30mm Gold Stone Puff Heart Goldstone

Goldstone is a lab produced stone. The rich gold color is alive with sparkling glitter. Very nice! This mesmerizing, manmade gemstone can be viewed as flashy or elegant, depending on how you use it. Goldstone is a type of glass with tiny copper dots visible throughout the stone. A special process is needed to create the stone's metallic gleam; copper salts are added to colored liquid glass. The mass of glass is held at a specific temperature for a length of time, and then allowed to cool. As the glass cools, the salts turn into copper crystals, creating that unique sparkle. Goldstone is often mistaken for sunstone, a feldspar. Goldstone reportedly originated with Italian monks trying to make gold out of other materials (alchemy). The secret was kept for years until the Chinese, it is said, discovered how to make the gemstone. Nowadays, the best examples come from China, instead of Italy and Austria. Because of its origins in the monastery, goldstone is used frequently in religious jewelry. Goldstone is believed to store the energy of those who touch it, making it an excellent gift for loved ones who are far away. It is also considered a good deflector of unwanted energies, and is highly regarded in the spirit realm as a protection mineral. Mystics use it as a nervous-system stimulant to enhance transmission of healing energies from the hands; therefore it is used for long-distance healing. Goldstone is believed by many to be a powerful energy generator. The copper within it is claimed to be helpful in reducing inflammation and increasing circulation.