Gemstone Healing Properties

The Healing Properties of Gemstones*

Many people believe that gemstones can influence different aspects of the human body and mind. There are numerous claims that they aid such in diverse areas as harmonious relationships, allergies, and spiritual awakening. Practitioners of modern-day crystal therapy believe that the stones' ability to work as conductors allow them to focus energy via a person's thoughts to stimulate healing - both physical and non-physical. When worn next to the skin, or even placed close by, the power of the stone can help to heal or soothe various mental, emotional, and physical conditions. Here is a selection of the more popular gemstones and their healing properties.

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	ABALONE A stone for strengthening the muscular tissue, especially around the heart. Very good in the treatment of spinal degeneration diseases.
	AGATE Semi-precious stone, the Agate is said to improve natural vitality and energy and to increase the self-confidence of the person using it. It is believed to be of special benefit to athletes and to those taking any kind of examination or test - or anyone else who has to call upon instant bursts of energy whether mental or physical. Balances the emotions and calms the body, mind and feelings. General healing, reduces fever, hardens tender gums, gives courage and banishes fear, also assists the wearer to express thoughts into spoken words. Helps to develop powers of eloquence. Stone of health and good fortune. Agates: Agates are great aids for meditation and powerful healing stones.
	BLUE-LACE AGATE Blue-lace agate is a very calming stone. It is helpful for freely expressing oneself and how one feels and thinks. Provides cool and soothing energy which is good for neutralizing red energies such as anger, infections, inflammations, fevers etc. Helps to open the throat chakra. Blue Lace Agate - Wear or carry this stone for peace & happiness. Washes the clutter and static from the mind and spirit. Relieves stress. It can be used in the treatment of arthritic conditions and in cases of hereditary bone deformity: it can also be used to strengthen the skeletal structure. It is useful to enhance the mending of breaks and fractures. It can help to remove blockages from the nervous system and from the capillaries of the body. Also use to relieve headaches when placed on the brow.
	Botswana Agate - Aids in adjustment to new life and eases the pain of loss and loneliness. Enhances creativity. Soothes depression, protects. Helps you see the positive. Can be used in treatment of disorders of the nervous system and helps the body get rid of toxins.
	Crazy lace Agate - For balance.
	Green moss Agate - Good for blood sugar balance and Anorexia. Also can bring back a sense of self esteem. MOSS-AGATE Moss agate is said to cleanse the emotional body and release anger and frustration.
	Fire Agate- Really earth and fire. Works on the whole system to produce healing and re growth.
plume agate	Iris Agate - Use to heal burns. Picture Agate - Used in meditation. Plume Agate - Works on the lower body to accelerate healing. Silver leaf Agate - Used for grounding oneself and to bring abundance. Snakeskin Agate - Brings peace of mind.
	Tree Agate - Used to gain insight into problems and see them for what they really are.
	ALEXANDRITE Helps the nervous system, spleen, pancreas and testicles. May be used to amplify color therapy.
	AMAZONITE Generally used to help soothe the nervous system and to give some relief to those who are suffering from emotional disturbances. Also helps with one's metabolism and growth. Useful when trying to express oneself more clearly. Regulates and improves thinking abilities. Amazonite - It enhances communications concerning love. It can be used in the treatment in disorders of the nervous system and to dissipate energy blockages which could propagate the improper flow of neural impulses. It's a great stone for writers and other creative types that use voice or hands for a living.
	AMBER Although it may look like one, Amber is not really a stone but the yellow-brown fossilized resin of trees. It is claimed that Amber is used to best effect by those who suffer from throat infections, those who have bronchial disorders or those who are prone to asthma or convulsions, also rheumatism, intestinal disorders, earache, bladder trouble, nerves or bone-marrow deficiencies. Calming, can absorb negative energy and helps the body to heal itself. Used for making and breaking spells. Helps with depression and suicidal tendencies. Amber - Draws negative energy from the body. Very calming and comforting to wear.
	AMETHYST A purple-colored quartz used as a semi-precious stone; the Amethyst is known as a spiritual stone and is used for general healing and for meditation. It is said that sleeping with a piece of amethyst beneath one's pillow promotes intuitive dreams and inspired thought. Many healers also consider it useful in the relief of insomnia and to bring serenity in times of grief. The Amethyst clears, purifies and helps with any addictions or stress or tension. Also protects against blood disease, toxic effects of substance use, acne, neuralgia and fits. Soothes and calms the mind, raises the spirit, rebalances and increases intuitive awareness, protects from negative vibrations. It is a very good idea to have an Amethyst cluster in your room because of the cleansing and energizing properties associated with it. Traditionally believed to protect from drunkenness.
chip and nugget	APATITE Strengthens muscle tissue, aids in coordinating basic motor responses. Assists people suffering from stuttering and used in the treatment of hypertension.
	AQUAMARINE Bluish-green transparent Beryl; the Aquamarine is supposed to be most useful when dealing with the problems of the eyes, liver, throat, stomach, nerves, and glands. Relieves toothache, improves sight. Preserves innocence. Quickens intellect, increases self-knowledge. It is also reputed to promote clear and logical thinking and for that reason is often carried as a 'good luck' charm by those who are taking examinations or being interviewed for a job. Brings inspiration and new ideas. Aquamarine- Releases anxiety and fear. Helps relaxation on long journeys. Gives insight and perception when dealing with people. Also gives protection.
	AVENTURINE Aventurine is said to be useful in relieving migraine and in soothing the eyes. A traditional method of using this stone is to leave it in water overnight and to use the water the following day to bathe eyes. Aventurine water - made in the same way can also be used for bathing irritations of the skin. Aventurine is a soother and helps relax one for a better night's sleep! It also relieves tension and shock. Improves vitality, equalizes blood pressure. Encourages creativity, gives the wearer courage, independence, calmness and serenity. Gives adventure and luck in love and sport. Aventurine (green)- "Healer of the heart & soul". Balances masculine & feminine energies. Creativity, leadership and fun. It reinforces one's decisiveness and amplifies ones leadership qualities. Protects. Helps heal the heart, lungs & adrenals. Emotional tranquility, good health and well being. Aventurine (red/orange) - This material provides reflective qualities so that one can recognize the flaws of humanity and can remain in the heart space to continue to love this same humanity. It can help one look at a situation incomplete detail, magnifying those aspects of importance. It provides for self reflection, and allows one to recognize that "In each person you see but the reflection of that which you choose to have that person be." It can be used when fasting, to reduce hunger.
	AZURITE A natural blue copper carbonate. The Azurite is said to be an aid to psychic development and is a very powerful stone. Also aids meditation. Relates to penetrating through your deepest fear in the subconscious. It is used as a general healing stone. Relieves arthritis and joint disabilities. Reduces hip joint pain.
	BERYL Helps heart problems, liver trouble, mouth, stomach and throat infections. Improves intellect, strengthens will-power, guards against stupidity and mental disorders.
	BLOODSTONE Deep-green precious stone flecked with red; it is believed that the Bloodstone will help to overcome depression and melancholia - especially if it is worn by the sufferer. It is also said to help those who suffer from psychosomatic illness and pains which have an emotional rather than a physical cause. Bloodstone is also a purifier of the blood and a general detoxification of organs, particularly the liver, kidneys and spleen. It helps to allow light into the body. Provides vitality, strengthens idealism and the will to do good - especially for charity. Increases one's talent, stimulates the kundalini and balances all of the chakras. Bloodstone - Strengthens and oxygenates blood stream. Enhances physical/mental vitality. Strengthens heart, spleen, bone marrow. Aids in balancing vitamin deficiencies. Reduces emotional and mental stress. "The Stone of Courage" - also for renewal of the physical mental and emotional bodies. Another powerful healer. It helps one toward the direct union with the divine through contemplation, prayer or mediation and love. It has been used to stabilize, as necessary, the flow of blood. Also a very good gem for those in business - self employed.
cobalto calcite montana calcite rare yellow orange	Calcite - Green: Tranquility ; soothes spiritual heart; helps us learn from lessons in each situation and new options. Clarifies visions, imagery, astral travel and recall. Helps us replace fears, old ways with healthier ones. Cleans toxins and fumes from body. Yellow: Spine, bones. Detoxification of kidneys, pancreas, spleen. Decalcifying joints. Clear/Optical: Clearer vision & communication, wellness, general cleansing. Blue: Eases pain (especially back). Orange: Uplifting, joy, happiness, humour. rainbow calcite
	CARNELIAN Semi-precious stone, a reddish variety of chalcedony. This stone is useful for understanding one's rhythms and cycles and it is said that if it is worn in a pouch around the neck by a women during menstrual periods - it will help to ease the stomach cramps felt at that time. Strengthens voice; helps rheumatism and arthritis, depression, neuralgia; aids the sense of touch. Used for infertility and impotence. Alleviates blood poisoning, fever, infection and nose bleeds. Helps in the treatment of sores, spasms and wounds. Protects from evil, elevates the spirits, grounds energies thus assisting concentration and mental focus by clearing the mind and focusing one's thoughts. Helps daydreamers and those who are absent-minded. Carnelian - Promotes peace and harmony. Dispels depression, doubt, negative thoughts. Strengthens the voice, bolsters the courage, good for public speaking, singers. Stills anger, jealosy, and hatred. Provides motivation, gives energy to turn ideas into form. Used to gain direction, for job hunting, to balance emotions, to stimulate appetite for success, for focusing, realization and self actualization, restores ambition. Helps you feel anchored and comfortable. Provides a sense of history and a connection to past experiences. Clears mind of extraneous thoughts. Allows you to take control of your life and make decisions. Protects against evil. Energizes blood. Aids kidneys, lungs, liver, gallbladder, pancreas. Aids tissue regeneration. Vitalizes physical/emotional/mental bodies.
spotted chalcedony	CHALCEDONY Improves bone-marrow, spleen, red corpuscles and heart tissue. Stimulates optimism and enhances one's spiritual and artistic creativity.
	CHRYSOPRASE Improves prostate gland, testicles, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Increases fertility.
	CITRINE Yellow variety of quartz. It is claimed that the citrine is able to help those who feel that they have misplaced their path in life and to give them a new sense of direction and rebuild the structure of their earthly existence. It helps to control the emotions and works with relationships and self- knowledge. It attracts self-worth, dissolves emotional blocks and induces dreams. It is also said to be beneficial to those people suffering from poor circulation and to strengthen the immune system, tissue regeneration, eases toxic conditions particularly in the endocrine and digestive systems. Helps with diabetes and depression. Activates mental powers and clarifies thought. Improves self-image bringing confidence into relationships and environment, improving the quality of one's life, sometimes bringing prosperity. Reduces harmful effect of electrical products. Citrine - It is one of the few minerals on the planet which does not hold and accumulate negative energy, but dissipates and transmutes it. Citrine is one of the stones to be called "merchants stone" - placing citrine in ones cash box has produced more income for the merchant. Helps to cure self-destructive tendencies and gives protection to travelers. It will enhance wisdom and inner-peace, as well as being able to envelope the wearer in joy and happiness. It is an aid to digestion and helps to remove unwanted toxins from the blood. Citrine is said to be especially good at healing the heart, liver and kidneys and may even help to combat diabetes.
red coral red fossil coral yellow fossil coral	CORAL Hard substance formed of skeletons of various marine polyps. Coral is said to promote general physical and mental well-being and to be of particular assistance to those suffering from anemia, bladder conditions, colic and whooping cough. In many parts of the world it is believed that coral can be used to ward off evil thoughts sent by ill-wishers.
	DIAMOND Master healer. An extremely powerful stone in the removing of blockages and all emotional negativity.
emerald chip	EMERALD Bright green precious stone. Improves intellect and memory. Helps tired eyes and insomnia. Improves eloquence. Gives power to see into the future and grants success in business. Acts as emotional stabilizer. It is said to help release emotionally based trauma and to govern the awareness of emotions by others. It opens up the heart to love, peace and healing.
rainbow fluorite	FLUORITE Fluorspar - a natural calcium fluoride. Fluorite helps bring the spiritual into the material and quickens enlightenment. Helps heal holes in one's auras where energy is drained. Grounds, balances and focuses one's energies. Absorbs and alters negative and other energies. Opens the chakras. Aids physical and mental healing. Strengthens bone tissue, especially tooth enamel. Relieves dental disease, pneumonia, viral inflammation. Fluorite - Strengthens teeth and bones. Improves absorption of vital nutrients. Beneficial for blood vessels and spleen. Grounds excess energy. Excellent for advancement of mind, greater concentration, meditation. Helps one grasp higher, more abstract concepts. Powerful healer.
	GARNET A dark red gem. The garnet is most often used as a general tonic for the whole system - physical, mental and emotional. It is regenerative and revitalizing, strengthening the blood and helping with anemia and circulatory problems. Protects against infection, depression and skin diseases. It brings into consciousness the physical powers and is particularly recommended for those who need to improve their self-respect and self-confidence, pride and success and to increase their courage when dealing with changes. Improves imagination. Assists in dream work and in past life recall. Increases determination, energy and courage. Attracts love, promotes bonding. Garnet - Garnet is a highly protective stone, in that it provides a barrier of charged vibrations which repel negative energies on contact. It is also useful for protection after dark. It is also useful in enhancing bodily strength and endurance. Love, compassion, imagination.
	HEMATITE Natural ferric oxide. Improves all blood disorders, helps coagulation. Reduces stressful effects of air travel, combats insomnia. Enhances astral projection, promotes balance, focus, convergence and concentration of energy. The hematite is a stone which it is said will help to increase courage and it is also claimed that it will strengthen the heart and is good for reducing a rapid pulse. Hematite - "Stone of mental mastery." Memory enchancement; original thinking; mental and manual dexterity; calming; release of limitations; balancing of yin & yang; focusing energy & emotions; dissolves and transforms negativity; peace; self control & inner happiness; meditation; grounding; tranquility; emotional clarity; helps with leg cramps, blood disorders, nervous disorders & insomnia, helps bones, especially the spine.
	HOWLITE (magnetite) Stimulates endocrine system. Improves blood circulation. Helps in Meditation. Howlite - This mineral can be used to calm communication, to facilitate awareness, and to encourage emotional expression. It builds an innate decency within ones character, encouraging those attributes which are the building blocks to spirituality. Howlite is a beautiful white stone that is often dyed many differnet colors to imitate other more expensive stones such as turquoise.
	Iolite -Enchances leadership ability, power, inner strength, self confidence and executive ability. Used for meditation and astral travel. Brings about visions. Balances male and female aspects. Helps release discord. Facilitates the acceptance of responsibility and helps in the management of money. Useful to support intuition, together with stabilising and aligning the aura. Iolite brings harmony to situations, and may strengthen relationships. Helps protect and improve conditions of the liver. Helps the body to eliminate toxins, and in the treatment of fevers.
dark green jade african jade peace jade	JADE A pale green gemstone. Jade is said to be of help in relieving kidney complaints, bladder trouble and eye problems. Yellow jade is believed to aid a poor digestion. When worn as a piece of jewelry, jade is thought to provide protection from one's enemies and can be used to protect one on long journeys. Also to attract good luck, for wisdom, for long life and a peaceful death. Helps to control dream content or focus. In ancient China and ancient Egypt it was widely used as a talisman to attract good fortune, friendship and loyalty. Jade - It is a very popular gemstone projecting universal love, health, wealth and long life. Ancient Chinese used it also for courage, wisdom, justice, mercy, emotional balance, stamina, love, fidelity, humility, generosity, peace, and harmony. It was said to bring accord the environment, to transmute negativity and to instill resourcefulness. Lungs, heart, thymus, immune, kidney and blood detoxification and the nervous system. Honey Jade - Powerful emotional balance, radiates divine unconditional love. Dispels negativity from the third chakra (solar plexus). It has been used by the ancients {and some current} primitive tribes as a sacred stone, assisting one in access to the spiritual worlds.
red jasper brecciated jasper leapordskin jasper picture jasper picasso jasper autumn jasper	JASPER Colored impure form of natural silica. Jasper is said to be both invigorating and stabilizing, bringing stillness to a troubled mind. It generates an even rhythmic pulse. It is also said to improve the sense of smell and to overcome depression. Red jasper is known to contain iron oxide which is used medically to control excessive bleeding and for this reason, it is claimed it can be useful in overcoming disorders of the blood. Also for digestion and stomach problems, biliousness and bladder trouble. Protects from witchcraft, soothes the nerves. Red Jasper - Known to promote beauty and grace. Believe it or not, it can ease the pain of childbirth!!! Can be used for protection and to send negativity directed at you back to the original sender. Increases mental processes and forms a barrier against dangerous desires and whims. Also a great all-around good luck stone. Promotes deep relaxation. Jasper (Brecciated variety)- Helps with animal allergies. Encourages attunement with animals. Brings happiness and a positive outlook. Wards off dehydration. Brings joy and happiness. Increases physical endurance. Heals trauma. Grounds energy. Jasper (Leopard skin variety) - "Known as the 'supreme nurturer'. Protects its possessor. Good for the heart and brain. Grounds and harmonizes energy. Increases mental clarity. Dissolves frustration. Inspires serenity. Brings love. Vitality. Facilitates healing. Jasper (Picture jasper variety) - It can be used to further both the development and continuance of business pursuits - to provide for coordination of activities leading to increase. It has been known as "the stone of Global Awareness" - It promotes "brotherhood" to work together to save the planet. It emits an energy which promotes the spiritual affinity to achieve perfect accord between humanity and nature; It is one of the "earth Stones" for the age of redemption & cleansing of the earth. It can be used to stimulate the proper functioning of the immune system, and can be helpful in the treatment of disorder associated with skin and kidneys. PICASSO MARBLE (Picasso Jasper) Picasso Marble (or Picasso Stone) has strong metaphysical qualities of grounding and calming. It also promotes weight loss and assists in the development of creativity, as well as engendering strength and self-discipline.
	JET A very hard lustrous form of natural carbon. Prevents deep depression, quiets fears. Protects from violence and illness. Aids grieving. It is also used in healing to control and ease migraine and pain behind the eyes.
	Labradorite - (aka spectrolite) It is said to represent the "temple of the stars" , assisting one in sustaining and maintaining, while providing for the understanding of the destiny one has chosen. It assists during traverse changes, attracting strength and perseverance. It symbolizes the moon and the sun. Promotes refinement of action and discernment in direction. It allows for recognition that humanity represents "being of light", transcending the limitations of the past and thoughts of the future, and embracing the infinite possibilities of the moment. It can assist in digestion, regulation and metabolism. Also used to clarify eyes.
blue denim blue with pyrite specks	LAPIS LAZULI A brilliant blue mineral. The lapis lazuli was called by the ancient Egyptians 'The Stone of Heaven' and it is thought by many to be the stone upon which were carved the laws given to Moses. It is said that it has the power to prevent fits and epilepsy and to improve the eyesight. Helps heart and spleen, protects against strokes, helps depression. Helps acquire wisdom and truth. It is also a symbol of power and a mental and spiritual cleanser. Assists one's psychic development and mental stability. Gives hope and self awareness and helps one to face one's shadow-self. It is the stone of friendship. Helps cut through superficialities to find inner truth. Aura cleanser. Lapis Lazuli - Energizes the throat chakra. Augments strength, vitality, virility, mental clarity, illumination. Enhances psychic abilities and communication with higher self and spirit guides. Creative expression. It has also been used as a protective stone, sheltering the wearer/carrier from physical danger and psychic attacks. Lapis Lazuli is a "stone of total awareness", helping to expand awareness and intellectual capacity, and allowing for conscious attunement to the intuitive and psychic aspects of ones nature. "The stone of Royalty".
sugilite	LUVULITE (sugilite) Restores balance to pineal, pituitary and left and right brain hemispheres. Improves autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, physical coordination problems, visual problems, spiritual problems.
green malachite red malachite	MALACHITE A green copper carbonate. Malachite contains copper and it is claimed that it is helpful in the treatment of rheumatism and also in regularizing menstruation. Used in the treatment of asthma, toothache. Improves eyesight. Raises one's spirits and increases hope, health and happiness. It attracts physical and material benefits and brings prosperity. It assists wise rule and helps remove mental blockages hindering spiritual growth. It relieves any congestion in the body and helps with confusion and lack or purpose and insecurity. Malachite - Sometimes called "the stone of transformation" assisting one in changing situations, and providing for the transfer of sacred information to spiritual evolution; clears and activates all chakras balancing and equalizing it can create an unobstructed path leading to a desired goal. Facilitates the rise of spirituality and the enhancement of psychic abilities. Protects against radiation and can be used in the treatment of asthma, swollen joints, tumors, growths, broken bones and torn muscles.
	MARCASITE Gentle physical strengthener. Makes one feel more able to cope with any problems and difficulties.
moukaite	Mookite - Also known as 'Australian Red Jasper'. A very grounding crystal. Helps with self-esteem. Can help with dreams and meditation and moving forward in life. Helps with fear and depression. Has been used for the thyroid gland. Helps one to be more social, encouraging new perception and communication skills.
	MOONSTONE Moonstone is an opalescent feldspar. It is claimed to promote long life and happiness and is said to attract friendship and loyalty towards the wearer. It acts as a mediator between mind and emotions and allows peace of mind and accessibility to one's inner self. Helps soothe and balance emotion. In healing terms, it is often used to reduce excess fluid in the body and to reduce the swelling caused by this fluid. Used in women suffering from pre-menstrual tension. Gives inspiration, encourages personal attachments. Helps obtain humanitarian love, romance and sensitivity. Moonstone - The energy of moonstone is balancing, introspective, reflective, and lunar. It is capable of helping one with the changing structures of ones life on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. Once called the "travelers stone" it is used for protection against the perils of travel. Moonstone is also a talisman of GOOD FORTUNE. It is also said to both arouse tenderness within the self and to bring happiness to the environment in which it resides.
	Mother of Pearl - It signifies faith, charity, and innocence, enhances personal integrity, and helps to provide focus to ones attention. The pearl has been known as a "stone of sincerity", bring truth to situations and loyalty to a "cause". It has been used to inhibit boisterous behavior, and to provide a reflection of the self such that one may see the manner in which one appears to others.
snowflake obsidian rainbow obsidian mahogany obsidian	OBSIDIAN, SNOWFLAKE A grounding stone - makes the user face up to responsibility. Dedicated to change, metamorphosis, purification,? fulfillment, inner growth and introspection. Deflects negative energy. Snowflake Obsidian - It allows one to recognize the unnecessary pattern which remain in ones life and to re-design ones thought patters to provide relief from undesired conditions. It is "the stone of purity" and balance to the body, mind , and spirit.
	ONYX A variety of agate. The onyx is reputed to improve concentration and devotion. Perhaps it is for this reason that it is frequently to be found in rosaries. Helps hearing problems, heart trouble and ulcers. Onyx - Can be used to banish grief, to enhance self-control, to stimulate the power of wise decision making, and to encourage happiness and good fortune. It is grounding and can be used to deflect or absorb the negativity of others.
blue opal pin	OPAL Helps lung conditions, increases assimilation of protein. Assists the control of one's temper and calms the nerves. Aids the development of one's psychic ability. Sometimes considered an unlucky stone, perhaps because it causes one's thoughts - good or bad - to rebound upon oneself! Above all, it is a stone of love, but if the lover be false its influence is reversed, and the opal proves a sorry stone for faithless lovers. AUSTRALIA LAMBINA OPAL
cultured pearl	PEARL Promotes antibodies and fights infection.
	PERIDOT Peridot, as well as being recommended as a cure for insomnia, is said to aid the digestion and placate the nervous system. Improves bruised eyes. Can cleanse and heal hurt feelings, helps mend damaged relationships. Attracts occult powers to the user. Develops inner vision; the stone of the seer. Counteracts negativity and opens the mind. It acts like a tonic and heals the physical body and can be useful in reducing fever. Also used in treating emotional states such as anger or jealousy. Peridot - Clears heart, pathway, strengthening breath of life, prosperity, growth, openness. Used by Egyptians, Aztecs, Incas to gently cleanse and heal the physical heart. (lungs, lymph, breast) Yellower gems also for Solar Plexus (stomach, liver, adrenal.) Helps understand relationships, other realities Alleviates depression, anger, fear, jealousy, anxiety.
	PIETERSITE (Tempeststone) Pietersite, sometimes known as Tempeststone, helps one see beyond the immediate to beauty in the All. It enhances courage, tenacity, and ability to maintain or create what is yours. Spiritually and psychically, pietersite helps in working with angels, experiencing visions, and precognition, relating to feminine or goddess energy, as well as astral and dimensional travel. Emotionally, pietersite helps to relax, and release deep emotions in a calmer way. Physically, pietersite balances body fluids, improves nutrition, helps with gastrointestinal functions, and helps the endocrine glands, balances female hormones, alleviates PMS and menopause symptoms. Pietersite is also excellent for improving memory. Also called Eagle's Eye.
	Pyrite also called Fool's Gold.
	QUARTZ CRYSTAL A natural crystalline silica. So many uses and properties that it needs a whole book to itself! The Quartz Crystal attracts the powers of light and energy and is said to be an excellent powerful general healer and dynamic working tool which works on all levels - strengthening, cleansing and protecting. Purifies air. Protects against harmful electrical vibrations. Assists the wearer to think intuitively. Amplifies and transmits subtle vibrations. The symbol of elemental wholeness, containing the four elements of creation. Assists development and integration of our entire being. Assists us to amplify, focus, direct, transmit and store energy. Its greatest attribute is known to be its use as an aid to opening the psychic centers, enabling the ability to meditate at a deeper level and to free one's mind from the mundane and the trivia. It releases the higher consciousness and develops mystical and spiritual gifts. Quartz - There are many varieties of this gemstone and each has its own healing properties.
	BLUE QUARTZ Helps improve heart, lungs, throat and thymus. Good for people suffering from emotional traumas. Aids the release of inner emotional tension from deep within the body.
	Clear Quartz (also known as Rock Crystal) - "Can bring the energy of the stars into the soul". Traditionally, the natural quartz crystal was said to both harmonize and align human energies, thoughts, consciousness, emotions - with the energies of the universe and to make these greater energies available to humanity. The natural tendency of quartz is for harmony, and is recognized as a "Stone of Power". Stimulates brain function & power, aids clarity of mind. Dispels negativity in ones energy field and environment, aligns all chakras, a very powerful healer.
	Rose Quartz - It emits a calming, cooling energy. Love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiving, lovingness, self-love, emotional balance. Gently soothes and warms heart center. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, low confidence, resentment, anger. Slowly eases childhood traumas/neglect/lack of love, low self-esteem. Good to wear in a chaotic or crisis situation. It is "the stone of gentle love" bringing peace and calm to relationships. It can be used for spiritual attunement to the energy of love. It is a rejuvenating agent for both physical body and the emotions. It is an excellent energy for healing emotional "wounds". ROSE QUARTZ This lovely stone is claimed to be one of the best stones to use in the treatment of migraines and headaches of all types. Calms emotions, helps suffering due to emotional trauma, heals wounds of neglect giving inner peace. It is also said to stimulate the imagination and the intellect and to open up the heart to inner peace, self love and self recognition. It is a very healing stone for internal wounds, bitterness and sorrows. It promotes forgiveness, love and friendship. It makes one more receptive to beauty, hastens recovery and gladdens the heart. The Venus - or love - stone. ROCK CRYSTAL Relieves diarrhea, dizziness, hemorrhage, kidney troubles, spasms, vertigo. Helps ease pain anywhere.
	Rutilated Quartz - Enhances life - force, strengthens immune systems, and brain function. Eases depression. Facilitates communication, increases clairvoyance. Highly electrical, more intensity than clear quartz, transmutes negativity, enhances communication with spirit guides. A great physical heale
	Smoky Quartz - It can be used to gently dissolve negative energies and emotional blockages. Alleviates fear, anxiety, depression. It can be used to initiate a powerful force field which will absorb many forms of negativity, both from within ones self and from other forces. It promotes personal pride and joy in living. Smoky quartz has been used to regulate creativity in business, and to encourage astute-ness in purchasing. It works to diffuse communication deficiencies and to dissolve mental and emotional blockages which limit perception and learning. SMOKEY QUARTZ Smokey quartz disperses negative patterns and vibrations, and transmits a high quantity of light. Good luck talisman. Helps protect soldiers on active service. Improves abdomen, kidneys, pancreas and the sexual organs. Increases energy fertility. Encourages survival instincts. Stimulates and purifies energy centers. Grounds and stabilizes energies, helps lift depression. Draws out and absorbs negative energies, replacing them with positive ones.
	Rhodochrosite
	Rhodonite - Has been called "the stone of love" and helps one to achieve to his/her greatest potential. It activates and energizes the heart chakra, and conveys the resonance of unconditional love to the physical plane. It dispels anxiety and promotes coherence, bringing the user and observant nature and facilitating attention to details and interrelationships.
	RHYOLITE Rejuvenates physical beauty. Helps increase self-expression and to speak with greater clarity. Rhyolite is a jasper.
	RUBY A deep red transparent gemstone, a form of corundum. As well as aiding intuitive thinking, the ruby is believed to increase levels of energy and divine creativity. It is often used to alleviate disorders of the blood, such as anemia, poor circulation and menstrual problems. Also used in the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis. Improves fever, pain and spasms. Alleviates worries, lifts spirits, improves one's confidence, intuition, spiritual wisdom, energy and courage. Encourages self-nurturing in those with a poor self-image.
	SAPPHIRE Helps bleeding, insomnia and nervousness. Stone of friendship and love, attracts good influences. Gives the wearer devotion, faith, imagination and peace of mind.
	SARDONYX Stimulates self-control and protection.
	SELENITE Selenite calms and clears troubled minds and is useful in personal meditation and visualization. Stabilizes one's emotions, bringing them under calm control. Natural environmental record keeper. Helps to clarify one's innermost thoughts and to expand one's mental powers. One of the most powerful healing stones! Used in past-life recall and in regression therapy. Can be used in any healing treatment but should only be used by a qualified crystal healing therapist who is able to handle and direct the powerful energies properly.
	SERPENTINE Serpentine, which is also called New Jade, is a beneficial and versatile stone. It will help with emotional cleansing, psychic powers, and attract love and money. It is also used in the rise of the kundalini, facilitating the rise by opening a path that lessens discomfort. Serpentine is an excellent stone for meditation. Physically serpentine eliminates parasite infections.
	SODALITE Sodalite is a good stone for oversensitive and defensive people, improves courage and endurance. It balances and stills the mind and clears rigid thought patterns. Helps logical and rational thought, and intellect, widens the perspective. Blue sodalite is reputed to assist in lowering of blood pressure and balancing the metabolism. Aids sleep. Sodalite - Intelligence, knowledge and understanding is what it brings to the wearer. Examinations and tests coming up? Sodalite is the choice.
brown tigereye black tigereye blue tigereye red tigereye	TIGER EYE It is claimed that tigers eye will counteract feelings of hypochondria and the onset of psychosomatic illness and will also give a feeling of self-confidence. It is especially good for clear thinking and helps one to see a problem objectively when confused or emotionally affected. It releases tension and develops will-power. Good for asthma. Helps people gain insight into their own faults. Protects from witchcraft and evil. Attracts good luck. Tigereye - It is helpful for individuals seeking clarity and for those who must deal intelligently with the scattered details which must be brought together in some pattern. It can be used to enhance the psychic abilities and can assist in the gentle attunement of third eye activity. This stone is best suited to earthy people. It has been used to stimulate wealth and to enhance the stability required to maintain wealth. Produces soothing vibrations, generating a calmness to unsettled turmoil, and allowing one to enjoy the actions of being unfenced and uninhibited. Can be used to enhance self empowerment.
pink topaz mystic topaz	TOPAZ (yellow) A yellowish transparent mineral. Topaz helps to overcome stress and soothes nerves thereby helping one to achieve a deeper sleep. It is also good for colds and flu. Strengthens blood vessels, improves blood circulation, varicose veins, sense of taste. Good for liver trouble. Improves the intellect, develops psychic abilities, calms both mind and body. TOPAZ (blue) Throat disorders, calming. Inspires leadership ability, psychic insight, spiritual and artistic growth. Helps with clarity and concentration.
black green pink	TOURMALINE (general) Prevents lymphatic disease. Balances, protects, calms, gives self- confidence and cheerfulness. Useful for meditation. Attracts inspiration, goodwill and friendship. Protects wearer against misfortune and anemia. Grounds high-frequency energies into the physicality. TOURMALINE (black or green) Strengthens nervous system, regulates blood pressure. Deflects negative energy, attracts prosperity. TOURMALINE (blue) All throat problems, thyroid, speech impediments. Promotes clear verbal expression, dissolves mental friction, emotional constriction. Carries a high electrical charge and if rubbed briskly one end becomes positive and one negative, the energy can then be directed wherever peaceful energy is required. TOURMALINE (watermelon/pink) Heart balancer. Promotes understanding of self and emotions.
stabalized turquoise green chalk turq african turquoise sleeping beauty	TURQUOISE A bluish green precious stone. Turquoise helps the ability to express oneself and verbalize freely. It is good for laryngitis and nervousness in speech. It is said that turquoise will grow pale on a sickly person and recover its color when returned to a healthy person. Can strengthen entire anatomy and helps improve all diseases. Shields the wearer from harmful influences, attracts friendship. Used in meditation. Also for the development of intuition. Brings one wisdom. It reminds us of both our spiritual nature, our earthly inheritance and its beauty. Turquoise - Tones, strengthens entire body , aids tissue regeneration, circulation, lungs, respiratory system. Creative expression, peace of mind, emotional balance, communication, friendship, and loyalty. Chinese Turquoise - provides soothing energy and peace of mind. In ancient times it was used to protect property and to protect against accidents. African turquoise is actually a dyed jasper. Sleeping Beauty turquoise is the most highly prized turquoise in the world today. Intense, medium blue with moderate black matrix. Most pieces are perfectly clear. Some will have occasional inclusions. This turquoise is suitable for becoming a focal point nestled within rows of diamonds. This bright, vivid turquoise, often referred to as Persian color has long been sought after by fine jewelers both in Europe and in America. Now available from the incredible Sleeping Beauty Mine in Arizona, it is the turquoise standard for the world. This A/B grade may have a dark matrix.
	UNAKITE Helps balance and gives one stability. A grounding stone. Unakite- Unakite can be very helpful in the steady release of feelings long held in. It acts to balance the emotional body, bringing it into alignment with the higher forces of spirituality. It can be used to help one go beneath the physical symptoms of dis-ease and to allow for the determination of the root cause underlying the condition; the cause becoming apparent in the cases of the physical, mental, emotional & spiritual planes of existence. It can be used in the treatment of the reproductive system, and to stimulate healthy pregnancies while facilitating the health of the unborn.
	ZIRCON General healer. Helps liver complaints, childbirth, insomnia. Promotes spiritual sight and understanding. Zircon- For Universal Truth, intuition, durability, steadiness, integrity and connection with "All That Is." Eases depression, insomnia. Also historical poison detoxifier. Man-made (cubic Zirconia or "CZ") is not nearly as strong/effective as natural. "Pink Ice" is pink CZ.
	*From a list compiled by Geoffrey Keyte, former director of The Crystal Research Foundation and currently the Director of CRYSTAL 2000. (the descriptions in the larger text)

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