Crystal questions

I have collected crystals, not in a large way, since I was about 10 years old. I have 25 or so small polished crystals which I bought from time to time over the years. Each time, I did not go out looking to buy one, instead, I found one reached out to me and another little package found it's way home with me.

One of which is a small rose quartz sphere (just fits in the palm of a woman's fist) and, I'll be honest, there was something I didn't like about it. Touching it tended to give me a headache for no apparent reason. I always dealt with my other, non spherical piece of rose quartz if I felt the need.

However, with the spherical rose quartz (sorry if this is very strange) if I ever indulged in what I suppose were self constructed rituals, I felt required to place the crystal onto my tongue and shut my mouth for a few moments. I have no clue why I would have done this.

I've never really thought anything about these crystals, they were just pretty and I knew if I needed to I could carry a few with me and they comforted me. Especially a very jet black reflective one.

I know almost nothing about crystals, other than a few names but having come here for advice about the tarot I noticed this section.

I suppose I am asking if I have broken any rules in terms of my treatment of them. Also, I gather that different crystals have different properties? Could this be why I sought out (unconsciously) the comfort of them as a young girl?

Hello, Fragments! There are no "rules" to break. Many children have a natural sense of gems and crystals. My own daughter amazed me with the stones she chose to handle after a hernia repair.

You do need to be careful about putting some types in your mouth. Quartz is fine, but there are others that have poisonous components if ingested.
http://crystalsandjewelry.com/metaphysical_healing/toxicstones.html

i've seen people drawn to certain stones...like my bipolar friend and the amethyst that vibrated and warmed in his hand...i was a skeptic about the stones til then...
i'm not sure you should use them internally...

btw...get the book "the book of stones" by Robert Simmons
there's a ton of info, the book weighs a ton...both geological and metaphysical properties are listed for hundreds of stones...

Thank you both for your replies!

Can anyone think as to why the sphere might have given me a headache?

Different authors mention how the form (raw, faceted, tumbled) can affect the strength & directional flow of energies. Is there a shop near you where you could test out holding a point vs a rough specimen?

I'm not sure of the references this site used in compiling, but this will give you some of the terminology for more searches.
http://www.reikibybronwyn.co.za/Metaphysical-Properties-of-Crystal-Formations.php
*first one is misspelled: should be amorphous

http://crystalsandjewelry.com/crystalformations.html

Links to books:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Stones...6688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296936942&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seven-Secre...1446/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296937053&sr=1-1

maybe the rose quartz's way of letting you know it's not in the right area or chakra...it is for the heart chakra...

I wonder, also, if you cleanse them when you first bring them home with you? Crystals need to be cleansed and then 'programmed', and the rose quartz may have had residual energy from its pre-purchase era...