PROMOTIONAL PRICE TUMBLED STONES: 1 kilo of black Obsidian from Mexico.

Obsidian stones are heliocentric. That means they both absorb and reflect light, which makes them extra healing. If you look through the stone in natural sunlight, this is clearly visible. This helps raise your level of awareness and promotes your spiritual growth. The Andara obsidian is one of the stones within the gemstone family with the greatest healing properties. It can be used for all possible healings and also helps in raising your consciousness and accessibility to other dimensions. The Andara Obsidian stones come in various energetic vibrations and colors: from light to dark, clear to champagne, silver, blue, amber, and the rarest of all, green, yellow, pink, and lavender. All stones are particularly suitable for meditation and even make it easier to enter a good, deep meditation. The Andara Obsidian is known to have been used by shamans and high priests in the past. Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass. The name is derived from a Roman named Obsius who, in ancient times, is said to have found a stone resembling obsidian in Ethiopia. Obsidian forms from the rapid cooling of lava with a water content of up to 3-4%. If the content of volatile components (water, carbon dioxide) is higher, pumice is formed because the released gases act as a blowing agent. The formation of volcanic glass is largely dependent on the viscosity of the liquid lava, which in turn is strongly determined by the silica content. The higher this content, the slower the liquid flows. Most obsidians have a silica content of 70% or more and are therefore classified as rhyolites. Less frequently, trachytic, andesitic, and phonolitic obsidians are also found, which have a lower silica content. The color of obsidian varies quite significantly, depending on the impurities it contains. The color is usually dark green to deep black, although granite with a similar composition is a light-colored material. Usually, particularly finely divided hematite or magnetite are the cause of this. Snowflake obsidian contains inclusions of spherical growth structures, mostly of feldspar or cristobalite, which are called spherulites. They form through spherical crystal growth from a single central growth nucleus. Obsidian is a metastable material that eventually reverts to its crystalline, more stable form over time. Volcanic glass is therefore not known from the Paleozoic and Precambrian. In the Stone Age, obsidian was a coveted raw material because it forms razor-sharp cutting edges. It was used for knives and weapons. Nowadays, it is a popular material for art objects and is also used as a semi-precious stone in jewelry. It is then cut as if it were a crystal.