Crystal Stone Guide
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Agate
Translucent or milky white, grey, blue, green, pink, brown
Powerful healer and protector. Balances and grounds both physically & emotionally. Strengthens body and mind.
Translucent or milky white, grey, blue, green, pink, brown
Powerful healer and protector. Balances and grounds both physically & emotionally. Strengthens body and mind.
Blue Lace Agate
Pale blue with white or darker lines
Soft energy that is cooling and calming, bringing peace of mind. Treats throat, shoulder and neck, and thyroid deficiencies.
Pale blue with white or darker lines
Soft energy that is cooling and calming, bringing peace of mind. Treats throat, shoulder and neck, and thyroid deficiencies.
Botswana Agate
Grey background, brown, light grey and white bands
Excellent fire & smoke connections. Helps to quit smoking. Releases repression. Lifts depression.
Grey background, brown, light grey and white bands
Excellent fire & smoke connections. Helps to quit smoking. Releases repression. Lifts depression.
Fossil Agate
Grey background with pink and white swirls
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Grey background with pink and white swirls
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Moss Agate
Translucent with branching markings like foliage or moss
A stabilizing stone strongly connected with nature. Refreshes the soul, attracts abundance, balances emotions.
Translucent with branching markings like foliage or moss
A stabilizing stone strongly connected with nature. Refreshes the soul, attracts abundance, balances emotions.
Tree Agate
White with inclusions like dappled, green leaves
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White with inclusions like dappled, green leaves
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Amazonite
Opalescent pastel
Powerful filtering action to block geopathic stress. Soothes the brain and the nervous system. Enhances love and brings joy. Heals heart problems, nervous system, muscles, osteoporosis.
Opalescent pastel
Powerful filtering action to block geopathic stress. Soothes the brain and the nervous system. Enhances love and brings joy. Heals heart problems, nervous system, muscles, osteoporosis.
Russian Amazonite
deep blue-green with white stripes
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deep blue-green with white stripes
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Amethyst
Translucent purple, violet, lavender, or lilac
Extremely powerful & protective - high spiritual vibration. Strengthens endocrine and immune systems. Helps mental disorders, treats insomnia, cleanses blood. Relieves headaches, sugar imbalances and general edginess. Brings serenity.
Translucent purple, violet, lavender, or lilac
Extremely powerful & protective - high spiritual vibration. Strengthens endocrine and immune systems. Helps mental disorders, treats insomnia, cleanses blood. Relieves headaches, sugar imbalances and general edginess. Brings serenity.
Aragonite
White, yellow, gold, cream
Earth healer and grounding. Clears the thinking process, combining reason & intuition. Warms the extremities, stops night twitches and muscle spasms.
White, yellow, gold, cream
Earth healer and grounding. Clears the thinking process, combining reason & intuition. Warms the extremities, stops night twitches and muscle spasms.
Aventurine
Opaque green, blue, red, brown, peach
Brings prosperity. Reinforces leadership qualities and decisiveness. Stimulates creativity & promotes well-being. Calms anger & irritation. Heals headaches & sleep disorders.
Opaque green, blue, red, brown, peach
Brings prosperity. Reinforces leadership qualities and decisiveness. Stimulates creativity & promotes well-being. Calms anger & irritation. Heals headaches & sleep disorders.
Green Aventurine
Purifies mental, emotional and etheric bodies. Comforter and general harmonizer, alignment of center.
Purifies mental, emotional and etheric bodies. Comforter and general harmonizer, alignment of center.
Blackstone
Dyed black Jasper or other smooth stone
Dyed black Jasper or other smooth stone
Ching Hai "Jade"
Green marbling on white - natural marble
Use for protection and blessing.
Green marbling on white - natural marble
Use for protection and blessing.
Chrysocolla
Blue green stone from Arizona, Treat Gently!
Tranquil and sustaining, helps meditation and communication. Treats arthritis, heals infections and strengthens muscles.
Blue green stone from Arizona, Treat Gently!
Tranquil and sustaining, helps meditation and communication. Treats arthritis, heals infections and strengthens muscles.
Chrysoprase, Lemon
Opaque pale lemon yellow to pale green, brown flecks
Promotes hope and gives personal insights. Stimulates mental dexterity. Relaxation and peaceful sleep. Aids eye problems, mental illness, excess body heat, fevers, fertility, and immune system.
Opaque pale lemon yellow to pale green, brown flecks
Promotes hope and gives personal insights. Stimulates mental dexterity. Relaxation and peaceful sleep. Aids eye problems, mental illness, excess body heat, fevers, fertility, and immune system.
Fluorite
Transparent purple, violet, clear and green banded
Highly protective, grounds and integrates spiritual energies. Best crystal to overcome any form of disorganization. Highly effective against computer and geopathic stress. Strengthens teeth, cells, bones, and repairs DNA damage. Helps with nerve-related pain and rekindles sexual libido.
Transparent purple, violet, clear and green banded
Highly protective, grounds and integrates spiritual energies. Best crystal to overcome any form of disorganization. Highly effective against computer and geopathic stress. Strengthens teeth, cells, bones, and repairs DNA damage. Helps with nerve-related pain and rekindles sexual libido.
Garnet
Deep cherry-maroon red to bright violet-red
Powerfully purifies, vitalizes and regenerates bodily systems. Cleanses and re-energizes the chakras, balancing energy. Inspires love and devotion. Stimulates kundalini energy.
Deep cherry-maroon red to bright violet-red
Powerfully purifies, vitalizes and regenerates bodily systems. Cleanses and re-energizes the chakras, balancing energy. Inspires love and devotion. Stimulates kundalini energy.
Goldstone
Brown with specs of copper - man made of glass with copper flecks The power of this "stone" is all in the color and in the association, mostly subliminal, that many of us have with gold.
Brown with specs of copper - man made of glass with copper flecks The power of this "stone" is all in the color and in the association, mostly subliminal, that many of us have with gold.
Hematite
Silver grey - shiny (Natural or Simulated))
Very effective at grounding and protecting. Balances the meridians. Encourages will power, reliability, courage, optimism and balance. Stimulates concentration and focus. Restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply. Simulated is made from natural hematite, so it has the same properties.
Silver grey - shiny (Natural or Simulated))
Very effective at grounding and protecting. Balances the meridians. Encourages will power, reliability, courage, optimism and balance. Stimulates concentration and focus. Restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply. Simulated is made from natural hematite, so it has the same properties.
Herkimer Diamond
Double-terminated quartz crystals from Herkimer, NY, that are particularly clear and bright
Powerful cleansers renowned for their ability to enhance subtle perceptions; encourage stabilization and a dynamic exchange of energy.
Double-terminated quartz crystals from Herkimer, NY, that are particularly clear and bright
Powerful cleansers renowned for their ability to enhance subtle perceptions; encourage stabilization and a dynamic exchange of energy.
Howlite
Marbled soft white with grey veins
Extremely calming and an excellent antidote to insomnia. Absorbs anger, strengthens memory, encourages tact. Balances calcium levels, good for bones and teeth.
Marbled soft white with grey veins
Extremely calming and an excellent antidote to insomnia. Absorbs anger, strengthens memory, encourages tact. Balances calcium levels, good for bones and teeth.
Jasper
Opaque red, brown, yellow, green, blue, purple
Powerful healer and supreme nurturer. Use during times of stress or to enhance organizational abilities. Supports circulatory, digestive, and sexual organs.
Opaque red, brown, yellow, green, blue, purple
Powerful healer and supreme nurturer. Use during times of stress or to enhance organizational abilities. Supports circulatory, digestive, and sexual organs.
Autumn Jasper
Gold-browns, brick-reds and avocado greens
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Gold-browns, brick-reds and avocado greens
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Brecciated Jasper
veined with hematite - Brick reds, browns, creams and whites swirled together
Heals mental stress by "waking us up" and promoting mental clarity. Provides emotional stability.
veined with hematite - Brick reds, browns, creams and whites swirled together
Heals mental stress by "waking us up" and promoting mental clarity. Provides emotional stability.
Dalmatian Jasper
White with brown and black spots
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White with brown and black spots
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Fancy Jasper
mauves, lilacs, creams, greens all mixed together
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mauves, lilacs, creams, greens all mixed together
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Leopardskin Jasper
Mottled circles of earth tones - browns, reds, yellow, black, grey
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Mottled circles of earth tones - browns, reds, yellow, black, grey
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Mookaite Jasper
Browns, reds, yellow - patterns from clay and iron oxide
Encourages versatility, physically stabilizing.
Browns, reds, yellow - patterns from clay and iron oxide
Encourages versatility, physically stabilizing.
Ocean Jasper
All colors - circular patterns and orbs
Emotional healing, very soothing. Removes toxins.
All colors - circular patterns and orbs
Emotional healing, very soothing. Removes toxins.
Picasso Jasper
Wide streaks of black, grey, and occasional red
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Wide streaks of black, grey, and occasional red
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Picture Jasper
Opaque gold-browns and sand colored
Connected to the earth, bringing stability and balance. Contains a message that helps to clarify issue resolution & release depression. Boosts immune system and cleanses the kidneys.
Opaque gold-browns and sand colored
Connected to the earth, bringing stability and balance. Contains a message that helps to clarify issue resolution & release depression. Boosts immune system and cleanses the kidneys.
Poppy Jasper
Red and yellow dots of "poppy flowers"
Attunement to animals; heals animal allergies.
Red and yellow dots of "poppy flowers"
Attunement to animals; heals animal allergies.
Red Jasper
Deep brick red
Gently stimulating, excellent as a worry bead.
Deep brick red
Gently stimulating, excellent as a worry bead.
Yellow Jasper
Protects during spiritual work & physical travel.
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Protects during spiritual work & physical travel.
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Zebra Jasper
Deep green/black with white banding
See Jasper for properties
Deep green/black with white banding
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Kyanite, Blue
Striated, pearlized blades, blue
Tranquilizing; a powerful transmitter and amplifier of high frequency energies. Strengthens the voice, treats the throat and larynx.
Striated, pearlized blades, blue
Tranquilizing; a powerful transmitter and amplifier of high frequency energies. Strengthens the voice, treats the throat and larynx.
Labradorite
Grey to blue with green and blue iridescent flashes
Highly mystical and protective. Banishes fears and insecurities, attracts success, a useful companion through change. Treats stress related illness, colds, anxiety disorders.
Grey to blue with green and blue iridescent flashes
Highly mystical and protective. Banishes fears and insecurities, attracts success, a useful companion through change. Treats stress related illness, colds, anxiety disorders.
Lapis Lazuli
Deep royal blue, traces of gold pyrite & white calcite
Aids manifestations, the development of psychic ability and enhances dream work. Truth and friendship, harmony in relationships, relieves stress. Heals heart, sinuses, depression, and insomnia. Boosts immune system and alleviates pain.
Deep royal blue, traces of gold pyrite & white calcite
Aids manifestations, the development of psychic ability and enhances dream work. Truth and friendship, harmony in relationships, relieves stress. Heals heart, sinuses, depression, and insomnia. Boosts immune system and alleviates pain.
Lepidolite
Violet to pale pink or white
Dissipates negativity. Heals stress, anxiety, depression, and immune system. Restructures DNA. Relieves muscle pain.
Violet to pale pink or white
Dissipates negativity. Heals stress, anxiety, depression, and immune system. Restructures DNA. Relieves muscle pain.
Malachite
Kelly green-black with variegated patterns
Transformation and raising the spirits; bringing harmony into your life. Relaxes the nervous system. Treats asthma, arthritis, bad eyesight, cramps, and rheumatism.
Kelly green-black with variegated patterns
Transformation and raising the spirits; bringing harmony into your life. Relaxes the nervous system. Treats asthma, arthritis, bad eyesight, cramps, and rheumatism.
Moonstone
Creamy, translucent white with flashes of blue
Often called the visionary's stone. Use for success, inspiration, introspection and calmness. Protection for travelers & during pregnancy. Aligns vertebra, aids digestive & reproductive systems, assimilates nutrients and eliminates toxins.
Creamy, translucent white with flashes of blue
Often called the visionary's stone. Use for success, inspiration, introspection and calmness. Protection for travelers & during pregnancy. Aligns vertebra, aids digestive & reproductive systems, assimilates nutrients and eliminates toxins.
Mother of Pearl
Cream to tawny champagne color
For self confidence, attracting friendships and mental clarity. Stimulates intuition, sensitivity, imagination and adaptability.
Cream to tawny champagne color
For self confidence, attracting friendships and mental clarity. Stimulates intuition, sensitivity, imagination and adaptability.
Obsidian, Snowflake
Opaque silky black with milky grey snowflake patches
Useful for clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, grounding and divination. Helps clear buried emotions causing illness. Treats stomach intestines, bacterial and viral infections.
Opaque silky black with milky grey snowflake patches
Useful for clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, grounding and divination. Helps clear buried emotions causing illness. Treats stomach intestines, bacterial and viral infections.
Obsidian, Mahogany
Opaque, red-black
Useful for protection and grounding and to gain strength in time of need. Eliminates blockages and stimulates growth. Relieves pain and improves circulation.
Opaque, red-black
Useful for protection and grounding and to gain strength in time of need. Eliminates blockages and stimulates growth. Relieves pain and improves circulation.
Opal, Pink
Clear or milky, iridescent; white, pink, beige, brown
Associated with love, passion, desire, and eroticism. Strengthens the will to live and memory. Treats infections and fevers, purifies blood.
Clear or milky, iridescent; white, pink, beige, brown
Associated with love, passion, desire, and eroticism. Strengthens the will to live and memory. Treats infections and fevers, purifies blood.
Prehnite
Bubbles on matrix - green, yellow
Heal the healer; unconditional love. Enhances precognition and inner knowing. Calms the environment; brings peace and protection. Treats kidney, bladder, thymus gland, shoulders, chest, and lungs.
Bubbles on matrix - green, yellow
Heal the healer; unconditional love. Enhances precognition and inner knowing. Calms the environment; brings peace and protection. Treats kidney, bladder, thymus gland, shoulders, chest, and lungs.
Quartz, Clear (Rock Crystal)
Colorless, clear
Most powerful healing and energy amplifier. Works on all levels of being. Aids concentration and unlocks memory. Excellent for meditation. Master healer.
Colorless, clear
Most powerful healing and energy amplifier. Works on all levels of being. Aids concentration and unlocks memory. Excellent for meditation. Master healer.
Rose Quartz
Translucent soft pastel pink
Associated with unconditional love and the heart. Emotional healer. Aid for colds, allergies, sinus problems, headaches and psychosomatic illnesses.
Translucent soft pastel pink
Associated with unconditional love and the heart. Emotional healer. Aid for colds, allergies, sinus problems, headaches and psychosomatic illnesses.
Smoky Quartz
Dark brown/black with smoky grey hue
Excellent for grounding and anchoring. Relieves fear, lifts depression, brings emotional calmness.
Dark brown/black with smoky grey hue
Excellent for grounding and anchoring. Relieves fear, lifts depression, brings emotional calmness.
Snow Quartz
Firmly compacted, milky white
Enhances tact and cooperation. Supports learning lessons. Healing effect is slower and gentler than clear quartz.
Firmly compacted, milky white
Enhances tact and cooperation. Supports learning lessons. Healing effect is slower and gentler than clear quartz.
Tourmalinated Quartz
Clear with black inclusions
Brings together the properties of quartz and tourmaline. Effective grounding stone. Releases tension.
Clear with black inclusions
Brings together the properties of quartz and tourmaline. Effective grounding stone. Releases tension.
Rhodochrosite
Banded, pink to orange
Selfless love and compassion, excellent for heart and relationships. Relieves asthma and respiratory problems, acting as a filter.
Banded, pink to orange
Selfless love and compassion, excellent for heart and relationships. Relieves asthma and respiratory problems, acting as a filter.
Rhodonite
Rosy pink to pink with black inclusions
Emotional balancer and healer. Excellent wound healer. Treats emphysema, joint inflammation, autoimmune diseases.
Rosy pink to pink with black inclusions
Emotional balancer and healer. Excellent wound healer. Treats emphysema, joint inflammation, autoimmune diseases.
Rhyolite
White, green, light gray, red - banded/spotted with crystal
Strengthens soul, body, and mind. Useful for past-life healing.
White, green, light gray, red - banded/spotted with crystal
Strengthens soul, body, and mind. Useful for past-life healing.
Ruby in Zoisite
red and green
Activates the crown chakra. Useful for soul healing and past-life work. Amplifies the bio-magnetic field around the body.
red and green
Activates the crown chakra. Useful for soul healing and past-life work. Amplifies the bio-magnetic field around the body.
Serpentine
Restores self-confidence, dispels fear and enhances meditation. Balances female hormones. Relieves menstrual cramps and muscular aches and pains.
Restores self-confidence, dispels fear and enhances meditation. Balances female hormones. Relieves menstrual cramps and muscular aches and pains.
"New Jade" (Serpentine)
For depression, tranquility, grounding
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For depression, tranquility, grounding
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Olive "Jade" (Serpentine)
Soft light avocado to olive green
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Soft light avocado to olive green
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Peridot "Jasper" (Serpentine)
Bright, creamy green
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Bright, creamy green
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Sodalite
Blue or denim blue with veins of white calcite
Promotes objectivity, wisdom, logic, creativity, a balanced outlook and work in groups. Balances metabolism. Aids digestive system, insomnia, calcium deficiency & head colds.
Blue or denim blue with veins of white calcite
Promotes objectivity, wisdom, logic, creativity, a balanced outlook and work in groups. Balances metabolism. Aids digestive system, insomnia, calcium deficiency & head colds.
Selenite
Translucent with fine or course ribbing
Calm stone, brings clarity of mind and instills deep peace. Excellent for meditation or spiritual work. Aligns the spinal column and promotes flexibility.
Translucent with fine or course ribbing
Calm stone, brings clarity of mind and instills deep peace. Excellent for meditation or spiritual work. Aligns the spinal column and promotes flexibility.
Sunstone
Yellow, orange, red-brown with iridescent reflections
Joyful and light-inspiring, alleviating fears and phobias. Facilitates self-empowerment and vitality. Stimulates self-healing. Lifts depression, increases sexual energy.
Yellow, orange, red-brown with iridescent reflections
Joyful and light-inspiring, alleviating fears and phobias. Facilitates self-empowerment and vitality. Stimulates self-healing. Lifts depression, increases sexual energy.
Tiger Eye
Lustrous golden yellow/brown with shiny linear markings
Protective stone. Promotes clear-perception and insight. Raises self confidence and courage. Motivates goal setting and accomplishments. Balances yin-yang. Treats eyes, throat, digestion and reproductive organs. Aids night vision.
Lustrous golden yellow/brown with shiny linear markings
Protective stone. Promotes clear-perception and insight. Raises self confidence and courage. Motivates goal setting and accomplishments. Balances yin-yang. Treats eyes, throat, digestion and reproductive organs. Aids night vision.
Tourmaline
Shiny Black, brown, green, pink, red, yellow, blue
Powerful mental healer, highly electromagnetic. Dispels fear and negative conditions. Enhances sensitivity and understanding. Aids endocrine and reproductive systems, genetic disorders, and sleep. The various colors will activate and align corresponding chakras.
Shiny Black, brown, green, pink, red, yellow, blue
Powerful mental healer, highly electromagnetic. Dispels fear and negative conditions. Enhances sensitivity and understanding. Aids endocrine and reproductive systems, genetic disorders, and sleep. The various colors will activate and align corresponding chakras.
Turquoise
Sky blue, blue-green, green
Strengthens meridians of the body and subtle energy fields. Instills inner calm, aids creative expression. Aligns chakras.
Black: Protects against negative energy, affinity for plants and growth
Blue: Communication, eloquence, throat and lungs
Blue Green: Tolerance, open-mindedness, acceptance
Green: Prosperity, balance, immune system
Pink: Aphrodisiac, peace and relaxation, heart
Red: Understand love. Stamina and endurance
Yellow or Brown: Assists intellectual processing
Sky blue, blue-green, green
Strengthens meridians of the body and subtle energy fields. Instills inner calm, aids creative expression. Aligns chakras.
Black: Protects against negative energy, affinity for plants and growth
Blue: Communication, eloquence, throat and lungs
Blue Green: Tolerance, open-mindedness, acceptance
Green: Prosperity, balance, immune system
Pink: Aphrodisiac, peace and relaxation, heart
Red: Understand love. Stamina and endurance
Yellow or Brown: Assists intellectual processing
YellowTurquoise
Commonly called "turquoise" because it occurs in the same mines, yellow "turquoise" is a blend of quartz and jaspers.
Commonly called "turquoise" because it occurs in the same mines, yellow "turquoise" is a blend of quartz and jaspers.
Unakite
Mosaic mix of olive to pine green and salmon pink to orange
Vision stone, balancing emotions with spirituality. Encourages self-empowerment, re-birth, and past-life healing. Treats reproductive system and aids a healthy pregnancy.
Mosaic mix of olive to pine green and salmon pink to orange
Vision stone, balancing emotions with spirituality. Encourages self-empowerment, re-birth, and past-life healing. Treats reproductive system and aids a healthy pregnancy.
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