystal is integral to choosing the perfect crystal for you. A crystal's colour helps determine its crystal healing properties, as well as the chakras the crystal resonates with. Certain crystal colours are rarer than others, for example blue crystals are highly prized.
Black Crystals For Sale
Black Tourmaline, also known as Schorl, is one of the most popular black crystals, gemstones, and minerals available to buy
A black crystal is a great choice for your crystal collection if you seek a sleek, minimalistic aesthetic. Black crystals and gemstones contrast especially beautifully against white crystals, clear crystals, and silver crystals in a crystal display, but a black crystal is incredibly versatile and complements most other crystal colours.
If you are looking for a crystal healing stone for protection, safety, and grounding, then a black crystal healing stone would be an excellent choice, for black crystals are believed to be powerful protection stones.
Some of the most popular black crystals for sale online at Madagascan Direct include:
- Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
- Black Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
- Black Moonstone
- Black Septarian
Blue Crystals For Sale
Lapis Lazuli is a famous blue gemstone which displays royal blue colours, fitting for a gem that has been prized by the royalty of civilisations and cultures as varied as Ancient Egypt and its pharaohs and Imperial Russia and its tsars
A blue crystal embodies the calm energies of the sea and the sky, representing the flow of life.
Blue crystals vary in hue from pale, light blues and soft baby blue hues, such as those found in Blue Calcite, to bright aqua blue, turquoise, and blue-green hues, such as those found in Amazonite and Chrysocolla, to dark blue, royal blue, and ultramarine hues, such as those famously found in Lapis Lazuli and Sodalite.
Flashy crystals and gemstones often display blue shimmer and flash, for example Blue Labradorite displays rich, vibrant blue flash, and Rainbow Moonstone (or White Labradorite) can also display powerful blue flash.
Other moonstones display a softer, more subtle blue shimmer and flash.
Clear Crystals For Sale
Clear Quartz, also known as Rock Crystal, is famed for its transparency. Clear Quartz Crystal Balls have been used for scrying and fortune telling throughout history, including famously by the magician John Dee
A clear crystal is a transparent crystal, the most famous type of clear crystal being Clear Quartz (otherwise known as Rock Crystal), although Optical Calcite (otherwise known as Iceland Spar) is another crystal revered for its clarity.
Optical Calcite, also known as Iceland Spar, is said to be so clear that it was used by the Vikings to steer their ships
Green Crystals For Sale
Malachite is named for the green leaves of the mallow plant, owing to its verdant green colour
A green crystal is richly symbolic of life, the Earth, and the natural world.
Green crystals and gemstones are used as growth crystals, abundance stones, and stones of prosperity.
If you are looking to attract good luck and good fortune, or gain wealth and abundance, then a green crystal or green gemstone is the crystal for you.
Green crystals for sale at Madagascan Direct include:
- Malachite
- Moss Agate (or Tree Agate)
- Green Moonstone
- Green Fluorite
- Green Opal
- Kambaba Jasper
- Fruit Jasper
Orange Crystals For Sale
Carnelian, also known as Cornelian, is perhaps the most famous orange crystal in the word, and is a red-orange coloured Chalcedony variety
An orange crystal is symbolic of fire energy, and is a highly motivating crystal, so if you are looking for an energy boost or increase in motivation, then Carnelian is a great crystal for you to buy.
Orange crystals for sale at Madagascan Direct include:
Pink Crystals For Sale
Rose Quartz, also known as Pink Quartz, is the quintessential Love Stone, and a powerful Heart Chakra Crystal
A pink crystal exudes nurturing feminine energy and the loving warmth of the Heart Chakra.
If you are looking for a crystal to boost your love life, or for a crystal to help with self-compassion, then a pink crystal is a good choice to buy.
Pink crystals for sale at Madagascan Direct include:
- Rose Quartz (also known as Pink Quartz)
- Rhodonite
- Raspberry Fluorite (also known as Pink Fluorite)