How To Activate Crystals With Water. Get a plastic bowl large enough to hold your crystal(s). Fill the bowl with water to cover the crystals by about 1 inch.
The stone should be washed thoroughly by pouring water on it and then should be soaked in river water (in a bowl) for around 3 hours. Clear quartz rose quartz smoky quartz amethyst citrine tigers eye aventurine shungite. Glass is fine but it is a hard surface and you could chip your crystals easily if not careful.
Smudge sticks such as white sage or palo santo work well for this.
Running water can be used to cleanse them. First things first, be sure your gem can safely be soaked in water! Hold the stone under running water for a few minutes. Earth feeds metal in the west and northwest;