Blende

Other Names:	Sphalerite
Crystal Structure:	Masses, fibers, cubes, tetrahedral crystals, dodecahedral crystals, and sometimes rounded crystals.
Color:	Yellow, yellow-brown, yellow-blak, red, green, and colorless.
Astrological Sign:	Gemini
Numerical Vibration:	5 and 6
Magickal Properties:	Can be used to balance both the male and female aspects of the personality; when masculine properties are in excess, the stone can promote increase in the feminine aspects to provide the balance - when feminine aspects are in excess, the stone can promote increase in the masculine aspects to provide the balance. Promotes the recognition of treacher and deceit. It allows one to immediately recognize the peril of a situation, and to balance the benefits and detriments of that situation prior to concluding or continuing ones part. In these days when there is so much emphasis on psychic information and channeling, this stone can enhance ones intuitive qualities, allowing for the distinction between fraudulent and genuine information. It can also provide for the growth of ones psychic abilities and encourage one to "be ones own psychic". Rubbing this stone during entry into a meditative and/or trance state seems to allow for actual visual stimulation by a bright white light. This enhances the clarity of the state and aligns one to the astral body. With this alignment, ones inherent psychic qualities are manifested and information becomes readily available. Please note that this is only one method of providing access - there are a multitude more which are, in many cases, totally unique to the user. During many tribal rituals [African, Australian, American, etc.], the stone was impacted to awaken the energies and an orange spark was evidenced. This sign was taken to mean that the powers of creativity and intuition were also awakened. Can be used to assist one in changes in vocation and can induce the vocation toward the serving aspects of the lifework. Can also provide for protection from negative forces which may be present when dealing with the public.
Medical Uses:	Can be used in the treatment of disorders of the eyes, to align the physical nervous system to the ethereal nervous system in order to facilitate the treatment of blood-flow disorders, and to increase the assimilation and to provide balance for the intake of nutrients.