Looking out at the aroyo, the desert is painted in greens, tans, beiges and browns. This is Desert Scape, my version of my back yard! I used Botswana Agate for the middle strand and 2 sizes and shapes of Green Turquoise. It's finished with Delica Glass Spacer beads and a Sterling Silver hook and eye clasp. The short strand is 16 1/2 inches and the longest is 19 1/2 inches.

As per firemountaingems.com, "Arachnophobes, rejoice! Botswana agate is traditionally believed to ward off spiders. It's also commonly used to improve attention to detail, increase positivity and waken your sense of adventure. Agates were used in ancient times as talismans to protect the wearer from storms, to quench thirst and to bring good luck--all important things for surviving in the subtropics.

For proponents of energy work and crystal healing, Botswana agate is believed to be beneficial for anyone connected to fire or smoke. In its raw state, Botswana agate looks like the human brain, so it is also thought to be effective for brain-related conditions. It is believed to stimulate the crown chakra."

Turquoise is said to bring the Wisdom of the Ancient Ones to those who wear it! "Turquoise also improves the mental state overall by increasing all of the following positive mental characteristics: serenity, creativity, empathy, positive thinking, sensitivity, intuition, happiness wisdom all of which result in a calmer state that leads to greater self-realization." According to healingwithcrystals.com, "Turquoise neutralises over-acidity and alleviates the symptoms of rheumatism, gout, stomach problems and viral infections. It increases physical growth, muscular strength, warmth to the extremities, relaxes cramps and has an anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effect.

This stone is and excellent reminder to drink enough water. It also helps with healing maladies of the ears, nose, throat. larynx and neck. This is the stone for ENT Doctors, speech therapists, vocal coaches, singers, auctioneers, radio and television hosts. It helps oxygenate the blood and increase the amount of prana in the physical body.

This stone assists in healing problems with your liver, anaemia, blood health, nerve endings, increases your physical strength, mobility, ear and inner ear infections. Turquoise will improve the eyesight, throat, bladder weakness, stomach acidity and stomach problems.

This stone will ease the symptoms of rheumatism, gout, viral infections, it will relieve pain.

​It balances the entire Kundalini line. This stone operates as a link between the lower and higher kundalini chakras. It supports physical heart health. It is a very protective stone.

It strengthens the meridians of the body and the subtle energy fields. It increases the physical and psychic immune systems. Turquoise supports the assimilation of nutrients and eases viral infections. It is especially useful for cataracts. Turquoise reduces excess acidity in the system and prevents reflux, rheumatism and the stomach. It is an anti-inflammatory and detoxifies the system.

Turquoise balances extreme fluctuations of mood and dissolves an apathetic self martyring attitude. It also refreshes you when you are tired, down cast or exhausted. Turquoise protects you from sensitivity to outside influences.

Turquoise calms agitation. Its calming energy helps you to release tension, reduce anger and relieve headaches. ​

Turquoise balances the mood swings commonly associated with premenstrual syndrome. This stone helps to remind you that the feelings and realisations you receive during the premenstrual and peri-menopausal periods of your life are valid, and you are able to act upon them with grace and ease. This is a stone of validation when it comes to downloading wisdom and truth. Speak your truth with love and beauty.

It shields the emotions, heals heartache and heartbreak. Turquoise is a stone for self forgiveness, self acceptance and the release of useless regrets, It encourages you to honour yourself as a creation and a tool of the Divine.

Turquoise is an excellent anti-hysteria stone. wear it to calm yourself if you overreact to situations. It is helpful for those who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) (It is a personality disorder with a long-term pattern of abnormal behaviour characterised by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. Those affected often spend a lot of time thinking about achieving power or success, or on their appearance. They often take advantage of the people around them. The behaviour typically begins by early adulthood, and occurs across a variety of social situations.

Turquoise opens and softens hardness of the heart, it breaks down walls that you have put up around your heart. It heals people who say that they will never love again. This stone promotes trust, compassion for yourself and others, friendship and relationships. It will facilitate healing of your mother issues. Turquoise will help you learn how to be a mother and acquire nurturing skills.

​Turquoise helps you overcome feelings of being a martyr or symptoms of self sabotage. It instils inner calm and helps creative expression. Turquoise stabilises mood swings and stimulates romantic love.Turquoise will help you with feelings of exhaustion, depression and panic attacks.

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TURQUOISE and the mind

Turquoise bestows inner calm but still enables you to be wide awake, lively and ready to act. It encourages good intuition and foresight.

Turquoise helps you to know, speak and live your truth. This is a good stone when you need assistance with the timing of things. Know that the angels are orchestrating your life for you highest good. Turquoise is exceptionally beneficial for story telling, journalism and writing of any kind. It is a good stone to gaze at while waiting for inspiration to assist you with any type of project, especially when you are experiencing a mental block.

This stone opens, clears and develops the thymus chakra. It connects the Kundalini and Hara Line channels at the thymus and throat chakras. It heals present life and past life blocks in the throat chakra. Blue turquoise opens, heals and releases present and past life fear and grief. This stone will heal sadness about you life and deeds. Heals karmic and present life shame and guilt.

If placed on the third eye turquoise increases intuition and meditation. If placed on the throat chakra is releases inhibitions and allows the soul to express itself again. It is ideal for someone recovering from a separation or divorce as it releases you from the commitment that is no longer there. Turquoise is helpful in exploring past lives and it will show you that fate is ongoing and depends on what you are doing at each moment in your life.

​Turquoise is an efficient healer, it provides solace for the spirit and well being for the body. It is a protective stone and has been used for amulets since the beginning of man. It is believed to change colour to warn of danger of infidelity. Turquoise promotes spiritual attunement and enhances communication with the physical and spiritual worlds.

​Turquoise is a purification stone that dispels negative energy and it provides protection against pollutants in the environment. It balances and aligns all the chakras and aligns them with spirit and physical body. It brings to together the yin and yang energies into the body. Turquoise is an empathic and balancing stone that prompts self realisation and creative problem solving. Because it affects the throat chakra it will help you in public speaking."