AGATE

Provides for balancing of yin-yang energy & for balancing of the physical, emotional, & intellectual bodies; stabilizes the aura; assists in examination of oneself.  In addition to the above properties of the common to the agate family, specific types of agates possess further qualities.

• BANDED:  The bands & strips around agates are for the sensitive person, like loving arms surrounding you.  It instills courage & extra strength to face life’s challenges.

• BLUE LACE:  It gets the energy to flowing in order to soften and calm the mind.  Higher states of consciousness, balances psychic centers.

• BOTSWANA:  Enhances creativity; allows one to look toward the solution rather than dwell on the problem; used to lessen depression & stress.

• FIRE:  It represents the spiritual flame of absolute perfection.  It is said to dispel fear from the very depths of the inner being and to provide a protective shield which reflects all threat of harm back to the source such that the source may personally understand the act.  It is also a stone to encourage one to be the "best" possiable.  Its energy provides an impetus to actions and stimulates both progression and advancement.

• LACE:  An emphasis of energy that surrounds you.  Red=strength and energy, blue=peace and calm, white=higher spiritual thoughts, pink=love and happiness.

• LEOPARDSKIN:  Aids in concentrating on the details of life.  Displs fear, relieves anxiety and stress.

• MOSS:  Binds the energies of nature and assists anyone who works with the land and earth for growing things.  Cleanses and strengthens in times of stress.

Stimulates happiness and pleasant surprises, good fortune and success in speculative matters.  Emotional balance.  Enhances the rebirth of inner and outer self, promotes awareness.  Love matters.

Relating to the skeletal part of the body, spasms, soothes nervous system, strengthens physical stamina.  Calm, peace, joy, attracting success, gambling luck, overcoming grief, concentration, creativity

AMBER (Petrified Pine Tree Sap)

Absorbs negative energy, purification, helps to ground you to the earth plane, protection for the sensitive person.  Cleansing, positive energy, wisdom, happiness, luck, strength, healing, patience, beauty, love, pleasure, protection from negativity, physical strength, self-confidence, will power

AMETHYST

“Stone of Spirituality & Contentment”; bestows stability, strength, invigoration, & peace; used to encourage & support sobriety; used to treat hearing disorders, headaches, nervous system, heart, stomach, skin, & teeth.

• SPIRIT AMETHYST QUARTZ - See Spirit Quartz listed under Quartz for description.

AMETRINE

Higher mental opening for meditation & inspiration which can be utilized here on the earth plane to bring more stability & order into your life.

Stimulates past memories, re-alignment and centering of self.  Aids in heart, throat and third eye chakras.

AVENTURINE

Balancing of male/female energies; enhances creativity; amplifies leadership qualities; used in treatment of disorders of heart, lungs & muscular system.

• GREEN:  A healing stone in times of re-adjustment and transition.  It gently and calmly stabilizes the body.  Increases opportunities in speculative ventures.

Aids in communication, clearing thoughts, a quality of penetration, cleanses negative mental states, insight, vision and hypnosis.

BLOODSTONE

Intense healing stone & “Stone of Courage”; helps one to demonstrate unselfishness & idealism; used to treat spleen, purify blood, kidneys, bladder, & liver.

Aids memory, good for arts and sciences, balances mental and emotional.  Healing and purification.  Protection.

• BLUE:  Gentle stone for recuperation & relaxation.  It lowers blood pressure and dissolves pain on all levels.  Used on the throat chakra it aids clear communication, especially where there is dissent.  Blue Calcite can absorb energy, filter it, and return it to benefit the sender.

• CLEAR:  Is a "cure-all," especially as an elixir.  It is a powerful detoxifier.  At a physical level it acts as an antiseptic and at the subtle levels it cleanses and aligns all the chakras, higer and lower.  A clear Calcite with rainbows brings about major change-it is a stone of new beginnings.

• COBALTOAN:  

• GOLD/HONEY:  Stimulates the conscious mind and enhances the capacity to channel the highest mental faculties.  Wear when you need to be mentally alert and sharp.

• GREEN:  Is a mental healer, dissolving rigid beliefs and old programs and restoring balance to the mind.  It helps in letting go of what is familiar and comforting but which no longer serves, and aids communication and the transition from a stagnant to a positive situation.

• ICELAND SPAR/OPTICAL CALCITE:  Amplifies images and heals the eyes.  It can aid in seeing the double meaning hidden behind words.  It reduces the tension that causes migraines.  This form of Calcite is an excellent cleanser of the subtle bodies.

• ORANGE:  Is a highly energizing and cleansing stone, especially for the lower chakras.  Balances the emotions, removes fear, and overcomes depression.

• RED:  Increases energy, uplifts emotions, aids willpower, and opens the heart chakra.  Removes stagnant energy, alleviates fear, bringing understanding of the source.

CARNELIAN

Stimulates energy and appetite, physical power and courage, helps to ground you to the physical plane, practical application of ideas.  Protects against envy, fear, & rage; stimulates analytical capabilities & precision.

Insight & perception the “all seeing 3rd eye”, divine vision, good judgment, seeing things clearly, clarity of ideas & grounding, represents happiness & serenity, can also amplify ones “luck”, can stimulate intuition & enhance awareness, provides provides a protective energy to the user.

Useful in the individual activation of the Chakras; bring freshness & newness to ones life; stimulates the inner spirit to seek further heights & substantiates ones ability to enjoy happiness in the moment; “Stone of Happiness”, providing a message that life is truly joyful to experience.  The mineral has been used to assist one in finding "lost" objects; it also often "disappears" to accumulate information which will be beneficial to the user.  It possesses an energy which can remove energy blockages and can open the crown chakra, cleansing and activating at the same time.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STONE

(CRANDALLITE)

Stone of “Harmony and Change”, encouraging one to understand the correlation between the two, enhances compatibility, is excellent for renewal of relationships, & helps one to progress toward unity.   Dispels ignorance, bigotry & self-righteous attitudes, assists in removal of obstructions from path & provides calm confidence & increases ones inherent strength of character.

Physical activity, stimulates the mind, brings balance to fears and guilts, especially calming and relaxing for the emotions.

Attunement and compassion, tranquilizing effect, unconditional love, appreciation of little things enhances sensitivity.

Provides a sense of stability, practical application of ideas, adds energy & emotional balance, rational approach toward things, ground to the here & now.  Has been called the “merchants stone”, placing a cluster or crystal in one’s cash box has produced more income.

Combats lethargy, passivity, restlessness, & non-acceptance of oneself; brings luck; used to treat arthritis & to stimulate metabolic processes.

DESERT ROSE SELENITE

See Desert Rose under Selenite for description.

Intensifies and activates what is within, absorbs all energies both good and bad, generosity, openness, boldness and optimism.

An aesthetic quality for overworking, overstudying, when the brain has been overly stimulated.  Mental and spiritual attunement.

Stone for “Patience,” reduce excitability & to eliminate stubbornness while facilitating the continuance of “standing-up” for oneself; it can also assist in providing the stamina to retain the self when one is subjected to harsh environments.

Strengthens memory, increases intelligence, farsight and prophecy, clear seeing, wisdom, enhances speech and creativity.

Understanding, objectivity, advancement of the mind, concentration, raises the I.Q. to the highest mental capacity.

Used to heighten ones accomplishments in the business realm & to instill quality & excellence within ones environment.

Brings circulation to normal, clotting of the blood, purifies.  Balance, awareness & well being, prevents fears of insecurity, draws out negativity.

The geode structure itself exhibits several properties in addition to the properties of the contained minerals.  These properties include facilitation of astral travel, & assistance in the pursuits of mathematics; allows one to both recognize & analyze the total picture prior to decision-making.

Glass with copper flecks.  A transmitter which causes light to pass through you in order to convey or receive as a medium.  Openness, honesty, relaxation & sharing.

Can be used to enable one to “see the big picture” instead of being in the mind-set to “see the puddle, when there is an ocean waiting”; helps to banish the negative traits of skepticism & to train the user in the difference between beliefs & knowing.

Seeing things from a different perspective, with unusual delicacy and refinement.  More activity and involvement on the etheral plane of existence. 

“Stone for the Mind”, helps one to sort out things; mental attunement, memory enhancement, original thinking, & technical knowledge; dissolves negativity.

Calm communication, facilitate awareness, & encourage emotional expression; used to eliminate pain, stress, & rage; lessen rudeness & boisterousness; It can be used in the treatment of disorders of the teeth, bone structure, & soft tissues.

Shields from many forms of negative energy; assists in seeing behind facades, promoting understanding of that which lies beneath words & actions; stimulates the power of the intellect, enhancing memory & providing for recall of relevant information, when required.

Brings peace, calm & stabilizing effect on the body.  Courage, clarity & tranquility of the mind.

Protection against unseen lower astral entities.  Enables you to work with heavy negativity.  Stabilizes emotions.

• GREEN:  Heals and releases dis-ease and obsession.  It balances out parts of your life that have become all-important to the detriment of others.  This stone stimulates the heart chakra.  Green Jasper treats skin disorders and dispels bloating. 

• PICTURE:  Stone of proportion & harmony; helps bring hidden thoughts, grief, fear, & hopes to the surface; used to stimulate proper functioning of the immune system.

• RED:  Assists in rectifying unjust circumstances; used to remember dreams.

• SILVER LEAF:  Protection and healing, contentment, relations, sensitivity, nurturing and connection.

• YELLOW:  Protects during spiritual work and physical travel.  It channels positive energy, making you feel physically better, and energizes the endocrine system.  Yellow Jasper stimulates the solar plexus chakra.  It releases toxins and heals digestion and the stomach. 

Keeps others from intruding on your space.  Can be worn as an amulet to ward off evil influences.

• KUNZITE (PINK):  The energy moves through the stone with a sword-like action to remove emotional and physical pain.  A good meditation stone for bringing in inspiration and giving out the messages to others.  Reduces insecurity, addictiveness, aids with manic depression, helps with maturity.  Relaxation, peace and grounding. 

• HIDDENITE (GREEN):  In addition to those items listed in Pink Kunzite, this mineral helps to stimulate the intellect and the loving side of ones nature in order to bring forth the unknown.  It prompts the connect with the other worlds and provides for subsequent clarity in the transfer of knowledge.  It can be used to assist one in intellectual or emotional pursuits and can provide insight when diagnosing disorders of the physical body.

Promotes clarity and understanding in dreamwork, enhances creativity.  Protects against psychic attacks.

• BLACK: Grounds the body when aligning the chakras and during or after meditation

• BLUE: Strenthens the voice and heals the throat and the larynx.  Useful for performers and public speakers.

Protects ones aura, and helps to keep the aura clear, balanced, protected, and free from energy leaks.  Assists in the alignment of the subtle bodies, enhancing the connection between the physical and ethereal realms.

Great power to the wearer if sincere in spiritual development.  Illumination of the mind, mental endurance, wisdom, purifying & healing properties, insight, good judgment & psychic abilities.

Used for stress reduction; helps one during periods of transition allowing for smooth passage; assists one in openness and honesty.

Assists one in changing situations; excellent for clarifying emotions; recognition & release of negative experiences; represents fidelity in love & friendship; can be used to ease the process of birth.

Blue calms the state of anxiety and green initiates the healing force.  Emotional releases and detoxification.  Use in meditation for rebirthing into the light.  The birth-death cycles in inner space.  Place over blocked or congested areas, stress related ailment.

Provides for both clarity & suspension in states of meditation; promotes peak states of meditation & total recall of dreams; guidance in purification.

A translucent green gemstone associated with a meteor strike which occurred in the Czech Republic some 15 million years ago.  It is classed scientifically as a tektite, with a hardness of 6.  Moldavite can accelerate the path of evolution & spiritual growth.  Connected with the legendary Stone of the Holy Grail, “the emerald that fell from heaven”, it can cleanse & activate all the Chakras & initiate spiritual experiences.

See Orthoclase for description.

Absorbs your negative energy, clarifies feelings, transmutation, stabilizer.

Volcanic glass.  Reflection of ones flaws & the promotion of a clear picture of the changes which are necessary to eliminate the flaws; focusing ones inner vision & actually stimulating a picture or vision of the required course of action; excellent grounding  stone & provides for a connection from the base of the spine to the heart of the Earth.

• APACHE TEAR:  Traditionally considered to be one of the tears of Native American women, mourning for the warriors driven from a cliff by the cavalry.  Used to comfort in times of grief; promotes a forgiving attitude & a release of grievances which have been held against another; stimulates spontaneity & facilitates the removal of barriers which are self-limiting.

• RAINBOW:  Brings light & love to ones life, allowing for the recognition of the spiritual side of ones nature.  Also used for “gazing,” especially in the areas of love matters, relationships & total development of ones etheric & physical forms.  The “stone of pleasure,” bringing gratification & enjoyment to ones life.

• SNOWFLAKE:  Allows one to recognize unnecessary patterns in ones life & to correct; brings purity & balance to the body, mind, & spirit.

• STRAWBERRY:  Man made 

Used for centering & alignment of the total person with the higher powers; used to banish grief, to enhance self-control, to stimulate the power of wise decision-making, & to encourage happiness & good fortune; helps to absorb, from the universe, those energies which are needed.

Magnifies your thoughts and feelings already present.  Promotes all psychic abilities.  A stone which enhances the emotions.  A doorway to your spiritual awareness.

• ANDEAN:  It has been used to activate the heart chakra while providing for centering and grounding.  It can be used for spiritual journeying to protect, to assist one in selection, and to bring an availability to the locations one whishes to visit.  It further instills a knowledge of "right action" and dispels reaction.

• BLUE:  An emotional soother that realigns to spiritual purpose.  It resonates with the throat chakra and can enhance communication, especially of that which has been suppressed through lack of confidence.  It is useful in past-life experiences.

• FIRE:  An enhancer of personal power, awakening inner fire, and a protector against danger.  It is a symbol of hope, excellent for business, and an energy amplifier.  This stone facilitates change and progress.  Used in situations of injustice and mistreatment.

• WHITE:  Used to stimulate the crown chakra and to provide deep states of mental clarity.  It further helps one to remain calm in the midst of chaos.  It can be used to enhance adeptness in business and to bring inspiration from worldly goods.

Clear seeing, problem solving, healer of the spirit and physical body.  Protection from nervousness from others (stage fright), fearlessness and strong will.  Cleanses bruised egos and hurt feelings.

Aids in the elimination of worries concerning those things of little importance, bringing the motto “change what you can, & worry assisting one to advance to ones highest chosen level, to commence ascension to a higher aspect of the self.

Assists you in matching your vibrations with someone of a higher or lower frequency than yours.  A shield used as protection of defense.

• CLEAR:  Assists in the creation of power & can provide clarity in thinking, stimulates psychic abilities; provides enhanced energy; enhances state of self acceptance & self-love.

• HERKIMER DIAMOND:  Double-termination allows energy to be drawn from one end and released through the other.  Good for extra boosts of energy, healing, vivid dreaming and recollection and storage of information.

• RED:  Aids in positive action.  It produces an abundance of physical energy and vitality, and coupled with the quartz qualities, is a dynamic mineral, stimulates the chi/energy, relieves depression and aids the circulation.

• ROSE:  Removes negativity; brings calmness & clarity to emotions after chaos or crisis; stone of gentle love, heals emotional wounds.

• RUTILATED:  Silver & gold color threads work like pathways which magnetically lead you in a direction of balance.  Use when you need positive direction in life.

• SMOKY:  Used to dissolve negative energies & emotional blockages; clears the mental channels; promotes personal pride & joy in living.  Enables you to follow through with your highest hopes and aspirations.  Abstract thoughts and telepathic messages put to practical use.

• SPIRIT QUARTZ - This crystal can be used in meditation to provide insights to family and/or community problems. It has also been used to activate and cleans other minerals, enhance the energy transfer of other minerals to stimulate healing on all levels, increase both physical and intellectual fertility, provide protection from harm, dreaming and astral projection. Move the sickness from the body to a location which transforms the disorder from negativity to positive energy, and elevate ones self-worth. It both opens and activates the crown chakra, and assists one to channel desire toward the proper goals, assisting one to adjust and be comfortable in all situations, it tends to remove fear.  (Amethyst Spirit Quartz - Add properties of Amethyst)

Restores balance due to physical and emotional crisis.  Enhances love for self and others.  Emotional pains, poor eyesight, elimination problems.

Raises self-worth, gives an aura of elegance, self-confidence and self-esteem.  Restores physical energy.

Assist one to live with intention, to “walk to the edge,” to make selections with no regret, and to continue to learn, acts to provide most favorable circumstances for promotion of wholeness, activates the energy of Chiron which supports a new purpose to ones life, aids in ridding the self of burdens which no longer serve in ones life.

Intensifies love and compassion, stimulation and active expression of the sex drive.  Brings circulation to normal.  High energy stone for courage, boldness and action.  Blood purifier, sex drive, physical energy.

Aid for communication, clairvoyant perceptions, abstract concepts, divine wisdom and prophecy.  Cleanses negative mental states and disturbances.  Nervous and mental disorders, throat and asthma.

Blending and binding of energies for strength and protection.  Organizational qualities, simplistic and stable.

Aids in breaking bad habits, decision making, clarity strengthens spinal cord.  Lends energy to the body.  Recociliation.

• DESERT ROSE:  Desert Rose Selenite from Mexico.  A variety of Gypsum, it is not a distinct mineral, but rather a mineral formation. It forms when flattened plates of Selenite become impregnated with sand during their crystallization and become arranged around a common center to form a rosette.  Some desert roses are remarkably flower-like, except the texture of the 'petals' is coarse and rough rather than smooth.  Used as an aid in past life regression.

Is useful in the rise of the Kundalini.  It stimulates an opening in the pathway through which the Kundalini may travel, & lessens the discomfort which is sometimes associated with this movement.  It can be used to clear the clouded areas of the chakras, & to stimulate the crown.  It is also an excellent stone for enhancing the meditative state.

Shaman Stones are over 220 million years old and are a stronger magnetic tool than lodestone. There outside is a coat of iron over quartz.  They are a natural form and have been used throughout many ancient cultures in spells and mojo work including Indian, Aztec, Babylon.  Shaman Stones were placed on many cultures altars including early Pagan Christians around 1-12 CE.  Sacred among the Shamanic members of ancient tribes, they were also used in rituals to contact extra-terrestrials, for visioning and for journeys.  Needing no special care, they act as a protector when placed in ones environment.  They synthesis male/female duality, liberate one's nature and help to recognize and understand the self.  They realign the energy centers, relieve energy blockage, stimulate Chi energy, ground, center and protect.  They have been used to treat physical instabilities in the veins, muscles, arteries, bone loss, RNA/DNA balancing, immune system and cellular renewal.

Lingams are only found at the Narmada River high in the mountains of Mandhata, one of the seven sacred holy places of pilgrimage in India and are said to have been formed from a meteorite that fell to Earth several million years ago. The river periodically gives up these stones when the water level drops.  Villagers gather this unique Crypto Crystalline Quartz from shallow riverbeds.  Lingham describes the shape-egg like, but hand polished to balanced proportions.  Each Lingam contains sacred markings symbolic of the marks on Lord Shiva's forehead.

Metaphysically, these mystical and powerful stones have been said to contain one of the loftiest vibrations of all mineral on Earth, which will purify your temple or home. They represent the fusion of male and female (yin and yang, or active and passive) energies, and brings to mind the power of the Infinite (interesting, their egg-like shape traces the outer contours of the infinity symbol when viewed horizontally. The stone works with the breath and the fluids of the body creating a harmony in the body's flow thereby helping one to maintain a balance in daily life.  They are kept in the home for protection, prosperity and continued health.  No two stones are alike.

Enables one to arrive at logical conclusions via rational mental process, helps eliminate confusion; excellent stone for use in groups by providing fellowship, solidarity, & commonality of goal & purpose.

Higher etheral influences, a stone for channeling higher thoughts and energies.  Helps to get the analytical part of the mind out of the way.  Be prepared to be spaced out.

Used to both clear and energize the chakras.  Assists in dissipate fearfulness, to alleviate stress, & to increase vitality.  Encourage independence & originality & to provide good "luck" in games.  Promotes happiness.  Personal power, healing, overcoming depression, health, physical energy, protection, sexual arousal, sexual energy, increasing the energy of healing herbs, success, vitality, courage, independence.

Used in seeking clarity; used to enhance psychic abilities; can eliminate the “blues”; generates calmness to unsettled turmoil.

Calms, relieves and balances emotional mental breakdowns.  Any situation related to nervous fatique, exhaustion or extreme stress.  Change, cleansing, letting go.  Headaches, spasms, mental disorders, obesity.

• BLACK:  This stone works as a protective shield pushing away all negativity even yours.  Tourmaline does not hold any energy; it is used as a channeling device for the magnetic energy to flow through.

• BLUE:  Adds spiritual strength & knowledge to the wearer.  Intensifies creativity & inspiration to the artistic or innovative person.  A peaceful & natural healing stone.

• GREEN:  Regeneration & rebirth of the physical body.  Pushes out toxins from the body & brings in new energy.  Brings in abundance & prosperity.

• PINK:  Magnetically receiving love & giving out love joyfully.  Sorrows, conflicts, despairs & fears seem to melt away leaving a renewed enthusiasm for life.  Happily going with the flow.

• RUBELLITE:  Strengthens the will to understand love and to inspire tactfulness in independence, promoting creativity in the various realms of loving aspirations.  It can be used to stimulate the base chakra and to provide for a direct pathway between the base chakra and the heart chakra; it can, hence, be used to direct and to intensify devotional proclivities.

• WATERMELON:  Electric & magnetic properties, giving the ability to receive & direct information that has been channeled.  It pushes out old emotional wounds & brings in renewed love & joy.

Strengthens & aligns all chakras, meridians, & subtle bodies; spiritual stone; excellent for use in meditation; excellent anti-negativity stone.

Acts to balance emotional body; allows for gentle release of those conditions that can inhibit ones growth; used to stimulate healthy pregnancies.

ZOISITE

Health, strength, enthusiasm, poise, compusre.