Gemstones Meanings

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AGATE is the "Stone of Truthfulness” with love and courage as its source. Agate facilitates power with force. Its Ying-Yang effect helps to ease in speaking one's truth, and enhances self awareness, spiritual growth and intellectual balance. Agate stabilizes the physical energy, relieves digestive conditions and cleanses the lymphatic system.

AMBER - Thought to aid memory loss, purify the body, alleviate headaches, and bone and heart problems, Amber is known for its stress relieving and calming properties.

AMETHYST is the "Stone of Spirituality and Contentment.” Amethyst shifts energies to higher frequency, emanating stability, peaceful strength and calm, ushering lightness and lovingness to one's environment. It is a powerful protective stone with a healing effect on physical, emotional and psychological challenges.

APATITE is "The Stone of Inspiration" inspiring one to humanitarian service, with openness and social ease. It deepens meditation and psychic attunement , clearing confusion and frustration. It balances the meridians in the body, aiding the absorption of calcium to bones, organs, glands, teeth and emotionally eliminating over-activity.

AQUAMARINE is known as the "Stone of Courage." it helps to create alignment in the chakra energies, enhancing one's insight into the practice of actualizing inner perfection to the universal's perfection. It balances and fortifies the immune system, excellent for the eyes and memory.

AVENTURINE is a “Stone of Prosperity” providing courage and strong leadership qualities including compassion with perseverance. It helps to balance male/female energy, guarding against psychic interferences. Varied range of healing benefits of the heart, circulation, metabolism, allergies and inflammations. Worn or taped to the cell phone it disperses electromagnetic waves.

AZURITE is known as “The Stone of the Heavens” and raises consciousness to a higher level. It help one to clear one's perspective and facilitates spiritual evolution. It transforms fear and sadness to deeper insight and guidance. It is said to restore damage of the spine, brain, kidneys and aids in the development of the embryo.

BLUE QUARTZ is "The Stone of Amplification” blue quartz is a powerful healing stone and energy amplifier; it absorbs, regulates, stores, attunes, filters and is a most efficient receptor. Used in many healing practices both ancient and modern, Blue Quartz is known to unlock memory, is a deep soul cleanser and excellent healer of organs.

BLUE SAPPHIRE is known as "The Stone of Spiritual Truth.” It is the stone used to aid in communication and the development of intuitive and psychic powers. Opening the throat energies for speaking clearly and expressively. It has been used for the healing of the Thyroid gland.

CARNELIAN is known as "The Stabilizer of Energy" and the "Stone of Confidence." Wonderful to wear when speaking, it helps one to impart acceptance of life's cycle and restore vitality and creativity. It encourages steadfastness, personal trust in decision making. It invites harmony and calm in the home. Brings life-force and vitality to the lymph system, tissues, aids in the absorption of nutrients.

CITRINE is the "Stone of Abundance and Joy." Citrine helps to manifest wealth and prosperity. It encourages creativity, self-expression and optimism, helping one to overcome fears, phobias and depression. Citrine harnesses the healing power of the Sun's warming, energizing and fortifying energy for the physical body.

CHALCEDONY is the "Stone of Brotherhood and Benevolence.” It stimulates the wisdom in decision-making, alleviates grief and helps one to listen to one's own intuitive guidance. Chalcedony contains a nurturing property, enhancing generosity and receptivity and mental acuity.

CHRYSOCOLLA is know as the "Stone of Universal Perfection.” It is said to enhance the alignment of energies toward perfect well-being. Used in the re-building of relationships, creating harmony in homes and inner strength. Helpful for easing head aches, regulating insulin, oxygenating cellular deficiencies and increasing lung and breathing capacity.

CHRYSOPRHASE is know as "The Stone of Grace.” It is a gentle soothing stone, providing a friendly environment for the home and/or office, while providing spiritual protection. Chrysoprhase expands on equanimity and grace, healing depression and aiding in fertility.

CORAL is known as "The Stone of Diplomacy." It has the ability to use intuition, creativity and the knowledge of ancient civilizations as a means to bring peace . Coral aids in communication and tranquility, helping to propel one to action. It nourishes blood cells, regenerates nervous system and the thalamus gland.

CRYSTAL also known as Clear Quartz, is the "Stone that brings the Energy of the Stars to the Soul.” It aligns human energies – thoughts, emotions and consciousness - to the energies of the Universe bringing connection and communication, enhancing the flow of light, love and harmony of the planet. Crystal is the stone most used by healers and spiritual masters to effectively influence spiritual connection and physical and emotional stability.

DIAMOND is know as "The Stone of Purity and White Light.” A symbol of wealth and unconditional love, it is believed that the larger the stone, the more it will manifest more abundance. Diamonds enhance the power of healing, they cleanse the aura allowing one's inner soul to shine, helping attain desired aspirations by stimulating imagination and inventiveness.

DRUZY is known as "The Stone of Star Dust or Fairy Dust.” It refers to tiny dust of diamond like crystals scattered on the face of the gemstone. It is believed to have magical and mystical properties, bringing lightness and harmony to one's spirit.

EMERALD is "The Stone of Great Integrity." Often worn by royals to bring domestic calm and loyalty and averting misfortunes. It broadens vision, eloquence in expression and creating positive actions. I heals in the recovery of illnesses, detoxing the liver and soothing the heart and spine.

GARNET is "The Stone of Commitment" and inspires love and devotion. A powerful energizer aligning serenity with passion, Garnet brings hope in difficult and helps one to let go of obsolete ideas. It inspires love and devotion, clearing interfering unwanted energies. It is said to bring success in matters of the heart as well as in business. It purifies and energizes the cells, blood, lungs and heart.

GREEN DRUZY is known as "The Stone of Star Dust or Fairy Dust." It refers to tiny dust of diamond like crystals of various colors scattered on the face of the gemstone. It is believed to have magical and mystical properties, and bring lightness and harmony to one's spirit.

GREEN TURQUOISE the stone known as a "Master Healer." It is a purification stone, though grounded and protected it provides higher energy levels for healing and cleansing. It unites the earth and the sky, bringing together the male and female energies, enhancing the physical and the psychic immune systems, stimulating romantic love.

HEMATITE is known as "The Stone of the Mind.” It helps free self-limiting concepts within the mind, enhancing memory and encouraging creative thinking. Calibrating the Ying/Yang energies within the body and mind hematite attracts peace, happiness and a loving relationship. It protects the body from electro-magnetic field interferences such as computers and electrical appliances. It aids in the healing of spinal alignment, blood conditions and overcoming unwanted behavior.

HOWLITE is known as "The Stone of Peace and Insight," and can be used to relieve stress of all kinds, including insomnia caused by an overactive mind. Wearing howlite helps to overcome critical or selfish behaviour, and to dispel anger - whether your own, or someone else's.

IOLITE is also known as "water diamonds" or the "Stone of Visualization and Intuitive Insight.” Iolite awakens inner knowledge and accuracy of one's compass, helps to clarify one's vision and direction, releases discord in physical health and encourages alignment in relationships.

JADE is the "Stone of Luck and Self Sufficiency,” increasing love, nurturing and harmony. It encourages recognition of oneself as who we really are as a spiritual being in our human journey. Physically, it balances the energies within the body and assists in fertility and childbirth.

JASPER is the " Stone of Nurturing.” It supports one during times of stress - bringing in the energies of calmness and balance. Jasper represents the Yin/Yang of the physical and mental aspects. It aids in quick thinking, facilitates honesty and helps one to transform ideas into actions. It supports one during long illnesses, balancing the mineral content of the body. It also know to clear environmental issues.

KYANITE the "Stone of Attunement.” It is known to balance and align the intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual planes stimulating the communication and psychic awareness for clarity of decision making. It has a calm and clearing effect on logical thinkers. Used in the disorders of urogenital system, parathyroid and the adrenal glands.

KUNZITE is known as "The Highly Spiritual Stone.” Vibrationally, it connects with the universal love principal, shielding one from unwanted energies and influences - essentially providing protection. Kunzite has the power to bring together intellect and intuitional inspiration. It alleviates panic attacks, depression and strengthens circulatory system and nerves.

LAPIS LAZULI is "The Stone of the Guardian Spirits.” A protective stone known to block the evil-eye - dissolves emotional bonds and the sense of martyrdom. It opens up self expression of one's personality and on a physical level, helps with the respiratory, nervous system, boosts the immune system and purifies the blood.

LABRADORITE is " The Stone of the Temple of Stars” which is said to carry positive galactic energies to our Earth. This highly mystical stone, brought "from the stars” to illuminate the further advancement of humanity. Spiritually, it strengthens faith and trust in the self. It stimulates mental acuity, heals stress, relieves menstrual tension and regulates the metabolism.

LARIMAR is "The Stone for Earth Healing.” It helps one to "see” the self from other prospective, aiding in the deeper understanding of one's purpose or destiny and inspiring serenity to those near. Emotionally, it helps heals guilt, emitting the energy of healing love.

LEMON TOPAZ known as the "Stone of the Higher Power" or the “Will” of higher guidance. It provides purification of the mind, body and spirit infusing the crown chakra's energy to enhance self-acceptance and self-love. Valuable in the treatment of endocrine glands.

MALACHITE is the "Stone of Transformation and Inner Vision.” It powerfully amplifies both Ying/Yang energies, encouraging adventure and risk taking, promoting psychic vision and deeper feelings while opening the heart to unconditional love. An extremely versatile healing stone, know to aid in psychological healing and transformation. It resonates with the female sexual organs, menstrual issues, parathyroid, immune system releasing toxic calcification of tissues. Malachite is a protective healing stone.

MORGANITE is the "Stone of Self Actualization” facilitating patience and reverence for life, accountability, often used in ceremonies around the medicine wheel to call forth and regain one's ethereal soul. Known as a sacred jewel of wisdom and brotherhood morganite facilitates the listening to and speaking from one's heart. It stabilizes the heart, lungs, cellular system and enhances rejuvenation.

MOONSTONE is the "Stone of New Beginnings and Self Actualization.” Moonstone helps to remove obstacles and guide one toward fulfillment and integration of one's own true destiny. It encourages acceptance of opens up one's psychic gifts and enhances intuition and empathy. It attunes the physical to the rhythms of the earth, improving emotional intelligence and balancing hormonal systems."

ONYX is the "Stone of Old Memories. It is a secretive stone that holds memories of old injuries, helps to heal old griefs and sorrows. Onyx is used in "past-lives” work as well as in psychometry, telling of one's story thru it vibrational properties. It's healing properties help in re-frameing and healing past traumas. Beneficial for teeth, bone, and bone marrow issues.

OPAL is known as "The Gem of the Gods.” It arouses the great passion, innate clarity and understanding of one's mental and spiritual nature. It opens up the possibility for amusement, lightness and spontaneity to life. Opal absorbs and reflex energy fields and replenishes one's will. It purifies the blood, eases PMS and strengthens memory.

PEARL is the "Stone of Sincerity.” Although formed from an oyster, it signifies purity, faith and spiritual guidance. Pearls enhance loyalty and bring sincerity. It relieves digestive conditions, increases fertility and ease childbirth.

PEACH MOONSTONE is the "Stone of Sensuality and Divinity,” evoking the feminine energy, of sensuality and gentle passion. Emotionally soothing and calming, reminding us that we are connected to the Divine when in a state of introspection and decision.

PERIDOT is the "Stone of Protection and Guidance.” It clears outside negative influences, helps one to understand one's destiny and spiritual purpose. Peridot is a healer's stone, energetically propelling one toward spiritual truth, clarity and well being. Physically it releases pain and strengthens the metabolism.

PINK SAPPHIRE is known as "The Stone of Attraction” it draws what is needed to be most powerful, heals and clears blocks, mastering emotions and stabilizing energies.

PREHNITE is "The Stone of Unconditional Love" often used in meditative practices to enhance prophesy and the higher contact with the self. It has a protective field and brings coherence and calmness to one's endeavors. A chosen Feng Shui stone to remove cluttered energy. Used in treatment of bladder, kidney and connective tissues.

PYRITE is "The Stone of Protection." It possesses defensive qualities protecting against negative energies, shielding from physical and emotional danger. It bring in the warmth of the Sun and evokes memories of love and friendship. Used for the treatment of disorders of the lungs, bones and inflammation.

QUARTZ CRYSTAL is known as "The Stone of Manifesting." Is is the most powerful healing, cleanser and amplifying crystal. It is able to store information and used as a programming receptor. This Master healer vibrational connects the physical to mental and spiritual level. It harmonizes the chakras and all functional systems of the body.

RED JASPER is known as "The Stone of Gentle Rectifier" as it helps one in the understanding of difficult situations and stabilizes and strengthens boundaries. It stimulates the chakras for renewal. It is used as a “worry bead” to calm emotions. Detoxifies the circulatory system, liver and bile ducts.

RHYOLITE is the "Stone of Self Resolve” encourages the vast potential of the Self, breaking barriers of the mind and ultimately promoting the understanding and joys of each moment in time that is in the "now.” It assists in meditative search for the highest truth, creativity and intuitive awareness. It is used in the treatment of skin issues, veins and muscular tone.

RHONDONITE is the "Stone of Love” representing the "brotherhood” of humanity. It activates the heart chakra, encouraging generosity of spirit, while dispelling chaos and anxiety. It stimulates the pineal gland influencing intuitive guidance. Used in the treatment of emphysema, arthritis and inflammation of the joints.

ROSE QUARTZ is the "Stone of Power and Influence” and attracts the true essence of love. It is the most important crystal of the heart. It purifies and brings deep inner healing, inner personal strength, self love, self trust and self worth. Emotionally, it comforts grief, soothes pain and it is considered one of the finest healing stones. It harmonizes the heart to the soul, providing pathways of communication to the higher self.

RUBY is the "The Stone of the Star of Fire.” It carries the full spectrum of light believed to bring enlightenment to humanity. It encourages passion for life and provides a powerful shield during controversy. A strong healer for the heart, rubies bring about a positive and courageous state of mind.

RUTILATED QUARTZ is the "Stone of the Angels.” It is believed that the wearer attracts celestial guides. It helps with self expression and clarity during large transitions, while maintaining a strong-hold in the present realities. It illuminates the soul and helps one to let go of the past blocked energies.

SAPPHIRE is known as "The Stone of Wisdom.” It brings lightness and joy and expands intuitive knowledge, guiding one toward the fulfillment of their dreams and desires. It helps one stay on the spiritual path and speak their truth. It's said to heal the eyes, calm and detox the body and remove stress.

SELENITE is known as "The Stone of the Ancients.” Selenite instills deep serenity, creating a safe and quite space for meditation. It assists in discernment, helps one get to the heart of issues and insights for clarity of the deeper picture. Selenite is a powerful stabilizer of emotions and a provider of higher guidance. Excellent during nurturing of children, reverses free radicals and helps to heal the poisoning effects of mercury.

SMOKEY QUARTZ is known as “The Protective Stone” most effective in grounding with the earth, neutralizing ambivalence, bringing emotional calmness and embracing one's true nature. Smokey Quartz helps one to look forward and leave behind that which no longer serve one. It is said to aid in the treatment of radiation or chemotherapy.

SODALITE contains "The Sacred Laws of the Universe" providing logical thinking and resolve. It directs lightness to the heart encouraging self-esteem and trust while “knowing” the aspects of one's goal and purpose. It aids the metabolism, digestive system and dispels insomnia.

SUNSTONE is known as "The Stone of Joy" bringing lightness and connection while opening up intuitive energies. This stone invites the benevolent gods to bring luck and good fortune. Imparts empowerment, independence and freedom from effects of energy drainers. Evoking optimism and enthusiasm, healing and removing depressive conditions.

TANZANITE is known as "The Stone of Magic.” It facilitates communication between the personal and psychic powers and amplifies the understanding of the imagined wonders, universal mysteries and the worldly planes. It is said to stimulate one in the comatose state and helps with mis-alignment of the spine and disorders of the eyes.

TIGER'S EYE is known as "The River of Humanity” bringing together the energies of the Sun and the Earth, enhancing dynamic beauty and practical perception. It helps alleviate depression allowing one to open and blossom with optimism. Tiger's Eye helps fill the gap between "wishing” and of "having” opening up the prospect of wealth. It is used in the treatment of eye disorders and stimulates throat and reproductive system.

TOPAZ is known as "The Stone of Love and Good Fortune.” It promotes openness to one's own inner wisdom, directing energy to where it is most needed, healing and stabilizing emotions. It manifests and magnifies visualization to heal and fortify all senses. It has the properties of a messenger intrusted to manifest. It produces a soothing, clearing and stabilizing effect with in the nervous system.

TOURMALINE is known as “The Stone of the Shamans” used as a “telling” stone, to evoke the awakening of self as a spirit and experience oneself as part of the Great Spirit. It is thought to bring healing powers to the physical plane, balancing both the left and right side of the brain, as well as enhancing physical health and spiritual health.

TOURMALINATED QUARTZ is known as the "Stone of Good Fortune," and carries the positive aspects of both quartz and tourmaline, and can be rubbed when powerful luck is needed. The clear quartz is a healing amplifier while the black tourmaline has a cleansing, grounding influence. This stone brings clear thinking and protects from unhealthy energy patterns.

TSAVORITE is known as "The Stone of Self Knowledge.” It stimulates the knowing within, enhancing spiritual energies representing wisdom, learning and the connecting to the concept that we rule our own destiny. It heals discord of the senses and thoughts. It is also know as the "Stone of the Psychic Knowledge.

TURQUOISE the stone known as a "Master Healer.” It is a purification stone, though grounded and protected it provides higher energy levels for healing and cleansing. It unites the earth and the sky, bringing together the male and female energies, enhancing the physical and the psychic immune systems, stimulating romantic love.

VESUVIANITE is known as the "Stone of Loyalty to Mankind,” it is found in blocks of lava in Mt. Vesuvius and are rare and beautiful stones of rainbow colors. It promotes fearlessness, actualizing wisdom in discourse. It assist in the discovery of one's intuitive aspects of inner realm. It strengthens mental abilities, nutritional assimilation and the advancement of the spiritual path.

WHITE SAPPHIRE is known as "The Stone of Purity.” White Sapphire is extremely pure energetically helping one clarify one's purpose in life and lifework. Also a protective stone supporting justice and freedom, creating clarity of thought and purity of heart. It detoxes the mind and the body.

YELLOW JASPER is known as “The Stone of Nurturing” bringing tranquility and wholeness into one's environment. It protects the channels of the spiritual energies, detoxifying the endocrine system, stimulating the solar plexus to coordinate physical and mental congruence and well being.

YELLOW SAPPHIRE is known as "The Stone that brings Wealth.” It stimulates ambition and vivacity and positive interactions with others. It is also known as "the merchant's stone,” bringing prosperity to their trades and abundance to the home. Healing the intellect as well as detoxing the body. Sometimes referred to as a "Orange Sapphire.”