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Crystal Toxicity
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⚠️ There is no clinical or medical evidence to support the use of Crystals for Physical, Psychological, or Emotional purposes. Nor is there any scientific evidence to support any claims of metaphysical attributes and properties. You should not disengage with or ignore any professional advice or symptoms, and crystals should be used as a complement to existing treatments and ailments. No information provided at Larinas Labyrinth should be taken as medical or other expert advice. Read our Disclaimer and Terms of Use. You are encouraged to do your own resarch before workign with any crystals for any purpose.
Crystal Encyclopedia
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Which Crystals are Poisonous?
While most crystals are NOT harmful, they can harm our health if we fail to care for or handle them properly (or use them outside of recommended methods for working with them). Usually, for the crystal lovers who use them for their ambient or metaphysical properties, there are no contraindications (because they tend to be polished). However, some crystals are unsuitable for water immersion, and there are considerations to be taken when making elixirs, handling them for meditation and healing purposes, and caring for and storing them. The following list is a guide; you should research before working with a crystal. For instance, even if polished, you should not handle crystals such as realgar and orpiment with bare hands. You can work with them (wearing gloves - and if no gloves, washing your hands directly after use). Realgar should not be exposed to direct sunlight or air, as both can destabilise it. Realgar should be stored in a display cabinet. NOTE: Larinas Labyrinth is neither a chemist nor an expert on health risks associated with crystal use. Furthermore, risks can be upgraded or downgraded based on current research. You are advised to do your research and remain current.
Crystal Guide
Toxic Crystals: A-C
Toxic Crystals: A
Abalone - Organic Material and Bacteria
Actinolite - Asbestos
Adamite- Arsenic/ Copper/ Zinc
Agate- Silicosis
Ajoite- Aluminum/ Copper
Alexandrite - Aluminum
Algodonite - Arsenic, Copper
Allanite - Thorium and Trace Metals
Altaite - Lead
Amazonite -Copper/ Lead
Amber - Organic Material/ Bacteria
Amblygonite- Aluminum
Amethyst- Silicosis
Ametrine - Silicosis
Ammolite - Oragnic Material
Andalusite- Aluminum
Angelite /Anglesite- Lead and Sulphur
Antimonite- Lead
Anyolite- Aluminum
Aphrizite - Aluminum
Apollo Stone - Uranium
Aquamarine - Aluminum
Atacamite- Copper
Auricalcite / Aurichalcite- Zinc and Copper
Axinite - Aluminum
Azel - Aluminum
Azurite - Copper
Toxic Crystals: B
Barite - Lead, zinc, barite, barium
Bayldonite - Copper, lead, arsenic
Bastnaesie - Unstable when exposed to water.
Beaverite - Lead
Beryl Group - Aluminum
Bindheimite - Lead
Bismuth - Heavy metal
Bixbite - Arsenic, Aluminum
Black Onyx - Silicosis
Black Tourmaline - Copper
Bloodstone - Silicosis
Boleite - Copper, lead
Breithauptite - Nickel, Antimony
Broncharite - Strontium
Borax /Boracite - Borate
Bornite - Copper and Sulphur
Brazilianite - Aluminum
Brewsterite - Copper Hydrated sulfate
Brucite - Asbestos
Bumble bee Jasper - Copper
Toxic Crystals: C
Carnelian – Silicosis
Cavansite - Copper/ Sulphur
Celestite/ Celestine - Copper, Strontium
Ceruleite - Arsenic/ Copper
Cerussite - Lead, sulphur/molybdene
Chalcanthite - Mercury, Copper
Chalcedony - Silicosis
Chalcopyrite - Copper/Aluminum, Sulphur
Charoite - Thorium, Barium, carcinogenic
Chambersite - Borate
Chessy Copper/Chessylite - Copper
Chicken Blood Stone - Mercury/Silicosis
Chinese Fireworks Stone - Aluminum/Pyrite
Chondrite - May contain toxic chemicals
Chromite - Chromium
Chryselectrum - Organic Material
Chyrosberyl - Aluminium
Chrysocolla - Copper/ Silicosis
Chrysoprase - Nickel (allergenic), silicosis
Chrysotile/Chrystotite - Asbestos
Cinnabar - Copper/Sulphur, Mercury
Cinnamon Stone - Aluminum
Citrine - Silicosis
Cobaltite - Arsenic, Cobalt
Cobalt Calcite - Cobalt
Colorado Jade - Copper/ Lead
Colusite - Arsenic
Conicalcite/ Conichalcite - Copper / Aluminum
Copper - Copper
Coral - Organic Material
Cordierite - Aluminum
Corundum - Aluminum
Covelite - Aluminum, copper and sulphur
Crocodolite - Asbestos
Crocoite - Chromium, Lead
Cumegeite/Cumengite - Lead
Cuprite - Copper
Toxic Crystals: D - G
Toxic Crystals: D
Dataloite - Borate
Desert Glass (Libyan) - Unknown tektite, trace minerals
Diaboleite - Lead
Diopside - Copper
Dioptase - Copper
Disthene aka Kyanite - Aluminum
Dolomite - Heavy metals
Dragons Eye - Asbestos
Dravide/ Dravite - Aluminum
Dumortierite - Lead, Aluminum
Toxic Crystals: E
Ear Shell aka Abalone - Organic Material
Eilat Stone - Copper
Elbaite - Aluminum
Ekanite - Lead, Radioactivity (Uranium, Thorium)
Elollingite - Arsenic
Emerald - Aluminum
Epidote - Aluminum/ Radiocative elements
Ettingrite - heavy metals
Euchroite - Poisonous, wash hands
Eudialyte - Radiocativity
Euxenite - Uranium/Thorium
Toxic Crystals: F
Fairy Cross, aka Fairy Stone, Aka Fairy Tear - Aluminum and Iron
Falcons Eye - Asbestos
Falcondoite - Nickel
Feldspar - Nickel
Fluorite - Nickel, Sulphur (unstable and deadly when exposed to water).
Fluor Spar - Nickel
Fools Gold - Sulphur (may turn into sulphuric acid when contact with water)
Freshwater Pearl - Organic material
Toxic Crystals: G
Gaia Stone - Copper
Galena/ Galenite - Copper and Lead
Galmei -Zinc, Copper
Garnet - Aluminum
Garnierite (aka Falcondoite) - Nickel
Gem Silica - Copper
Genthite – Nickel
Glass - Silicosis
Glass, Libyan Desert – Tektite (Minerals unknown)
Glessum/ Glesum - Organic Materials
Goshenite - Aluminum
Granite - May contain radon (uranium traces)
Grosslularite - Aluminum
Gumstone - Organic Materials
Toxic Crystals: H-L
Toxic Crystals: H
Hambergite - Borate
Hancockite - Lead
Hawks Eye - Asbestos
Heliodor - Aluminum
Hessonite - Aluminum
Hiddenite - Aluminum
Holtite - Arsenic
Hyacinth - Aluminum
Toxic Crystals: I
Idocrase - Copper
Inca Gold - Sulphur and Marcasite Risk
Inca Mirror- Sulphur and Marcasite Risk
Inca Rose - Sulphur and Marcasite Risk
Indicolite/Indigolite - Borate
Iolite- pyrite (Sulfur and Marcasite Risk)
Toxic Crystals: J
Jacinth - Zirconium, Radioactive, traces uranium and thorium
Jade, Amazon - Copper/Lead
Jade, Colorado - Copper/Lead
Jade, New aka Serpentine - Aluminium/ sometimes asbestos
Jadeite - Aluminum and Iron
Jamesonite - Lead
Jasper - Silicosis
Jasper, Bumblebee - Sulphur, arsenic sulphide, realgar, Orpiment
Jet - Organic materialJacinth - Zirconium, Radioactive, traces uranium and thorium
Jade, Amazon - Copper/Lead
Jade, Colorado - Copper/Lead
Jade, New aka Serpentine - Aluminium/ sometimes asbestos
Jadeite - Aluminum and Iron
Jamesonite - Lead
Jasper - Silicosis
Jasper, Bumblebee - Sulphur, arsenic sulphide, realgar, Orpiment
Jet - Organic material
Toxic Crystals: K
Kasolite - Radioactive
Kuanos - Copper
Kunzite - Aluminum
Kurnakovite - Borate
Kyanite - Aluminum
Toxic Crystals: L
Labradorite - Aluminum
Lapis Lazuli - Copper and Pyrite (possibly arsenic and sulfur)
Lasur - Copper
Lavulite - Aluminum
Lazulite - Aluminum, copper, lead
Lazurite - Aluminum
Lead - TOXIC POISON, copper
Legrandite - Arsenic
Lepidolite - Sulphur, aluminum
Libyan Desert Glass - Tektite (unknown minerals)
Liddicoatite - Vanadium
Linarite - Copper, Lead
Litharge - Not suitable for water immersion
Lodestone - Copper and Arsenic
Lollingite - Arsenic traces
Luvulite - Aluminum
Lyncurium - Organic Material
Lynx Stone - Organic Material
Toxic Crystals: M-P
Toxic Crystals: M
Magnetite - Copper and Arsenic
Malachite - Aluminium Oxide, Copper
Marcasite - Aluminum /Sulfur
Melanite - Aluminum
Mellite - Organic Material
Merlinite, Black - Barium
Mesolite - Mesothelioma
Meteorite - May contain harmful substances
Mica, Lepidolite - Sulphur/Aluminium
Microcline, Blue /Green - Copper, Lead
Millerite - Nickel
Mimetite- Arsenic, Lead
Minium - Lead
Mixite - Not suitable for elixir water immersion
Mohawkite - Aluminium, Arsenic, Copper
Moldavite - Aluminum
Molybdenum - Overexposure can be extremely harmful
Monazite - Rare Earth Elements
Moonstone - Aluminum
Moonstone, Rainbow - Aluminum
Mordenite - Fibrosis
Morganite - Aluminium
Mother of Pearl - Organic Material
Toxic Crystals: N-O
Nephrite Jade - Actinolite, Tremolite and possibly asbestos
New Jade - Aluminum, Asbestos
Niccolite/Nickeline - Nickel, Arsenic
Obsidian - Silicosis
Olivenite - Arsenic
Opal - Silicosis
Oregon Sunstone - Copper
Orpiment - Barium, Arsenic
Orthoclase - Aluminium
Ox's Eye - Asbestos
Toxic Crystals: P
Papagoite - Copper
Paragasite - Aluminum
Paua Shell - Organic Material
Peacock Ore - Copper/Aluminun, Sulphur
Peacock Rock - Copper/Aluminun, Sulphur
Peacock Stone -Copper/Aluminun, Sulphur
Pearl - Organic Material
Pentlandite - Nickel
Peridot of Ceylon - Aluminum
Phenacite - Beryllium, Carcinogenic
Phosgenite - Lead
Pietersite - Aluminum, Asbestos
Pit Amber - Organic Material
Pollucite - Cesium
Potch - Silicosis
Prehnite - Aluminum
Proustite - Arsenic
Psiomelane - Barium
Pyrargyrite- Antimony
Pyrite - Sulfur
Pyrope -Aluminium
Toxic Crystals: Q-S
Toxic Crystals: Q-R
Quantum Quatro Silica - Copper
Quantum Stone - Copper
Quartz - Silicosis, toxic dust when ingested, radiation risk
Record Stone - Possibility of toxic minerals not suitable for elixirs
Realgar - Sulfur, Arsenic
Rhodocite/Rhodozite - Cesium
Rhodochrosite - Lead
Rhodolite - Aluminum
Rhodonite - Manganese
Royal Azel - Aluminum
Rubellite -Aluminum and may be irradiated
Ruby - Aluminium
Toxic Crystals: S
Saleeite - Uranium
Saltwater Pearls - Organic Material
Samarskite - Lead, Uranium, Rare earth elements
Sapphire - Sulphur, Pyrite and /or Marcasite
Sapphire Water - Pyrite
Schorl - Aluminum
Senarmontite - Antimony
Scorodite - Arsenic
Scoopstone - Organic Material
Serpentine - Aluminum/ asbestos
Shamanstone - Aluminum
Shattuckite - Copper
Shell - Organic Material
Siberite - Aluminum
Simpsonite - Tantalum
Smaltite - Arsenic, Cobalt, Nickel
Smithsonite - Aluminum, Zinc, copper
Smoky Quartz - Siliicosis
Sodalite - Aluminum
Spectrolite - Aluminum
Spessartine/ Spessartite - Aluminum
Spinel - Lead and Antimony
Spodumene aka Kunzite - Aluminum, Lithium
Staurolite - Aluminum
Stibiotantalite - Antimony, Niobium, Tantalum
Stibnite - TOXIC POISON, lead and antimony
Stolzite - Lead, Tungsten
Strontianite - Strontium
Succin/Succinite - Organic Material
Stilbite - Aluminum
Sugalite, Sugelite, Sugilite - Aluminum
Sulfur - POISON
Sunstone - Aluminum
Toxic Crystals:T-Z
Toxic Crystals: T
Tantalite - Niobium and Tantalum
Tanzanite - Aluminum
Tektite - May contain harmful substances
Television Stone, Television Rock - Boron and asbestos
Thulite - Aluminum
Tiffany Stone - Beryllium, Aluminum, Nickel
Tiger Eye - Asbestos
Tiger Iron (Australian) - Asbestos
Tirolit - Arsenic
Topaz - Aluminum
Torbenite/ Torbernite - Radiocative
Tourmaline - Aluminium
Tremolite - Asbestos
Tryphillite - Lithium
Tsavorite - Aluminum
Tsilasite - Aluminum
Turquoise - Copper and Aluminum
Tyrolite - Arsenic
Toxic Crystals: U-V
Ulexite - Borate and asbestos
Uranium – Radioactive, toxic
Uranophane – Radioactive, toxic
Uvarovite - Aluminum
Uvite - Aluminum
Vanadinite - Lead, Vanadium
Variscite - Aluminum
Venus Stone - Copper,Silicosis
Verdalite/Verdelite - Aluminum
Verdite - Aluminum
Vesuvianite - Aluminum
Vikings Compass - Pyrite
Vltava - Aluminum
Toxic Crystals: W-Z
Water Sapphire - Pyrite
Wavellite - Aluminum
Weloganite - Zirconium (radioactive)
Whewellite - Oxalate
Wilkeite - Dangerous if swallowed
Witherite - Barium
Wulfenite - Lead and Molybdenum
Zektzerite - Lithium, Zirconium
Zincite - Copper and Zinc
Zinc Spar - Aluminum, Zinc, copper
Zircon - Zirconium (radioactive), Thorium and Uranium
Zoisite - Aluminum
Zunyite - Dangerous if swallowed
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