What To Do With All Those Rocks Around Your House? — A Practical Guide To Using Crystals, Rocks And Minerals To Improve Your Daily Life

This title may read like a chapter in a witch book, but no, I’m just offering some no nonsense advice that will improve health and happiness

photo credit: Smith Family Folio

When you go to the beach, are your eyes (and your fingers) drawn down into the sand? Do flicks of green and brown glass or shimmering mother of pearl shells silently scream out to you, “Pick me up!” Do you love nothing more than to stick your hands into mud and pull our crystals, minerals and gemstones (or maybe order them online)? Chances are, you might be a rockhound. (See some videos of how to find crystals in the wild here.)

As a rockhound, or, “person who loves (and often looks for) various rocks”, you may quickly find yourself amid a mass of clear or colorful hunks of Earth. They may slowly begin to take over your home until you find yourself practically living in a cave of your own creation. Sounds fun, right? And it gives new meaning to the term “man cave” (or woman cave).

So what do you do with these loads of stunning rocks? Perhaps they decorate varying shelves or are displayed prominently, but you’re not exactly sure what else to do with that polished slab of…