Obsidian, Snowflake: *Stone of Purity and Power *Calm and Balance *Remove negativity from a space or person *Remain centered and focused during chaotic situations *Draw emotions to the surface for examination of harmful thought patterns *Heal and overcome Karmic patterns *Use for Past Life work *Induce a deep state of calm and centering to heighten meditation *Used for scrying and divination, seeing into the future *Increase sensitivity to energy to enhance intuition and psychic abilities, synchronicity and transformation *Encourages health of the skeletal, digestive and vascular systems, ears and hearing, abdominal pressure, and said to support smooth skin, muscle cramps and detoxification *Grounding and protective *Change and adaptability *Remove anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, guilt, self-destructive behaviors and loneliness *Works quickly to move truth to the surface to be resolved *Activates the Root Chakra primarily but also works with the Sacral and Solar Plexus Chakra *Other natural inclusions: Cristobalite is a form of silica, composed of the same elements as Quartz but with a different crystal structure. Found in volcanic sources, it is associated with the natural glass obsidian, where it forms in the gas pockets. Snowflake obsidian is in fact obsidian with small white inclusions of Cristobalite, where the white microscopic crystals form a pattern, creating the snowflake appearance.
