>they give me energy and calm me down
Is there any actual proof or science to show that that gemstones or minerals give off energy and boosts peoples moods cause I'm sick of hearing that it does from my friends that do nothing but get high and think they know anything about the universe cause they take shrooms
Gemstones giving energy
Xavier Cook
Gabriel Phillips
>Is there any actual proof or science to show that that gemstones or minerals give off energy
No. They are just ordered arrangements of atoms, ions or molecules. Kind of like if you stacked boxes nealty in rows and columns instead of just tossing them randomly and making a big fucking mess. If you take a salt crystal and grind it down into a powder, it's still just salt. Nothing special, but the orderly arrangement of atoms in a crystal often (though not always) allows light to pass through.
>and boosts peoples moods
No as well (although many of them are pretty and colorful, which I suppose is nice. But there is nothing magical, just pleasant to look at)
>I'm sick of hearing that it does from my friends that do nothing but get high and think they know anything about the universe cause they take shrooms
Ditch those retards.
You can even make your own crystals (well, some types at least). In school we made blue copper sulfate crystals. It's a slow process because the ions deposit slowly over time, but the slow rate of deposition is what allows them to deposit in an ordered arrangement instead of being a messy pile of atoms n shit. The shape of the crystal is determined by how the atoms arrange themselves, which in turn is determined by complicated shit to do with electron orbitals n stuff (a bit over my head). sciencenotes.org
Wyatt Reed
I bought some bismuth online and holding it and looking at it has been helpful with my anxiety.
It's purely psychological though.
Hudson Bailey
Define 'energy'
Nathaniel Turner
Motherfucking BISMUTH is a special case
Robert Parker
I've seen a lot of people trying to to say magnets do the same thing as OP was asking about crystals. Do magnets really have mood altering properties? I have heard about strong magnetic fields causing anxiety but dunno if there's truth to that.
Zachary Sanders
>Do magnets really have mood altering properties?
No
>I have heard about strong magnetic fields causing anxiety but dunno if there's truth to that
There's no truth to it
Camden Ramirez
Geofag here, I'll monitor and answer any questions you have but basically has covered it pretty damn well.
Shits just cool man, but it does "give off" anything (unless it's radioactive, or we're talking cation exchange or something but that isn't related).
Xavier Morgan
Doesn't give off*
God damn I hate it when I miss type that word. I do it every fucking time.
Matthew Reyes
Evan Perry
Transcranial magnetic stimulation exists, and has been shown to slightly affect brain activity in certain ways, but it uses incredibly powerful electromagnets focused on a small region of the brain - and other than that no, no magnet is going to affect your brain. I don't think you could even get a permanent magnet powerful enough to do so.
Gavin Morris
Geofag if you're still here.
I'm interested in specialising in planetary geophysics, mostly mars.
I'm thinking of taking courses on geodesy, magnetic anomalies and hydrology.
Any ideas or suggestion on what other type of courses are good?
Luis Torres
Well jesus I'm a geofag not a geophys guy....
As far as geophys dudes go I see them all doing second and third year physics courses over a range of topics in conjunction with programming and their regular geophys courses. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you there, I went down the chemistry and rocks path instead of the maths and physics.
Dominic Sullivan
I like how these thread are somehow accepted in some ways on this board, while other threads that, while they still involve beliefs without evidence, like the possibility of other universes, get the standard replies even though they are infinitely less dumb than this thread.
I guess it's because popsci magazine aren't talking about those things.
Jayden Myers
It's a pretty solely question, sure, but he got an answer and is now far less silly than he was before.
That's all.
Jonathan Ross
Mesas are tree stump youtube.com
Wyatt Butler
I know right? So I posted a NASA study on UFO propulsion that at least had real science in it even if it was fringe as fuck and just got an automatic whereas the idea of stones giving out cosmic chakras to cure your cancer gets no
Jayden Gomez
Don't know. Magnetic fields (both static and oscillating) influence the function of ion channels, so it's quite possible.
Don't know enough about rock composition and physics to know how the interact with and alter magnetic fields.
Cooper Reed
before yall continue this pathetic discussion you should know some important facts
most of the built in clocks in computers use crystal oscillators, without them the CPU would not be able to compute.
laser beams are mostly made by sending light through a crystal (ruby for example) to emit polarized light
last but not least, otoliths are literally our only way to sense gravity
I would not be so hasty with dismissing the power of crystalline systems.
James Baker
No, unless you got some really highly radioactive minerals
Logan Rivera
The same way "P implies Q" does not imply "Q implies P", if magnetic fields influence the function of ion channels, ion channels (in this situation, where we're talking about gemstones) hardly influence magnetic fields. And even if it did, it would still have nothing to do with healing or anything related.
Chase Wood
I don't follow what you're trying to say.
Magnetic fields directionally influence the mechanics of ion channels, which are involved in the regulation of many cell types. In the CNS eg voltage dependent calcium channels regulate everything from neurotransmitter release to gene expression.