Metaphysical Properties of Gemstones

AGATE ~ Agate balances and harmonizes the mind, body and spirit. This stone cleanses the aura, removing negativity and gives courage and strength. 

AMAZONITE ~ Amazonite contributes to the development of intuition and encourages communication. Emits strong soothing energy, helping to dissipate worry, fear and anger and helps to balance your mood. Also helps to protect against electromagnetic waves produced by electronics. 

AMETHYST ~ Amethyst offers protection and brings clarity of mind. It stimulates inspiration, intuition and contributes to finding deep inner peace and to discovering inner wisdom. Amethyst promotes love of the divine, encourages selflessness and spiritual wisdom. It enhances metaphysical abilities and is an excellent stone for meditation. Amethyst is helpful for making a transition through death and supports coming to terms with loss. Beneficial to the mind, this stone calming. Known as the Goddess stone.

APATITE ~A stone of manifestation and spiritual attunement.  Deepens meditation, clears frustrations, and supports passion without guilt.  Balances the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies.  Aids communication and induces openness and social ease.

AQUAMARINE ~ Aquamarine is a vital tool in cleansing and clearing the water element, a symbol of our emotions and feelings.  It clears away toxicity and brings inner peace.   It helps bestow perseverance, discipline and light heartedness. Clears up mental confusion and helps bring unfinished business to conclusion.

AVENTURINE (green or red) ~ Aventurine brings comfort and balance and calms emotional stress. A good stone for those who find it difficult to open their hearts. Aventurine helps clear negativity, encourage harmony & a renewed zest for life.

BLACK ONYX ~ Black Onyx has very strong grounding properties as well as the banishment of negative energies from the environment. Onyx balances, grounds and absorbs negativity while letting through positive vibrations. It increases concentration, stimulates thinking and logic and encourages better decision making.

BLUE LACE AGATE ~ Inspire softness and grace by wearing this stone. Like agate, it inspires loyalty and trustworthiness.  It also facilitates personal expression and spiritual growth.

BLUE TOPAZ ~ Topaz is said to enhance one's spiritual potential. Legend tells us that it is used to increase intelligence and creativity, impart wisdom which will in turn lead to wealth. The stone of "true love and success in all endeavors", it can be used to promote understanding, compassion, kindness and empathy. It opens the hearts of those who have closed them while at the same time protecting the openhearted from too much pain. With its cool, tranquil, soothing vibrations help balance the emotions, with creativity, self- expression and psychic perception.

CARNELIAN ~ Carnelian is a stone of courage, it instills self-confidence and encourages standing up for oneself. Helps to banish negative emotions, awakens inner joy and brings the wearer pleasure and comfort. 

CHALCEDONY ~ Chalcedony instills a sense of belonging and encourages kindness and generosity toward others. Encourages inner reflection and harmonizes the physical, emotional and mental body with the spiritual self.  Chalcedony encourages the ability to listen and understand others and to express oneself correctly as it stimulates the throat chakra.  

CITRINE ~ Citrine is known to attract wealth, abundance and prosperity. It favors the expression of individuality and stimulates the desire for change and new experiences.

CLEAR QUARTZ ~ Clear Quartz is known to be the most popular crystal for healing.  Its nickname is the "master healer."  It is used to cleanse, focus and amplify energy levels in the body. Powerful stone for protection and to diffuse negativity.  It helps to realign and focus the mind, body and spirit toward clear goals.  Harmonizes all the chakras.

EMERALD ~ Brings domestic bliss and loyalty.  Enhances unity, unconditional love and partnership.  Promotes friendship.  A life-affirming stone with great integrity.  Enhances mental and physical equilibrium.

GARNET ~ Garnet helps to balance the mind and body.  It inspires love and devotion, helping to bring the heart into alignment with a higher expression of love.  It is also known to attract happiness, wealth and blessings.

HEMATITE ~ Hematite grounds and reinforces our connection with the earth bringing feelings of safety and confidence. Protects from negativity and provides strength, courage, stamina and vitality.

HOWLITE ~ Howlite soothes and calms. Opens the mind up in order to develop intuition. Inspires the creation of ambitions.

IOLITE ~ Iolite is sometimes called a “water sapphire.”  It is a gemstone of vision and creative expression.  Balances Yin and Yang. Helps those dealing with alcoholism. Believed to aid in the elimination of disharmony in relationships.

JASPER ~ Jasper is known as a supreme protector. It confers courage and determination, encouraging a warrior spirit. Purifies and aligns the chakras, balances the yin yang energies, absorbs negativity, offers support in times of conflict. 

KYANITE ~Encourages speaking one’s truth.  Releases frustration and stress by cutting through fears, blockages and ignorance.  Opens wearer up to spiritual and psychological truths.  Instills compassion and facilitates spiritual maturation.

LABRADORITE ~ Labradorite provides support during periods of change elevating consciousness and stimulating intuition.  It is a protective stone forming a barrier against undesirable energies. Helps to support the immune system. A wonderful stone for those going through periods of change and transition.

LAPIS LAZULI ~ Lapis is the stone of royalty, friendship and truth.  Encourages harmony in relationships and is believed to ward off evil. 

MAGNESITE ~ Magnesite brings a calming effect to the emotions, promoting tolerance for emotional stress. It supports people who are nervous and fearful and helps them to overcome irritability and intolerance. Magnesite brings all forms of self-deceit to the surface. It brings grounding to the intellect and helps to recognize unconscious thoughts and feelings. It induces a positive attitude to life. 

MOONSTONE ~ Moonstone is believed to be a stone of destiny. It is strongly connected to the moon and the divine feminine, making it a wonderfully helpful stone for women. It is worn to increase fertility and harmonize the mind, providing health and protection. Moonstone helps to align the hormone production, metabolism and reproduction. It allows deep-rooted feelings to energize and come to the forefront.  Moonstone balances emotions, promoting clarity and helping one be more receptive. Inspires softness, sensitivity, patience and tolerance.   

OPAL~ Opal/Peruvian Opal has soft relaxing energies. It has the ability to remove the tension from any communication to help ideas to flow freely.  Good for creativity and to assist in speaking one’s mind. Opal helps to soften the impact of stress from the outside world. Assists in releasing the trauma of old wounds, facilitating facing the future with a tranquil self -healing nature.  It is good for quieting the mind and helpful in aiding sleep. Helps relieve allergy symptoms due to pollen and hay fever.

PEARL ~ Pearls symbolize innocence, faith, emotional peace and tranquility.

PERIDOT~ Peridot has been valued for thousands of years as a semi-precious healing stone. It is a high-vibrational Heart Chakra crystal that carries a positive energy, especially helpful for those undergoing traumatic emotional situations. It is the stone for Archangel Raphael and rules the realm of Angelic Virtues. Peridot has the ability to bring out unconditional love, happiness and light. 

PICTURE JASPER ~ grounding and harmonizing stone. It is said to promote feelings of responsibility towards the planet and nature. Its grounding energy can help you grasp a strong sense of who you are and where you are going. It can help one to find their authentic life path. Helps bring thoughts, feelings, hopes or fears to the surface that have been pushed aside. 

PREHNITE ~ Prehnite is a stone of unconditional love that will "heal the healer." Favors a tranquil environment that brings peace and protection and teaches us how to be in harmony with nature and the elements. Helps to eliminate what is no longer useful to our personal growth, whether it is possessions or ties with others.

PYRITE ~ Pyrite chases away confusion, sheds light and clarifies mental processes. It allows us to take life in our hands and be active in the world. Encourages decision making and taking action.

RHODONITE ~ Rhodonite encourages love and emotional balance as it opens the heart chakra. Heals emotional wounds and encourages forgiveness.

ROSE QUARTZ ~ Rose Quartz symbolizes love, heart and beauty opening you to love, compassion and friendship. It is the healing aid for the heart chakra.

RUBY ~ Ruby stimulates the heart chakra, represents wisdom and encourages you to follow your dreams and your bliss to help you to be the person you want to be. A stone of Divine creativity. It boosts your energy levels and promotes high self-esteem, intuition, and spiritual wisdom. Ruby is a symbol of good fortune, pure love, and loyalty.

RUTILATED QUARTZ ~ A powerful crystal, golden rutilated quartz contains intense energy for manifesting dreams, stimulating creativity, and supporting the realization of dreams through the power of intention. Said to open the wearer to Divine Inspiration.

SILVER (sterling) ~ Silver is used to calm and soothe emotions helping us to cope with the changes we face in life. It encourages us to develop and trust our intuition so that we can move through life. Silver also strengthens the body against infection and supports the immune system.

SMOKY QUARTZ TOPAZ ~ Smoky Quartz is a natural warrior in that it is a superb dissipater of negative energies. It is a grounding stone helping us to face reality and all the demands and responsibilities that come with it. Teaches the wearer how to leave things behind that no longer serve.  An excellent antidote to stress it helps tolerate difficult times with equanimity, fortifying resolve.

SODALITE ~ helps to let go of everyday concerns and focus on just being.  Helps to calm anxiety and panic attacks. Unites logic with intuition.  Opens spiritual perception by bringing the higher mind down to the physical.  Instills a drive for truth, encouraging being true to yourself and standing up for your beliefs.  Brings emotional balance by transforming a defensive or oversensitive personality.  Stimulates trust and companionship.

SPINEL ~ Spinel is used to create energy for life, new inspiration and a sense of new beginnings. It has an energizing effect on the mind and body, creating a positive outlook and refreshed approach to the future. 

SUNSTONE ~ Sunstone is known for its powerful connection to the light and the power of the sun. It brings light to all situations and is said to give you the power to “shine,” promoting a sunny and positive attitude. Sunstone has a bright and joyful energy that increases vitality and lightens dark moods. It helps to empower those who feel abandoned by others, encouraging motivation and positive action.

TIGER'S EYE ~ Tiger's eye helps to dissipate fear and anxiety. It supports during challenging times and instills strength, will, courage and self-confidence. Helps to focus, calm oneself.

TOURMALINE ~ Tourmaline assists in understanding oneself and others, taking you deep into your inner being, promoting self-confidence, and diminishing fear. It attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance and prosperity. Tourmaline grounds spiritual energy; balances chakras, meridians and auric bodies; and forms a protective shield. A powerful mental healer and helps transforming negative thought patterns into positive ones.

TURQUOISE ~ Turquoise increases energy in the Throat Chakra supporting the expression of true emotion. It also aligns and balances all the chakras, awakens intuition and transmits the message that one is responsible for one's own happiness. Offers protection especially when traveling.

YELLOW JADE ~ Yellow Jade balances emotions and encourages a peaceful attitude. Decreases nervousness and stress and stimulates visualization during meditative exercises.