storage for crystals

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Suggestions for storing and displaying crystals

 

Some of us have quite a lot of crystals. It is not quite true that they

are on every surface in every room here but that comes close. Everybody

who comes in my house knows Immediately that someone collects rocks. I

have stones on the shelves, on trays, in boxes , in bowls and jars .I

suspect that I am not the only person who could use more storage and

display space for my stones . here are some some suggestions for storage

and display including some gathered from a round the web and on other

lists .

 

I use art bins, tool trays and craft and fishing tackle boxes which

work well and can be carried around easily if you need to travel with a

stone kit . I'll do demonstrations and treatments at stores and such

from time to time and some of these work quite well and keep stones in

order and safe from damage .

There are sewing trays and beading organizers and other crafting

organizers that make good rock holders .

I have a couple of old drawers and trays with multiple compartments

and a padded compartment tray that I think is some kind of jewelry

organizer that keeps many of my smaller stones organized and at hand

for treatments and study and play .

I have several old platters, some china, some glass that hold a lot of

my quartz points neatly and a small basket or two for other quartz

points . I plugged the holes of some abalone shells to keep some of the

tiny points and smaller stones in .

I try not to pile stones up in containers because they sometimes might

chip or scratch each other but sometimes I put a small bowl filled with

tumbled stones when I am having people over they can riffle through the

stones and often find one that they need to hold or keep.

 

Shadow boxes can be hung on the walls like pictures for some of your

display type stones. I keep some in trays under coffee tables and

beds we have bunches of video storage drawers that stack and keep stones

tucked away but I don't use these much because of a personal preference

for having my stones out in the light . I don't have big bins of stones

under the bed for the same reason .(I have art supplies under the bed

instead ).

It is easier to select a specific stone in trays and boxes and

carrying

cases with compartments than it is with jars and bowls .

There are any number of plastic bins and boxes that work well for

storage too .

Lots of people like to wrap their crystals in silk cotton or velvet for

further protection from chipping and with the idea that it preserves

the stones energy and protects them from picking up negative energies

from people and events around them.

I used to do this but personally like the energy of the stones better

when they are out rather than wrapped .

 

I was given a pyramid shaped box of Fererr Rocher candies that had a

plastic liner that held the candy in the pyramid form I'm using that as

a display rack for some of my small crystals. I use the plastic pyramid

box for a cluster of very fragile selinite needles this so they can be

seen and their energy is projected into the room without damage to the

very fragile crystals . There are quite a few glass and plastic display

boxes and domes that can be used for displaying delicate crystals.

 

I am sure that others will have some suggestions for other ways to

protect store and display stones and crystals that we can add to this

 

Peggy

 

 

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