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Hoshioni

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:20 pm


looking for crystals thats safe to consume, so ive found a list of crystals that cotain heavy metals. looking for people who know more about trace minerals. though im sure aluminum is always toxic for it holds down water, but im wondering how the flower coloring process works to know it bioactivates the crystals

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Adamite - zinc, copper
Amazonite - copper
Amber - toxic dust, fumes, possible ingestive toxicity
Angelite - lead, sulphur
Aragonite
Atacamite - copper
Auricalcite - zinc and copper
Azurite - copper
Boji-stones/Kansas Pop Rocks (may contain sulphur)
Bronchantite - copper
Cerrusite - sulphur, molybdenum
Chalcantite (aka "blue s**t") - copper
Chalcopyrite (Peacock Stone, Peacock Ore) - copper and sulphur
Chrysacolla (Chrysocolla) - copper
Cinnabar - mercury
Cobaltocalcite (Pink Cobalt Calcite) - cobalt
Conicalcite - copper
Copper - copper
Coral - organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
Cuprite - copper
Diopside - copper
Dioptase - copper
Eliat Stone - copper
Emerald - aluminum
Garnet - aluminum
Gem Silica - copper
Galena/ Galenite - lead
Garnierite (Genthite, Falcondoite) - nickel
Hiddenite - aluminum
Iolite - aluminum
Kansas Pop Rocks - may contain sulphur
Kunzite - aluminum
Kyanite - aluminum
Labradorite - aluminum
Lapis Lazuli - may contain copper, sulphur
Marcasite (Markasite) - sulphur
Magnetite (Lodestone) - iron in large quantities
Malachite - copper
Meteorite - may contain many toxic substances
Mohawkite - copper, arsenic
Moldavite - aluminum
Molybdenum - molybdenum
Moonstone - may contain aluminum or other toxic substances
Mother of Pearl - organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
Opal - toxic dust for inhalation at least
Pearl - organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in
Psiomelane - barium
Pyrite (Fool's Gold, Inca Gold) - sulphur
Quartz (all types) - toxic dust for inhalation
Realgar - sulfur, arsenic
Rhodocrosite (Rhodochrosite) - lead
Ruby - aluminum
Sapphire - aluminum
Sodalite - aluminum
Spinel - may contain aluminum, zinc
Stibnite - lead, antimony
Smithsonite (Galmei, Zinc spar)- zinc, may contain copper
Sulphur - sulphur
Tiger's Eye
Topaz
Tourmaline, Watermelon - aluminum
Turquoise - copper
Uranium - radioactive mineral
Vanadanite - lead
Variscite - aluminum
Wulfenite - lead, molybdenum
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:00 pm


Why are you looking for edible crystals?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:37 pm


Esiris
Why are you looking for edible crystals?


just body safe
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:00 pm


Hoshioni
Esiris
Why are you looking for edible crystals?


just body safe

I'm still confused. cat_sweatdrop
Lots of these stones are safe to wear, since the matrix of the crystal means the heavy metals aren't bioavailable- so are you looking to eat crystals and if so why- or are you looking to wear crystals in which case why are you worried about "consuming" them?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:15 pm


Esiris
Hoshioni
Esiris
Why are you looking for edible crystals?


just body safe

I'm still confused. cat_sweatdrop
Lots of these stones are safe to wear, since the matrix of the crystal means the heavy metals aren't bioavailable- so are you looking to eat crystals and if so why- or are you looking to wear crystals in which case why are you worried about "consuming" them?

bioavailable?
but me im wanting skin safe good presence in plant waters, i have a want of a crystal spring
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:45 pm


Hoshioni

bioavailable?
but me im wanting skin safe good presence in plant waters, i have a want of a crystal spring


Bioavailability- the ability of your body to absorb things.

What do you mean "plant waters" and "crystal spring"?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:09 pm


Esiris
Hoshioni

bioavailable?
but me im wanting skin safe good presence in plant waters, i have a want of a crystal spring


Bioavailability- the ability of your body to absorb things.

What do you mean "plant waters" and "crystal spring"?

(meaning the body doesnt use it at all?)

but yea just useing the crystals as garden deco
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:27 pm


Hoshioni
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Hoshioni

bioavailable?
but me im wanting skin safe good presence in plant waters, i have a want of a crystal spring


Bioavailability- the ability of your body to absorb things.

What do you mean "plant waters" and "crystal spring"?

(meaning the body doesnt use it at all?)

but yea just useing the crystals as garden deco

If you're just wanting to put them in your garden, don't worry about it, it would be hard to put so many stones in your garden that you'd poison yourself with any leeching.

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