How to cleanse crystals

From what I understand direct sunlight can weaken the Crystal while moonlight can help charge it, especially moonlight from the full moon. Personally, I would recommend having the Crystal in sea salt while it charges since that is the most commonly favored way to cleanse/charge a crystal.

For those of you who do not understand why I said it is the most commonly favored way, view this thread;
http://www.spellsofmagic.com/read_post.html?post=176388
It is the most commonly favored way by the Crystals.

Well there are a quite a few ways of doing it, I've never had a problem when doing mine as i do. Some prefer the sunlight the others the moon.

With amethyst laving it in the sun will bleach it's colour but that is the only crystal to suffer that, to my knowledge at least.

You can also bury them in the earth, it is a slower method, taking days or even weeks, but it is very good for stones that need deep cleansing.

Place it under the light of a full moon/sun for 24 hours.

Bury it in the earth (make sure you mark it!), for 24 hours.

Place your crystal to be cleansed in a bowl of tumbled hematite stones or tumbled quartz crystal.

Run your crystal under room temperature or luke warm water.

Place in Sea Salt Water. One teaspoon of Sea Salt in a glass bowl in cool water. Place the crystals in the water. Make sure the crystals are covered with water. Let them bathe in the water for 24 hours.

Not to be cleansed in Salt Water:
Alabaster
Calcite
Carnelian
Hematite
Labradorite (Spectrolite)
Lepidolite
Moldivate
Opal
Turquoise
Ulexite

May fade in Sunlight:
Amethyst
Celestite
Opal
Turquoise

You can burn incense and 'bathe' them in the smoke or better burn sage and 'bathe' them in the smoke of that, white sage ,even better.

I stick mine in the freezer. *shrug* works for me. Your mileage may vary. :)

From what I've heard, exposure to sunlight can bleach stones such as Citrine and Amethyst of their colour.

This thread has been moved to General Info from Tarot and Numerology.

Just when you thought you had all the crystal cleansing methods. Someone comes up with two more.

Remember that crystals contain living spirit. Try to remember to treat it as such.

A Shaman friend advised me this:

1. Take the crystal and leave it out in the rain storm, it will wash and cleanse old vibrations and purify for you to attune. This is what I do to new crystal purchases.

2. Calcite mineral discharges any former vibrations, be it negative or what have you and provides it a clean slate for you.