That might be a better way to 'get' crystal energy?
The thing about using SOME crystals as a protection against 'energy theft' is those crystals were 'thefted' themselves; from the earth, from the (in some cases) children that put in the effort and enforced slavery of digging them up, the mine owner, the country that they came from, into the shop, and then to you. Everyone either got ripped off or made a profit along the way ... all condensed into that little matrix you now hold in your hand.
Just sayin' .... some people DO believe in karma like that ... just washing it under the tap aint gonna fix that.
It doesnt worry me though particularly .... just about everything I use and have is like that .... comes out of a chain of oppression, profit and environmental disaster ( well, more so things like this computer I am using at the moment ... and not so much like the veggies I grow and eat).
If you want a really good crystal IMO .... it should come from a good source .
I had one literally drop into my hand once ... so I kept it. Some where really sus' about that ... I was told it was bad ( from an indigenous shamanic perspective here - they have a very secret crystal 'technology' going here) .... yet when I explained the whole story to an elder and asked him if I should go and put it back, he said it sounded like it was especially for me, considering the circumstances of what happened.
Digging a big hole here and getting children to rip them out the ground and sell them ...
would NOT go down well!
"You just put them rocks down on the ground ... and back away VERY slowly now."
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/culture/cimages/boomerangs.jpg