Gemstone Qualities and Meanings
Below are generally accepted meanings of various stones and gems. Nothing listed is guaranteed by any stone.
AGATE - Balances energy, stabilizes the aura. Imparts strength and courage. Opens one to innate creative talents.
*Botswana Agate - Beneficial for smokers who want to quit. Helps you to see the bigger picture.
*Botswana Agate - Beneficial for smokers who want to quit. Helps you to see the bigger picture.
AMAZONITE - Balancing energy, harmony, universal love.
AMBER - Purifies body, mind, and spirit. Allows even flow of energies. Provides a positive soothing energy. Spiritualizes the intellect.
AMETHYST - calming energy. Stone of stability, strength and peace. Excellent for meditation. Enhances psychic ability.
APACHE TEARS - Black obsidian. Excellent for absorbing negative energy and for protecting the aura. Stimulates analytic capabilities; promotes forgiveness. Assists in grieving.
AQUAMARINE - courage, intellect, protection. Assists spiritual awareness and actualization
AVENTURINE - Independence, leadership, creativity. Balances male and female energies.
BLOOD-STONE - Grounding and protecting stone. Calms mind, dispels confusion, reduces irritability and impatience. Energy cleanser and immune simulator.
CARNELIAN - Counteracts feelings of apathy, fear and rage. Fosters peace within and without. Helps with self-confidence. Improves psychic abilities and clears perception. Protects against emotional negativity.
CITRINE - Dissipates negative energy. Warmth, joy, and optimism.
FLOURITE - Stability, order, concentration. Helps one to understand and maintain ideals.
GARNET - Commitment, devotion, love, stability, and order. Even flow of energy.
GREY FELDSPAR - creativity, astral travel, finding unconventional ways to reach our goals. Helps to find misplaced items.
HEMATITE - Excellent for the mind and grounding. Dissolves negativity and prevents negative energies from entering the aura. Good for will-power, focus and concentration.
JADE - harmony, peace, fidelity, confidence. A great dream stone.
JASPER - Protection, awareness, insight, grounding.
**Red Jasper - helps during times of stress - brings tranquility - protection, grounding, courage.
**Red Jasper - helps during times of stress - brings tranquility - protection, grounding, courage.
KYANITE - never needs cleaning or clearing. Clears all chakras. Tranquility, communication, psychic awareness. Excellent for meditation and dream recall.
LABRADORITE - represents the light of the Universe. Intuition and illumination.
LAPIS LAZUI - knowledge, wisdom, perfection, protection, and creative expression.
LEPIDOLITE - Honesty, stability, hope, acceptance. Assists in change and transition. Facilitates astral travel. Reduces stress and depression. Stimulates the intellect.
MAGNESITE - creative visualization and imagination. Helps break the bonds of co-dependency. Helps uncover unconscious thoughts that are no longer serving you.
MALACHITE - transformation and spiritual development. Helps you to attain goals. Helps to alleviate mental disturbances. Makes you more observant.
MOONSTONE - lunar female energy. emotional and intuitive. Rhythms, cycles, and destiny. Aids in healing feminine-related concerns.
MOSS AGATE - Stabilizing and connected with nature. Attracts wealth and abundance. Improves self-esteem and positive personality traits. Promotes communication.
OBSIDIAN - Dispels negativity, grounding, healing, protective. Helps one to clearly see one's flaws and the changes that are necessary.
OCEAN JASPER - Heals emotions and brings peace of mind. Helps with acceptance of responsibility; increases patience.
PERIDOT - Healing and protective. Regulates life cycles.
PETRIFIED WOOD - Grounding - provides strength. Stone of transformation.
PYRITE - shields from negative energy - good stone for protection. Enhances intellect and memory. Symbol of the sun.
QUARTZ - Most versatile healing stone. Stone of power that increases any energy or intention.
RHODOCHROSITE - love energy. Stone for balance in all areas.
ROSE QUARTZ - Empowers and attracts the energies of love, happiness, and peace. Encourages healing.
RUBY IN ZOISITE - Helps to increase the awareness of the superego. Energizes the field of your body! Facilitates trance states and a connection to the divine. Facilitates communication with the angels.
RUTILATED QUARTZ - Intensifies energy. Stimulates the brain. Inspiration and clairvoyance.
SARDONYX - Stone of strength, will, vigor, and vitality. Protection stone. Helps relationships and attracts friends / good fortune.
SHIVA LINGAM - the loftiest vibration of all stones on Earth. Purifies your temple or home. Represents both the male energy of knowledge and the female energy of wisdom.
SMOKY QUARTZ - Dissolves negativity, grounding, and balancing. Good for meditation.
SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN - Calms and soothes. Helps you address difficult behaviors.
SODALITE - logic, efficiency, and truthfulness. Enhanced group communication.
SUGILITE - spiritual love, perfection, inspiration, confidence. Alleviates negative / destructive emotions.
TIGER EYE - Earthy, grounding. Represents the sun and Earth. Optimism, insight, personal power.
TURQUOISE - Spiritual attunement, strength, and grounding. Good for astral travel.
UNAKITE - Stone of vision. Helpful in grounding. Brings calming energy. Helps in recovery.