We would like to acknowledge some of the sources for the information about our beads.  The following are just a few: Melody, Love is in the Earth, A Kaleidoscope of Crystal, Updated, Earth Love Publishing House, Colorado 2004 Elsbeth, Marguerite, Crystal Medicine, Llewellyn Publicaitons, Minnesota 2004 Pescheik-Bohmer, Dr. Flora and Schreiber, Gisela, Healing Crytals and Gemstones from Amethyst to Zircon, Konecky and Konecky, Connecticut 2003 Lilly, Sue and Simon, Healing with Crystals & Chakra Energies, Barnes & Noble Books, New York 2005 Harding, Jennie, A Guide to Crystals, Parragon Publishing, United Kingdom 2002 Lilly, Sue, Crystal Decoder, Barron's Educational Series, Inc., New York 2001 Hall, Judy, The Crystal Bible, Walking Stick Press, Ohio 2004 Cunningham, Scott, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic, Llewellyn Publications, Minnesota 2004 Kunz, George Frederick, The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, Dover Publications, New York 1971 Randazzo, Sela Weidemann, Rock-Medicine  Earth's Healing Stones From A to Z, Lifeforce Publications, California 1998 Karl, Don, Stones Alive! A Reference Guide to the Stones for the New Millennium, AhhhMuse/Twintrees, New Mexico 1999 Russell, Henry, Encyclopedia of Rocks, Mineral, and Gemstones, Thunder Bay Press, California 2001