Agate

Balance, truth, healing

Agate is a grounding stone that helps bring about emotional, physical and intellectual balance. Psychologically, it gently facilitates acceptance of one’s self and builds self-confidence. Intellectually, agate enhances mental function by improving concentration, perception and analytical abilities, and encourages speaking one’s own truth. Emotionally, agate can help one to overcome bitterness and negativity. It heals inner anger, fostering love and the courage to start again. It is useful for any kind of inner trauma, and aids spiritual growth. Agate has been used in treating disorders of the digestive system, eyes and uterus. It is cleansing to the lymphatic system and the pancreas, strengthens blood vessels and heals skin disorders.

Agate-Blue Lace

Communication, clarity, confidence

Blue Lace Agate is a healing stone with a cool, calming energy that brings peace of mind. It can neutralize anger, infection, inflammation and fever. It can counteract repression of feelings that come from a fear of being judged and rejected, and foster freer self expression. Blue Lace Agate is a powerful throat healer, and can aid with shoulder and neck problems, thyroid deficiencies and throat and lymph infections. It can also treat arthritic and bone deformities, strengthen the skeletal system and help with the healing of fractures.

Agate – Dendritic

Growth, wisdom

Dendritic Agate can bring abundance and fullness to all areas of life, including business and agriculture. It can be used to enhance the yield of crops or the health of house plants. It has a strong connection to the plant kingdom and can be used to enhance communication with that realm. It deepens one’s own connection to the earth. Dendritic Agate brings stability and perseverance, and is especially healing to the circulatory and nervous systems.

Agate-Moss

Stability, persistence, grounding

Moss Agate is a stabilizing stone strongly connected with nature. It is grounding and stabilizing on all levels – emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually. It is an excellent stone for those recovering from a long-term illness or suffering from depression, and can speed recovery. Moss Agate is said to refresh the soul and allow you to see the beauty in all that you behold. It is a stone of new beginnings and release from blockages. It has been used to assist in midwifery, lessening pain and easing the delivery process.

Amazonite

Truth, communication, harmony

Amazonite is a soothing stone of harmony, both within the self and among others. It facilitates loving communication and dissipates nervous energy. It can assist us in manifesting our dreams and desires. Amazonite has a powerful filtering capacity, and can absorb emanations from cell phones and microwaves, and protect against electromagnetic pollution. It is an excellent stone for those engaged in conflict resolution or who need to communicate their own truth more effectively. It can also assist one in setting appropriate boundaries, both within (discipline) and externally. Physically, Amazonite is helpful in cell regeneration or healing after trauma or injury. It is also useful in treating osteoporosis, tooth decay, calcium deficiencies, calcium deposits and muscle spasms.

Amber

Light, warmth, clarification, healing

Amber is not a stone, but the fossilized resin of coniferous trees dating back approximately 50 million years. Organic matter or air bubbles can often be easily seen. Originates from the Baltic region, particularly along the coasts of Poland and the former USSR. In Greek mythology, amber was formed when Phaeton, son of Helios (the sun god), was killed by lightning - grief turned his sisters to poplar trees and their tears were drops of amber. Often warm to the touch, Amber was considered sacred in classical times because it was believed to contain the very essence of life itself—the animating principle. It emits a strong magnetic flow, and is thought to bring unification of body, mind, and spirit. Amber has long been regarded as highly sensual and romantic, and is worn to attract love and increase enjoyment of pleasurable activities. It is also worn as a general protector of health and to relieve or cure existing conditions. It is a calming substance that eases stress, improves decision making and strengthens memory. Amber has been used as a symbol for renewal of marriage vows and to assure promises. Physically, amber is a strong healer with the capacity to draw disease from the body, allowing it rebalance and heal itself.

Amethyst

Protection, purification, Divine connection, release of addictions

Amethyst grants freedom from everyday concerns, brings faithfulness in love and bestows the gift of prescience. Few stones offer as much potential benefit to the mind as Amethyst. It soothes the nervous system, aids in the transmission of neural signals and helps us feel less scattered and more in control, allowing us to balance excessive emotional highs and lows. It is useful in dispelling rage, anger, fear and anxiety, and is a good stone for clarifying and remembering dreams. It also helps relieve physical and emotional pain and overcome addictions.

Ammonite Fossil

Stability, insight

Ammonite is the fossilized skeleton of a mollusk whose extinction coincided with that of the dinosaurs. It strengthens insight and it helps to assist one in seeing the ‘whole picture.’ It is a grounding stone that provides stability, and strengthens ones survival instincts. It is believed to ease birthing pains, and its circular design helps to remind us to keep breathing. Some believe Ammonite to bring prosperity and grandeur.

Apatite

Psychic activation, access to knowledge

Apatite is a powerful stone that enhances creativity, stimulates the intellect, clears mental confusion, and aids in the expansion of knowledge. It is useful for healing, communicating, balancing energy, and teaching. Apatite has been used to aid in telepathy, clairvoyance, and access to past-life insights. This is a stone that can lend courage to those who want to move forward, who have hesitated too long and who are willing to take a big step in life. Apatite is a major constituent of mammalian teeth and bones. Ivory is about 65% apatite. Even though it occurs in teeth and bones, crystal healers often connect it to treatment of the muscles. There are disciplines that say, when applied with spirituality, apatite can assist in balancing the yin and yang, awakening the finer inner self. It has been thought to enhance creativity. On physical levels, it has been used to focus healing energy on the systems, glands, meridians, and organs of the body. Ironically, it has been associated with hunger suppression!

Aquamarine

Cooling, soothing, communication

Aquamarine is a stone of peace, joy and happiness, especially in relationships. It brings serenity of mind and is known for its ability to stabilize and harmonize unsettled surroundings. It reduces stress, increases creativity and sharpens intuition, enabling us to better interpret our emotions. It is often recommended to ease sore throats, and it clears blocked communication and aids the wearer in verbal expression. Aquamarine is found on all continents but the major deposits are found in Brazil. It is known as a stone of courage, as well as enhanced intellectual response. It provides for alignment of the chakras and balancing of the network of structures that connect the physical and ethereal bodies, and can facilitate clear communication with one's inner truth. Aquamarine is used in the treatment of the heart, immune and lymphatic systems, and may aid in the release of fear and anxiety. It may also help in activating memory of a past-life experience.

Aragonite

Balance, healing, strength, confidence

Wearing Aragonite Jewelry is thought to be helpful in removing stress and anger and helping one prepare for the calm needed in meditation. Said to improve patience, practicality and responsibility.
Aragonite was once the traditional gift for young adults, as it is said to bring balance and empowerment to the turbulent emotions of youth and help channel their energies constructively.

Aventurine – Green

Vitality, growth, confidence

Green Aventurine is said to bring prosperity, dissolve negative thoughts and boost one's confidence. It is used to treat heart, lungs, and adrenal glands.

Azurite-Malachite

Insight, vision, intellect, leadership, creativity, confidence

Azurite-Malachite provides the benefits of both stones. Esoteric gem literature states that Azurite can restructure molecules, revitalize the brain, and rebuild gray matter. In addition, it cleanses the mind and makes one more capable of insight and pure thought. It helps one to recognize the resources within. For additional qualities, see Malachite.

Bloodstone

Strength, courage, purification, vitality

Bloodstone (also known as Heliotrope) is a vital, life-giving stone that stimulates courage and helps raise consciousness. It is beneficial to the circulatory system and internal organs. Bloodstone is thought to enhance physical and mental vitality, and to strengthen heart, spleen and bone marrow. Bloodstone is said by intuitive sources to be helpful in treating anemia and other diseases of the blood, blood pressure, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, kidney, bladder, physical strength issues, physical traumas, and post-surgical issues. Bloodstone has been used in magic for at least three thousand years. In ancient Babylon, the stone was carried to overcome enemies, and it was used in ancient Egypt to open doors, break bonds and even cause stone walls to fall. It physically stimulates the movement of kundalini energy and helps link the root Chakra with the heart Chakra. Bloodstone is excellent for centering and grounding. It is said to help with calming, particularly in survival situations. It brings mystical energies of increasing adaptability and organization, and lessening confusion and anxiety. It is said to be a stone of courage, bringing mental, physical and emotional renewal by releasing blockages. It is also said to be particularly good for helping emotional traumas and grief. Bloodstone is mystically used to bring energy to one in many ways, including bringing abundance and prosperity, as well as smoothing the way with legal issues. It is associated with the base, sacral, solar plexus and heart chakras.

Bronzite

Confidence, certainty

Bronzite is called both a "Stone of Focused Action" and a "Stone of Courtesy." It helps one to take control of one’s actions and to think ahead. It helps dispel uncertainty, and take actions that are needed for our own benefit, while still being loving and polite and principled in our behavior. Bronzite is a good grounding stone also, and can promote change in a harmonious way. Physically, Bronzite is used in crystal healing for ailments related to the solar plexus chakra, assimilation of iron, lessening muscular tension, and dispelling restlessness caused by emotional and psycho-physical ailments.

Carnelian

Courage, vitality, sexuality, confidence, action

Carnelian is a stimulating stone that can improve motivation and help us achieve greater success in career or personal matters. It helps us feel secure enough to tackle greater challenges and allows the wearer to take control of his or her life and choose the direction that is most advantageous. Armenians in the 17th century believed that if Carnelian was powdered and taken in a potion, it would ban all dark forebodings and excite joyous emotions. It is known to have electromagnetic properties to help ground the wearer, feeding energy directly through the skin and instilling a feeling of well-being and inflowing power. It is thought to influence and regulate the intake of food, assimilation and circulation. It helps keep the digestive system filtered and may have antidote qualities with regard to infection and blood poisoning. Carnelian can help you feel comfortable with your sensual nature. It assists in communication, helping timid speakers become both eloquent and bold.

Chalcedony - Blue

Calm, balance, centeredness, inner knowledge, communication

Native American Indians used Chalcedony as a sacred stone to promote stability within ceremonial activities of the tribe. It is symbolic of good will and generosity, and is thought to impact physical strength and heal diseases of the gall bladder. It is associated with balancing energy of the body, mind, emotions, and spirit, and can be used to help ease depression and reduce feelings of hostility, irritability, and melancholy.

Chrysocolla

Communication; expression of the sacred; gentleness; power

Chrysocolla is a stone of peace, and soothes the emotions. When worn, Chrysocolla grants the power of discretion and bestows increased wisdom. It can make one feel more comfortable speaking the truth, and helps develop personal confidence. At one time, it was held in the hand to drive off unreasonable fears and illusions. Chrysocolla is said to calm the base, navel, and solar plexus chakras and can help ease emotional heartache and give renewed strength and balance. It is thought to increase the capacity to love and also to enable one to be still when silence would be beneficial to all concerned. It promotes physical vitality and is thought to help release stress from within. Chrysocolla is often used in treating arthritis and other diseases of the bone. It is also beneficial to the digestive organs, and relieves hypertension and stress caused by fear or guilt. It has been used in the treatment of blood disorders and cellular inadequacies. It may help strengthen the pancreas, and the muscular structure of the legs, arms, back and abdomen, and has been used in the treatment of muscular cramps and spasms.

Chrysoprase

Connection with nature; growth; compassion; forgiveness

Chrysoprase is a lovely, soothing stone that brings a state of grace to the wearer, as well as compassion, a non-judgmental attitude, acceptance of others and acceptance of self. It opens and energizes the Heart Chakra, bringing the energy necessary to the physical body through the loving energy of the heart. Chrysoprase can bring fluency of speech with presence of mind, making it a good stone to wear when one is facing a situation that requires diplomacy. It facilitates deep meditative states, compassion and forgiveness, and promotes self-acceptance. Believed to be healing to the emotions, particularly in heartbreak, Chrysoprase allows one to see opportunities for growth, relieves stress, calms anger, and soothes fear. It balances the physical and mental body and is said to steadily emit a serene flow of light which has a calming effect. It helps to clarify problems by bringing unconscious thoughts to a conscious level. It may help to strengthen eyesight and promotes the easing of internal pain. Chrysoprase has been used to treat disorders of the heart and to increase vitamin C assimilation.

Cinnabar

Alchemy; magic; wealth; transformation; insight; mental agility

Red or black in color. Dates back to China 3,600 years ago. Resin from the Chinese laq tree, dried and used in the artistic medium of carving.

Citrine

Manifestation; personal will; mental clarity; creativity

Citrine is a highly energizing and beneficial stone, one of only two minerals on Earth known to hold no negative energy. It is directly related to the sun, and can guide us in utilizing our creative energy, steering events in a positive direction, developing inner calm and security, and dispelling negative feelings. Its energy increases motivation and promotes physical activity, which in turn improves digestion and helps the cleansing organs. Citrine may also work as a detoxifier for the blood. Citrine is sometimes referred to as the merchant's stone, it has been used to help acquire and maintain a state of wealth. It helps clear the intellect and emotions, and is used to dispel anger, open the mind and stimulate mental resolutions. It is said to aid in digestion and promotion of blood circulation.

Coral

Protection; soothing; creativity

Coral is neither a stone nor a plant substance, but the skeletal remains of a sea creature. It has been used since ancient times for magical, religious and health purposes. It is often worn as a protective amulet to guard against illness, accidents (particularly accidents at sea) and acts of violence. It is also worn to effect inner changes—it can calm fears, ease depression and promote peaceful sleep by driving away disturbing dreams. It confers wisdom, prudence and courage upon its wearer. Because of Coral’s structure and growth patterns, it is particularly sympathetic to both the skeletal structure and the circulatory system. It carries with it the special creative vibrations of the sea. Just as the ocean is the life's blood of the land, so too, Coral is said to aid in the circulation of the body and to enrich the blood.

Copper

Energy; healing

Copper has the ability to conduct spiritual energy back and forth from individuals, crystals, auras, the mind and the spirit world. It can stimulate the flow of energy, thereby helping the wearer overcome lethargic tendencies. It helps to increase self-esteem and free the wearer of mental burdens. Copper has found mainstream popularity due to its capacity to ease the pain of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.  It is also useful in improving circulation, detoxifying and strengthening the blood, reducing inflammation, and stabilizing metabolism.

Drusy

Energy; healing

Emerald

Love; compassion; healing; abundance; wisdom

Emerald is reputed to protect the wearer against infidelity and deceit, insure loyalty and improve memory. An inspirational and relaxing stone, emerald brings wisdom and motivates one to give love and wisdom to others. It improves psychic abilities, raises consciousness and enhances the immune system. Emerald strengthens the heart center and is an excellent general healer. It is used to treat depression and insomnia and to eliminate negativity. It is said to encourage peaceful dreams. Emerald has been used in the treatment of disorders of the spine, lungs, heart, and muscular system, and may help soothe the eyes.

Fluorite

Mental enchancement and clarity; improved decision making; clearing energy fields

Fluorite is considered to be one of Nature’s most powerful mental healers, and has been called “The Genius Stone.” It has the ability to amplify, focus, expand and create new pathways for the mind and can connect a person’s being on the mental and spiritual planes. This allows it to increase the abilities of concentration, discernment of truth and clear decision-making. Fluorite can bring order to mental chaos, increase objectivity, enhance creativity, cure mental disorders, facilitate meditation and help break bad habits. It is a good physical healer as well, protecting one from infection by purifying the body, cleansing the spirit and eliminating almost any virus or bacteria. It can help balance hormones and is good for bones and teeth. Many healing legends and stories evolve around this stone. New age healers have used it to treat tumors when first discovered. Fluorite is thought to provide for cleansing and elimination of that which is in disorder. It is used in treatment of the bone, and the composition and formation of cells.

Garnet (Rhodolite)

Emotional healing; self-worth; walking the spiritual path

Garnet is reputed to enhance self-esteem, and can help us tune into the energy of the heart and express emotions with greater ease. It sharpens self-perception and extends openness to others. It is said to activate one’s connection to inner guides and guardian angels. Garnet has also been known to promote imagination, calm anger and guard against nightmares. It offers emotional healing, particularly in the areas of guilt and shame. Garnet is often considered a sacred stone. It is said to be beneficial to the bones, spinal column and fluid, cellular composition, heart, lungs, and blood.

Hematite

Grounding; manifestation; healing

Hematite is a healing and protective stone that can help bolster low self-esteem. Its energies are grounding, and can help you to connect with the Earth and its beneficial properties. Hematite is said to be powerful in drawing illnesses from the body. It is a grounding and stabilizing stone, and helps to focus attention on the physical plane. It is said to be closely tied to the blood, probably due to its iron content, and can aid the kidney's blood cleansing function, speed tissue regeneration, and contribute to your overall health and energy levels. Hematite has historically been used as an aid to astral projection and meditation, and helps connect you to your true, spirit self.

Iolite

Inner vision; shamanic journeying; healing of old wounds; wisdom

Iolite (also known as Water Sapphire, because it was used by ancient Nordics as a navigational guide at sea) is a gentle, deeply moving stone that radiates with the blue ray of love and wisdom, and can be very uplifting. It calms the mind and helps to create a clear path for spiritual guidance and understanding. Iolite is a strong conduit for truth, simplicity, imagery and peace. It can help one perceive connections between thoughts, emotions and the actions of others. Some use it to remember and integrate past live experiences with one's current lifetime. Its melding of heart and mind energies enhances the qualities of compassion and wisdom in speech. When worn near the heart, Iolite enables the wearer to perceive the true emotions of others, allowing for more effective interactions. It performs well when used for the elimination of debts, to enhance precision in one’s life and to facilitate acceptance of responsibility. It also shows you how to relax into the flow without stress or strain in your body. Iolite has been used to protect and improve conditions of the liver and rid the body of toxins.

Jade

Health; abundance; love

Jade is a peaceful stone, very soothing to the nervous system. It has the ability to mellow one’s existence by dissipating negative thoughts and energy. It strengthens kidney function and assists in the removal of toxins. Jade is very protective and is said to keep its wearer out of harm’s way. An ancient love-attracting stone, it has been called “the concentrated essence of love.” Jade occurs in several colors, and Green Jade is representative of life and growth. It helps to channel energies constructively. Throughout Asian history, jade has been the most respected and revered stone in the Orient, even considered sacred in China. It is associated with power, wisdom, justice, and courage. The ancient Mayans wore jade to facilitate harmony between the physical, emotional, and intellectual structures, and to bring accord to the environment. It has been associated with the health of plants and those who tend them. Some feel that jade is symbolic of good luck and long life.

Jasper (all)

Healing; Nurturing; Protection

Jasper is strongly connected with the energies of the earth, and helps its wearer find stability and balance. It boosts the immune system and assists in extracting pollutants and toxins from the body. It is said to provide protection against negativity and to align the chakras. Jasper is often used to soothe the stomach and nerves and as a general body tonic. It works slowly and is most effective when used over a long period of time. With patience, anyone using Jasper will feel a continuity of spirit and body that can vastly improve both work and play. Specific types of Jasper have other qualities as well. See below.

Jasper - Dalmatian

Grounding; combating negativity

Dalmatian jasper encourages grounding both with the Earth and in reality. Dalmatian Jasper increases loyalty and is beneficial for long term relationships. It brings a sense of fun to one's life. Physically it can help purify the blood. It is a stone of protection from nightmares, depression, and negative thinking. It is also particularly beneficial for healing people who have trouble relaxing and having fun.

Jasper - Leopardskin

Shamanic journeying

Leopardskin Jasper (also called Leopard Stone) is a stone of shamanic journeying. It also aids in service to others. It helps discover and connect with one's animal totems or "power" animals. As with all jaspers, this is a protective stone, and it is particularly protective during shamanic journeying. Physically it helps eliminate toxins and decrease body odor, and is very helpful in self-healing. It has properties of protecting the third chakra, but is associated mainly with the root chakra.

Jasper - Ocean

Patience; protection

Ocean Jasper is very soothing and helps to love one's self as well as others. It is very healing of the emotions and brings peace of mind. It helps with acceptance of responsibility and increases patience. The circular patterns on ocean jasper remind us of our interconnectedness and the cycles of nature. As with all Jaspers, Ocean Jasper is a very protective stone, and any orbs ("eyes") enhance this in regard to protection from the "evil eye." Physically, ocean jasper is beneficial to the digestive organs and can remove toxins and lessen body odor.

Jasper - Picture

Connecting with Earth’s consciousness; inner journeying to sacred sites and ancient civilizations

Picture Jasper can be used in meditation to merge with the consciousness of the Earth. It is a stone of dream work and visioning. It can help one emotionally reconnect to the energy of the planet and to the ancient knowledge of living in balance that is so necessary at this time. On the physical plane, Picture Jasper supports bone growth and healing.

Jasper - Red

Physical strength and vitality; stabilization of one’s energies; nobility

Red jasper can help to enhance one’s endurance and stamina, and can work over time to increase the amount of chi, or life force, in one’s energetic field. It strengthens one’s connection to the earth and improves memory, especially of dreams or other inner experiences. It stabilizes one’s energy, resulting in good health, balanced emotions, truthful expressions and just actions. It is said to enhance responsibility and compassion. Red Jasper is also said to be a stone that helps in all areas of survival, and is a very protective stone.

Jet

Protection; purification; grounding

Jet is also known as black amber, although it is not actually an amber, but rather fossilized coal. It was used extensively in mourning jewelry in Victorian times and was considered a stone for alleviating and bringing grief to the surface to be healed. It has also historically been used as a protection stone and is said to ward off evil, negativity, and psychic attacks. For those interested in activating the powers of magic and interaction with the forces of the elements, Jet can be an aid and a protector. Physically, Jet is particularly beneficial to the kidneys and liver.

Kyanite

Psychic ability; connecting with nature; past life recall; telepathy; empathy

The name Kyanite is from the Greek for the color blue. Blue Kyanites have a high vibration and create very high transfers of energy. They open the psychic channels and activate the mind centers. If one chooses to sleep with Blue Kyanite, the process of lucid dreaming will be greatly stimulated. Physically, Kyanite assists in healing bone fractures and in promoting nerve regeneration.  

Labradorite

Magic; protection; self-knowledge

Labradorite is a stone of magic, and it awakens in those who wear or carry it an awareness of one’s innate magical powers. It offers one the chance to embark on a journey of self-discovery, and helps one move toward self-mastery rather than control of others. Labradorite brings clarity and helps purge negative thought patterns. It lends insight and vision and allows one to communicate these gifts in a beneficial way. This stone facilitates transformation on all levels and allows for easy changes to take place, making it especially good for those who fear change. Labradorite brings out the best qualities in its wearer, and is a powerful stone in building self-esteem. It enhances faith and self-reliance, and may help one to realize one's destiny. Physically, it is a healing stone that can strengthen the immune system, and has been used in the treatment of disorders of the brain. It can improve digestion and metabolism and encourage restful sleep.

Lapis-Lazuli

Inner vision; truthful communication; royal virtues

Lapis Lazuli has been considered a stone of royalty and spirituality for centuries, and was used to entomb and decorate the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. It still carries the vibration of the inner “king” or “queen” that lies within each of us, and helps us get in touch with that aspect of ourselves. Lapis is an extremely healing and soothing stone. Simply touching the body with this stone improves your mental, physical, spiritual, psychic and emotional condition. It is an uplifting, spiritual stone whose deep blue color reflects its peaceful vibrations. It is useful for relieving depression, promoting spirituality and stimulating gentleness in its wearer. Lapis is associated with expansion of awareness and intellectual capacity, as well as with the connection to the higher self, and the powers of love and healing. It has been used in rituals to attract spiritual love and assure fidelity by strengthening the bonds that have grown between lovers. Perhaps its most common use today is to enhance psychic awareness. Lapis breaks the hold of the conscious mind on the subconscious mind and allows intuitive impulses to become known. Physically, it has been used in the treatment of conditions related to lymph, inflammation, and pain (especially the head).

Malachite

Enlightened leadership; creativity; protection; confidence

Malachite is a very relaxing stone, with a strong connection to the Earth and to water. It is said to bring fidelity in love and promote loyalty in friendship. It can enhance patience and tolerance, and bring harmony into your life. Malachite can help you to heal yourself and others, and can absorb negative energies, whether physical or emotional in nature. It is one of the most important stones for protection from negative energies, and is most beneficial for the heart, both physically and emotionally. It can assist you in releasing anger and depression, and can help ease muscle tensions and stress. Malachite is sometimes called "the stone of transformation," as it can be helpful when undergoing changes in one’s life. It enhances spirituality and psychic abilities, and can remove obstacles to help you reach desired goals. Malachite helps you accept responsibility for your actions and promotes understanding of any changes that might be required to keep you from repeating the same mistakes. Physically, Malachite is said to help the stomach, liver, kidney stones, respiratory system, immune system, vision, and circulatory system. It has been used historically to treat asthma, swollen joints, tumors, growths, broken bones and torn muscles.

Marcasite

Grounding; enhancement of mental clarity; confidence

Marcasite is one of the most grounding of all stones (identified with the root chakra), and banishes negativity while promoting mental clarity, concentration, memory and sound sleep. It represents spiritual development and provides for prosperity by eliminating starvation of spirit. It can help the wearer to find confidence and will power, and to calm hysteria and anxiety. Marcasite has been said to have the ability to draw illness out of the body, and is thought to be beneficial to the spleen and cleansing to the blood. It can help the wearer to recover from jet lag, stress, birth and anesthesia, and helps to strengthen the immune system.

Mookaite
(Australian Jasper)

Healing; harmony

Australian Jasper (Mookaite) is a stone of regeneration and healing, with strong links to the Dreamtime. It provides a powerful shield against danger and helps the wearer process and deal with negative energy. As a Jasper, it has a beneficial effect on the blood and the kidneys. It can also be used in the treatment of stomach disorders and it aids in the prevention and healing of hernias. It also helps to relieve water retention. A stone of balance and harmony, Mookaite assists with decision making, guiding the user to the answer that is best for them at that point in time. It can also be used for discretion when helping others with their problems, and allows one to remain open and honest about new ideas. Mookaite is a great companion for those who are alone or just feeling lonely. For people who work with children or have children of their own, this is a brilliant stone to help one to understand why the child is behaving in a detrimental manner, and it enables one to modify this behavior to a beneficial state without the child noticing the change. Mookaite is also a great stone to help those who are kind to all except themselves, become kind to themselves too. It can help one to find employment, enhancing excitement and happiness toward the work situation. It can also be used to communicate with animals. Mookaite is said to enhance creativity and the ‘flow’ of new ideas, and also assists one to use these ideas in the appropriate manner to achieve maximum results. Indigenous Australian have used Mookaite as a stone for regeneration and healing the everyday wounds.

Moonstone

Calming; protection; love; connection with plants

Moonstone helps to cool, soothe and calm our emotions, and is associated with intuition, sensitivity and the feminine aspect of our nature. It enhances balance and introspection, and possesses reflective lunar energies that relate to new beginnings. It can help one focus on what's needed rather than what's wanted. Moonstone is believed to enhance psychic abilities. A gently protective stone, it is worn as a charm when traveling on or over the water. It can attract love, heal rifts between lovers and ensure restful sleep. As a healing stone, moonstone helps all parts of the lower torso, including digestive, cleansing and reproductive organs. If worn while gardening, It can help your plants and flowers to grow strong and healthy.

Obsidian - Snowflake

Perseverance; insight

Snowflake Obsidian enables one to make the best of a bad situation by clearing negative and self-defeating thoughts and replacing them with inspiration and new ideas. Meditating with Snowflake Obsidian can enhance communication with lost loved ones. It is an excellent stone to use in connecting with one’s animal totems and animal allies. It helps one to recognize the guidance and assistance that is always available through the natural world. It helps one to overcome attitudes of victimization and find the strength to make positive changes. Physically, Snowflake Obsidian is said to help energetically to limit the spread of cancer cells in one’s body and to assist one in becoming more receptive to healing energies and a healing attitude.

Onyx

Inner strength; willpower; self-mastery; reason

Onyx is a strengthening stone that can help one approach a lesson or task with greater self-confidence. It is in tune with the energies of the earth, and therefore creates balance and helps us to feel more comfortable in our surroundings. It is often used for centering and alignment of the total person with higher powers, and can help banish feelings of grief. It may facilitate good fortune by helping one to absorb energies needed from the universe. Onyx emanates the energies of self-mastery and can help one to control, focus and diret the will, thus enhancing one’s personal power. It attunes one to the wisdom of instinct, and helps us to see and feel that guidance. It has been used in the treatment of disorders related to bone marrow, soft tissue structures, and the feet.

Opal

Purification; calming; healing

Opal is known as "The Gem of the Gods," and has always had a mystical significance. It is an inspirational stone of love and hope, which is said to aid in psychic vision, imagination and creativity, and to have the power to open the spiritual centers. Opals contain water, and can amplify and mirror feelings, buried emotions and desires, helping to release inhibitions. Opal is also a very spiritual stone, and can help one be "invisible" in situations where you don't care to be noticed. Opal brings happy dreams. It also eases the process of change. Physically, opal is helpful for eyesight and Parkinson's disease.

Pearl - Freshwater

Nurturing; calming

Pearl changes bad fortune into good and discord into harmony. It also brings support from influential people. Pearls, due to the nature of their creation, are strongly connected with the feminine, and as such, are very nurturing. They help to ease stress and prevent stress-related illnesses. In India, women wore pearls as magical insurance for a happy marriage. They are symbolic of wealth and beauty, thought to enhance integrity and are used in the treatment of digestive disorders, soft organs, and for increasing fertility, vitality, and understanding.

Pearl - Mother of

Nurturing; calming

Mother of Pearl is a soothing, nurturing substance that can lessen stress and its resulting maladies (hypertension, headaches and exhaustion). Like pearl, it is strongly aligned with the feminine, and symbolizes modesty and purity. Mother of Pearl has been used in jewelry throughout the ages, and even as currency for exchange in many parts of the world where metals have been scarce or non-existent.

Peridot

Prosperity; well-being

Peridot is full of positive power. It bolsters optimism, lends inner strength and stabilizes emotions. It is known to be a visionary stone, helping us to connect with our destinies and to find spiritual truth and an understanding of the purpose of existence. Peridot is used to attract love as well as to calm raging anger. It may help one in understanding and accepting change, and in recognizing harmful patterns that may be detrimental to one’s growth. Peridot may be used to cleanse and stimulate the heart and solar plexus chakras, encouraging openness and acceptance with regard to relationships. It helps regulate one's life cycles: physical, mental, emotional, and intellectual, and can lessen anger or jealousy by inspiring greater happiness within the self. Peridot is considered to be a strong healing stone, and may act as a general tonic for strengthening and regenerating the body. It may be especially beneficial to the heart, lungs, spleen, liver, and intestinal tract.

Pietersite

Insight; intuition; self-transformation

Pietersite can create a powerful increase in the energy of the will and one’s intuitive capabilities. It enhances clarity of thought and encourages intuitive leaps. It activates mind and imagination, stimulates psychic vision and enhances telepathy. It can help one to become fearless and overcome uncertainty and indecision. Physically, Pietersite lends strength and is beneficial to the brain and nervous system.

Prehnite

Inner peace; communication with non-physical beings

Prehnite is a very protective stone and can protect one on all levels. It links the heart and the will, giving one the resolve to “follow one’s heart.” It strengthens the life force and generally increases and stimulates energy. It aids spirit communication through meditation or visualization, out-of-body travel, and is a powerful dream stone. Prehnite is also known as a stone of prophesy which stimulates inner-knowing. Physically, Prehnite is helpful in the healing of gout, anemia, and kidney problems. It helps balance and heal the circulatory and lymphatic systems.

Pyrite

Masculine energy; manifestation; action

Pyrite (also known as “Fool’s Gold”) is a healing stone, beneficial to the respiratory and circulatory systems. Because of its iron content, it is very connected to the transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream. The physical structure of Pyrite (which combines natural randomness with geometric precision) makes it a stone that helps one to balance creative and intuitive impulses with scientific and practical ones. Pyrite also improves communication skills by easing anxiety and frustration.

Quartz - Clear

Clearing; cleansing; healing; magnification of ambient energies; memory enhancement

Quartz Crystal is a highly beneficial stone, amplifying and enhancing the qualities of other stones it is worn with and attuning them even more to your particular energy. Clear Quartz acts as a purifier, creating harmony and helping to balance all stimuli, positive and negative. Unlike most other stones, Clear Quartz can be “programmed” by one’s inner intention to assist in achieving virtually any goal. It is a stone of Light, bringing a heightened spiritual awareness to anyone who wears or carries it. Physically, Clear Quartz stimulates the nervous system and can assist in removing adhesions in the connective tissue.

Quartz - Rose

Love; gentleness; emotional healing; stress relief

Rose Quartz is a highly beneficial stone that is deeply in tune with our emotional states. It opens the heart, helps us find self-acceptance, and stimulates love and tender appreciation of all things. If you are troubled by something, Rose Quartz can help you find a space within yourself to accept the situation, find respite and restore your faith. Rose Quartz emits a calming energy which can work on all chakras, especially the heart and crown chakras. It promotes a sense of self-love and encourages peacefulness in relationships. In addition, Rose Quartz promotes receptivity to the beauty of art, music, and the written word, and enlivens the imagination. It helps one to develop a nurturing and compassionate spirit, and is advantageous for the heart and circulatory systems, the cleansing organs and the reproductive organs. This stone is ideal to give to anyone, even stranger. As a talisman of love, it can spread compassion and gentle understanding throughout the world.

Quartz - Smoky

Grounding; practicality; organization; manifestation of dreams and inspirations

Smoky Quartz has a natural affinity with the earth’s energy that can strengthen one’s connection to nature and the environment. It transforms negative emotions and energy patterns and gently dissolves negative thought forms. It may help balance yin and yang meridians of the body with those of the ethereal body. Smoky Quartz has been used to stimulate creativity in business by strengthening communication, the unification of energies directed toward the same goal, and clearing learning blockages related to the mental and emotional elements. It is healing for the lower torso, as well as the heart and nervous system, and is said to help dissipate congestion in the solar plexus area and relieve disorders of the hands and feet.

Rhodonite

Compassion; love; generosity; hidden talents

Rhodonite is a stone that encourages altruism and generosity, and the use of one’s gift for the betterment of others. It attracts the people and situations best suited for the application of one’s unique talents, allowing fulfillment of one’s life purpose. It can help one find a stronger sense of self, and to use one’s talent to change the world for the better. Rhodonite is helpful in weight loss, detoxification and purification of the physical body.

Ruby

Courage; passion; enthusiasm; adventure

Ruby is a physically and emotionally energizing stone that stimulates motivation and creativity. It is said to strengthen confidence and will power, banish negative thought patterns and dispel fear. It enhances one’s passion and fortitude, allowing for the wholehearted pursuit of one’s aspirations. Rubies have long been believed to induce wealth, and, when worn, to protect against injury. Wearing Ruby brings vitality to all the bodily organs, and opens the heart to let the love flow forth in abundance. It has been used to strengthen the heart and as an aid to circulation and tissue regeneration.

Serpentine

Connection with nature and the Earth

Serpentine (sometimes called “New Jade Serpentine”) was carried in ancient Assyria so that the gods and goddesses would send double blessings. It is a renowned awakener of the kundalini and brings about a safe and balanced awakening of these profound energies. Wearing Serpentine can help you feel more in control of your life. It is often used to heighten psychic abilities and gain a greater understanding of the spiritual aspect of existence, and is an excellent stone for enhancing the meditative state. It is soothing to the emotions and allows one to release fear of change and look to the future with expectation and excitement. Serpentine is a general detoxifier for the body and beneficial to the blood. It has been used in the treatment of diabetes and hypoglycemia, to rid the body of parasitic infestations, and to increase absorption of calcium and magnesium.

Sterling Silver

Balance; intellect

Sterling Silver is a metal in tune with the energies of the body. It is especially beneficial to the brain, because it improves the transmission of nerve impulses and improves memory. It helps to balance the functions of both sides of the brain and enhances ones ability to approach intellectual problems.

Sunstone

Leadership; benevolence; strength; abundance

Sunstone is thought to lend wisdom in practical and community matters. It may enhance clarity in decision-making, and strengthen the sense of personal power, freedom, and expanded consciousness. It stimulates not only leadership and will, but creativity and sexuality. Sunstone appears to be helpful in the treatment of chronic sore throats, and for the relief of stomach tension and ulcers. It aids reproductive problems due to imbalanced hormones.

Swarovski^® Crystal

Purifying; balance

Swarovski Austrian Crystal is full lead crystal, considered to be among the finest in the world. It is made by combining quartz, sand, soda, potash and lead oxide, and heating it to 1500 degrees Celsius. It carries many of the same qualities as Quartz Crystal, amplifying the qualities of other stones it is worn with, and attuning them even more to your particular energy. Quartz acts as a purifier, creating harmony and helping to balance all stimuli, positive and negative.

Tiger Eye

Balance; practicality

Tiger Eye is a form of Quartz ruled (like Leo) by the Sun, and it possesses a golden flash of light. It is worn to strengthen convictions and create courage and confidence. It helps us to recognize the resources within ourselves and use those resources to attain our dreams. Tiger Eye draws helpful people and material things to the wearer. It has been said to center energy, aid mental focus, and promote energy flow throughout the body. It is thought to synthesize the energies of the Sun and Earth, and encourages practicality, discretion and optimism. It can aid insight when facing a dilemma and enhances appreciation for the pure and beautiful. Tiger Eye has been used in the treatment of the eyes and throat, and in spinal column alignment.

Tiger Iron

Strength; stamina; self-healing; grounding

Tiger Iron, sometimes called mugglestone, is a combination of hematite, red jasper, and sometimes yellow jasper or golden tiger eye. It is a grounding stone that also brings protection, especially protection from danger. It is also a stone of clarity, particularly clarity of knowledge, enabling one to see the truth below the apparent surface of issues. Tiger Iron also helps with creative endeavors and all types of artistic abilities. It is used to bring strength, vitality, confidence, willpower, and balance. It is an excellent stone for people wishing to bring more motivation to their lives. In folklore and crystal healing lore, Tiger Iron is said to balance white and red blood cells, increase natural steroids, and improve muscular structure, and help with healing legs, sexual organs, liver, and the nervous system.

Topaz - Blue

Enhancement of mind and communication

Blue Topaz enhances one’s mental processing and verbal skills, as well as improving one’s attention span and ability to concentrate. It enhances the articulation of ideas and insights. Blue Topaz also is a natural magnifier of psychic abilities, and has a calming and soothing effect on the emotional body. It is helpful for disorders of the throat, fear of public speaking and migraine headaches.

Tourmaline – Black

Purification; protection

Black Tourmaline is a strongly protective stone, ideal for anyone who must work or live in challenging places or circumstances. It is able to clear negativity and disharmony, and purify and elevate one’s consciousness. It can assist one in banishing negative thoughts, anxieties, anger and feelings of unworthiness. It can also help purify the physical body of toxins.

Tourmaline-Green

Healing; strength; vitality; wholeness

Green Tourmaline is one of the most powerful stones for self-healing. It is of benefit to all things that live and grow, and can be used to enhance gardens and house plants and connect psychically with the spirits of plants and animals. It helps to align the heart’s electromagnetic energy field with that of the earth, strengthening the heart in the process. It helps calm the nervous system and the emotions, and facilitates the flow of healing energy throughout the body.

Tourmaline-Pink

Love; emotional healing

Pink Tourmaline supports emotional healing and stimulates feeling of joy, happiness and relaxation. Due to its high lithium content, it is an extremely calming stone to the emotions as well as to the physical body. It can calm and soothe the heart and is useful in treating angina, irregular heartbeat and in recovery from a heart attack. It is a powerful stone for children, especially when hyperactivity or difficulty sleeping is an issue.

Turquoise

Wholeness; communication; spiritual expansion

Turquoise is a highly beneficial stone, attracting love, protecting its wearer from harm and enhancing one’s ability to see into the future. It is unique in that it truly reflects the individual wearing it by tuning into that person’s energies and transmitting them back into the world. It is a great aid to communication. Because turquoise contains elements of both the earth, where it was formed, and the sky, whose color it resembles, it assists us in achieving our goals and realizing our full potential. It is considered to be a healer of the spirit, and a provider of calm and peace of mind. It induces wisdom and understanding and can provide strength and protection during vision quests. It may also enhance trust and kindness and bring communication and creative skills to emotional situations. Turquoise is known well from North to Central America, Tibet, China, and the Mid-East, and is a sacred stone to many American native tribes. Navajos used ground turquoise in sand paintings to bring on the rain. North and Central American tribes placed the stone in tombs to protect the deceased. It is also revered as a protective stone and a bestower of goodness for the living. Pueblos laid it beneath the floor of newly built homes as an offering to the gods. Apache shaman had turquoise in their medicine bag for power in healing. On a bow, in some tribes, it was thought to ensure the accuracy to hit its mark. As a healing stone, turquoise is especially beneficial for the respiratory and immune systems. It has also been used in the treatment of headaches, regeneration of tissue, and stress-related skin disorders.

Unakite

Healing; balance; release of bad habits

Unakite facilitates the gradual removal of bad habits, especially overeating and over-consumption of alcohol. It stimulates the healing of disease brought on by repression of emotions, particularly anger and resentment. It is useful for promoting the physical health of the heart and lungs. It can assist one in truly releasing negative emotions and the habitual thoughts and inner dialogue that create them.

Zoisite with Ruby

Awakening of the true self; joy; healing

Zoisite with Ruby works to harmonize relationships with others, increasing empathy and compassion. It supports the body in attaining its optimal state of health and is useful in treating depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fainting spells and sluggish thyroid. It allows one to identify and express repressed grief. It teaches of growth, healing and joy in the moment. It is a powerful healer of the emotional body, promoting positive states that support physical healing as well.