THE CV GIFT EDIT 2023

Crystals are the perfect gift for every single person; even if you might think someone isn't into crystals. Chances are they just haven't been introduced to the right one or their scope is limited to thinking crystals are just for people who are super into Sedona and thus maybe not for them. Crystals are for everyone!

WHY A CRYSTAL IS THE PERFECT GIFT

They are one-of-a-kind objects that took the Earth millions of years to make. You will get major props for giving such an original, thoughtful, and beautifully wrapped present (I'll take care of that so you don't even have to worry)! If you don't see something in the shop, reach out as I may just not have it listed.

BUT I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO GET!

If you are unsure which crystal to give, just ask and I'll help with the matchmaking! And don't forget to treat yourself too!

HERE ARE C.V.'s SUGGESTIONS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF NEEDS, INSPIRED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ROCKS AND CRYSTALS.

FIG. 1 — Andy Warhol shot BY Christopher Makos, c. 1981.

FOR ART SNOBS

These are super sculptural pieces that could easily pass as contemporary works just nabbed at David Zwirner. They look incredible and they feel even better. When someone inquires who the artist is of one of these statement pieces, just reply "Are you living under a rock?!" That's a crystal person's sense of humor for you.

"Look, I know people are ridiculous, but it's the crystals I believe in. They do work. When you think that these crystals were in the center of the earth and have all this energy."
— Andy Warhol, c. 1985.

FIG. 2 — Andy Warhol’s Quartz Crystal. Worn constantly by Warhol until he died in 1987, this crystal was given to Brigid Berlin by Warhol's executor Fred Hughes around the time of Warhol's funeral. Brigid placed the crystal to be close to her, on her bedside table until her death in 2020.

FIG. 3 — STELLAR BEAM CALCITE WITH BARITE and Sphalerite, ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE

FIG. 4 — CUBIC PYRITE ON MATRIX, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

Fig. 5 — Menilite opal, Pantano, Camarillas, Agramon, Spain

Fig. 6 — Menilite opal, Pantano, Camarillas, Agramon, Spain

Fig. 7 — JEAN ARP SCULPTURE. NATURE BEAT HIM TO THE PUNCH ON ABSTRACT BIOMORPHIC FORMS.

Fig. 8 — Aquamarine w/ black tourmaline, Erongo mountain, namibia, africa

Fig. 9 — Tina Chow photographed by andy warhol

FOR THE CHICEST PERSON YOU KNOW

For the Tina Chow in your life, give gemstones. We're talking about the stuff found in fine jewelry...aquamarine, emerald, morganite, and tourmaline. These beauties are refined in appearance and display with quiet elegance. They are extremely potent in energetic influence just like the person you are gifting.

In a Vanity Fair essay, “Ciao Tina,” Maureen Orth writes:

One day Warhol showed Tina two crystal pendants he’d been wearing, and told her they had powerful healing properties. From then on she was hooked on beautiful rocks, and they went with her everywhere. After a proposal to work on an accessory line with the famed French bead embroiderer Lcsage fell through in 1986, she decided to design jewelry using crystals. “She wanted people to be beamed up without even knowing it.” says Ann Moss, who is married to Jerry Moss and also collects crystals.

Fig. 10 — Tina Chow's crystal jewelry, photographed by Bernard Gotfryd, c. 1987.

Fig. 11 — AQUAMARINE, Erongo Mountain, Namibia, Africa

Fig. 13 — pink tourmaline slice, VINTAGE

Fig. 14 — Morganite, Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Kunar Province (Nuristan), Afghanistan

Fig. 15 — Aquamarine with mica, Chumar Bakhoor (Mine), Nagar Province, Gilgit, Pakistan

Fig. 16 — Marina Abramović, “Crystal Cinema”, c. 1991.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED SOME T.L.C. (TENDER-LOVING CRYSTALS)

Whether you need to remind someone that they are loved or just want to pass along some nurturing vibes, these are the stones that provide comfort and relief in a myriad of ways.

"I believe that if we tune into the waves of the crystal, we can tune into the energy of the planet." — Marina Abramović, pictured above, has used crystals consistently in her work

Fig. 17 — Marina Abramović, "Waiting Room", c. 1993. Part of her series "Transitory Objects", this interactive installation features a rotating selection of stones (seen here are chrysocolla, smoky quartz, clear quartz, and lapis lazuli).

Instructions for the public read:
Choose a mineral table. Sit on the bench facing it. Keep your eyes open.
Don’t move. Observe.

FOR THOSE WHO GIVE MORE THAN THEY RECEIVE —
ENERGETIC BOUNDARY SUPPORT

Fig. 18 — BLACK TOURMALINE, Erongo Mountain, Namibia, Africa

Fig. 19 — PINK BOWTIE CALCITE, Taxco, Mexico, North America

FOR SENSITIVE BEINGS WHO FEEL EVERYTHING —
HEART HEALERS

Fig. 23 — WATERMELON TOURMALINE, Minas Gerais, Brazil

FOR THOSE WITH ANXIETY —
GROUNDING STONE + PURPLE STONE

Fig. 24 — hematite, Iron Hill, New Mexico, U.S.A.

FOR DETOXING & RESETTING FOR THE NEW YEAR—
GROUNDING STONE + CLEAR STONE

Fig. 26 — SMOKY QUARTZ, Lincoln County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Fig. 27 — CLEAR QUARTZ, MINAS, GERAIS, BRAZIL

FOR PEACE & SERENITY

Fig. 28 — BLUE LACE AGATE, Sanje, Malawi, Africa

Fig. 29 — PARAIBA TOURMALINE CLUSTER WITH QUARTZ and lepidolite from Dara-I-Pech, Kunnar, Afghanistan

Fig. 30 — SMITHSONITE ROSASITE FROM ARIZONA

Fig. 31 — Living room in the Templeton Crocker penthouse, designed by Jean-Michel Frank, with walls and ceiling covered in squares of parchment, a piano hidden behind a low folding screen, and a quartz block lamp, c. 1930. Photo by Harald Gottschalk.

FOR INTERIOR CLEANSING

These crystals influence their chosen space by tackling negative energy and EMFs, refreshing with doses of pure crystalline vibes, and harmonizing the overall feel, all while looking really good and fitting in seamlessly with tasteful decor.

"Throw out and keep throwing out. Elegance means elimination."
— Jean-Michel Frank, whose brilliant and thoughtfully designed crystal light fixtures would eventually pave the way for the ubiquitous Himalayan salt lamp

Fig. 32 — Jean-Michel Frank, Quartz Table lamp, c. 1925.

TO CREATE A MELODIC AND TRANQUIL SPACE

Fig. 33 — AQUAMARINE FROM MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

TO SHIELD AND CLEANSE

Fig. 34 — SHUNGITE FROM Boyacá, Colombia

A GIFT TO YOURSELF —
TO OFFSET THE ENERGY OF THAT FAMILY MEMBER YOU DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE OVER FOR THE HOLIDAYS (THE BIGGER THE BETTER)

Fig. 36 — BLACK TOURMALINE FROM ERONGO MOUNTAIN, NAMIBIA, AFRICA

GOOD VIBES ONLY

Fig. 37 — COGNAC CITRINE (THE HAME SAYS IT ALL)

Fig. 38 — clear quartz cluster from arkansas, U.S.A.

Fig. 39 — “Discover Pyramid Power”, c. 1978.

FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS (AND ADULTS TOO)

Crystals are amazing for young people (as long as they are old enough to not put them in their mouth of course) as they help to encourage their natural ways of being and to honor who they innately are. For this reason, this selection is also wonderful for adults who need to reconnect with their inner child for healing purposes or to reestablish their authentic sense of self.

Fig. 40 — Rhodochrosite, Uchucchacua Mine, Peru, South America

Fig. 41 — RHODONITE, Taguchi Mine, Shitara, Kitashitara, Aichi Pref., Japan

Fig. 42 — Gem quality rhodochrosite slice, Capillitas Mine, Argentina

Fig. 43 — Apple green smithsonite, 79 Mine, Gila County Arizona, U.S.A.

Fig. 44 — vintage Turquoise, Carico Lake, Nevada, U.S.A.

FOR ANYONE TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING

If you know someone who is looking to call something big into their life or who is trying to gain momentum on a new project, let's break down which crystals are perfect for them.

"Faced with this solid block of raw earth, the power of this object of reality rendered everybody speechless, and we stood there, rooted to the spot… I could feel the passing of time’s quiet emptiness…" — Nobuo Sekine, mono-ha artist

The Mono-ha artists tended to present natural and industrial materials such as stone, soil, wood, paper, cotton, steel plates, and paraffin—”things” (mono)—on their own or in combination with one another. Contrary to the mainstream anti-art tendencies of Zenēi Bijutsu (avant-garde art), Mono-ha attempted to reconfigure art through the reduction of objects to their primary form. Unaltered, natural matter and objects were considered not as material, but in and of themselves significant and autonomous. Attempts were made to draw out a kind of artistic expression from matter by directly engaging in its being (ari-yō), perception, and relations.

Fig. 46 — Nobuo Sekine, “Isō—Daichi [Phase—Mother Earth]”, c. 1968.

FOR DREAMERS AND MANIFESTORS

Fig. 47 — CITRINE, Mansa, Luapula, Zambia, Africa

Fig. 48 — Stellar beam calcite, elmwood, tennessee

FOR THE ENERGETICALLY DEPLETED

Fig. 50 — RAW RUBY, Mt. Darwin, Zimbabwe, Africa

FOR THOSE WHO NEED SOME MARIE KONDOING OF THEIR THOUGHTS & IDEAS

Fig. 51 — PURPLE FLUORITE, ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE

Fig. 52 — CUBIC PYRITE, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

FOR THOSE WHO NEED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT TO TAKE THAT LEAP OF FAITH

Fig. 53 — red hematoid quartz, Cortes de Pallas, Valencia, Spain

Fig. 54 — Vintage red calcite, Fletcher Mine, Missouri, U.S.A.

Fig. 55 — Crystals on the desk of joan didion

FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVES

Spotted on Joan Didion's desk, Marina Abramović's coffee table, and in Donald Judd's library... Need I say more?

Fig. 56 — Marina Abramović’s crystals on her coffee table, upstate, new york. Photo by Weston Wells.

Fig. 57 — quartz in the house of artist j.b. blunk, northern california. photo by beatrice pediconi.

Fig. 58 — crystals in the marfa, TX library of donald judd.

FOR INTUITIVE DOWNLOADS OF CREATIVE GENIUS

Fig. 59 — SHANGAAN AMETHYST, Chibuku Mine, Zimbabwe, Africa

Fig. 60 — vintage lavender calcite, Medford, Carroll County, Maryland, U.s.A.

FOR EXPRESSION OF ONE’S AUTHENTIC SELF

Fig. 61 — vintage royston turquoise, Royston, Nevada, U.S.A.

Fig. 62 — aquamarine with black tourmaline from Erongo Mountain, Namibia, Africa

Fig. 63 — the original crystal guru and my teacher, Katrina raphaell, c. 1980s.

FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

These are the crystals for people who love crystals or for anyone who wants a trippier stone. These stones help with seeing past the material realm.

"Crystals ground human energy and bring the mind to an alpha state. When the left and right brain merge, we are home." — Marcel Vogel, IBM scientist with 32 patents and inventor of the magnetic coating for hard disks. He also really loved crystals and believed wholeheartedly in their healing abilities (links to his videos here).

Fig. 64 — scientist marcel vogel with one of his signature cut crystals

Fig. 65 — CRYSTALLATION™ for BRAIN BALANCING

FOR STRENGTHENING PSYCHIC ABILITIES

Fig. 66 — vintage blue kyanite, Walker Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Fig. 67 — blue kyanite wands from minas brazil

TO ACCESS THE SUBCONSCIOUS

Fig. 68 — VINTAGE SODALITE, ONTARIO, CANADA

Fig. 69 — VINTAGE LAPIS LAZULI, Afghanistan

Fig. 70 — STELLAR BEAM CALCITE, ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE

CRYSTAL GUIDESJillian KasimowDecember 2, 2023