The Crystal Bible (The Crystal Bible Series)

A Great metaphysical reference book for all levels !
Although Judy Hall has written several books about crystals that are extrememly informative and entertaining, her most important contribution in my opinion is the knowledge she has mastered by bringing together what we know today as the Crystal Bible I and Crystal Bible II. We will do these books together, yet point out some very amazing traits that are peculiar to each one.Size and Weight CBI score ( 5★) CBII ( 5★)The first thing to notice about these books is the size of them. this may not sound like a relevant point in a book review, but hey if you are a crystal healer who is having to travel with your tools, the size and weight of the book makes a pretty big difference as to which book is part of your ‘travel pack’. These books easily fit inside most ladies purses, if you carry one, the side pocket of many back packs and they weigh less than one pound each. When I have a back pack full of rocks, that are starting to add up to about 70 or 80 pounds, I personally prefer to add the lightest weight book that is still an effective referance. That is exactly what I get with the Crystal Bible.Organization CBI ( 5★) CBII ( 5★)With a table of contents that is diveded into 2 parts, ‘contents’ and ‘crystal reference’, it is easy to quickly find a stone you may be looking for. The stones are in alphabetical order, making it fast and almost brainless to find a stone. The contents are clearly labled so that you can easily choose a section of information that is outside the crystal references such as crystal backgrounds which is a pretty generic explanation of how crystals form. The index of the book refers to symptoms and stones can easily be found by symptom, rather than by name.Ease of Use CBI( 5★) CBII ( 5★)Ease of use refers to how many times I would be apt to use this book to look something up rather than another book. For the most part CBI / II are the first place I start when I am wanting to reference something. Judy Hall is offers very quick, precise information that for the most part is accurate. The amount of ‘fluff’ is minimal and her insight is very practical. This is a good reference book to use while working with stones and wanting a very quick, no bull s*** answer as to what this stone has been said to do. I often refer to CBI / II as the ‘down and dirty’, when want info fast and don’t have time to read a lot of fluff.Presentation CBI( 5★) CBII ( 5★)When it comes to crystal books, Judy Hall has the presentation category hands down! I realize that there are many books out there that may show better graphics of crystals, stones and minerals, but Ms. Hall’s presentation on stones is real. She not only shows you what the upper price range of a stone would look like, she also shows youpictures of what you are most likely to see in your local store. This can make this book one of your MVB ( most valuable books), because often times clients or friends will ask me what a stone is ( I do realize that they know not what they do….) and hand me a dull black tumbled stone. It helps alot to see what many of these stones typically looks like in its tumbled form. She also has graphics of most formations that make that stone special. She focuses on everyday real stones that you are likely to have, or see, rather than very rare minerals with shots from a museum.Actual Content CBI( 4★) CBII ( 3★)As much as I would love to give higher ratings here, I feel that there are still some mistakes in the actual information. when I say mistakes I am talking facts, such as the claim that Chrysoberyl Cat’s Eye is a form of Beryl, it isn’t, it’s structure does not match that of beryl. Beryl is Beryllium Aluminum Silicate that forms in the hexagonal crystal structure. Chrysoberyl is an Oxide that forms in the Orthorhombic crystal structure. They are different minerals and different crystals. This does not make her information useless by far, The amount of information compiled and organized in such a simple way makes up for the few places where there are some factual error. Ms Hall has written about her experiences with stones over a 30 year period and she expresses herself very concisely, effectively and intellegently, however the ‘new stones’ in CBII are not new stones, these are new names for old stones for marketing techniques and I took points off for this. As a consumer and as a teacher, I prefer books that are not full of marketing ploys to confuse the consumer into spending more money, I prefer straight talk about what a stone is, what others experience have been and any recommendations those who have worked with the stones have. I am not looking for new names with stories of glory and romance behind them meant to drive sales. There is less of this in CBI than CBII, when looking at industry standards at the time of publishing for each of these books it makes sense that Ms. Hall had to step into the competition stirred up by other authors on the subject, at that time, but I believe her information was much better prior to that step in her career.Would I recommend this books to Friends? YESWould I re-purchase this books if the need arrises ? YESCBI Overall score – ( 4. 8 ★)CBII overall score – ( 4. 6 ★)

Detailed and extensive coverage of gems
Serves as a detailed reference for all you want/need to know about crystals. Large enough print for my eyes so easy to read. Colors and details of the crystals are outstanding.

Great book
recommend it

Great little book
Good pictures, easy to follow

The book is small (which is great), well organized, with lots of good information.Each crystal has at least one very nice colour photo with a complete description. Also very complete attributes, and healing.I looked & investigated for a crystal book until I was cross-eyed. I kept passing by The Crystal Bible because I though that I needed to buy all 3 books. This book has 200 crystals, which should be enough for me. I have no aspirations to be any kind of a practitioner, just a personal interest.I’m very pleased.

Very useful book and a must for anyone interested in crystals

One of my favourite books and who ever see this in my shop they read it who ever is lover of stone and rocks bec I am dealing in rocks and stones