| Stone Properties LEGEND:
CTR: Refers to the 7 chakras centers for healing.
H: Hardness on Mohs' scale (1-10)
T: Toxic (dust, fumes) Any stone may be toxic.
Adamite:
Blue, blue-green, yellow-green. Brings gifts of heart & mind together for
balance, inner strength, and steering steadily through life. Creativity &
entrepreneurial thinking, and new directions for business/personal growth.
Blue: Creativity, throat, mouth, ears, breath of life, lymph. Green: Lungs,
heart, thymus, endocrine glands. H:3.5; CTR: 4, 5; T Agate:
Chalcedony Qtz. Red, orange, yellow, browns; Solid, Grounding. For stomach, colon, liver, spleen, kidneys, Xray/radiation. MOSS: Centering, taking heart. Bloodsugar, anorexia/food issues, lymphnodes, Balances emotions. IRIS: Insight, restores nerve feeling and healing after injury/burns. PICTURE: Gaze into for meditation. L/Rt. brain balance. Pineal, pituitary; coordination. Blue LACE: Patience, peace. Cools. H:6.5-7; CTRS: 1,4
Alexandrite:
(A chrysoberyl.) Clear violet-green, lt. blue or orange-yellow iridescence.
Color changes with angle. Opens Heart, Solar Plexus, and especially Crown Centers. For healing, centering, self-esteem. Rare and Powerful. Opens to higher self, disattachment, psychicness, spiritual love, joy, and luck. Excellent tissue regeneration; especially Central Nervous System. H:8.5; CTR: 3,4,6,7 Amazonite:
Solid Lt. Blue/turquoise. Gentle Friendly, calming, soothing; Opens throat,
heart, and solar plexus centers for self-expression, artistic creativity,
healing. Throat, thyroid, nerve and Brain paths. Reduces self-damaging
behavior, increases straight posture of self-respect, confidence, grace, self-
assuredness with communication. H: 6-6.5; CTR: 5
Amber:
Clear yellow or orange ancient petrified resin (possibly pine tree).
Electromagnetic. Opens solar plexus chakra for mental clarity, moods balance, confidence. Stomach anxiety, spine, Central Nervous System, brain, memory loss, cell regeneration. Aligns mental and emotional bodies via orange and yellow CTRS. Excellent detoxification and protection from radiation, especially x-rays, sun, computers, airport, planes and others' energies. Sacred use (incense/worn) by Asian and American Indians, and worldwide. H: 2-2.5; CTR: 3; T
Amethyst:
Translucent, purple/lavendar Qtz. Psychicness, imagery, mind quieting. Wear when sleeping or when awake to reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Brow + Crown CTRS. Headaches, eyes, scalp/hair, pituitary, pineal, bloodsugar balance. Especially aids sobriety; lcohol/food/sex/other addictions. Famous ancient detoxicifier (especially helped with poisons, alcohol.) Keep in pet's water to reduce fleas. H: 7; CTR: 6
Angelite:
Medium blue to white crystals. Fairly newly discovered. Psychic connection to oneness with universe, angelic realm, spiritual guidance. Astral travel, heightened sensory awareness. Seeing paths to surmount challenges. Aligns physical and etheric fields for healing self & others. Regenerates and rejuvenates ill or depleted areas. H: 3; CTR 6,7; T (due to Lead Sulfate)
Apache Tears:
Small, dark, smoky-translucent Obsidian pebbles. Eases and releases pain, loss, sadness, anger, etc to help heal and go on with life. For looking within, protection, vision quest/purpose. gently grounds and unblocks lower body and endocrine glands/chakras. Aids healing. Represents tears of grief shed by Native American women after their loved ones' deaths due to invading troops. H: 5; CTR: 6
Apatite:
Transparent dk. blue, yellow, clear...Blue and purple are used especially to
heal and stimulate throat CTR. and kidney point for self-expression, teaching, healing mouth, throat, thyroid, high blood pressure, stuttering, etc. Reducing hunger. High Calcium content strengthens bones, muscles, mineral assimilation. Use yellow on Solar Plexus and Brow CTRS. H: 5.5; CTR: 3,5,7
Apophyllite:
Clear, white, light green striated crystals. Very powerful for deep, peaceful stillness and alpha state/meditation/dream recall. Clairvoyance, out of body
travel, etc. Green is most powerful: Heals and brings joyous openness to the heart CTR. as it opens the brow and crown chakras. Clears mental fuzziness and channels for with higher-self + angelic realm contact. Helps see truth for growth. H: 5; CTR:4,6,7
Aqua Aura:
Clear quartz with metallic light blue tint from electrical infusion of gold
(amplifies quartz conductivity.) Increases ability to send energy & alter
consciousness for meditation, telepathy, healing. Opens/clears throat. H:7; CTR:1,5
Aquamarine:
A beryl. Clear light blue, blue-green. Tranquilizing, uplifting, openness,
innocence, light-heartedness, creativity, communication, self-awareness,
confidence, purpose. Throat (& spleen) CTR(s), Heart, immune system, thymus, lymphnodes, Especially: Mouth, ears, etc. Affects etheric and mental levels. Releases anxiety, fear, restlessness, peaceful stillness like the flow of a forest stream. Breathing allergies, water travel, journies, sea goddess, seeing through people, protection. CTR:5; H:8
Aragonite:
Translucent purple-pink-brown hexagonal, or white needle crystals. Deep,
peaceful meditation; uplifts emotions. Centering, overview, patience under
stress, heps us navigate business/managerial/personal challenges with a clear head and steady hand. Giving and receiving easily. Balances yin-yang. Eyes, brain, Central Nervous System, heart, opens spiritual/brow chakra for day-to-day living with an open heart and mind. H:4; CTR:3,6;T
Aventurine:
Translucent dark/lt. green quartz. Heals emotional pain/fear/imbalance by
dissolving blocks in the heart CTR. Historically also draws out heat of fevers, inflamation, nerv. system stress. In your bath water, a soft, soothing stone for general healing. Universal love, truth, prosperity. Much like Moss Agate. H:7; CTR:5
Azurite:
Solid deep blue, blue-purple. Activates brow and throat CTRS. more assertive communication and alert, quite, deep access to subconscious and other times/places/lives. Psychicness, creativity, decisiveness, deeper insight, seeing truth, reduces depression, anger, abnormal cell growth. Hi copper content stimulates thyroid, sinus, skin cleansing, spleen, nervous system, mental + etheric bodies. H:3, 5-4; CTR:5,6; T BERYL Family:
Strong, hard. (Some look "Greasy"). Clear: Brow & Throat CTRS. Heliodor/Golden Brown: Stimulates the mind, nervous system, spine, bones, Solar Plexus and 3rd eye CTR, with warm sun energy for mental clarity, confidence, willpower, visualizing, protection. Helps stomach, intestines, works with mental body for exhaustion , depression, ulcers, nausea, eating disorders. Cleans emotional and physical toxins from liver, skin, (including: fear and resentment). Pink: Excellent for heart CTR, growth, transition, stabilizing. (See also: Emerald, Aquamarine, Alexandrite) H:7.5-8; CTR:3,4,4b,5,7
Bloodstone:
("Heliotrope") Solid dark green, red flecks. Electromagnetic (high iron).
Ancient Egypt, Atlantis used to calm, ground, revitalize. Classic for wealth,
menstrual cramps, anemia, bloodclots, hemorrhoids, birthing/reproductivity, imbalance. Cleansing heart and blood circulation, marrow, thymus, lungs; Heart. H:7; CTR:1,2,4 Boji Stones:
Iron-magnetite concretion. Solid round, grey-brown discs with high iron.
Grounding, electromagnetic. Balances body's energy field. Many have found they reduce pain by holding 1 in each hand. Recharges electrically in sun. (Store boji's apart -magneticness neutralizes eachother. Also wearing/holding with tiger's eye or other stone containing asbestos may bring on ill feeling.) Rough "male" and smooth "female" stones both have + and - charge. CTR:1; T
Brass:
Flattens and grounds energy. (poor conductor); not generally used for healing. can dull/block energy. May be used as shield, reducing sensitivity and awareness. CTR:1 Calcite:
Milky yellow, peach, green, white or clear crystals. Soft. Lime 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. Needs cleansing if sticky. 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, humor. H:3; CTR: per color.
Carnelian:
Chalcedony (jasper) qtz. Translucent. Confidence, boldness, initiative,
dramatic abilities, assertiveness, outgoingness. Precision, analysis, appetite,
awareness of feelings. Orange and yellow CTRS. Warms and cleanses blood, kidneys, stimulates appetite, emotions, passion, sexuality, physical energy, celebration, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Historically also used to pull excess fever out through the feet. CTR: 1,2,3; H:7 Celestite:
White, clear, or cool lt. blue cluster crystals. Gentle. Soothes nerves,
stress. Quiets mind. Serenity, harmony, easiness, stillness for receiving,
connection to spirit, overview, creativity. Aids Throat CTR; honesty, openness, stress, worry, hearing, thyroid, potassium/manganese deficiency, Central Nervous System, tiredness, fades in sunlight. H:4; CTR:5
Cerussite:
Clear/misty white to brown. Helps us be centered, confident, capable and
versatile amidst life's challenges. Grounding to here/now and higher self.
Graciousness, good listening/communication skills. Translate higher concepts to everyday language. Psychicness, clarity. Shows what we can/can't change. Letting go (stress, addictions..) Insomnia, Central Nervous System, coordination, general healing. Both grounds root chakra and opens crown (& Throat) CTR. Plant growth , protection against bugs. H:3.5; CTR:1,5,7; T Chrysoberyl:
Translucent Gold or Green Cat's Eye (often confused with qtz. Tiger's Eye, but rarer). Usually clear, green or green/brown, nongreasy. For acquiring more prosperity. Confidence, self-pride, healing. Amplifies other gems (NOTE: Some are irradiated to turn green- trust your feeling with each stone.) H:8.5; CTR:3,7 Citrine:
Clear yellow qtz. (Yellow from Iron). For Solar Plexus CTR, Mental and
emotional clarity. Problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline, digestion. Reduces anxiety, fear, depression, stomach tension, food disorders, allergies. Detoxification: Spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines, etc. Electromagnetic. H:7; CTR:1,3
Cobalt-Calcite:
(Calcite, pink from Cobalt) Brings love, patience, gentleness, compassion.
Soothes intensity of feelings. Mental and emotional balancer. H:3; CTR:4b; T
Copper:
Excellent energy conductor! Sends and amplifies thoughts, healing, and gem electrical energy into wearer's energy field. Next to skin: Detoxes and soothes arthritis, rheumatism, other inflamation problems. 3rd chakra: stomach, intestines, etc. Warms, releases resentment, anger, etc. built up in joints as arthritis. Exhaustion recovery, circulation, balances warm sun energy and cool lunar energy. Energize with sun. H:2.5-3; CTR: 3+all; T .
Coral:
Calcium and calcite. Red and orange: stimulates 1st 2 chakras for energy and warmth, fertility. Energizes emotions. Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system; thyroid, metabolism; meridians; spine, bone and tissue regeneration. (Avoid if high blood pressure, fever, anxious). Pink: Heart CTR, increases sensitivity, caring, compassion. White: Soothes; heals meridians, stress, smell ability, nerves. Black: Creativity, repels lower energies. H:3-4; CTR: by color; T Desert Rose:
A gypsum. Lt. brown. Gently grounding; clarifies thinking and mental vision, perception. Quiets worry, brings out practicality. (Related to Selenite). Reminds us to take time out to smell the roses. Quiets the mind. H:1.5-2; CTR: 3
Diamond:
(Carbon) Powerfully absorbs and amplifies thoughts/attitudes of user, other gems, and wearer's strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity/ vs. miserly; love vs. distrust; overview, spirituality vs. lust, immediate gratification. Used with loving, clear intent; clears blocks, opens crown CTR: spiritual love, peace. Clarity, trust, confidence. Cleanse thoroughly (It can hold our other's previous attitudes, emotions...) Ancients also used for detoxing. H:10; CTR: All, especially: 7; T (dust) Dolomite:
Pink/pastel/milky to clear. Clear varieties, especially pink are used to softly
open and heal heart CTR. Soothes hurt, loneliness, anxiety, etc. Facilitates
giving and receiving, generosity, spontaneity, creativity, energy uplift.
Calcium content strengthens bones, teeth, muscles, woman's reproductive system; helps PMS. H:3.5-4; CTR: 1,4,4b Elestial:
Special form of clear/smokey qtz. Changes confusion/illusions to clarity,
seeing truth, overview. Psychicness, openness to higher self/God/spirituality. Stimulates crown chakra/pineal to rise above situations, emotions. May initially intesify lower thoughts (ego, denial, self-judging...) to release these blocks to open heart/mind. Healing brain cells from drug/alcohol use. "All-seeing Stone" brings infusion of light. Use as a bridge stone to enhance energy flow between chakras. H:7; CTR:1,7
Emerald:
Beryl. Strengthens heart CTR for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, fidelity, honesty. Lifts depression, insomnia. Knowingness of the heart, peaceful dreams. Breathing, heart, lymphnodes, blood, thymus, pancreas (blood sugar rebalance), labor/delivery, eyesight, and etheric field. Excellent general healer. Ancient blood detoxifierand antipoison. Androgynous. H:7.5-8. CTR:4,4b; T (aluminum) Garnet:
(Only clear is used for healing) Use cut and polished. The brighter the better. Red: 1st and 2nd CTRS. Warms, energizes emotionally and physically (arthritus, frostbite, paralysis), grounds. Used by ancient cultures. Exhaustion, low BP, detoxing and strengthening blood, muscles, kidneys, gallstones. Stimulates life force and sexuality, hormone balance, antibodies, fertility, persistence, stamina, passion, confidence (and stubbornness). Yang (avoid if excess anger, impatience, high blood pressure, heat, inflamation, etc.) 1st/root CTR. Orange: Warmth, energy. 2nd CTR. Green: CTR:1,4; H:7-7.5; T (aluminum) For more see: Stone Properties (2)
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