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A list of the powers there is said to be hold by the stones and pure matals.
We at Dusk to dawn is using al kind og precious and semi-precious stones in our designs og macrame bracelets as well on our friendship bracelets and necklaces. Specially Power of the stones is of our biggest interest as it “draws” most people around the world. All our models can be ordered in our jewelryshop online.
We will descripe some of the materials we are using here. And also a short description af the special knotting we are using on most of our designs. Also called Macrame.
Shortly about the Macrame bracelet knotting:
It is coarse lace work made by weaving and knotting cords into a pattern. In French, from Italian macramè, from Turkish makrama, from Arabic miqrama, embroidered veil, from qarama, to gnaw, nibble.
Macramé, needlework technique that has been used for millennia worldwide. Knotting made without tools and consists of a spiral knot, also called single knot, double knot and a rib bone. All kinds of yarns can be used but the preferred is the highly twisted cotton cord, or acrylic cord
Sailors and traveling salesmen at sea was knotting when having a good pastime, and the finished work was a good commodity on land. The oldest example of linking art was found on an Assyrian image from 850 BC.
Silver as a precious metal
Silver has long been used as precious metal for the manufacture of precious objects that reflected their owner’s wealth and status. Jewelry and silverware are traditionally made of sterling silver, which consists of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper: This alloy is harder than pure silver, and melts at a lower temperature than both silver and copper “for themselves “. Another similar silver alloy is Britannia silver, which contains 95.84% silver while the remaining 4.16% is again typically consist of copper. A third, patented silver alloy, argentium-sterling silver contains germanium and is resistant to discoloration when exposed to fire and / or high temperatures.
Gold as a precious metal
Gold is a chemical element that exists in limited quantities in nature. It is a soft, ductile, shiny and heavy metal with extremely high resistance to chemicals. These unique physical characteristics contributed to the gold already in ancient times was used for jewelry and as a medium of exchange.
Gold have historically had a special place in people’s minds. This is partly because the metal properties and its rare occurrence. But its special status have also been developed through its place in religion, religious symbols, legends, mythology – that is psychological and irrational factors.
From several thousand years to have been a medium of exchange in trade in goods, worked gold from the 1600′s as a “warranty agent ‘for the value of banknotes. The gold was stored in dragonflies. The owner got a receipt, which gradually evolved into the forerunner of today’s banknotes. Through 1600 and 1700′s shared the gold role værdimål with silver. In 1800, gold was however eventually reigned supreme. England established a so-called gold standard in 1816. With Britain as the dominant commercial and financial center and sterling as the dominant international currency, followed in most countries between 1870 and the century England’s example.
The classical gold standard was in force until 1 World War II. Each country’s exchange rates were determined with a low udslagsrum opposite the gold. Economic policies were largely oriented toward maintaining the established courses. Go a long way, this was considered a national point of honor and also as a matter of confidence in the economic system. Delivery of gold against submission of notes was a system largely based on trust, the total amount of slip was usually far greater than gold. Gold psychological role was fundamental. ‘Panic’ or a crisis of confidence among people so that all would have gold for banknotes would lead to system collapse. Exchange had to be deleted or there would be chaos.
The final collapse of the classical gold standard was triggered by the first World War II. Most countries have since lifted the obligation to provide gold against notes. Binding to gold were also largely loosened by the circulation in most countries has dramatically increased. Including to finance the war activities. After 1 World tried most countries back to tie their currencies to gold. The Great Depression in the capitalist world after 1929, however, led again to the collapse of gold standard.
Abalone: Relaxation. Stands for creation, birth and rebirth. Promotes the creative properties, allows control of the intellect, and promotes understanding of artistic expression.
Geology: Abalone is shell of a herbivorous snail with pearl shell. Snail is also known as abalone and there are over 100 species. The shell is composed of aragonite and calcite, while the organic material is less than 4%. See also pauaskal.
Adamit: Together Adds intellect (the third chakra) with the heart (fourth chakra) in order to help give stability to the heart controlled by the intellect (eg, feelings, care and love)
Agate Apricot: Gives strength, courage and patience. Strengthens one’s sense of responsibility and understanding for his own actions. Realizes how one’s personality is formed from one’s own actions.
Lace agate: Self-esteem. Contains the qualities found in movement, grace and charm. Protects against rage. “When I show who I am, I will be greeted with warmth and understanding.” It has a high impact on the inspiring and can, especially with blue topaz, strengthen your attention so you will appear judicious.
Agat Botswana: Everlasting love. Provides energy to the aura and promotes eternal love. Increases creativity and helps to release the emotional blockages that have been oppressed. It also allows you to look forward to a solution, rather than dwelling on the problem.
Crazy lace agate Balance. With the stone to achieve a very high emotional level. A great help to have a low biorhythm. Brings balance and tranquility in the psychic energy. Brings with laughter, warmth and understanding. Is good as elixir to cleanse and smooth the skin impurities.
Beryl gold (heliodor) Purposefulness. Provides efficiency and industrious. Good for strong pressures and against irritants. Seems strong against nervousness. For the one who often feel offended. Provides a strong will to succeed.
Rock crystal Strength and power. Amplifies both energy and thought. Said of bringing stellar energy into the soul. Amp other stone energies. Neutralizes static electricity. Makes it easier to receive information from both teachers, teachers and healers. Can be used to transform thoughts into sound. Allows you to utilize your talents and opportunities fully.
Brasilit Provides an overview and understanding in difficult situations and thus to act. Stimulate acupuncture meridians. Helps to sort out what is unimportant and unwanted off.
Bronsit Attention. Working for justice and open-mindedness. Allows an amiable way to judge others’ efforts. Gives courage to take action and be active in the moment of need. Good for those working in a high activity, such as hospitals and nursing homes.
Budstone Prasem. Opens and works with the heart chakra, the intuition is united with love. It is a stone of variable energy, transforms negative energy into a positive state without releasing it into the atmosphere. Also provides inspiration for creativity, attracts success, prosperity and wealth.
Cavensit Thoughtfulness. Stimulates intuition, clairvoyance and psychic healing. Provides protection. Also used in connection with, and benefit the environment.
Chalcedon blue Friendship. Chalcedon creates balance in body, mind, emotions and spirit energies. Has been used to create the way for tanks transfer. With kunzite and pink Chalcedon for meditation.
Dolomite brown “Everything has a cause.” Relieves of grief. Provides a true and impulsive thinking, increases energy and provides greater endurance. Used for building the body. Dolomite carried in pocket or on the body and can be used as an elixir.
Dalmatian jasper Strength. Brings joy and a sense of cohesion. Opens saved and perhaps forgotten feelings. Reinforces the sense of compatibility and is excellent to work with when creating new acquaintances. Creates harmony. Teaches us to accept our dark sides.
Feldspar Matrix Generally, the feldspar is the stones properties of self-esteem and attention. Stands for universal intelligence (contact). Feldspar is the name of a group of rock minerals
Flint Stone Passes and receive ideas and information (and love) to and from others. Avoids shyness and promotes both confidentiality as experience in the personal sphere. Loosen up tight and solid ties, problems and stressful situations.
Fossils Generally used fossils as a protective stone. In Asia they are often used as an amulet stones. Increase your trading skill and ability to delete old opinions. Being able to see with new eyes and start with new strength.
Fuchsit w / ruby Protects the person wearing the stone against accidents and misfortune. Provides energy and physical wellbeing. Helps to find happiness.
Goldstone With pyrite. Stimulate communication and mental strength at all levels. Repeals coldness, bitterness and frustration. Protects and stone with high pyrite content can usefully be worn for conducting hazardous work. Protects against negativity.
Garnet Majesty stone. Provides protection, peace and vitality. Helps you to remember dreams. Do justice in speech and advocacy action. Provides an energy that is predestined to eliminate chaos, disarray and dissolution. Emits an energy that stabilize and bring order in the physical, emotional and spiritual system.
Hessonit Sympathy. Eliminates the feeling of inferiority and give courage to seek new challenges. “Everything I’m doing brings me closer to my goal.” Activates and stimulates the brain. Eliminates the negative impact that too often can lead to poor health.
Howlite true California. Avoids selfishness, gives courage, clarity and attention in hazardous situations. Make decorum and decency to something quite natural and builds one’s character. A stone of good etiquette.
Hematite Bloodstone. Purifies the mind. Developer original thinking, and increases technical knowledge. Dissolves negativity and change to universal pure love. “Faith can move mountains.” Used to stimulate the desire for peace, self control and inner happiness. Make it easier for you to enter a love relationship. It is said that the stone attracts ‘friendly’ love.
Jade green New green jade stands for peace, initiative and will to live. Realise your potential for developing your skills and dedication to the goal. Increases your ability to remember and understand your dreams. To release suppressed emotions through dreams. This is achieved by placing the stone under your pillow at night.
Jasper hematite Jasper with iron and Tiger Eye. Properties such as hematite, Tiger Eye and Tiger Iron. Furthermore, stone energies that create adventure and an opportunity to create creative beauty within shortages.
Copper Optimism. Towards drowsiness, lethargy, passivity, restlessness, nervousness and lack of acceptance of oneself. Stimulates initiative, diplomacy, optimism and independence. It provides philosophical ideas without square and prejudices.
Coral red genuine own rare coral. Precious coral. Helps you to come into harmony with the natural forces that are in the world and one’s own jumble of thoughts. Provides a respect for work, and balance between material things and the spiritual.
Cryolite Provides assistance when there must be public speaking or in a company with many people by improving speech-giving. Increases your stability and security, especially in stressful situations, a better overview and more attention.
Quartz Blue Better relationships with sisters and brothers throughout the world by introspection and by releasing the fear, because this is only ignorance. Helps in times of disruption, divorce, change and job change.
Labradorite 1.kv Star Stone. Said to contain some of the stars and labradorescensen placed in the stone of beings from alien worlds. Used for meditation. Manages the subconscious as the female head of state. Helps when something comes across in attracting strength and perseverance. Symbolizes the moon, sun and progress.
Lapis lazuli Attention. Lapis lazuli is the stone that gives the total attention and intellectual abilities. Helps us to be objective in matters dealing with ourselves. Stimulates emotions, mind and physical purity in order to qualify for divine knowledge.
Lasurit Lasursten. Promote peace and teach us to relax and enjoy the silence. Combats superstition and prevents conflicts.
Lava Stone Magnetite Stability. Attracts love. Balances the emotions with intellect. Does belief in one’s own intuition. Provides stamina, endurance and patience to reach the answers needed to get away from situations that are undesirable.
Malachite Transformation Stone. Helps to less change. Stimulates instinct and logic. “I am open to loss and joy.” Used when flying from air sickness and fear of flying and aircraft personnel.
Marble onyx Picasso marble Embodiment. Gives strength to deal with change and a greater understanding of life. “I make the right choices.” Strengthens intuition and creativity. Manages the subconscious and the development of creative systems for art.
Meteorite Strength and stamina. Encourage reflection on human physical abilities, and the meaning of life. Tells us that we are only guests on planet earth. Contains a confidence that makes it easier to share confidential details with others. The different occurrences of meteorites may also contain their own special energies.
Midnight Tone Love Stone. Helping you find love and to care for yourself and for others. Promotes dreams. Finds the hidden forward and support the clarity of thought and vision.
Moon Stone Journey Stone. Protects against the danger and risk it involves travel. Provides introspection, thoughtfulness and balance. Relates to the ‘new beginning’, and recognizing that it is the fruit of the closure of the old.
Obsidian golden Provides contact with all around one. Showing the inner beauty. Golden obsidian (also called gold obsidian) shows what your needs are in life, it does not meet the need, but only gives insight and guidance on how this can be achieved. Good to learn about internal disunity and selfishness.
Onyx Black Power. With black onyx you will always make the right choices, the right decision. Away Jager grief, increasing self-control.
Opal green Happy dreams. A good help which requires a lot of preparation and careful planning. Opalen is highly concentrated in its energies. For peace and relaxation. Resolves problems in dreams and daydreams.
Opal Fire Contributes to the mystery and transformation. Realize aspirations for prosperity and courage to try something new. Provides faith and hope in the future, while the belief in own abilities and opportunities
Opal Lavender Promotes accuracy, practical skills and provide insight and understanding. Handles and helps one to understand what will happen after life on earth.
Pektolit Release thyself from bondage which has been self-imposed, and makes you independent of the materialistic world. Provides precision, sincerity and directness in your chores. Teaches you the deeper meaning of life and understanding to be in this world.
Pearl Sincerity. Teach us about emotions, spontaneity, playfulness and motion. The pearl has for centuries been a symbol of beauty. Using bead shows you your health. Will the mat during use is a sign of illness. Pearls are best to be used frequently.
Mother of Pearl Pursuits. Stimulate sensitivity, intuition, imagination and adaptability. Nacre gives mental clarity and helps select the right one. Creates understanding of others’ opinions and therefore are good in group relationships.
Petalit Angels Stone. Protect your property, and from accidents and injuries. Has both a spiritual and a protective energy. Allows for accurate, clear and brief, to explain one’s perception and sight. Can be used to show physical signs of the aura. Also to soothe and smooth the aura.
Pietersit The key to heaven. Removes delusion. Outer loyalty to yourself as well as to others. Get the most out of life by daring to experiment with new and unfamiliar areas of life.
Plasma Soothes. Reduces aggression and removes all irritations. Provides resistance against external negative influences. Exudes generosity and goodness. Reject enmity. Counterproductive irritability and melancholy. Provides accountability and opens up to receive information from others.
Platinum Creates lasting friendship. Maintains and provides optimal health. Can help with a non-judgmental attitude toward others. To achieve its goals. Stimulates the pineal. Amplifier intuition, consciousness and psychic abilities.
Porcelanit dendritic Cheerfulness. A stone with very strong energy. Working with emotions, old patterns and routines. “I get calm and control my emotions.” Provides mental stability. Will help you achieve your goals.
Porphyr flowering Porphyrit. As porphyr represent the world of wisdom. Used to improve creativity. Bringing ideas to life, but with patience and helps to wait until the right moment. Uncovers the hidden.
Prasem cat’s eye Honesty. Will help you to win recognition and success. Provides impact. “My world was created by me and what I want to happen will happen.” Forces of your skills to get through with your messages, both in the family, to friends and at work.
Prasiolit amethyst Solver. Stimulates the logical sense, and gives courage to take important decisions. Provides greater confidence and mental strength. Because of the content of citrine, it is an excellent exam stone.
Prehnit green Prediction. Used prophecies and predictions that it obtains help from above for inspiration. Prehnit considered to be the rock you trust, always prepared, after the phrase ‘Be prepared’. It provides a priori knowledge about things you would not have been aware of.
Pyrite Group Symbolizes the sun’s heat and eternal being’s presence. Developer forgotten memories of love and friendship. Pyrite can receive and record all kinds of energies, and pass it on to the body so that it achieves a perfect physical condition. Strongest stone throat chakra.
Peacock Stone Secret. Can help you find things which have gone missing. It sharpens the senses and alertness. “I have power in me.” A stone on the mystical. Provides information about the supernatural. Contains an energy which can remove blockages. Opens, cleanses and activates the crown chakra.
Amber gets the body to heal itself as it transforms negative energy into positive. Stimulates the intellect and opens the crown chakra. Gives vitality to unconditional love. Used as a symbol of re-marriage promise and to swear allegiance. Brings good luck.
Rhodizit Euphoria. A powerful elation and sense of well-being following this gem. Make contact with one’s alter ego at a metaphysical level. It is recommended when such a switch seems near, only to continue under professional supervision.
Rhodolit Used to facilitate the metaphysical processes. Focuses on and emphasizes intuition. Provides help when something needs to be considered carefully. Outweigh the peace and solitude with harmony and activity. Provides inspiration and new ideas through the heart can be transmitted to love and lovemaking.
Rhodonite A love stone that helps you get the love you want. Helping you achieve peace and security in all situations. Stimulates, cleanses and activates the heart. Dispels anxiety and worry, create coherence between the user and nature. Along with the bust amine amplified both stone energies.
Quartz Gentle love. Provides a calming energy to gently remove all negativity from the body. Provides balance of yin-yang energy. For shielding of harmful radiation from television and computer screens. Against ground radiation. Provides a very powerful and loving energy. Wearing the stone or just have it near stimulates the true life force: love.
Rubellit (red tourmaline) Love Energy. Provides a powerful and joyous energy that creates happiness and a natural ease. Removes negativity and stagnant and noxious formation throughout the body. This is done through balancing the meridians and integration of the ethereal (aboveground) body with the physical (earthly) body.
Ruby Nobility. Brings wisdom, good health, experience and wealth. Eloquence in conversations and discussions. Provides stability in the economic field. It is said that as long as you own just a small piece of ruby, one will not lack money. Protects against misery, nightmares and lightning
Ruby sapphire Brings wisdom, good health, experience and wealth. Removes the frustrations and fulfill the dreams and the desire for increased awareness. A corundum of ruby and sapphire.
Rutilkvarts Balances and protects against negative influences. Stimulates brain function. Distinguish between important and unimportant.
Smokey quartz Grounding. By allowing negative thoughts to disappear. Provides greater understanding of nature and the environment.
Sapphire Happiness and prosperity. Bring light, happiness and peace of soul and mind. Removes the frustrations and fulfill the dreams and the desire for consciousness Handles brain. Is good to remember and interpret dreams. Sapphire radiates continuously energy and nutrition for the very fact that living life.
Sarde Teach us about virtue and self-control, and warns you to stay on the straight and narrow path. Reduces uncertainty and nervousness. Helps to get over grief. Sees duality in one’s nature and match them to coherent whole. Used to suppress crime in urban areas.
Sardonyx Virtue. Brings happiness to a marriage or cohabitation. It provides an understanding of how nice it is to live as long as one knows how to enjoy it. It provides friendship and good luck. Makes it easier to provide self-control and removes uncertainty and vacillation. Teaches you to be brave.
Saussurit Suitable for newborns and for star people. Also used by reincarnations. “I use the energy that I need.” Works with green grossularit.
Scheelite wolframite Helps against arrogance and gives mind structure. Sets the accuracy and punctuality in focus. Stabilize your inner self. Wolframite provide insight and information about those aspects in your life who have always been insurmountable.
Mustard Stone Place the stone on the crown gives a force that amplifies the moment and the mood you’re in. Cleans the blurred areas of the crown chakra. A strong stone for meditation, because it help and enhance meditation.
Septarie Increases concentration and attention. Better memory and allow greater self-awareness. Septarie used in difficult situations, worries, annoyances and frustrations. Used therapeutically to encapsulated mental problems.
Serafinit Angels Stone. Amplifier speech ability. Contains great healing properties. A stone that cleans out.
Serpentin dark Counteract mood swings. Smooths and soothes. Provides inner peace. Used to awaken Kundalini energy. Placed on serpentine crown gives it alluring force against chakra. Amplifier a meditation.
Silicon Manufactured. Absolutely pure silicon (Si) there is an element (# 14). Body content of silicon is important for connective tissue, blood vessels and brain function.
Emerald True love. Domestic happiness. Brings both sensitivity and loyalty to oneself and to others. Combine intelligence with discernment, allowing only right choice.
Smaragdkvarts Besides emerald properties could be usefully applied kvartsen healing techniques. For example, it will be helpful in balancing the body’s energies. Emerald has true love, homey happiness and brings both sensitivity and loyalty to oneself and to others. Combine intelligence with discernment, allowing only right choice.
Snekvarts School. Assists primarily in a starting stage. In the first step when something new to be learned. Provides insight into the limitations and teaches us to sort from. Promotes equal opportunities to work with tact and proper in every situation.
Sodalite Stimulates intellect so you can handle any situation. A group of stone that gives unity, camaraderie and solidarity. Provides the ability to come to a logical conclusion through rational thinking. Eliminates confusion and confusion.
Sun stones Provides a flourishing freshness and a feeling of complete purity. Provides luck in games. Used to remove fear. Encourages independence and originality. Removes former acquaintances who have infiltrated the energy center and return them with both love and positive energy.
Spessartine In addition to properties in garnet, spessartine gives a dynamic growth to a higher level and a structured balance of same. Provides and sharpen the analytical and rational senses.
Blue spinel Immortality. Amplifier physical strength, and heightens intuition by pooling energies and information into a coherent whole. Provides renewed courage and energy, so you dare to brave the difficult tasks. Will benefit your appearance and give others a positive outlook on your personality. Used to activate the kundalini energy.
Black spinel Provides insight into the problems involved with the physical to do. Gives strength and increases stamina, so you can easily get through a severe crisis. Provides a protective energy that is connected right to the center of the earth. All spin, or can, regardless of color, is used to awaken kundalini energy.
Staurolit Adventure Rock. Stands for good luck. Protects against harm and mischief. Provides an overwhelming relief in stressful situations. Stir to make an extra effort and provide support when you have taken too much. Used as amulet.
Stichtit Faithfulness to promises. A good stone for singles. Stichtit serpentine provides a liberating peace in the home environment. Provides awareness and vigilance when it comes to the emotional and is therefore particularly good to have within the home.
Star Stone green Provides physical and mental strength. Working with the mind and body. For peace and security, manage and distribute energy. Has a building energy. Provides physical and mental strength. It has a warm and soothing effect.
Silver 90-95% pure silver in raw pieces (oxidized). Silver provides benefits throughout life. Provides eloquence and help with speech and to express themselves clearly and accurately. Provides a flair for the formation and position and remove embarrassment and awkwardness. Creates meaningful connection between the physical and the spiritual body.
Talk Broadens horizons. Provides greater insight into the unknown and expand the tolerance threshold when new to be learned or experienced. Can stabilize the atmospheric electricity, and removing interference so communication can take place without disruption.
Tiger Eye Collects and combines sun and earth energies. Good to collect scattered and detailed information. Is in harmony with the earth, providing stability and power. Contains solar energy which promotes the immediate expression. Disciplining sexuality and emotional life.
Topaz blue Provides eloquence and ability to express themselves clearly. Removes arrogance and uncontrolled passion. The driver’s body, soul and spirit together to form a more perfect whole.
Topas ready Replaces negativity with love and merriment. Provides personality and creativity, while also creating trust and faith in your decisions. Topas provides potency, power and influence. Used to create wealth. Can successfully change one’s personal life, enhance awareness and expression.
Travertine Reason. Provides control over the mind. Turns on the part of the brain we do not normally use. Forces of nature and provides protection against both physical and psychological influences. Balances, taking into account your physical condition and the external circumstances.
Turkenit Stæben. Developing new and undiscovered ideas. Forming a clear picture of new and sometimes revolutionary ideas. Provides peace of mind and eliminates self-deception. Gives courage and promotes honesty. Colored stones.
Turquoise Heaven’s blue energy and earth’s vicinity. Make your expression more emotional and less selfish. Turquoise is a ruler in healing, emotionally and physically. Strengthens creativity, enhances intuition, and have always a kind and loving expression. Contributes to a better understanding, increased knowledge and understanding, trust, kindness, and to be able to see and appreciate beauty.
Turquoise blue Promotes wisdom and exercising prudence in the exercise. Used for emotional and physical problems. Protects your property and yourself from accidents. A guide to the unknown that helps one to come. Strengthens creativity, enhances intuition, and have always a kind and loving expression
Turquoise green Promotes wisdom and exercising prudence in the exercise. Used for emotional and physical problems. Protects your property and yourself from accidents. A guide to the unknown that helps one to come.
Tourmaline green Sees with the heart. Transporting energy from the mineral world to the plant, gives plants (including herbs) growth and life. Attracts success, prosperity and creativity, and create abundance. Danner masculine energy, and contains much compassion that together will provide revelations and deep thoughts
Paraiba Tourmaline Opens up one’s inner core. Provides security and stability. Removes fear of understanding, insight and confidence. Beneficial to plant growth. Transforms negativity into positive energy. Inspires creativity. Tourmaline is the greatest healer of all.
Dusk to down jewelry can not be kept to the Liability of the above descriptions of the potential healing powers conferred to the individual stones. The statements are “what is said about these in common vernacular.”
And it’s entirely up to the wearer of the individual stones to have the necessary faith in the estimated effects they can inflict the individual.
But as we all know, faith can move mountains.
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