Daily Mail: Although the idea of crystals might
conjure up visions of flower-power hippies communing with the universe,
these mystical stones are having something of a renaissance — with not a
whiff of incense about the 2017 version. In
fact, crystals were feted by different cultures for thousands of years
before the peace and love generation hijacked them in the Seventies. Greek
soldiers would rub crushed haematite over their bodies in preparation
for battle, convinced this would make them invincible. Egyptian
princesses used crushed lapis lazuli and malachite as eye make-up in the
belief it would bring them physical beauty and spiritual insight.
And there is science behind crystals’ enduring popularity. Crystals are a particular form of mineral with a molecular structure that is a fixed, regularly repeating geometric pattern. Because of this, crystals are among the most ordered and stable matter in the universe, remaining the same over millions of years.
The
reason why this is important is because like everything on Earth,
crystals vibrate at a specific frequency. Their stability means their
ability to maintain this frequency and transmit energy is used in all
sorts of ways, from ensuring watches keep time — thanks to the quartz in
them — to helping run computers: the silicon in silicon chips is a
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