Aventurine

While up in Oak Glen a few days back, I came across various gemstones for sale that related to chakras and zodiac signs. I am an Aries and my assigned stone is Aventurine. It's gorgeous. And according to the packaging, the aventurine pendant was supposed to aid in bringing out the best in an Aries, heal the physical heart (heart disease runs rampant in my family...so why not start being concerned early?), and make one more daring. I'd like all of that, please. I was about to take the pendant to the register to purchase it when I realized I didn't need a stupid rock to tell me what I could or couldn't do. So, screw you, $4.50 rock!

The culprit

In the rough.