Abalone
In magic each color has its own unique energy and the iridescent flash of colors seen in Abalone Shell has long been believed to have an effect on all the chakras of the body, helping to bring them into balance and alignment. Although it can be used on all chakras, Abalone is especially good for the Heart Chakra, gently cleansing the heart of fear, sorrow and negative emotions so that it can shine with all the colors of the rainbow. Abalone has an obvious link with elemental Water and is used in magic and healing as a cleanser.
Meditating while gazing at a piece of Abalone can help you gain insights about how to release outgrown beliefs and attitudes that are holding you back from being the person you want to be. Meditating or crystal gazing with Abalone Shell can also be mentally stimulating and helpful when you are looking for inspiration or creative ideas. Abalone is a powerful ally in situations where you need to speak from your heart, helping you to express your highest truths without fear and get your message across without anger or bitterness.
Abalone can be used to defuse tense or emotionally charged situations. It helps people speak calmly and clearly, without their message being distorted by anger or bitterness. Abalone is one of the most useful 'crystals' to work with if you are worried about losing your cool. If things get too much take a 'time out' and play with a piece of Abalone for a few minutes. Watch the light reflect from the iridescent surface, become absorbed in the flash of magical colors and breathe deeply... by the time you get back to what you were doing beforehand you will feel much calmer and may find yourself inspired with new ideas about how to best handle the situation.
Meditating while gazing at a piece of Abalone can help you gain insights about how to release outgrown beliefs and attitudes that are holding you back from being the person you want to be. Meditating or crystal gazing with Abalone Shell can also be mentally stimulating and helpful when you are looking for inspiration or creative ideas. Abalone is a powerful ally in situations where you need to speak from your heart, helping you to express your highest truths without fear and get your message across without anger or bitterness.
Abalone can be used to defuse tense or emotionally charged situations. It helps people speak calmly and clearly, without their message being distorted by anger or bitterness. Abalone is one of the most useful 'crystals' to work with if you are worried about losing your cool. If things get too much take a 'time out' and play with a piece of Abalone for a few minutes. Watch the light reflect from the iridescent surface, become absorbed in the flash of magical colors and breathe deeply... by the time you get back to what you were doing beforehand you will feel much calmer and may find yourself inspired with new ideas about how to best handle the situation.
Agate
Composed of microscopic crystals of Quartz laid down in colorful bands or ribbons. The appearance of the stone is waxy and soft. Almost always translucent and occasionally transparent, agates are grounding stones. Agates are one of the oldest good luck stones. They help obtain a better physical/emotional balance. They work to raise consciousness. Builds self-confidence. Agate enables the person wearing it to choose their friends carefully. Used to avert from lighting and stormy weather (physically and metaphysically), agate brings prosperity. It is a protector of children. This stone helps us to have patience, and allows for inner peace. Use agate as a gazing tool for divination and meditation. Agate balances emotions and brings insight to any situation.
Agate is a fertility stone used for centuries. It is believed to prevent miscarriages and alleviate discomfort during pregnancy. It is a cooling stone used for stomach, colon, liver, spleen, and kidneys. Used for centering, taking heart and maintaining blood sugar levels. This is why it is so helpful for dizziness, headaches and impaired balance. Agate will also help with anorexia/food issues, lymph nodes, Restores nerve feeling and healing after injury/burns.
Agate is a fertility stone used for centuries. It is believed to prevent miscarriages and alleviate discomfort during pregnancy. It is a cooling stone used for stomach, colon, liver, spleen, and kidneys. Used for centering, taking heart and maintaining blood sugar levels. This is why it is so helpful for dizziness, headaches and impaired balance. Agate will also help with anorexia/food issues, lymph nodes, Restores nerve feeling and healing after injury/burns.
Agate, Black/Banded
This is a stone for grounding and centering the energies of the Root or Base Chakra. Use for self control, grounding, resilience, quiet power, invisibility, peace and anxiety. Black agate is considered a receiving stones and is used for calming and soothing, inward meditation and reflection.
When used for Chakra healing and balancing, black agate represents the element earth, and is therefore related to our survival instincts, our sense of grounding, and connection to our bodies and the physical plane. Ideally, when using black stones at the Root Chakra, they bring us health, prosperity, security, and dynamic presence
When used for Chakra healing and balancing, black agate represents the element earth, and is therefore related to our survival instincts, our sense of grounding, and connection to our bodies and the physical plane. Ideally, when using black stones at the Root Chakra, they bring us health, prosperity, security, and dynamic presence
Agate, Blue Lace
Blue lace agate is one of the rarest and most popular of the agates.
This is a calming, uplifting stone. The blue color strengthens the function of the throat chakra and encourages peace. It can be used wherever there is a build up of painful or irritated energy.
Wear or carry blue lace agate for peace and happiness. Place it in your hand when you feel the need to de-stress. If you find yourself in stressful situations at work or home, keep some blue lace agate on your desk and simply gaze at it for relief.
In the home, surround blue lace agate stones with light blue candles to calm the atmosphere and reduce family quarrels.
This is a calming, uplifting stone. The blue color strengthens the function of the throat chakra and encourages peace. It can be used wherever there is a build up of painful or irritated energy.
Wear or carry blue lace agate for peace and happiness. Place it in your hand when you feel the need to de-stress. If you find yourself in stressful situations at work or home, keep some blue lace agate on your desk and simply gaze at it for relief.
In the home, surround blue lace agate stones with light blue candles to calm the atmosphere and reduce family quarrels.
Agate, Botswana
Botswana Agate is beneficial to smokers and those wanting to quit smoking. It helps you to look for solutions rather than dwelling on problems. Helps to explore unknown territory and your own creativity. Botswana agate aids in seeing the bigger picture. The peaceful soothing energy of this stone is a huge help to release repression and aid depression. It helps the body to assimilate oxygen.
Agate, Bulls Eye
Bulls Eye Agate (also known as Orbicular Agate) has long been thought to ward off the evil-eye or curses. It helps the survival instinct, eliminating fear and helping to improve one's chances for survival in dangerous situations. It stimulates the quality of grace in physical movements and actions. Bulls Eye Agate balances the chakras and stimulates an awareness and fulfillment of well-being. It treats disorders of the reproductive system, aids in the treatment of growths, and stimulates regenerative properties.
Agate, Fire
Most often found in North America Fire Agates come in shades of orange, brown, blue, or green. They have a strong connection to the energies of the earth. This is an excellent stone to use before meditating as it induces a feeling of relaxation. Fire agate helps alleviate problems relating to the stomach and endocrine system. It helps you examine and deal with problems in a calm and safe manner, helping take the edge off difficult experiences. This stone could easily be recommended for dentists, optometrists, reiki masters and those in the healing profession.
Agate, Geode
Agate in its geode from is a good protective energy stone, especially for children, and it has a very wonderful calming and soothing effect. It also can help strengthen the body's connection to the earth. It gives courage, energy, strength, and dispels fears, all of which will help to increase self-confidence. It can also lessen feelings of envy by grounding the emotions. It is a stone of harmony, and by bringing the elements of one's being into harmony it greatly enhances healing. Agate also enhances creativity and stimulates the intellect. Agate geodes are considered to be stones that bring good luck. It works with chakras according to stone color. Agate geodes are said to help with issues of the teeth and gums.
Agate, Moss
Moss Agate will aid one to discern truth, accept circumstances, and is a powerful emotional healer. Moss Agate improves memory and concentration, increases stamina and encourages honesty. Moss Agate can be particularly beneficial to people born under the sign of Gemini as it helps them to remain calm and focused.
Moss Agate will help to prevent insomnia and insure pleasant dreams, to enhance personal courage and protect one against danger. Moss Agate provides a calming influence, improves perception, concentration and helps to develop and increase one's analytical talents.
Moss Agate will help to prevent insomnia and insure pleasant dreams, to enhance personal courage and protect one against danger. Moss Agate provides a calming influence, improves perception, concentration and helps to develop and increase one's analytical talents.
Agate, Orange Banded
This stone helps us in times of depression, loneliness, and boredom. It is the best emotional stimulant. Joy comes from orange energy. Orange has the love from red and the wisdom from yellow. It strengthens confidence and allows independence. This stone gives power to remove suppression and inhibitions. It allows you to create ideas and give courage and strength. Symbolic of prosperity and pride, orange is useful for stimulating blood supply and energising the nerves. It stimulates the Sacral/Spleen Chakra therefore, it is beneficial in the treatment of kidney and gall stones, hernia and appendicitis. It is also used to stimulate the milk producing action of breasts after childbirth.
Agate, Pink
This stone is a promoter of love. Pink agate is the (tertiary blend) of red and white. The energetics of pink will depend on the amount of red that is added to white.
White represents the entire visible light spectrum that a human can see, it is all the colors together. White represents complete energy and fullness or wholeness.
Red is the color in the spectrum with the longest visible wavelength. It represents movement, motivation and heat. Red represents the fiery nature of love and the intensity of it's passion.
When added to white, red softens its glow and takes on the properties of both colors. Therefore, it is used as a great neutralizer.
Pink agates soothe anger and negative energy. Pink agate also provides an underlying tone of confidence and support and helps us to move from a defensive state of mind to a calming and positive one. Pink agate is a color that helps us to realize our misconceptions and beliefs, which no longer serve us wrapped in a stone that soothes and helps our healing process.
White represents the entire visible light spectrum that a human can see, it is all the colors together. White represents complete energy and fullness or wholeness.
Red is the color in the spectrum with the longest visible wavelength. It represents movement, motivation and heat. Red represents the fiery nature of love and the intensity of it's passion.
When added to white, red softens its glow and takes on the properties of both colors. Therefore, it is used as a great neutralizer.
Pink agates soothe anger and negative energy. Pink agate also provides an underlying tone of confidence and support and helps us to move from a defensive state of mind to a calming and positive one. Pink agate is a color that helps us to realize our misconceptions and beliefs, which no longer serve us wrapped in a stone that soothes and helps our healing process.
Agate, Purple
Purple agate is a stone of meditation and spiritual transformation. This stone works on the upper Chakra assisting in allowing trust with your own intuition and opens the spiritual flood gates to a realm of endless possibilities. Purple agate gives us the space to "be" our spiritual selves and clears the mind for extraordinary vision and insight.
Agate, Red Banded
Red banded agate is a stone for grounding and centering the energies of the root or base chakra. The color for the root chakra is red or black and it is grounded with your power. When this chakra is open, you feel in good health and connected with your physical body. Red banded agate is used to ground your essence into your physical body. This gives you determination, grounds you and helps in survival in the physical realms. Red banded agate is a projecting stone which assists in destroying diseases, strengthening the conscious mind, courage, physical energy, luck, success, and assists with physical strength building as well. Red stones are used for protection, courage, and energy. Red banded agate helps with blood (flow and health), relieves anemia, stops bleeding, and helps heal rashes and wounds.
Agate, Titanium
This stone is infused with titanium and additional metal oxides to form one of the most precious crystals on the planet. It increases lifeforce and vitality, attuning to the highest attribute of the Crown Chakra. It's rainbow colors have been shown to stimulate the entire aura body!
An exceptional stone for creativity. This agate removes blockages and enhancing the flow of creativity due to its intensely visual colors. It has been used for increasing intuition and therefore an exceptional stone for promoting clairvoyance as well as all forms of "seeing". Consider this crystal for assisting in meditation, an alternative medicine career or yogic practice. This crystal appears to stimulate the upward movement of the kundalini and is exceptional for any tantric practice.
An exceptional stone for creativity. This agate removes blockages and enhancing the flow of creativity due to its intensely visual colors. It has been used for increasing intuition and therefore an exceptional stone for promoting clairvoyance as well as all forms of "seeing". Consider this crystal for assisting in meditation, an alternative medicine career or yogic practice. This crystal appears to stimulate the upward movement of the kundalini and is exceptional for any tantric practice.
Agate, White
White Agate is “The ultimate pregnancy stone”. It helps to protect mother and baby from harm, soothes labour pains, eases morning sickness, and ensures a healthy milk flow for the baby.
Alaxandrite
Alexandrite is a stone with strong powers; it reacts to a change in the wearer’s health by changing its color.
Alexandrite enhances the rebirth of inner and outer self, promotes awareness. It also helps fighting low self-esteem and improves central nervous system disorders. Alexandrite can improve blood circulation, it purifies blood and strengthens blood vessels; it also positively influences the spleen and the pancreas.
Alexandrite is a stone of good omen. It can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and increases ones ability to experience joy. Alexandrite establishes harmony between physical, astral and mental bodies, making its wearer more peaceful and can be a good talisman for people with choleric temperament.
Alexandrite strengthens creative abilities and fosters imagination. It may boost intuitive abilities, finding a way out from a desperate situation.
Alexandrite enhances the rebirth of inner and outer self, promotes awareness. It also helps fighting low self-esteem and improves central nervous system disorders. Alexandrite can improve blood circulation, it purifies blood and strengthens blood vessels; it also positively influences the spleen and the pancreas.
Alexandrite is a stone of good omen. It can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and increases ones ability to experience joy. Alexandrite establishes harmony between physical, astral and mental bodies, making its wearer more peaceful and can be a good talisman for people with choleric temperament.
Alexandrite strengthens creative abilities and fosters imagination. It may boost intuitive abilities, finding a way out from a desperate situation.
Amazonite
Amazonite represents prosperity. It is great over a door to bring in new business. It is wonderful for entrepreneurs and those in sales. This hope stone is important to have when starting a new business or financial venture.
Amazonite's energy works very well when combined with other stones such as topaz and aqua aura. A gentle, friendly, calming, soothing stone which opens throat, heart, and solar plexus Chakras. Good for anyone in the arts, it can be used for self-expression, artistic creativity and healing.
This is a great stone for communication, confidence and leadership. Amazonite reduces self-damaging behavior, increases self-respect, grace, and self-assuredness with communication. This stone is instrumental in distilling the raw information used for personal expression. It helps filter information and combines it with natural intuition. Amazonite also enhances masculine qualities.
Utilize Amazonite in order to encourage the pursuit of your unique path in life. Amazonite is used to disperse negative energy.
Amazonite effects the throat, thyroid, thymus, nerve and Brain paths by gently soothing the brain and nervous system.
Amazonite's energy works very well when combined with other stones such as topaz and aqua aura. A gentle, friendly, calming, soothing stone which opens throat, heart, and solar plexus Chakras. Good for anyone in the arts, it can be used for self-expression, artistic creativity and healing.
This is a great stone for communication, confidence and leadership. Amazonite reduces self-damaging behavior, increases self-respect, grace, and self-assuredness with communication. This stone is instrumental in distilling the raw information used for personal expression. It helps filter information and combines it with natural intuition. Amazonite also enhances masculine qualities.
Utilize Amazonite in order to encourage the pursuit of your unique path in life. Amazonite is used to disperse negative energy.
Amazonite effects the throat, thyroid, thymus, nerve and Brain paths by gently soothing the brain and nervous system.
Amber
This ancient petrified resin (possibly pine tree) has electromagnetic properties. Rubbing a piece of amber with a cloth, will build up an electric charge that makes it attract small items such as wood shavings, paper and straw. It is excellent at detoxification and protection from radiation, especially x-rays, sun, computers, airport, planes and other people's energies. Due to its strong connection to nature and the earth, amber is a great stone for grounding our higher energies. Amber can add stability to your life. Helpful in clearing up depression and suicidal thoughts therefore, bringing about a positive mental state. Also useful as a memory aid, which makes it a good stone for studying. Amber is used for past life work, divination and scrying. It aligns mental and emotional bodies via its deep orange and yellow color.
Amber is an Aura cleanser. It assists in bringing our higher vibrations in order, dispersing negative energy and clears the surrounding environment. Amber is the stone, which brings about altruism and great wisdom. Amber is known to attract luck, calm energies, attract love, inspire change and improve wisdom.
Amber is a powerful healer that draws out "dis-ease" through its detoxifying efforts. It revitalizes tissue, therefore making it a great "stone" for wound healing, as well as for weight gain. This stone helps the Throat Chakra known for treating goiter. Opens Solar Plexus Chakra for mental clarity, mood balance and confidence. Therefore, helps with stomach anxiety, spine issues, central nervous system disorders, brain, memory loss and cell regeneration. Make an elixir with this stone to apply to all pain issues. Amber is known to stimulate metabolism and treat skin disorders. It is also a good stone for treating asthma and allergic reactions.
Amethyst
Crystalline quartz in shades of purple, lilac or mauve is called amethyst, a stone traditionally worn to guard against drunkeness and to instill a sober mind. The word amethyst comes from the Greek meaning "without drunkenness" and amethyst is believed to protect one from poison.
It is used as a dream stone and to help insomnia. Put an amethyst under your pillow to bring about pleasant (and often psychic) dreams, or rub it across your forehead to offer relief from a headache.
Ancient Egyptians used the amethyst guard against guilty and fearful feelings. It has been worn as protection from self-deception, as well as a protection against curses. The amethyst has long been used to open the spiritual and psychic centers, making it one of the power stones. It is also used as a meditation aid when worn as a necklace.
The amethyst is known as the Bishop's Stone and is still worn by Catholic Bishops. The amethyst symbolizes piety, humility, sincerity and spiritual wisdom. It is thought the amethyst is the perfect stone to symbolize The Age of Aquarius.
Amethyst is a gemstone often worn by healers, as it has the power to focus energy. A healer will usually wear several pieces of jewelry with amethysts set in silver, especially an amethyst necklace. The person to be healed will have an Amethyst to hold while the healing is being done. The healer will place another piece of Amethyst on the area of the body in need of healing, the heart or lungs usually.
Amethyst is used for problems in the blood and in breathing problems. Amethyst crystal clusters are used to keep the air and life force in the home clean and positive.
Amethyst clusters, points or several tumbled Amethysts placed in a window that receives sun most of the day are very beneficial to use in healing and to heal negativity in the home. Place Amethyst clusters, points or several tumbled Amethysts in moonlight and everyone in the home will be feeling calmer. Using an Amethyst as a meditation focus will increase the positive spiritual feelings. Amethyst helps overcome fears and cravings. It also helps relieve headaches.
It is used as a dream stone and to help insomnia. Put an amethyst under your pillow to bring about pleasant (and often psychic) dreams, or rub it across your forehead to offer relief from a headache.
Ancient Egyptians used the amethyst guard against guilty and fearful feelings. It has been worn as protection from self-deception, as well as a protection against curses. The amethyst has long been used to open the spiritual and psychic centers, making it one of the power stones. It is also used as a meditation aid when worn as a necklace.
The amethyst is known as the Bishop's Stone and is still worn by Catholic Bishops. The amethyst symbolizes piety, humility, sincerity and spiritual wisdom. It is thought the amethyst is the perfect stone to symbolize The Age of Aquarius.
Amethyst is a gemstone often worn by healers, as it has the power to focus energy. A healer will usually wear several pieces of jewelry with amethysts set in silver, especially an amethyst necklace. The person to be healed will have an Amethyst to hold while the healing is being done. The healer will place another piece of Amethyst on the area of the body in need of healing, the heart or lungs usually.
Amethyst is used for problems in the blood and in breathing problems. Amethyst crystal clusters are used to keep the air and life force in the home clean and positive.
Amethyst clusters, points or several tumbled Amethysts placed in a window that receives sun most of the day are very beneficial to use in healing and to heal negativity in the home. Place Amethyst clusters, points or several tumbled Amethysts in moonlight and everyone in the home will be feeling calmer. Using an Amethyst as a meditation focus will increase the positive spiritual feelings. Amethyst helps overcome fears and cravings. It also helps relieve headaches.
Apache Gold
Apache Gold may be used to stimulate digestion and to work up an appetite. Next to that this stone makes sure that stomach and intestines are in good working order and also that nutrients, vitamins and minerals are assimilated by the body. Apache Gold may also be used to dispel diseases of the ear. In magic Apache Gold is used in ceremonial magic and shamanistic travel. In meditation Apache Gold is a grounding stone. Apache Gold is also called Pyrite Agate.
Apache Tear
Apache Tears are a type of black Obsidian... but they have a more friendly vibration than some of the other types of Obsidian. Maybe it is their strange out-of-shape appearance... that makes you comfortable with them. They are strong stones for grounding and protection... and to aid you to clear negative emotions that may be holding you back. They are volcanic stones, that may be partly transparent. Their color is very dark brown to black in color. These dark strange looking stones occur naturally in these odd shapes. They are not altered but are natural crystals.
Apache Tear harmonizes stress related illnesses like stomach and intestinal disorders, cures ulcers. For diarrhea and arrhythmia. Apache Tear is also known as the 'Grief Stone' and is a good help during mourning. For example, put four Apache Tears, one for every element, around a candle as help during mourning. Apache Tear is worn as a lucky charm and used for protection.
Apache Tear harmonizes stress related illnesses like stomach and intestinal disorders, cures ulcers. For diarrhea and arrhythmia. Apache Tear is also known as the 'Grief Stone' and is a good help during mourning. For example, put four Apache Tears, one for every element, around a candle as help during mourning. Apache Tear is worn as a lucky charm and used for protection.
Aquamarine
It was once given to sailors as protection against drowning and for courage in battle. Also, like other blue stones, Aquamarine was believed to exercise a general tonic influence - it was supposed to counteract the wiles of the spirits of darkness and procure the aid and favor of the spirits of light and wisdom. Sometimes it was looked upon as an emblem of chastity.
Copper has similar strengths to Aquamarine and when they are put in direct sunlight together for eight to twenty-four hours the filtering capabilities of Aquamarine are said to intensify.
Aquamarine helps one to reduce fears and has an affinity with sensitive and mystical people. Recommended as a purifier of the throat it helps clear blocked communication and aid the user in verbal expression through the balancing of the throat chakra. An excellent stone for meditation, it will help attune you to nature - quiets the mind and reduces stress.
Aquamarine is said to filter out unneccesary information to the brain, calm nerves, clarify perceptions, and strengthen the body's cleansing organs (such as liver, spleen, thyroid, & kidneys). The eyes, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth, and throat are all helped by Aquamarine. Fun fact: Eyeglasses were once made from aquamarine.
This is a good stone for teachers, councilors, chiropractors, genetic engineers, lecturers, and massage practitioners.
Copper has similar strengths to Aquamarine and when they are put in direct sunlight together for eight to twenty-four hours the filtering capabilities of Aquamarine are said to intensify.
Aquamarine helps one to reduce fears and has an affinity with sensitive and mystical people. Recommended as a purifier of the throat it helps clear blocked communication and aid the user in verbal expression through the balancing of the throat chakra. An excellent stone for meditation, it will help attune you to nature - quiets the mind and reduces stress.
Aquamarine is said to filter out unneccesary information to the brain, calm nerves, clarify perceptions, and strengthen the body's cleansing organs (such as liver, spleen, thyroid, & kidneys). The eyes, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth, and throat are all helped by Aquamarine. Fun fact: Eyeglasses were once made from aquamarine.
This is a good stone for teachers, councilors, chiropractors, genetic engineers, lecturers, and massage practitioners.
Aventurine, Green
Green Aventurine is known as the “Stone of Opportunity,” thought to be the luckiest of all crystals, especially in manifesting prosperity and wealth, or for increasing favor in competitions or games of chance. Its winning energy makes it a great ally for boosting one’s chances in any situation - a first date, tax audit, even landing a promotion. One needs only to be near it to derive its benefits.
This beautiful stone, however, is not merely an attractor of luck, but one that aligns conditions so “opportunity” is inevitable. Green Aventurine releases old patterns, habits and disappointments so new growth can take place. It brings optimism and a zest for life, allowing one to move forward with confidence and to embrace change. It enhances one’s creativity and motivation, and encourages perseverance in maneuvering life’s obstacles. It also reinforces one’s decisiveness and amplifies leadership qualities, injecting a sense of humor and openness to the ideas of others.
Aventurine is a variety of Quartz characterized by bright inclusions of Mica or other minerals that give a shimmering or glistening effect to the stone, referred to as aventurescence, especially notable when tumbled or polished. Its name is derived from the Italian a ventura orall’avventura, meaning “by chance,” and refers to the Italian glass from the 1700s, produced when a worker accidentally dropped metal filings into a vat of melting glass. Once cooled, the result was pleasing with its randomly spaced iridescent sparkles, and it was used to make jewelry and other items. The name Aventurine was later given to the natural stone which looked like the industrial product.
Aventurine is most commonly green, though it also forms in blue, red to reddish-brown, dusty purple, orange or peach, yellow, and silver gray. It is mostly translucent and often banded, but an overabundance of an included mineral may render it opaque. The color of Green Aventurine comes from Fushite particles within the Quartz, while shades of red, brown and orange are attributed to Hematite or Goethite inclusions. Peach and yellow Aventurine include Pyrite with their Mica crystals, Blue Aventurine contains inclusions of Dumortierite, while the purple variety is colored by Lepidolite.
Aventurine is also referred to as Adventurine, Avanturine, Aventurine Quartz, and Indian Jade. It is used not only in various forms for metaphysical purposes, but in jewelry, vases, bowls and figurines, as well as a number of applications such as landscaping stone, building stone, aquaria, and monuments.
This beautiful stone, however, is not merely an attractor of luck, but one that aligns conditions so “opportunity” is inevitable. Green Aventurine releases old patterns, habits and disappointments so new growth can take place. It brings optimism and a zest for life, allowing one to move forward with confidence and to embrace change. It enhances one’s creativity and motivation, and encourages perseverance in maneuvering life’s obstacles. It also reinforces one’s decisiveness and amplifies leadership qualities, injecting a sense of humor and openness to the ideas of others.
Aventurine is a variety of Quartz characterized by bright inclusions of Mica or other minerals that give a shimmering or glistening effect to the stone, referred to as aventurescence, especially notable when tumbled or polished. Its name is derived from the Italian a ventura orall’avventura, meaning “by chance,” and refers to the Italian glass from the 1700s, produced when a worker accidentally dropped metal filings into a vat of melting glass. Once cooled, the result was pleasing with its randomly spaced iridescent sparkles, and it was used to make jewelry and other items. The name Aventurine was later given to the natural stone which looked like the industrial product.
Aventurine is most commonly green, though it also forms in blue, red to reddish-brown, dusty purple, orange or peach, yellow, and silver gray. It is mostly translucent and often banded, but an overabundance of an included mineral may render it opaque. The color of Green Aventurine comes from Fushite particles within the Quartz, while shades of red, brown and orange are attributed to Hematite or Goethite inclusions. Peach and yellow Aventurine include Pyrite with their Mica crystals, Blue Aventurine contains inclusions of Dumortierite, while the purple variety is colored by Lepidolite.
Aventurine is also referred to as Adventurine, Avanturine, Aventurine Quartz, and Indian Jade. It is used not only in various forms for metaphysical purposes, but in jewelry, vases, bowls and figurines, as well as a number of applications such as landscaping stone, building stone, aquaria, and monuments.
Azurite
Azurite is formed from the oxidation of copper ores. Over time, as it absorbs water, it changes into the mineral malachite. Thus, the two are found together, creating a brilliant deep blue stone with flashes of green.
The dark brilliance of azurite speeds the vibration of energy toward the spiritual realm. Azurite has a transformative quality that stimulates an increase in communication skills, intuition, creativity and inspiration.
Place azurite on the third eye chakra during meditation. It will open up your inner sight. It is an excellent stone for students who are studying for exams. It helps open the mind and make it more receptive to retaining information.
Azurite works as a liver stimulant, assists in detoxifying the body while stimulating brain and nerve activity. It will encourage growth by stimulating the activity of the thyroid gland. Use with copper to increase the power of azurite.
The dark brilliance of azurite speeds the vibration of energy toward the spiritual realm. Azurite has a transformative quality that stimulates an increase in communication skills, intuition, creativity and inspiration.
Place azurite on the third eye chakra during meditation. It will open up your inner sight. It is an excellent stone for students who are studying for exams. It helps open the mind and make it more receptive to retaining information.
Azurite works as a liver stimulant, assists in detoxifying the body while stimulating brain and nerve activity. It will encourage growth by stimulating the activity of the thyroid gland. Use with copper to increase the power of azurite.
Bloodstone
Bloodstone (also called heliotrope) is green with distinctive red spots that resemble blood, giving this stone its name. The bloodstone was used to stop bleeding especially nosebleeds.
There is a legend that says the bloodstone was formed from the blood of Christ dripping on the green earth and solidifying. It was also called heliotrope by the Greeks and was thought to bring change. The bloodstone has been used as an amulet to protect against the evil eye. Bloodstone is the symbol of justice.
The bloodstone is used for circulation of all energy in the body and helps to remove energy blocks. Bloodstone is used in the alignment of all the centers of the body. A healer must do this alignment while the patient lies on his stomach. It also aids in the circulation of blood. It is good to have several pieces of Bloodstone in the home to increase the flow of life energy.
There is a legend that says the bloodstone was formed from the blood of Christ dripping on the green earth and solidifying. It was also called heliotrope by the Greeks and was thought to bring change. The bloodstone has been used as an amulet to protect against the evil eye. Bloodstone is the symbol of justice.
The bloodstone is used for circulation of all energy in the body and helps to remove energy blocks. Bloodstone is used in the alignment of all the centers of the body. A healer must do this alignment while the patient lies on his stomach. It also aids in the circulation of blood. It is good to have several pieces of Bloodstone in the home to increase the flow of life energy.
Calcite
Calcite increases and amplifies energy. It can also be helpful in astral travel and in channeling, as well as with increasing intuition. All calcites are helpful in lessening of fear and reducing stress. Calcite is a protecting, purifying, grounding and centering stone, and can help bring inner peace. It also increases creativity, imagination, and prosperity. Calcite is also a stone of spirituality, wisdom and reconciliation. Calcite of different colors is great for using to open and balance the various chakras. Physically, calcites can heal back pain, increase physical strength, heal teeth, and are generally good for healing. Calcite can also be placed in homes or offices to enhance communication and harmony.
Blue calcite is a calming and soothing stone. It amplifies energies, particularly in the areas of communications and thought. In the physical realm, blue calcite is used for the throat, lungs, tonsillitis, thyroid, joints, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Blue calcite is particularly good for channeling and increasing energy.
Green calcites helps overcome addictions, heal joints, bones, kidney, bladder, and the endocrine system, relieve pain. Green calcite also helps with manifestation, abundance, and intuition. Green calcite increases success, prosperity, business, and fertility of all kinds. It is an excellent stone for gardening. It is also considered a stone of manifestation because of it's ability to develop increase in all areas. Green calcite enhances intuition and psychic abilities. In the physical realm, green calcite benefits the heart, thymus, chest, shoulders, and lower lungs, heartburn, nervous tics, stammering, neurosis, arthritis and joint pain, kidney, bladder, general pain. Green calcite is also especially beneficial for healing tumors and other malignancies.
Orange calcite reduces chronic fatigue, and increases psychic abilities. Orange calcite is a stone that is particularly helpful mentally. It can relieve emotional fear, mental breakdown, depression, accidents, rape, divorce, suicidal thoughts. It is particularly helpful with phobias. Orange calcite restores mental and emotional equilibrium.
Yellow calcite is also particularly good for Shamanic work, meditation, channeling, intuition, and amplifying energy. Yellow calcite stimulates the intellect. It can help one organize intellectual thoughts and information. It is also good for psychic abilities. In the physical realm, yellow calcite benefits the stomach, upper intestines, upper back and upper spine
Red calcite brings courage and inner strength and energy to handle survival situations, and benefits sensuality/sexuality. Red calcite brings stability to one's will, and increases inner strength. It assists with problem solving. It can also attract love. Physically red calcite is beneficial for genitals, reproductive organs, gonads, ovaries, hips, lets, feet, stiff muscles and joints.
Honey calcite is also very good for increasing energy. Honey calcite is a stone that gently amplifies energy. It also assists in the challenges associated with change. Honey calcite enhances psychic abilities, astral projection and higher consciousness. It also enhances intellect and memory. Honey calcite is associated with the sacral and solar plexus chakras.
Optical calcite is beneficial for headaches. Pink calcite is a stone of love and amplifies Reiki and other universal life force energies. Pink Calcite is sometimes called the "Reiki Stone". It has a gentle but powerful energy, and is an excellent complement to energy healing modalities such as Reiki because of its excellent properties of energy magnification. It is a calming stone, that eases and heals the heart chakra. It fills the heart with universal love and self-love. It offers hope for the best. It heals inner child hurts and past abuse by filling one with a sense of motherly love. It is also excellent for channeling and astral travel, and for studying and retaining information learned. Physically, pink calcite is beneficial for general health and healing, bones, joints, and physical heart issues.
White calcite is associated with the seventh chakra, or the Crown Chakra. This chakra is located at the top of the head and is associated with enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, energy, perfection, spirituality, and intelligence. It has also been known to help raise consciousness, link us to higher spiritual states, and awaken psychic abilities. As well as assist in bringing us to higher awareness and intuition levels. White calcite also helps speed up our spiritual development and growth by helping clear stagnant and blocked energies, and gently stimulating the third eye chakra White calcite is great at absorbing energy, and can be very helpful when you need to return energy to its sender. It can also be used to cleanse the auric field and chakras, while having a cleansing effect on physical and metaphysical bodies, which in turn helps make us feel more energized and motivated. Thus, white calcite is a great stone for new beginnings, connecting our emotions and intellects, helping you to feel energized and motivated, helping with laziness and procrastination, all while giving us hope for the future.
Blue calcite is a calming and soothing stone. It amplifies energies, particularly in the areas of communications and thought. In the physical realm, blue calcite is used for the throat, lungs, tonsillitis, thyroid, joints, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Blue calcite is particularly good for channeling and increasing energy.
Green calcites helps overcome addictions, heal joints, bones, kidney, bladder, and the endocrine system, relieve pain. Green calcite also helps with manifestation, abundance, and intuition. Green calcite increases success, prosperity, business, and fertility of all kinds. It is an excellent stone for gardening. It is also considered a stone of manifestation because of it's ability to develop increase in all areas. Green calcite enhances intuition and psychic abilities. In the physical realm, green calcite benefits the heart, thymus, chest, shoulders, and lower lungs, heartburn, nervous tics, stammering, neurosis, arthritis and joint pain, kidney, bladder, general pain. Green calcite is also especially beneficial for healing tumors and other malignancies.
Orange calcite reduces chronic fatigue, and increases psychic abilities. Orange calcite is a stone that is particularly helpful mentally. It can relieve emotional fear, mental breakdown, depression, accidents, rape, divorce, suicidal thoughts. It is particularly helpful with phobias. Orange calcite restores mental and emotional equilibrium.
Yellow calcite is also particularly good for Shamanic work, meditation, channeling, intuition, and amplifying energy. Yellow calcite stimulates the intellect. It can help one organize intellectual thoughts and information. It is also good for psychic abilities. In the physical realm, yellow calcite benefits the stomach, upper intestines, upper back and upper spine
Red calcite brings courage and inner strength and energy to handle survival situations, and benefits sensuality/sexuality. Red calcite brings stability to one's will, and increases inner strength. It assists with problem solving. It can also attract love. Physically red calcite is beneficial for genitals, reproductive organs, gonads, ovaries, hips, lets, feet, stiff muscles and joints.
Honey calcite is also very good for increasing energy. Honey calcite is a stone that gently amplifies energy. It also assists in the challenges associated with change. Honey calcite enhances psychic abilities, astral projection and higher consciousness. It also enhances intellect and memory. Honey calcite is associated with the sacral and solar plexus chakras.
Optical calcite is beneficial for headaches. Pink calcite is a stone of love and amplifies Reiki and other universal life force energies. Pink Calcite is sometimes called the "Reiki Stone". It has a gentle but powerful energy, and is an excellent complement to energy healing modalities such as Reiki because of its excellent properties of energy magnification. It is a calming stone, that eases and heals the heart chakra. It fills the heart with universal love and self-love. It offers hope for the best. It heals inner child hurts and past abuse by filling one with a sense of motherly love. It is also excellent for channeling and astral travel, and for studying and retaining information learned. Physically, pink calcite is beneficial for general health and healing, bones, joints, and physical heart issues.
White calcite is associated with the seventh chakra, or the Crown Chakra. This chakra is located at the top of the head and is associated with enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, energy, perfection, spirituality, and intelligence. It has also been known to help raise consciousness, link us to higher spiritual states, and awaken psychic abilities. As well as assist in bringing us to higher awareness and intuition levels. White calcite also helps speed up our spiritual development and growth by helping clear stagnant and blocked energies, and gently stimulating the third eye chakra White calcite is great at absorbing energy, and can be very helpful when you need to return energy to its sender. It can also be used to cleanse the auric field and chakras, while having a cleansing effect on physical and metaphysical bodies, which in turn helps make us feel more energized and motivated. Thus, white calcite is a great stone for new beginnings, connecting our emotions and intellects, helping you to feel energized and motivated, helping with laziness and procrastination, all while giving us hope for the future.
Carnelian
A stabilising stone, Carnelian restores vitality and motivation, and stimulates creativity. It gives courage, promotes positive life choices, dispels apathy and motivates for success. Carnelian is useful for overcoming abuse of any kind. It helps in trusting yourself and your perceptions. It overcomes negative conditioning and encourages steadfastness. Carnelian improves analytic abilities and clarifies perception. It sharpens concentration and dispels mental lethargy. Protects against envy, rage and resentment. Calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life. Carnelian boosts fertility and stimulates sexuality.
Carnelian treats lower back problems, rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia and depression. It regulates the kidneys, and accelerates healing in bones and ligaments. Improves vitamin and mineral absorption and ensures good blood supply to organs and tissues.
Carnelian treats lower back problems, rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia and depression. It regulates the kidneys, and accelerates healing in bones and ligaments. Improves vitamin and mineral absorption and ensures good blood supply to organs and tissues.
Celestite
Celestite crystal is said to be a beautiful angelic connection stone. It can facilitate communication with all aspects of the celestial realm. The Celestite crystal enables the user to attune to their vibratory rate and raise consciousness to a higher level. Celestite imparts a gentle strength and an enormous inner peace. It can calm and sharpen the mind dispersing worries and promoting mental clarity. It is believed to aid in the analysis of complex ideas.
Celestite has an uplifting quality making it good for lifting heavy moods and sadness. It is said to reduce a tendency for self-destruction and to promote peace helping to maintain an harmonious atmosphere in times of stress. Celestite encourages creativity, especially for the arts while its uplifting calming and expansive quality make it good for contemplation and meditation.
Celestite has an uplifting quality making it good for lifting heavy moods and sadness. It is said to reduce a tendency for self-destruction and to promote peace helping to maintain an harmonious atmosphere in times of stress. Celestite encourages creativity, especially for the arts while its uplifting calming and expansive quality make it good for contemplation and meditation.
Citrine
Citrine energises every level of life. It cleanses the chakras and opens the intuition. Citrine attracts wealth, prosperity and success. It imparts joy, wonder, delight and enthusiasm. Raises self-esteem and self-confidence. Stimulates the brain, strengthening the intellect. Citrine promotes motivation, activates creativity and encourages self-expression. Enhances concentration and revitalises the mind. It releases negative traits, depression, fears and phobias. Making Citrine to be a very emotionally balancing crystal.
Energising and recharging, Citrine also reverses degenerative disease. Stimulates digestion, the spleen and pancreas. Negates kidney and bladder infections. Citrine helps eye problems, increases blood circulation, detoxifies the blood, activates the thymus and balances the thyroid. Relieves constipation and removes cellulite.
Energising and recharging, Citrine also reverses degenerative disease. Stimulates digestion, the spleen and pancreas. Negates kidney and bladder infections. Citrine helps eye problems, increases blood circulation, detoxifies the blood, activates the thymus and balances the thyroid. Relieves constipation and removes cellulite.
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla is a very beautiful stone with many beneficial energies. It is known as a healing stone among Native American Indian cultures where it was used for strengthening the body's resistance and bringing about calm feelings where there is upset.
It promotes level headedness, encouraging clarity of thought and a neutral, cool attitude during turbulence. It can be used to decrease nervousness and irritability.
Chrysocolla can be placed directly on the affected body part. Laying it on the forehead as a 'third eye' offers spiritual benefit. Chrysocolla will also help with infections (especially throat infections). It is commonly used by healers to detoxify the liver and to lower blood pressure. Chrysocolla has a wonderful cooling effect that helps with the reduction of fevers and can assist in the speeding of recovery from burns. It also has wonderful soothing qualities in alleviating cramps. Use with copper to increase the power of chrysocolla.
It promotes level headedness, encouraging clarity of thought and a neutral, cool attitude during turbulence. It can be used to decrease nervousness and irritability.
Chrysocolla can be placed directly on the affected body part. Laying it on the forehead as a 'third eye' offers spiritual benefit. Chrysocolla will also help with infections (especially throat infections). It is commonly used by healers to detoxify the liver and to lower blood pressure. Chrysocolla has a wonderful cooling effect that helps with the reduction of fevers and can assist in the speeding of recovery from burns. It also has wonderful soothing qualities in alleviating cramps. Use with copper to increase the power of chrysocolla.
Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase helps to make conscious what was unconscious. It strengthens the workings of insight and the higher consciousness. Chrysoprase encourages hopes and joys, helps clarify problems, and has been used as a cure for restlessness.
Chrysoprase is used to speed the healing of any wound. It should not be placed on the body, but held over the affected area. Carry a Chrysoprase in a pocket to help heal. Also keep a Chrysoprase close to your bed at night to speed healing.
Chrysoprase is used as a shield or protector from negative energy. A small bowl of Chrysoprase kept by the front entrance of the home is a very wise procedure. If used in jewelry, Chrysoprase should only be set in silver and has more power carved in the shape of a heart.
Chrysoprase is used to speed the healing of any wound. It should not be placed on the body, but held over the affected area. Carry a Chrysoprase in a pocket to help heal. Also keep a Chrysoprase close to your bed at night to speed healing.
Chrysoprase is used as a shield or protector from negative energy. A small bowl of Chrysoprase kept by the front entrance of the home is a very wise procedure. If used in jewelry, Chrysoprase should only be set in silver and has more power carved in the shape of a heart.
Copper
This mineral is an excellent energy conductor! Sends and amplifies thoughts, healing energy, and gem electrical energy into wearer's energy field. Because of this, it encourages the physical/emotional bodies to find alignment. The result is clearer thinking, less aggressive behavior, a more calming persona and a boost to self-esteem. This is a warming stone. Copper helps to release the "excess charge" of resentment and anger. It's mineral make up encourages the balance between warm sun energy and cool lunar energy. An excellent assistant for increasing your ability to express and accept your true feelings. Copper will balance your personal energy reserve and confidence. Copper is often known as the "love metal" as it helps us open up to love energies and physically helps with sexual imbalances. The healing properties of this stone are particularly enhanced when used in conjunction with other stones such as hematite and tourmaline.
Copper is the third most abundant trace mineral found in the human body. Copper is transported through our body by protein in our bloodstream. The human brain and liver contain the largest amounts of copper, with lesser amounts of copper in other organs. We need approximately 3 mg copper per day in our diet. Copper is an essential component of the natural pigment, melanin that gives color to our skin, hair, and eyes. Copper keeps our hair from turning grey and helps keep our hair thick. Required in our body to make enzymes that stop our arteries from hardening, copper is required to support the enzyme lysyl oxidase. Lysyl Oxidase is used in the synthesis and maintenance of bone and connective tissue. Copper is alos essential to the activation of lysyl oxidase and supports both elastin and collagen productions. Copper can be used anywhere on or around the body. It is very effective when used at the Solar Plexus Chakra for issue pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Next to skin, this mineral detoxes and soothes arthritis, rheumatism, other inflammation problems. Copper works for exhaustion recovery and improving circulation due to the fact that it influences the flow of blood. Whenever there is better blood flow, there is better circulation and less pain. This mineral is therefore, important for metabolism, as it stabilizes the metabolism and heightens the immune responds. Copper has also been found to be beneficial for a disorder called "streetlight phenomenon", when passing under a streetlight the negative energy charge in the body can turn off or shut down the light. Those with this energy charge are called "sliders" and the energy can be referred to as the "slider phenomena". It is common among those with a strong aura. Often people think it is their aura that causes this but it is the negative energy you carry, that reflects this. Your auric light is an expression of your mental, physical and emotional expression. Since energy is so sensitive, it is expressed outwardly sometimes before any symptoms are observed. Copper (along with hematite or magnetic hematite) help this situation. Copper is also beneficial for the lungs, as it improves the exchange of oxygen and helps in filtering out pollutants. Soft tissue and mucous membranes retain more moisture and become less susceptible to irritation when there is enough copper in the body.
Copper is the third most abundant trace mineral found in the human body. Copper is transported through our body by protein in our bloodstream. The human brain and liver contain the largest amounts of copper, with lesser amounts of copper in other organs. We need approximately 3 mg copper per day in our diet. Copper is an essential component of the natural pigment, melanin that gives color to our skin, hair, and eyes. Copper keeps our hair from turning grey and helps keep our hair thick. Required in our body to make enzymes that stop our arteries from hardening, copper is required to support the enzyme lysyl oxidase. Lysyl Oxidase is used in the synthesis and maintenance of bone and connective tissue. Copper is alos essential to the activation of lysyl oxidase and supports both elastin and collagen productions. Copper can be used anywhere on or around the body. It is very effective when used at the Solar Plexus Chakra for issue pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Next to skin, this mineral detoxes and soothes arthritis, rheumatism, other inflammation problems. Copper works for exhaustion recovery and improving circulation due to the fact that it influences the flow of blood. Whenever there is better blood flow, there is better circulation and less pain. This mineral is therefore, important for metabolism, as it stabilizes the metabolism and heightens the immune responds. Copper has also been found to be beneficial for a disorder called "streetlight phenomenon", when passing under a streetlight the negative energy charge in the body can turn off or shut down the light. Those with this energy charge are called "sliders" and the energy can be referred to as the "slider phenomena". It is common among those with a strong aura. Often people think it is their aura that causes this but it is the negative energy you carry, that reflects this. Your auric light is an expression of your mental, physical and emotional expression. Since energy is so sensitive, it is expressed outwardly sometimes before any symptoms are observed. Copper (along with hematite or magnetic hematite) help this situation. Copper is also beneficial for the lungs, as it improves the exchange of oxygen and helps in filtering out pollutants. Soft tissue and mucous membranes retain more moisture and become less susceptible to irritation when there is enough copper in the body.