Gemstones
Metaphysical Properties
Aventurine - Is a good luck stone, especially lucky for financial matters. It stimulates intelligence,creativity, and even perception. An amazing healing stone, it gives a sense of mental alertness and emotional well-being.
Agate - general protection and healing, increases courage, self-confidence, and energy and promotes longevity. Also good for gardening.
Amber - healing, protection from negativity, attractiveness and energy.
Amethyst - increases vivid dreams, relieves depression, promotes calm, serenity, and spirituality.Helps with addiction and stress.
Apatite - helps stuttering and hypertension. Rids one of guilt and grief.
Aquamarine - improves sight, sharpens the mind, calms and clarifies emotions. More about Aquamarine
Azurite - increases psychic ability and aids in meditation. Relieves arthritis and joint pain.
Bloodstone - healing, especially related to the blood. Increases courage and charitability.
Carnelian - general healing stone. Restores the natural energy flows of your body.
Chrysocolla - soothes nervous tension.
Chrysoprase - soothes heartache and helps depression, promotes emotional balance, wisdom, and peace.
Citrine - helps digestion and aids in mental and intellectual functions. Increases self-esteem and energy. Balances and dissipates negative energy.
Coral - helps in childbirth and adoption. Wards off bad thoughts from others and promotes general well-being.
Diamond - manifests abundance. Used in conjunction, it strengthens the properties of other stones.
Emerald - a mind stone. Enhances memory, promotes clear and quick thinking, and right action stemming from right thought.
Fluorite - enhances spiritual energy work, focuses the will and balances the psyche.
Garnet - balances your natural energy. A highly protective stone, It increases confidence and security.
Goldstone - uplifting, reduces tension and stomach problems.
Hematite - great stone for grounding. Calms and soothes, reducing stress and blood pressure.
Howlite - reduces stress and anxiety. Quietly soothes and calms to bring gentleness and patience.
Jade - Symbolic of wisdom, mercy, humility, generosity, peace, and harmony. Protective and lucky when worn as jewelry. Place a bit under your pillow at night for restorative dreams.
Jasper - calms a troubled mind. Helps with digestive problems and other ills.
Red Jasper - helps with conflict and aggression. Promotes grace and perseverance.
Leopard Skin Jasper - aids in finding and achieving life's goals.
Picture Jasper - stabilizing, balancing stone. Aids in visualization and meditation.
Labradorite - strengthens the will and inner strength and convictions. It also aids in combating addictions.
Lapis Lazuli - emotional healing and stability. High intensity stone which cleanses the spirit to bring out inner truth and peace.
Malachite - strong stone which helps release negative emotions and protect from psychic attack.
Moonstone - helpful in psychic work. Opens the spirit to the feminine aspect. Draws love and helps in interpersonal relationships.
Onyx - good protective stone. Also releases old relationships and keeps away general negativity.
Opal - Awakens and helps understanding of psychic intuition and mysticism. Encourages living authentically in feeling and action, with faithfulness and loyalty. Helpful for eyesight and during childbirth.
Peridot - balances your emotional mind and calms emotional storms. Aids digestion and insomnia and increases psychic powers.
Quartz - the greatest of all healing stones. Acts as an amplifier for psychic energy and aids meditation and visualization.
Rose Quartz - great for attracting love. Promotes self-loving and heals emotional wounds as well as promoting peace, forgiveness, and nurturing.
Smoky Quartz - a grounding stone which helps reduce depression and negative emotions.
Rhodochrosite - love drawing stone. Helps release past psychological issues. Helps eyesight.
Rhodonite - self-affirmation and self-love. Fosters ability to remain calm in arguments and resolve disagreements in a loving way.
Ruby - stimulates nurturing emotions and economic stability. Excellent for shielding from psychic attacks and gathering and amplifying energy. Helpful for blood-related health issues, such as anaemia, menstrual issues, and poor circulation.
Sapphire - promotes light, pure emotions - purity of mind, serenity, joy, and peace. Opens the mind to beauty and love. Clears the mind of unwanted thoughts.
Snowflake Obsidian - protects against nightmares and emotional draining.
Sodalite - purifies your aura and protects you from negative energy from people around you.
Tanzanite - increases psychic abilities and enhances spiritual connectedness.
Tiger's Eye - clear thinking, helps in manifesting will, courage, and confidence.
Topaz - soothes physical pain, promotes peace and calms emotions, as well as promoting forgiveness. Promotes individuality, self-confidence, and creativity. Counteracts negative emotions.
Tourmaline - calm, protection, focus, and balance.
- Black - strong protection from negative energies. Reduces fears, obsessions, neurosis, and panic.
- Pink - promotes compassion, love and healing of emotional pain.
- Green - cleanses and detoxifies the spirit, brings prosperity.
- Blue - helpful with verbal, speech, and throat problems. Mental peace and patience.
- Watermelon - heals old emotional pains and brings emotional understanding.
Turquoise - healing stone. Attracts friendships, luck, and happiness. Releases shame and guilt.
Last Update: 20 Nov 2007