What SilverCloudedWolf posted. (and, thanks SCW for that link!)
Also what Padma said below-
Some people get it right away, for others it can take time. I feel crystals sharply and strongly, but I have felt a pull to stones of any kind since I was a very small child.
Sometimes it takes a particular stone to awaken your understanding of how they speak.
And in conclusion, even if you don't ever get physical buzz from them, or "get" how they work, they will still be able to work with you and help you! Understanding is not required - just let them choose you, and let them do their thing
Here is another good link for looking up crystals and meanings.
https://www.crystalvaults.com/guides-crystals
esp. what I bolded and put in black.
I don't always 'feel' anything with a particular crystal either, but I do know they work for me.
Also, it may help to spend time with a particular crystal. It may or may not work. meditate with it or just keep ONE crystal with you - carried in your pocket or in your purse, and take it out now and again and hold it in your hands. Sometimes this can help.
choosing crystals is definitely a gut related thing
They tend to pick us, I find. I will often go into a store looking for a particular stone, only to come out with something distinctly other than what I went in to buy!
I agree! And, years ago, I had a prophetic dream/spirit visit that predicted a trip I was making w/my sister to a psychic/new age expo. The spirit was my aunt and she lead me to a table in the back far corner of the expo and told me I needed to purchase this green skull.
We had never been to the place where the expo was, but it was EXACTLY like my dream and I walked straight back to the table where that green skull was to be. I was determined to purchase it. Sadly, I couldn't find it! So, I asked the lady working that table and she told me she had JUST sold it to the person before I came up to the table.
So, sadly, it went to someone else. I've come close to purchasing other green skull crystals, however, I haven't yet done so. When I pick them up, they just aren't right some how. So, I'm still on the lookout!
Auntie also came to me and told me to buy this one raw amethyst crystal. I did get that, luckily! But, the majority of my crystals have come to me because I just see them and get that gut instinct that I MUST BUY. they can be as addictive as buying tarot cards.
Black tourmaline is a wonderful, all purpose kind of stone. Did you know that despite its black colour, it is known as "the sunshine stone"? That is because it disintegrates negativity
Good luck with your entrance into the crystal world (they are like potato chips - you can't have just one!), and with your Mary-El, too
Love this last line!