MY NEW PURCHASE

Id like to share with you my new purchase from yesterday - you'd be wrong to think it was anything related to craft - in fact its not at all what you would expect  -  as its a stone !!   you are now thinking eh what ?

I visited my friend Liam who deals in crystals, stones & semi precious stone jewellery yesterday at his stall in the shopping mall & we had a nice catch up. He was showing me some of his purchases from his visit to Tuscon for the Gem fayre.  He then showed me something which i had never seen or heard of before but he knows me too well and knew i would love one.

FAIRY STONES !!

and here is my very own one.  

Again you may be thinking - what the heck is this all about as its a piece of stone !  well yea it is but its the shape of the stone, as all is different and you are drawn to one that YOU like. i chose this one as to me it actually looked like a little girl fairy. See her face and how its surrounded by her hair and her arms are folded across her chest.

I am very much into the magic of fairies and native american indian culture so this is so apt for me.

Ive found a site online that tells you all about fairy stones so ive copied some lines from it for you to read.

The Native Americans have called them Fairy Stones for hundreds of years. They often carried for good luck when they went on fishing or hunting expeditions. Lovers offered the most Fairy Stones to their loved ones. The largest specimens occupied a place of honor in their homes. According to the legend, these special stones provided protection against the bad spirits. They also brought good health and prosperity to the occupants of the dwelling.

The Fairy Stones can be found at the origin of the Harricana River in western Quebec. The Native Americans found them on the beaches of James Bay where the Harricana River starts. They thought the Fairy Stones looked like biscuits, so they named the river “Harricana” because it means 'river of the biscuits'' in the Algonquin language.

Fairy Stones form on the bottom of very large lakes that formed in glacier basins. As the glacier receded, some of these Fairy Stones were deposited on the shore of the lake. The Fairy Stones are millions of years old.

Each Fairy Stone is a unique shape. Front and back are often puffy sphere shapes. Many of these stones have what might be perceived as E.T. (extraterrestial) language. In actuality, these markings are, or should I say were, either tiny worms or other organic matter that wound up in the concretions. This makes them fossils as well.


Interesting isnt it - so i guess i now own a piece of history as its a fossil and at the same time something ET ish !! how cool.