If you want to take good care of your crystals, it's important to store them safely to avoid any damage that may occur. Safe handling of your crystals allows you to enjoy them for many years. In this post I want to give tips and ideas for how you can best store your crystals and gemstones.
Separate Your Crystals
It's important to separate certain crystals from each other. Here is how I separate my own crystals:
Soft Stones (like Selenite)
Keep your soft crystals by themselves. That would be stones like selenite. These crystals have a lower hardness level than most other crystals, which means they are vulnerable to getting scratched or harmed if they are stored near the other crystals.
I personally don't even let these crystals touch each other. I keep them all separate and try to protect them. I have my selenite in a small draw string bag away from all other stones.
Rough/Natural Stones
Rough/natural crystals can be stored together. They typically will not damage each other if they are just sitting in a box together. If you are going to be traveling with the stones, it's best not to have them all touching each other, because the vibrations from driving will certainly cause some friction and they may end up damaging each other.
Crystal Points
The points of crystals can possibly be damaged by other stones. I tend to store my crystal points with each other, but you could store them separately for added protection. Points typically break off in nature before we even mine the stones, so to have a crystal point in tact is a lucky thing. I would protect the crystal point as much as you can.
Tumbled Stones
It's perfectly fine to store all your tumbled stones together. I would not store them with any crystal points or rough/natural stones because of the fact that they will scratch and damage your polished stones eventually. It may not happen at first, but over time damage will occur. Tumbled stones that are perfectly smooth can all be stored in the same box together.
Crystal Clusters
These can easily be damaged by any other stones or by each other. The points on top of the crystal clusters can be bumped and broken off. Sometimes this will happen anyway, even if you are very careful, but we want to try to avoid this as much as possible.
Since crystal clusters are a display piece, you can keep them on shelves and tables by themselves, as long as there's no risk of them falling or getting knocked off the tables. If you have children, it's probably best not to store them out. Otherwise, keep them in containers by themselves so that the points don't get knocked off or damaged by other crystals.
Crystal Jewelry
Crystal jewelry can be stored just like regular jewelry. People tend to have jewelry organizers which they use to store bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. You can store your crystal jewelry that way and it will preserve it just fine.
I personally like to hang my crystal necklaces so that I know they will not be damaged by anything. It has worked for me so far.
Crystal Wands
Polished crystal wands can be stored together. They will typically not cause damage to each other. Selenite wands are extremely popular tools. They should be stored differently than other wands.
If you have a selenite wand, store it by itself in a protected container. As stated before, selenite is a softer stone than most other stones and will succumb to damage more easily. It needs to be protected away from other crystals and stones.
Chipped/Damaged Stones
If you have any tumbled stones that are damaged or have rough edges, it's important to not store them with other tumbled stones. They could potentially damage your other stones, so store them away from each other.
An Easy Crystal Storage Trick
A very easy crystal storage trick is to take a craft organizer box and place your crystals in there. These are plastic boxes that have smaller storage areas inside the box which are separated by plastic dividers. You can place one crystal per storage area in the box.
This works great with small to medium stones, but your larger stones likely won't fit. I also like to use larger plastic storage containers to place my stones. I place some stones in separate plastic bags or draw string bags to keep them from touching the rest of the stones.
Traveling With Crystals
When traveling with crystals, it's important that you don't let the crystals touch each other. The vibrations from driving can cause the stones to knock against each other and damage each other. To best preserve and protect your crystals, store them in a way that they can't hit each other during the trip. You may place them in cloths or other soft materials or place them in separate plastic bags from each other.
You can also place them in a plastic bag and fold over the excess part of the bag that doesn't have any stones in it, making the stones fit tightly together in the bag. That way, they will not even move at all during transit. This is the way stones are typically shipped when you order online, and this trick works pretty well.
I hope this article gives you many ideas for how to store your own crystal collection.
These are such great tips!! Thank you!! 💙💙
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