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Gemstone Properties/Meanings
ABALONE: various rainbow colors
Although not a gemstone, it's healing properties are the following: strengthens the heart, aligns all the chakras, bestows tranquility, abundance and spirit. Serenity of the sea.
ADAMITE: blue, blue-green, yellow-green
Brings heart and mind together for balance and inner strength, creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and the courage to attempt new things. Aids healing in the areas of the throat and heart.
AGATE (CHALCEDONY QUARTZ): red, gray-blue, yellow, brown
Promotes grounding, protection, security; balances aura, spiritual growth; stimulates precision and perceptiveness, concentration and memory. Aids healing in the areas of the stomach (including gastritis and ulcers), eyes, digestion, bladder and skin.
ALEXANDRITE: clear, violet-green, light blue or orange-yellow iridescent (colors change with angle)
Promotes self-esteem, intuition, centering, healing of higher self, spiritual love, joy; enhances psychic abilities and brings good luck. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and tissue regeneration.
AMAZONITE: blue-green to green
Promotes confidence; aligns physical body; develops personal truth; dispels negative energy; is soothing and calming; restores spiritual faith; dissolves sadness and grief; improves self-expression. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system, thyroid, liver and brain.
AMBER: clear, yellow, orange, brown (fossilized tree resin that has aged millions of years by losing water)
The Purifying and cleansing stone. Promotes inner peace and joy, freedom, desire, growth, good luck, enlightenment, happiness, wisdom, flexibility, creativity, uplifting, mental clarity, faith; balances moods and enables confidence. Aids healing in the areas of the stomach, gall bladder, soothes nerves, kidneys, teeth and joint problems.
AMETHYST: translucent purple/violet quartz
Enhances divine connection; great meditation tool; promotes spiritual inner peace, honesty, concentration; stimulates inspiration, stability and strength; helps control addictive habits. Aids healing in the areas of the ears, bones, lungs, digestive system, respiratory tract, skin, diarrhea, swelling; encourages sobriety, relieves headaches and eases minor aches and pains.
AMETRINE: yellow/violet (mixture of citrine and amethyst)
Combines Intuition and Spirit with every day life; all around healer. It promotes good luck, serenity, grounding, energy and unconditional love. Cleansing, inspiring, divine love, channeling, success, creativity and harmony. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and boosts metabolism.
ANGELITE: blue and white crystals
Provides psychic connection to the angelic realm and spiritual guidance. Aids healing in the areas of the throat, heart and blood vessels.
APACHE TEARS (SMOKY OBSIDIAN): black, smoky translucent/opaque obsidian (It is said that this stone represents the tears of the Native American women who mourned for their warriors after they were driven from a cliff by the cavalry.)
Grounding and protection stone. Relieves pain from grief and sorrow. Sheds barriers that hold us back. Aids healing in the areas of muscle spasms and eliminates toxins from the body. Eases pain.
APATITE: blue, yellow, green, gray
Energizes, instills motivation, eases anger and allows self-expression. Encourages healing in the areas of broken bones and bone growth, teeth, cell growth and joints. Promotes healthy eating habits.
APOPHYLLITE: white, yellowish, blue-green
Promotes calmness, tranquility and honesty; reduces fear, overcomes anxieties and worry. Aids healing in the areas of respiratory problems (asthma) and allergies.
AQUA AURA: light blue, iridescent (quartz crystal enhanced with pure gold)
Combines quartz crystal and gold properties to produce intense energy; cleanses the aura and activates the energy of all other minerals; releases physical, emotional and spiritual negativity.
AQUAMARINE: green to light blue
Promotes tranquility, direction, vision, peace, love, understanding, creativity, spiritual growth, clairvoyance, success; removes confusion and releases bad energy; uplifting. The calming and strengthening stone. Awakens truth and dispels illusions. Aids healing in the areas of allergies (especially hay fever), the immune system, eyes, hormones, and harmonizes the pituitary and thyroid gland.
ARAGONITE: white, pink, yellow, light green, brown, purple
Promotes flexibility, calmness, peaceful meditation, uplifting emotions; balances ying/yang. Stimulates muscle activity, strengthens immune system and helps with digestion.
ARKIMER DIAMOND: clear quartz
Double terminated quartz crystal only found in Arkansas. More glow than the Herkimer Diamond. Carries the same properties as Quartz Crystal.
AVENTURINE: translucent dark green/light green
Promotes growth, optimism, determination, prosperity, abundance, relaxation, recovery, enthusiasm and tolerance. Releases emotional stress; all around healer. Encourages regeneration of the heart, stimulates metabolism, lowers cholesterol, heals skin, and alleviates pain and allergies.
AZURITE: azure blue
Promotes deeper insight, alertness, assertive communication; reduces depression and anger. Stimulates liver function, detoxifies, stimulates brain and nerve activity, promotes cell growth and activates the thyroid.
BLOODSTONE (HELIOTROPE): dark green with red flecks
The Stone of Courage. Promotes protection, grounding, calming and wealth; eases irritability and impatience. Also revitalizes flexibility. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, menstrual cramps, immune system; detoxifies.
BLUE LACE AGATE: blue and white bands
The stone of Bliss!! Promotes peace, patience and nurturing; uplifting, inspiring, creativity, tranquility, cooling and highly spiritual. Aids healing in the areas of arthritis; strengthens bones; helps digestion, stimulates nervous system and reduces growths.
BOJI STONES TM: gray to brown ( The two Boji Stones TM, spherical pyrites, are: (1) the female has smooth crystallization and (2) the male has protruding crystals.)
Encourages self awareness; unblocks emotions and memories; removes energy blocks. Excellent energy source. Dissolves blockages, promotes general healing and tissue regeneration.
CALCITE: white, pink, yellow, green and blue
Promotes stability, energy, success, spontaneity and tranquility; amplifies memory. Stimulates metabolism, cell growth; fortifies immune system; normalizes heart rhythm; strengthens heart and bones; reduces blood clotting.
CARNELIAN: red-orange, yellow, brown
Promotes action, courage, helpfulness; stops confusion, inner attunement, cleanses, purifies, opens the heart, lifts emotions, protects from envy and fear and provides perceptiveness. Aids healing in the areas of gall bladder, kidney function, infertility, rheumatism and relieving cramps; stimulates the absorption of vitamins; ensures good blood circulation.
CELESTITE: white, clear, light blue
Promotes gentleness, serenity, spiritual connection; soothes nerves and relieves stress. Aids healing in the areas of hearing and digestion; eliminates toxins and is used to treat eye disorders.
CERUSSITE: many various colors
Comfort stone. Helps us to be centered, confident, capable and versatile amidst life's challenges. Promotes growth of higher self, graciousness and communication. Aids healing in the areas of insomnia and strengthens inner organs.
CHAROITE: violet, pink, gray
Enhances relaxation, magic and mystery, and ability to cope with changes; promotes determination, spontaneity, drive and decision making. Aids healing in the areas of cramps; encourages metabolism; calms nerves and alleviates pain.
CHIASTOLITE (Also known as "CROSS STONE"): brown, gray with black cross
Helps with problem solving; dispels negativity; offers stability and creativity. Aids healing in the areas of slow movement, paralysis and acid problems.
CHRYSOBERYL: brown, greenish, yellow
Promotes leadership and independence; encourages self-discipline, self-worth, self-control, ambition, and prosperity; relieves nightmares. Aids healing in the areas of liver fortification and inflammations of the chest.
CHRYSOCOLLA: green to turquoise
Soothing and relaxing; promotes patience, flexibility, self-awareness, acceptance of change; and encourages clarity. Aids healing in the areas of infections (particularly throat and tonsils), digestion, and liver function; reduces fever; heals burns faster; lowers blood pressure.
CHRYSOPRASE: green
Angelic; promotes alertness, well-being, independence, quick-wittedness; encourages beauty, love, wisdom, spiritual faith and generosity. Relieves depression, sexual imbalance and anger. Aids healing in the areas of skin diseases and is detoxifying. Anti-depressant aids in fluctuating mood swings. Also stimulates liver function and fertility.
CITRINE: yellow
Aura cleansing; promotes mental and emotional clarity; encourages manifestation; Alignment with ones self; Lifts the spirit and soul. Optimizes memory, understanding, prosperity, recovery, growth, hope, willpower and confidence. Also reduces depression. Aids healing in the areas of food disorders, stomach and bladder problems; fights diabetes.
CORAL: many various colors
Soothing; energizes emotions, intuition, and imagination. Aids healing in the areas of reproductive system, regeneration of tissue; and strengthens bones and spine.
CRYSTAL QUARTZ: See QUARTZ CRYSTAL
CUPRITE: deep dark red
Increases vitality, energy and feminine power; alleviates worries. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, bladder and kidney disorders; great for blood and oxygen health; relieves vertigo, water retention, altitude sickness and reproductive disorders.
DANBURITE: clear, pale yellow, pink
Radiates love and spirituality; cleansing and purifying. Brings truth, honesty and opens the mind. Aids healing in the areas of the liver and gall bladder; also removes toxins; general healing tool.
DIAMOND: usually clear
Enhances power, strength, courage, prosperity, clarity, and generosity; encourages logical thinking and problem solving over crisis, fear and depression. Aids healing in the areas of the brain, nervous system, sensory organs and hormonal glands.
DIOPSIDE: various colors
Promotes love, commitment, trust, humbleness. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, lungs, physical weakness, psychological disorders, and eliminates muscle spasms.
DIOPTASE: dark green
Promotes forgiveness, abundance, self-awareness; heals sadness and abuse; bestows vivid dreams and hope; sheds light on our own capabilities; helps us realize our ambitions. Aids healing in the areas of the liver, cramps, chronic headaches and alleviates pain.
DOLOMITE: brown, red, white
Promotes stability, balance, self-realization; soothes heartache, loneliness and anxiety. Aids healing in the stabilizing of general health, blood circulation, the heart and stimulates metabolism.
DUMORTIERITE: blue, violet, brown
Promotes accomplishments, positive attitude, courage, trust and helps us cope with panic and fear. Aids healing in the areas of nausea, vomiting, cramps, colic, diarrhea, skin irritations, epilepsy, headaches and addictions.
EILAT STONE: blues and greens
In addition to the properties of malachite, chrysocolla and turquoise, its properties are: Peace, wholeness, creativity and helps depression. Aids healing in the areas of the sinuses, mouth, bones and tissue regeneration.
EMERALD: green
The stone of Prosperity and Riches!! Encourages spiritual growth, inspiration, clairvoyance, sensuality, love, beauty, harmony, tranquility, clarity, justice, friendship and unity. Aids healing in the areas of eyesight, upper respiratory tract, liver function, immune system; fortifies the heart and detoxifies the body; anti-inflammatory.
EPIDOTE: green, black, gray, sometimes yellow
Promotes strength, patience, recovery; lifts up emotions; dissolves sadness, sorrow and grief. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system, liver function, stamina, digestion and the small intestine.
FALCON'S EYE (HAWK'S EYE): blue, black
Promotes understanding of life, decision making; relieves doubt; allows perceptiveness. Aids healing in the areas of nervousness and trembling, balances hormone production and alleviates pain.
FLUORITE: clear, yellow, green, blue, violet and rainbow
Promotes self-confidence, free spirit, creativity; inventive, aura cleansing, and opens the subconscious. Angelic whispers, inner vision, advancement in universal principles. Aids healing in the areas of skin regeneration, repels colds, helps ulcers, fortifies the bones and teeth; improves posture, arthritis and allergies.
FOSSILIZED WOOD (PETRIFIED): brown, yellow, reddish
Encourages new beginnings, grounding, and bonds us to the earth; calming; creates pleasant atmospheres and aids recovery. Aids healing in the areas of obesity, stimulates metabolism and stabilizes general health; calms nerves.
GARNET: usually red, also found in green, brown, black, pink, orange and yellow
Promotes new beginnings, sexuality, prosperity; ends crisis; helps cope with daily problems; feminine strength, compassion, courage, attraction; eliminates energy blocks and taboos; encourages self-confidence and creativity. Aids healing in the areas of cell regeneration, immune system, arthritis and bones; accelerates wound healing, stimulates metabolism and circulation; anti inflammatory.
GOLDEN BERYL: yellow
Promotes spiritual development and harmony; eliminates emotional eruptions; encourages security and self-confidence; overcomes obstacles and nervousness. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and relieves stress; liver stimulation, detoxifying.
HEMATITE: gray-silver metallic
Manifests light; encourages survival and energizes; strengthens the will; bestows vitality and desire. Aids healing in the areas of iron absorption and improves oxygen supply to the body; fortifies blood circulation, helps insomnia, general health stabilizer.
HERKIMER DIAMOND: clear quartz
Double terminated quartz crystal only found in New York. Less glow than the Arkimer Diamond. Carries the same properties as Quartz Crystal.
HOWLITE: white
Calming, loving; absorbs stress, tension and anxiety. Dispels selfishness and confrontations. Aids healing in the areas of balancing calcium levels in teeth and bone structure.
IOLITE: clear, blue, lavender
Encourages simplicity, imagery, peace, higher awareness; aligns the aura; stimulates spiritual being. Aids healing in the areas of addictions and sobriety; reduces fever; lessens fatty deposits and rids the body of toxins.
JADE: green, white, lilac/violet
Promotes determination, self realization, spirituality; bestows inner peace and balance, calms irritability, reduces emotional and mental stress; stimulates ideas and promotes readiness. Aids healing in the areas of kidney function; also improves response and reaction times.
JASPER: brown, red, yellow, green, sandy colored
Promotes courage, willpower, imagination, grounding; reduces stress and conflicts; stimulates energy. Aids healing in the areas of influenza, intestinal problems, digestion and diseases of the sexual organs.
KUNZITE: pink to violet
Promotes gratitude, joy, dedication, inspiration, humility and intuition. Restores memory and heals depression. Enhances psychic ability and meditation. Aids healing in the areas of epilepsy, sensory organs and dissolves tension in the heart.
KYANITE: various colors
Aligns chakras immediately; bestows foresight, tranquility, tolerance, psychic ability, meditation and communication. Aids healing in the areas of the muscular system, epilepsy, sensory organs, throat and brain.
LABRADORITE: gray, green, silver, black; iridescent
Promotes depth of feeling, calmness, intuition; enhances magic and mediumistic abilities. Aids healing in the areas of gout, colds, rheumatic fever, feeling cold, and lowers blood pressure.
LAPIS LAZULI: deep blue
Promotes self-knowledge, abundance, wisdom, honesty and communication. The stone of friendship. Releases tension and anxiety and enhances psychic ability. Aids healing in the areas of the neck, larynx, and vocal chords. Also lowers blood pressure and regulates the thyroid gland.
LARIMAR: white, light blue
Promotes nurturing, inner peace, tranquility, faith, belief; soothes fear, depression and the fear of change. Also stimulates self-healing and constructive thinking. Aids healing in the areas of the chest, neck and head. Also stimulates brain activity.
LEPIDOLITE: pink to blue violet
Promotes independence, acceptance, harmony, joy, feminine power, emotional and mental balance, calmness, and protection from outer influences. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system and joint problems. Stimulates skin and connective tissues.
LODESTONE: metallic black; natural magnet
Promotes clear thinking, grounding, focusing; relieves burdens. Aids healing in the areas of the pancreas and the lower glands.
MAGNESITE: white, gray, yellow, brown; often marbled
Promotes positive attitude, relaxation, calmness; helps fearfulness and irritability. Aids healing in the areas of the gall bladder, migraines, vascular, stomach, blood clots, magnesium deficiency and lowers cholesterol.
MALACHITE: light to dark green
Promotes willpower, adventure, sensuality, beauty, desire, friendship, determination, justice and rids shyness. Excellent balancer on all levels. Brings good luck and relieves mental and emotional blocks. Aids healing in the areas of sexual and menstruation problems; dissolves cramps; and promotes cell growth.
MARBLE: white, yellow, brown, black
Transforms unhappy circumstances; gives us creativity; rids emotional dissatisfaction. Aids healing in the areas of calcium absorption, lower back pain and blood clots.
MOONSTONE: white, pink, brownish with bluish shimmer
Increases clairvoyance and depth of feeling and love; balances life cycles (ying yang); encourages lucid dreams and better intuition. Aligns emotions with higher self. Female power stone. Brings good fortune. Aids healing in the areas of menstrual cramps and balances internal hormone cycles to enhance fertility in women.
MOTHER OF PEARL: white iridescent (made from oyster shell)
Although not a gemstone, it's healing properties are a peaceful healing energy from the sea. Relaxes, soothes emotions, sensitivity and stress.
MORGANITE: pink
Awakens love of life, balance and success; creates space for leisure; amplifies ambition and self-esteem. Aids healing in the areas of stress related illnesses, such as heart problems, nervousness, vertigo, impotence and joint problems.
MOSS AGATE: clear to pale white, light blue with green inclusions
Earth Stone. Helps us start anew; grounding, liberating and inspirational; prevents stress and loosens fear; bestows confidence, tolerance, trust, hope, communication and a connection to nature. Refreshes the soul. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system, influenza, swelling of lymph nodes, fever reducer and anti-inflammatory.
NEPHRITE: green
Protection against hostile influences; bestows certainty; brings inner peace; encourages tolerance; dissolves doubt and senseless brooding; reduces tension and restores energy. Aids healing in the areas of kidney infections and kidney stones.
OBSIDIAN: black, brown, silvery iridescent
Provides spiritual protection; purifying; dissolves fear, shock, trauma, pain, tension and energy blocks. Enhances inner vision and protection. Connects mind with emotion; grounds physical energy into the physical plane. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, warming of the extremities and accelerates wound healing.
ONYX: black
Promotes assertiveness, concentration, confidence, grounding; stimulates logic and communication. Also sharpens sense of hearing. Aids healing in the areas of the inner ear, eye weaknesses and the immune system.
OPAL: all colors - iridescent
Gives joy to life and love; enhances desire, eroticism, good luck, sexuality; helps relieve anxieties. Bestows angelic dreams and harmony. Excellent health stone because it gives us the will to live. Aids healing in the area of the sexual organs.
ORANGE CALCITE orange
Gives us emotional stimulation; promotes stability, energy, success, spontaneity and tranquility; amplifies memory. Stimulates metabolism, cell growth; fortifies immune system; normalizes heart rhythm; strengthens heart and bones; reduces blood clotting; increases fertility.
PEARL: usually white iridescent, colors vary
Symbol of pure heart, innocence, faith; balances emotions (especially water signs). Aids healing in the areas of digestive disorders; increases fertility.
PERIDOT ( also called OLIVINE or CHRYSOLITE): greens and yellows
Rejuvenation and Restoration Stone!! Promotes independence, cleansing, energizing, prosperity, personal growth, friendship, forgiveness; eases anger. Aids healing in the areas of skin problems, liver function, warts; stimulates metabolism and detoxifies.
PREHNITE: colorless or greenish
Accepting; encourages analytical thinking; dispels unpleasant memories. Aids healing in the areas of toxin removal; stimulates fat metabolism and regenerates the body.
PYRITE: gold - metallic
Clarifying and grounding; allows us to accept change; promotes self-relaxation; stops confusion and provides openness and honesty; male power. Aids healing in the areas of balancing the body's acids and alleviating pain.
QUARTZ CRYSTAL: clear
The Most Powerful Healing Stone!! Amplifies the energy of all stones; purifying. Promotes spiritual healing, peace, intuition, creativity, balance, clarity, perceptiveness and understanding. Recalls forgotten memories, solves problems, dispels negativity, finds capabilities we thought we had lost. Aids healing in the areas of revitalization of parts of the body that lost feeling, are cold, numb or paralyzed. Balances thinking in both halves of the brain. Supplies energy; reduces fever, swelling, nausea and diarrhea.
RHODOCHROSITE: raspberry to pink
Brings us a positive, enthusiastic attitude; encourages liveliness, eroticism; energizes and brings out the child within. Aids healing in the areas of circulation, blood pressure, kidneys, joint problems and eases migraines.
RHODONITE: pink with black inclusions
Encourages forgiveness; brings love and passion into action, reduces emotional imbalance, gives self confidence, strengthens friendships, promotes serenity, solves conflicts, eases trauma and bestows spiritual maturity. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, lessens scars and helps with fertility problems.
RHYOLITE ( also called LEOPARD SKIN JASPER): white, gray, greenish, reddish with visible speckled inclusions
Strengthens our spiritual state, self-value and balance. Aids healing in the areas of skin disease, colds and influenza.
ROCK CRYSTAL: See QUARTZ CRYSTAL
ROSE QUARTZ: pink
Rose Quartz is the stone of "gentle love" bringing peacefulness and calm. It also promotes beauty, purification, recovery, angelic dreams, well being, self-love, self confidence, romance and sensuality. Aids healing in the areas of depression, blood circulation, heart fortification, sexual problems and encourages fertility.
RUBY: red
Increases life force, passion, vigor, commitment, healthy tension, enthusiasm, sexual activity (orgasms), spontaneity and action. Aids healing in the areas of the spleen, intestinal infections and stimulates circulation.
RUTILATED QUARTZ: clear, brown with copper red or golden fibers.
Gives us hope and spiritual greatness; a place to begin; mood lifter; develops visionary power and eases depression. Aids healing in the areas of the respiratory tract, lungs (bronchitis) and cell regeneration.
SAPPHIRE: usually blue, colorless, yellow, black
Promotes straightforwardness, calmness and eases depression; bestows determination, faith, wisdom and knowledge. Aids healing in the areas of alleviating pain, reduces fever and promotes sobriety.
SARDONYX: black, white, red, brown - banded
Invigorating; promotes willpower, stability, abundance, confidence, hopeful attitude; overcomes sadness and brings joy. Aids healing in the areas of the sensory organs; regulates body fluids; immune system booster and helps cell metabolism.
SERPENTINE: olive green, yellow - green, light green, silvery fibrous
Meditation stone. Develops inner peace, calms nervousness and stress; dispels negative energy and promotes peace. Aids healing in the areas of female complaints such as relieving cramps and menstrual pain. Also helps heart rhythm, kidney and stomach complaints. Regulates bowel problems.
SMOKY QUARTZ: light to dark brown
Encourages tolerance, protection, grounding, relaxing and stress relief; meditation stone evokes effort and makes us able to cope with hard times. Aids healing in the areas of back problems, dissolves cramps, alleviates pain and fortifies the nerves.
SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN: black with gray
Just like obsidian it provides spiritual protection; purifying; dissolves fear, shock, trauma, pain, tension and energy blocks. Balances us to allow us to find the truth within ourselves. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, even in extreme cases of hardening of the arteries; warming of the extremities and accelerates wound healing.
SODALITE: dark blue with white
Enables the journey of the soul; promotes truthfulness, energy, awareness, insight, intuition, clarity, vision, cleansing, idealism; calms mind activity, teaches us to be rational and logical; eases guilt. Aids healing in the areas of throat afflictions, larynx and vocal chords. Also has a cooling effect. Lowers blood pressure.
SUGILITE: violet
Helps dreams come true; relieves tension in the soul; eases sorrow and grief and helps overcome conflicts; develops inner truth; balances brain activity and reduces stress; serenity. Aids healing in the areas of epilepsy, dyslexia; alleviates pain and harmonizes nerves and the brain.
SUNSTONE: orange, brown iridescent
Promotes leadership, self-worth, good luck, optimism, desire for action; anti-depressant. Stimulates self-healing powers.
SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL (a specific cut on a quartz crystal): for properties see crystal quartz
TIGER EYE: golden brown-banded
Promotes balance, strength to get through difficult phases of life; relieves doubt and bestows decision making; vision and clarity. Aids healing in the areas of digestion and stomach problems; alleviates pain.
TOPAZ: clear, light blue, brownish
Promotes wisdom, honesty, openness; encourages self-realization to make wishes come true. Bestows angelic dreams, awakening and positive. Aids Healing in the areas of stimulating energy flow, metabolism, nerves; helps with anorexia and other eating disorders.
TOURMALINATED QUARTZ: clear quartz with tourmaline inclusions
Combines the attributes of both Quartz Crystal and Tourmaline.
Amplifies the energy of all stones; purifying. Promotes spiritual healing, clarity, protection, inner truth, creativity, perceptiveness and understanding. Recalls forgotten memories, solves problems, finds capabilities we thought we had lost. Aids healing in the areas of revitalization of parts of the body that lost feeling, are cold, numb or paralyzed. Balances thinking in both halves of the brain. Supplies energy; heals burns, reduces fever, swelling, nausea and diarrhea. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating activity in the glands, kidney and bladder.
TOURMALINE: colors vary
Combines spirit, protection, soul, intellect and body into one harmonious whole. Bestows strength, creativity, inner truth, love, sensitivity, caring, purification, inner peace, commitment and helpfulness; dispels fears. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating activity in the glands, kidney, bladder; heals burns; aids constipation and diarrhea.
TURQUOISE: green - blue
Promotes wholeness, peace of mind, loyalty, self expression and creativity. Good intuition and foresight; brings good luck; balances moods; enables spiritual grounding. Sacred stone to absorb negativity. Aids healing in the areas of neutralizing over acidity; heals stomach and gout problems, viral infections; creates warmth and relaxes cramps.
UNAKITE: green and salmon pink
Promotes balance of the emotional body, higher spirituality. Allows us to release past burdens and move ahead with life. Aids healing in the areas of the reproductive system, stimulating healthy pregnancies; enhances weight gain.
VARISCITE: colorless, gray, green
Promotes truthfulness, spiritual awareness, communication and rational thinking; lifts our spirits. Aids healing in the areas of chronic tiredness, acid indigestion, ulcers and cramps. Also calms nerves.
WATERMELON TOURMALINE: rainbow of colors
Promotes friendship, love, understanding, relaxation, clarity; enhances daydreams and dissolves sadness. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating gland activity (hormones) and the immune system.
ZIRCON: red, orange, brown, yellow, clear
Enlightening; promotes clairvoyance; overcomes loss, fear and sadness; encourages lucid dreams. Aids healing in the areas of the liver and helps menstrual pain.
ZOISITE: green
Recovery stone; also makes us creative. Aids healing in the areas of recovery time from any illness or heavy stress. Heals diseases of the ovaries and testicles. Stimulates fertility and increases potency.
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Gemstone Properties/Meanings
ABALONE: various rainbow colors
Although not a gemstone, it's healing properties are the following: strengthens the heart, aligns all the chakras, bestows tranquility, abundance and spirit. Serenity of the sea.
ADAMITE: blue, blue-green, yellow-green
Brings heart and mind together for balance and inner strength, creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and the courage to attempt new things. Aids healing in the areas of the throat and heart.
AGATE (CHALCEDONY QUARTZ): red, gray-blue, yellow, brown
Promotes grounding, protection, security; balances aura, spiritual growth; stimulates precision and perceptiveness, concentration and memory. Aids healing in the areas of the stomach (including gastritis and ulcers), eyes, digestion, bladder and skin.
ALEXANDRITE: clear, violet-green, light blue or orange-yellow iridescent (colors change with angle)
Promotes self-esteem, intuition, centering, healing of higher self, spiritual love, joy; enhances psychic abilities and brings good luck. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and tissue regeneration.
AMAZONITE: blue-green to green
Promotes confidence; aligns physical body; develops personal truth; dispels negative energy; is soothing and calming; restores spiritual faith; dissolves sadness and grief; improves self-expression. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system, thyroid, liver and brain.
AMBER: clear, yellow, orange, brown (fossilized tree resin that has aged millions of years by losing water)
The Purifying and cleansing stone. Promotes inner peace and joy, freedom, desire, growth, good luck, enlightenment, happiness, wisdom, flexibility, creativity, uplifting, mental clarity, faith; balances moods and enables confidence. Aids healing in the areas of the stomach, gall bladder, soothes nerves, kidneys, teeth and joint problems.
AMETHYST: translucent purple/violet quartz
Enhances divine connection; great meditation tool; promotes spiritual inner peace, honesty, concentration; stimulates inspiration, stability and strength; helps control addictive habits. Aids healing in the areas of the ears, bones, lungs, digestive system, respiratory tract, skin, diarrhea, swelling; encourages sobriety, relieves headaches and eases minor aches and pains.
AMETRINE: yellow/violet (mixture of citrine and amethyst)
Combines Intuition and Spirit with every day life; all around healer. It promotes good luck, serenity, grounding, energy and unconditional love. Cleansing, inspiring, divine love, channeling, success, creativity and harmony. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and boosts metabolism.
ANGELITE: blue and white crystals
Provides psychic connection to the angelic realm and spiritual guidance. Aids healing in the areas of the throat, heart and blood vessels.
APACHE TEARS (SMOKY OBSIDIAN): black, smoky translucent/opaque obsidian (It is said that this stone represents the tears of the Native American women who mourned for their warriors after they were driven from a cliff by the cavalry.)
Grounding and protection stone. Relieves pain from grief and sorrow. Sheds barriers that hold us back. Aids healing in the areas of muscle spasms and eliminates toxins from the body. Eases pain.
APATITE: blue, yellow, green, gray
Energizes, instills motivation, eases anger and allows self-expression. Encourages healing in the areas of broken bones and bone growth, teeth, cell growth and joints. Promotes healthy eating habits.
APOPHYLLITE: white, yellowish, blue-green
Promotes calmness, tranquility and honesty; reduces fear, overcomes anxieties and worry. Aids healing in the areas of respiratory problems (asthma) and allergies.
AQUA AURA: light blue, iridescent (quartz crystal enhanced with pure gold)
Combines quartz crystal and gold properties to produce intense energy; cleanses the aura and activates the energy of all other minerals; releases physical, emotional and spiritual negativity.
AQUAMARINE: green to light blue
Promotes tranquility, direction, vision, peace, love, understanding, creativity, spiritual growth, clairvoyance, success; removes confusion and releases bad energy; uplifting. The calming and strengthening stone. Awakens truth and dispels illusions. Aids healing in the areas of allergies (especially hay fever), the immune system, eyes, hormones, and harmonizes the pituitary and thyroid gland.
ARAGONITE: white, pink, yellow, light green, brown, purple
Promotes flexibility, calmness, peaceful meditation, uplifting emotions; balances ying/yang. Stimulates muscle activity, strengthens immune system and helps with digestion.
ARKIMER DIAMOND: clear quartz
Double terminated quartz crystal only found in Arkansas. More glow than the Herkimer Diamond. Carries the same properties as Quartz Crystal.
AVENTURINE: translucent dark green/light green
Promotes growth, optimism, determination, prosperity, abundance, relaxation, recovery, enthusiasm and tolerance. Releases emotional stress; all around healer. Encourages regeneration of the heart, stimulates metabolism, lowers cholesterol, heals skin, and alleviates pain and allergies.
AZURITE: azure blue
Promotes deeper insight, alertness, assertive communication; reduces depression and anger. Stimulates liver function, detoxifies, stimulates brain and nerve activity, promotes cell growth and activates the thyroid.
BLOODSTONE (HELIOTROPE): dark green with red flecks
The Stone of Courage. Promotes protection, grounding, calming and wealth; eases irritability and impatience. Also revitalizes flexibility. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, menstrual cramps, immune system; detoxifies.
BLUE LACE AGATE: blue and white bands
The stone of Bliss!! Promotes peace, patience and nurturing; uplifting, inspiring, creativity, tranquility, cooling and highly spiritual. Aids healing in the areas of arthritis; strengthens bones; helps digestion, stimulates nervous system and reduces growths.
BOJI STONES TM: gray to brown ( The two Boji Stones TM, spherical pyrites, are: (1) the female has smooth crystallization and (2) the male has protruding crystals.)
Encourages self awareness; unblocks emotions and memories; removes energy blocks. Excellent energy source. Dissolves blockages, promotes general healing and tissue regeneration.
CALCITE: white, pink, yellow, green and blue
Promotes stability, energy, success, spontaneity and tranquility; amplifies memory. Stimulates metabolism, cell growth; fortifies immune system; normalizes heart rhythm; strengthens heart and bones; reduces blood clotting.
CARNELIAN: red-orange, yellow, brown
Promotes action, courage, helpfulness; stops confusion, inner attunement, cleanses, purifies, opens the heart, lifts emotions, protects from envy and fear and provides perceptiveness. Aids healing in the areas of gall bladder, kidney function, infertility, rheumatism and relieving cramps; stimulates the absorption of vitamins; ensures good blood circulation.
CELESTITE: white, clear, light blue
Promotes gentleness, serenity, spiritual connection; soothes nerves and relieves stress. Aids healing in the areas of hearing and digestion; eliminates toxins and is used to treat eye disorders.
CERUSSITE: many various colors
Comfort stone. Helps us to be centered, confident, capable and versatile amidst life's challenges. Promotes growth of higher self, graciousness and communication. Aids healing in the areas of insomnia and strengthens inner organs.
CHAROITE: violet, pink, gray
Enhances relaxation, magic and mystery, and ability to cope with changes; promotes determination, spontaneity, drive and decision making. Aids healing in the areas of cramps; encourages metabolism; calms nerves and alleviates pain.
CHIASTOLITE (Also known as "CROSS STONE"): brown, gray with black cross
Helps with problem solving; dispels negativity; offers stability and creativity. Aids healing in the areas of slow movement, paralysis and acid problems.
CHRYSOBERYL: brown, greenish, yellow
Promotes leadership and independence; encourages self-discipline, self-worth, self-control, ambition, and prosperity; relieves nightmares. Aids healing in the areas of liver fortification and inflammations of the chest.
CHRYSOCOLLA: green to turquoise
Soothing and relaxing; promotes patience, flexibility, self-awareness, acceptance of change; and encourages clarity. Aids healing in the areas of infections (particularly throat and tonsils), digestion, and liver function; reduces fever; heals burns faster; lowers blood pressure.
CHRYSOPRASE: green
Angelic; promotes alertness, well-being, independence, quick-wittedness; encourages beauty, love, wisdom, spiritual faith and generosity. Relieves depression, sexual imbalance and anger. Aids healing in the areas of skin diseases and is detoxifying. Anti-depressant aids in fluctuating mood swings. Also stimulates liver function and fertility.
CITRINE: yellow
Aura cleansing; promotes mental and emotional clarity; encourages manifestation; Alignment with ones self; Lifts the spirit and soul. Optimizes memory, understanding, prosperity, recovery, growth, hope, willpower and confidence. Also reduces depression. Aids healing in the areas of food disorders, stomach and bladder problems; fights diabetes.
CORAL: many various colors
Soothing; energizes emotions, intuition, and imagination. Aids healing in the areas of reproductive system, regeneration of tissue; and strengthens bones and spine.
CRYSTAL QUARTZ: See QUARTZ CRYSTAL
CUPRITE: deep dark red
Increases vitality, energy and feminine power; alleviates worries. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, bladder and kidney disorders; great for blood and oxygen health; relieves vertigo, water retention, altitude sickness and reproductive disorders.
DANBURITE: clear, pale yellow, pink
Radiates love and spirituality; cleansing and purifying. Brings truth, honesty and opens the mind. Aids healing in the areas of the liver and gall bladder; also removes toxins; general healing tool.
DIAMOND: usually clear
Enhances power, strength, courage, prosperity, clarity, and generosity; encourages logical thinking and problem solving over crisis, fear and depression. Aids healing in the areas of the brain, nervous system, sensory organs and hormonal glands.
DIOPSIDE: various colors
Promotes love, commitment, trust, humbleness. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, lungs, physical weakness, psychological disorders, and eliminates muscle spasms.
DIOPTASE: dark green
Promotes forgiveness, abundance, self-awareness; heals sadness and abuse; bestows vivid dreams and hope; sheds light on our own capabilities; helps us realize our ambitions. Aids healing in the areas of the liver, cramps, chronic headaches and alleviates pain.
DOLOMITE: brown, red, white
Promotes stability, balance, self-realization; soothes heartache, loneliness and anxiety. Aids healing in the stabilizing of general health, blood circulation, the heart and stimulates metabolism.
DUMORTIERITE: blue, violet, brown
Promotes accomplishments, positive attitude, courage, trust and helps us cope with panic and fear. Aids healing in the areas of nausea, vomiting, cramps, colic, diarrhea, skin irritations, epilepsy, headaches and addictions.
EILAT STONE: blues and greens
In addition to the properties of malachite, chrysocolla and turquoise, its properties are: Peace, wholeness, creativity and helps depression. Aids healing in the areas of the sinuses, mouth, bones and tissue regeneration.
EMERALD: green
The stone of Prosperity and Riches!! Encourages spiritual growth, inspiration, clairvoyance, sensuality, love, beauty, harmony, tranquility, clarity, justice, friendship and unity. Aids healing in the areas of eyesight, upper respiratory tract, liver function, immune system; fortifies the heart and detoxifies the body; anti-inflammatory.
EPIDOTE: green, black, gray, sometimes yellow
Promotes strength, patience, recovery; lifts up emotions; dissolves sadness, sorrow and grief. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system, liver function, stamina, digestion and the small intestine.
FALCON'S EYE (HAWK'S EYE): blue, black
Promotes understanding of life, decision making; relieves doubt; allows perceptiveness. Aids healing in the areas of nervousness and trembling, balances hormone production and alleviates pain.
FLUORITE: clear, yellow, green, blue, violet and rainbow
Promotes self-confidence, free spirit, creativity; inventive, aura cleansing, and opens the subconscious. Angelic whispers, inner vision, advancement in universal principles. Aids healing in the areas of skin regeneration, repels colds, helps ulcers, fortifies the bones and teeth; improves posture, arthritis and allergies.
FOSSILIZED WOOD (PETRIFIED): brown, yellow, reddish
Encourages new beginnings, grounding, and bonds us to the earth; calming; creates pleasant atmospheres and aids recovery. Aids healing in the areas of obesity, stimulates metabolism and stabilizes general health; calms nerves.
GARNET: usually red, also found in green, brown, black, pink, orange and yellow
Promotes new beginnings, sexuality, prosperity; ends crisis; helps cope with daily problems; feminine strength, compassion, courage, attraction; eliminates energy blocks and taboos; encourages self-confidence and creativity. Aids healing in the areas of cell regeneration, immune system, arthritis and bones; accelerates wound healing, stimulates metabolism and circulation; anti inflammatory.
GOLDEN BERYL: yellow
Promotes spiritual development and harmony; eliminates emotional eruptions; encourages security and self-confidence; overcomes obstacles and nervousness. Aids healing in the areas of the nervous system and relieves stress; liver stimulation, detoxifying.
HEMATITE: gray-silver metallic
Manifests light; encourages survival and energizes; strengthens the will; bestows vitality and desire. Aids healing in the areas of iron absorption and improves oxygen supply to the body; fortifies blood circulation, helps insomnia, general health stabilizer.
HERKIMER DIAMOND: clear quartz
Double terminated quartz crystal only found in New York. Less glow than the Arkimer Diamond. Carries the same properties as Quartz Crystal.
HOWLITE: white
Calming, loving; absorbs stress, tension and anxiety. Dispels selfishness and confrontations. Aids healing in the areas of balancing calcium levels in teeth and bone structure.
IOLITE: clear, blue, lavender
Encourages simplicity, imagery, peace, higher awareness; aligns the aura; stimulates spiritual being. Aids healing in the areas of addictions and sobriety; reduces fever; lessens fatty deposits and rids the body of toxins.
JADE: green, white, lilac/violet
Promotes determination, self realization, spirituality; bestows inner peace and balance, calms irritability, reduces emotional and mental stress; stimulates ideas and promotes readiness. Aids healing in the areas of kidney function; also improves response and reaction times.
JASPER: brown, red, yellow, green, sandy colored
Promotes courage, willpower, imagination, grounding; reduces stress and conflicts; stimulates energy. Aids healing in the areas of influenza, intestinal problems, digestion and diseases of the sexual organs.
KUNZITE: pink to violet
Promotes gratitude, joy, dedication, inspiration, humility and intuition. Restores memory and heals depression. Enhances psychic ability and meditation. Aids healing in the areas of epilepsy, sensory organs and dissolves tension in the heart.
KYANITE: various colors
Aligns chakras immediately; bestows foresight, tranquility, tolerance, psychic ability, meditation and communication. Aids healing in the areas of the muscular system, epilepsy, sensory organs, throat and brain.
LABRADORITE: gray, green, silver, black; iridescent
Promotes depth of feeling, calmness, intuition; enhances magic and mediumistic abilities. Aids healing in the areas of gout, colds, rheumatic fever, feeling cold, and lowers blood pressure.
LAPIS LAZULI: deep blue
Promotes self-knowledge, abundance, wisdom, honesty and communication. The stone of friendship. Releases tension and anxiety and enhances psychic ability. Aids healing in the areas of the neck, larynx, and vocal chords. Also lowers blood pressure and regulates the thyroid gland.
LARIMAR: white, light blue
Promotes nurturing, inner peace, tranquility, faith, belief; soothes fear, depression and the fear of change. Also stimulates self-healing and constructive thinking. Aids healing in the areas of the chest, neck and head. Also stimulates brain activity.
LEPIDOLITE: pink to blue violet
Promotes independence, acceptance, harmony, joy, feminine power, emotional and mental balance, calmness, and protection from outer influences. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system and joint problems. Stimulates skin and connective tissues.
LODESTONE: metallic black; natural magnet
Promotes clear thinking, grounding, focusing; relieves burdens. Aids healing in the areas of the pancreas and the lower glands.
MAGNESITE: white, gray, yellow, brown; often marbled
Promotes positive attitude, relaxation, calmness; helps fearfulness and irritability. Aids healing in the areas of the gall bladder, migraines, vascular, stomach, blood clots, magnesium deficiency and lowers cholesterol.
MALACHITE: light to dark green
Promotes willpower, adventure, sensuality, beauty, desire, friendship, determination, justice and rids shyness. Excellent balancer on all levels. Brings good luck and relieves mental and emotional blocks. Aids healing in the areas of sexual and menstruation problems; dissolves cramps; and promotes cell growth.
MARBLE: white, yellow, brown, black
Transforms unhappy circumstances; gives us creativity; rids emotional dissatisfaction. Aids healing in the areas of calcium absorption, lower back pain and blood clots.
MOONSTONE: white, pink, brownish with bluish shimmer
Increases clairvoyance and depth of feeling and love; balances life cycles (ying yang); encourages lucid dreams and better intuition. Aligns emotions with higher self. Female power stone. Brings good fortune. Aids healing in the areas of menstrual cramps and balances internal hormone cycles to enhance fertility in women.
MOTHER OF PEARL: white iridescent (made from oyster shell)
Although not a gemstone, it's healing properties are a peaceful healing energy from the sea. Relaxes, soothes emotions, sensitivity and stress.
MORGANITE: pink
Awakens love of life, balance and success; creates space for leisure; amplifies ambition and self-esteem. Aids healing in the areas of stress related illnesses, such as heart problems, nervousness, vertigo, impotence and joint problems.
MOSS AGATE: clear to pale white, light blue with green inclusions
Earth Stone. Helps us start anew; grounding, liberating and inspirational; prevents stress and loosens fear; bestows confidence, tolerance, trust, hope, communication and a connection to nature. Refreshes the soul. Aids healing in the areas of the immune system, influenza, swelling of lymph nodes, fever reducer and anti-inflammatory.
NEPHRITE: green
Protection against hostile influences; bestows certainty; brings inner peace; encourages tolerance; dissolves doubt and senseless brooding; reduces tension and restores energy. Aids healing in the areas of kidney infections and kidney stones.
OBSIDIAN: black, brown, silvery iridescent
Provides spiritual protection; purifying; dissolves fear, shock, trauma, pain, tension and energy blocks. Enhances inner vision and protection. Connects mind with emotion; grounds physical energy into the physical plane. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, warming of the extremities and accelerates wound healing.
ONYX: black
Promotes assertiveness, concentration, confidence, grounding; stimulates logic and communication. Also sharpens sense of hearing. Aids healing in the areas of the inner ear, eye weaknesses and the immune system.
OPAL: all colors - iridescent
Gives joy to life and love; enhances desire, eroticism, good luck, sexuality; helps relieve anxieties. Bestows angelic dreams and harmony. Excellent health stone because it gives us the will to live. Aids healing in the area of the sexual organs.
ORANGE CALCITE orange
Gives us emotional stimulation; promotes stability, energy, success, spontaneity and tranquility; amplifies memory. Stimulates metabolism, cell growth; fortifies immune system; normalizes heart rhythm; strengthens heart and bones; reduces blood clotting; increases fertility.
PEARL: usually white iridescent, colors vary
Symbol of pure heart, innocence, faith; balances emotions (especially water signs). Aids healing in the areas of digestive disorders; increases fertility.
PERIDOT ( also called OLIVINE or CHRYSOLITE): greens and yellows
Rejuvenation and Restoration Stone!! Promotes independence, cleansing, energizing, prosperity, personal growth, friendship, forgiveness; eases anger. Aids healing in the areas of skin problems, liver function, warts; stimulates metabolism and detoxifies.
PREHNITE: colorless or greenish
Accepting; encourages analytical thinking; dispels unpleasant memories. Aids healing in the areas of toxin removal; stimulates fat metabolism and regenerates the body.
PYRITE: gold - metallic
Clarifying and grounding; allows us to accept change; promotes self-relaxation; stops confusion and provides openness and honesty; male power. Aids healing in the areas of balancing the body's acids and alleviating pain.
QUARTZ CRYSTAL: clear
The Most Powerful Healing Stone!! Amplifies the energy of all stones; purifying. Promotes spiritual healing, peace, intuition, creativity, balance, clarity, perceptiveness and understanding. Recalls forgotten memories, solves problems, dispels negativity, finds capabilities we thought we had lost. Aids healing in the areas of revitalization of parts of the body that lost feeling, are cold, numb or paralyzed. Balances thinking in both halves of the brain. Supplies energy; reduces fever, swelling, nausea and diarrhea.
RHODOCHROSITE: raspberry to pink
Brings us a positive, enthusiastic attitude; encourages liveliness, eroticism; energizes and brings out the child within. Aids healing in the areas of circulation, blood pressure, kidneys, joint problems and eases migraines.
RHODONITE: pink with black inclusions
Encourages forgiveness; brings love and passion into action, reduces emotional imbalance, gives self confidence, strengthens friendships, promotes serenity, solves conflicts, eases trauma and bestows spiritual maturity. Aids healing in the areas of the heart, lessens scars and helps with fertility problems.
RHYOLITE ( also called LEOPARD SKIN JASPER): white, gray, greenish, reddish with visible speckled inclusions
Strengthens our spiritual state, self-value and balance. Aids healing in the areas of skin disease, colds and influenza.
ROCK CRYSTAL: See QUARTZ CRYSTAL
ROSE QUARTZ: pink
Rose Quartz is the stone of "gentle love" bringing peacefulness and calm. It also promotes beauty, purification, recovery, angelic dreams, well being, self-love, self confidence, romance and sensuality. Aids healing in the areas of depression, blood circulation, heart fortification, sexual problems and encourages fertility.
RUBY: red
Increases life force, passion, vigor, commitment, healthy tension, enthusiasm, sexual activity (orgasms), spontaneity and action. Aids healing in the areas of the spleen, intestinal infections and stimulates circulation.
RUTILATED QUARTZ: clear, brown with copper red or golden fibers.
Gives us hope and spiritual greatness; a place to begin; mood lifter; develops visionary power and eases depression. Aids healing in the areas of the respiratory tract, lungs (bronchitis) and cell regeneration.
SAPPHIRE: usually blue, colorless, yellow, black
Promotes straightforwardness, calmness and eases depression; bestows determination, faith, wisdom and knowledge. Aids healing in the areas of alleviating pain, reduces fever and promotes sobriety.
SARDONYX: black, white, red, brown - banded
Invigorating; promotes willpower, stability, abundance, confidence, hopeful attitude; overcomes sadness and brings joy. Aids healing in the areas of the sensory organs; regulates body fluids; immune system booster and helps cell metabolism.
SERPENTINE: olive green, yellow - green, light green, silvery fibrous
Meditation stone. Develops inner peace, calms nervousness and stress; dispels negative energy and promotes peace. Aids healing in the areas of female complaints such as relieving cramps and menstrual pain. Also helps heart rhythm, kidney and stomach complaints. Regulates bowel problems.
SMOKY QUARTZ: light to dark brown
Encourages tolerance, protection, grounding, relaxing and stress relief; meditation stone evokes effort and makes us able to cope with hard times. Aids healing in the areas of back problems, dissolves cramps, alleviates pain and fortifies the nerves.
SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN: black with gray
Just like obsidian it provides spiritual protection; purifying; dissolves fear, shock, trauma, pain, tension and energy blocks. Balances us to allow us to find the truth within ourselves. Aids healing in the areas of blood circulation, even in extreme cases of hardening of the arteries; warming of the extremities and accelerates wound healing.
SODALITE: dark blue with white
Enables the journey of the soul; promotes truthfulness, energy, awareness, insight, intuition, clarity, vision, cleansing, idealism; calms mind activity, teaches us to be rational and logical; eases guilt. Aids healing in the areas of throat afflictions, larynx and vocal chords. Also has a cooling effect. Lowers blood pressure.
SUGILITE: violet
Helps dreams come true; relieves tension in the soul; eases sorrow and grief and helps overcome conflicts; develops inner truth; balances brain activity and reduces stress; serenity. Aids healing in the areas of epilepsy, dyslexia; alleviates pain and harmonizes nerves and the brain.
SUNSTONE: orange, brown iridescent
Promotes leadership, self-worth, good luck, optimism, desire for action; anti-depressant. Stimulates self-healing powers.
SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL (a specific cut on a quartz crystal): for properties see crystal quartz
TIGER EYE: golden brown-banded
Promotes balance, strength to get through difficult phases of life; relieves doubt and bestows decision making; vision and clarity. Aids healing in the areas of digestion and stomach problems; alleviates pain.
TOPAZ: clear, light blue, brownish
Promotes wisdom, honesty, openness; encourages self-realization to make wishes come true. Bestows angelic dreams, awakening and positive. Aids Healing in the areas of stimulating energy flow, metabolism, nerves; helps with anorexia and other eating disorders.
TOURMALINATED QUARTZ: clear quartz with tourmaline inclusions
Combines the attributes of both Quartz Crystal and Tourmaline.
Amplifies the energy of all stones; purifying. Promotes spiritual healing, clarity, protection, inner truth, creativity, perceptiveness and understanding. Recalls forgotten memories, solves problems, finds capabilities we thought we had lost. Aids healing in the areas of revitalization of parts of the body that lost feeling, are cold, numb or paralyzed. Balances thinking in both halves of the brain. Supplies energy; heals burns, reduces fever, swelling, nausea and diarrhea. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating activity in the glands, kidney and bladder.
TOURMALINE: colors vary
Combines spirit, protection, soul, intellect and body into one harmonious whole. Bestows strength, creativity, inner truth, love, sensitivity, caring, purification, inner peace, commitment and helpfulness; dispels fears. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating activity in the glands, kidney, bladder; heals burns; aids constipation and diarrhea.
TURQUOISE: green - blue
Promotes wholeness, peace of mind, loyalty, self expression and creativity. Good intuition and foresight; brings good luck; balances moods; enables spiritual grounding. Sacred stone to absorb negativity. Aids healing in the areas of neutralizing over acidity; heals stomach and gout problems, viral infections; creates warmth and relaxes cramps.
UNAKITE: green and salmon pink
Promotes balance of the emotional body, higher spirituality. Allows us to release past burdens and move ahead with life. Aids healing in the areas of the reproductive system, stimulating healthy pregnancies; enhances weight gain.
VARISCITE: colorless, gray, green
Promotes truthfulness, spiritual awareness, communication and rational thinking; lifts our spirits. Aids healing in the areas of chronic tiredness, acid indigestion, ulcers and cramps. Also calms nerves.
WATERMELON TOURMALINE: rainbow of colors
Promotes friendship, love, understanding, relaxation, clarity; enhances daydreams and dissolves sadness. Aids healing in the areas of stimulating gland activity (hormones) and the immune system.
ZIRCON: red, orange, brown, yellow, clear
Enlightening; promotes clairvoyance; overcomes loss, fear and sadness; encourages lucid dreams. Aids healing in the areas of the liver and helps menstrual pain.
ZOISITE: green
Recovery stone; also makes us creative. Aids healing in the areas of recovery time from any illness or heavy stress. Heals diseases of the ovaries and testicles. Stimulates fertility and increases potency.
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