Soothing
Pendant / Slide / Brooch

Soothing is a luscious pendant / slide that I handcrafted from Lepidolite designer cabochon and .925 Sterling Silver. This is only the second gemmy lepidolite cabochon that I've been able to get my hands on! I love working with this type of stone -- it's so soothing, just like the name of the piece. The stone is also translucent, which is very fine for lepidolite. To me, this stone looks good enough to eat! I figured it would be better off in a pendant than in my stomach though.

The pendant is approximately 2.6 " (68.0 mm) long with a bail to accommodate chains up to 9mm in size. It also comes with a bar pin so that you can wear it as a brooch or pin too, making it a more versatile piece of jewelry.

In alignment with the properties of the stone, I crafted this piece with the prayer and intent that the wearer be blessed with soothing and calm.

Metaphysical, Mystical, & Spiritual Healing Properties Lore

Lepidolite is a stone of calm, trust, and acceptance. It has a strong relaxing and calming effect. It brings hope and is a stone of transformation in that it helps one get through transitions with trust that everything will ultimately turn out for the best. It engenders and enhances self-love, patience, and optimism. Emotionally, lepidolite is an excellent healer. It greatly decreases stress, anxiety, depression, manic-depression, despondency, PTSD, anger, and other traumas, panic attacks, and addictions. Psychically, lepidolite is used for dreamwork, rebirthing, and is also good for dream recall. Lepidolite is also a protective stone that brings success in business or career. It can also bring a growing energy to gardening and agriculture. Physically, lepidolite is helpful for healing of glands, immune system, skin, nails, hair, DNA, enzyme balance, addiction and alcoholism recovery, pregnancy, childbirth, and general healing. Lepidolite is related primarily to the heart chakra, and also to the crown chakra. When combined with rubellite (pink tourmaline) it is an extraordinarily powerful agent for calming and healing, especially in the emotional areas.

Silver is a mineral that is said to mirror the soul, strengthen the connection between astral and physical bodies, and enhance intuitive and psychic energies. Silver is mystically considered to improve speech, bring eloquence. It is also purported to attract, enhance and store the energies of gemstones, as well as draw out negative energies. Silver is related to the moon, and moon energies. Physically, crystal healing lore indicates that silver is has been traditionally used to aid heptatitis treatments, eliminate toxins, expel toxins through the pores, headache, rheumatic pain, nausea and gastritis, obesity, diabetes, and increase assimilation of vitamins A and E.