Properties of Stones
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Agate is good to hold to calm and to refresh the body. Helps it heal minor health problems, Though any type of agate maybe worn for the above uses, these particular stones have traditional energies:
Banded Agate: Protection. Restores bodily energy and eases stressful situations.
Black Agate: Another protective stone. Wear for courage and successful competitions.
Black and White Agate: Worn as an amulet, this stone guards against physical dangers.
Blue Lace Agate: Wear or carry for peace and happiness. Place in your hand to de-stress. Lay one on your desk or other work station and gaze at it when in stressful situations. In the home, a blue lace agate surrounded with flaming, light blue candles calms the psychic atmosphere and reduces household or family quarrels.
Brown or Tawny Agate: Used for success in any undertaking. It’s also a wealth talisman.
Crazy Lace Agate helps one stay centered and focused. Brings certain spiritual planes closer to earthly planes. Conveys strength and courage, helps discern truth and accept circumstances. Grounding but energetic.
Green Agate: Worn to improve the health of the eyes.
Moss Agate: A gardener’s talisman. It is worn to relieve a stiff neck, to lend energy to the depleted, and for healing purposes.
Red Agate/Blood Agate: Was worn in ancient Rome to guard against insect bites, to heal the blood, and to promote calm and peace.
Alexandrite is rare and expensive. When worn, draws luck and good fortune.
Amazonite is worn by gamblers to attract money luck. It is also used by anyone taking a chance to ensure success.
Amber is not a stone, but fossilized resin of coniferous (cone-bearing, like modern pine) trees of the Oligocene epoch. Amber necklaces are protective. Witches, wise women, and shamans wear amber beads to strengthen their spells. Amber worn around the neck is a general protector of health and to relieve or cure existing conditions. A ball of amber held in the hand reduces a fever. It is worn to increase strength, stimulate the flow of money. Amber worn, carried or looked through is said to strengthen the eyes.
Amethyst helps to drive off insomnia and nightmares, produces peaceful sleep, pleasant, healing and prophetic dreams and helps wearer not oversleep. It is a stone of peace. Is said to help in overcoming alcoholism and curbs overindulgence and helps to bestow good judgment.
Apatite is used to stimulate the intellect and enhance creativity. It is a stone of the future and will bring knowledge to those attuned to it by clearing mental confusion. It awakens the finer, inner self. It can help to integrate, co-ordinate, and balance the emotional, intellectual, physical, and etheric bodies.
Aquamarine is useful in soothing and calming emotional problems. It is a stone of peace, joy and happiness, especially in relationships. Also used as a protective amulet while sailing or flying over water. As a charm this stone is worn to ensure good health, to halt fear so as to strengthen the courage hiding behind it, and for alertness of the mind.
Aventurine is worn to strengthen eyesight. Worn, carried or used in spells designed to increase perception, to stimulate creativity and to enhance intelligence. Useful in calming troubled emotions and in speeding healing. Is an all-around luck stone.
Azurite-Malachite helps one to meditate, assists in dissolving egocentric characteristics, dispelling conceit, arrogance, and vanity, while instilling individuality. It gives comfort by calming anxiety associated with “dis-ease”, and allows the thought process to follow its course, while facilitating the stability of the intellect to produce rationality.
Beryl is worn while on the water for protection against storms. Also guards its wearer against drowning and seasickness. During study, wear beryl to increase your conscious mind’s retention of information. If you feel lazy, hold or wear a beryl and let its structured, low vibrations enter you.
Bloodstone is worn to increase physical strength and to win competitions. It also lends courage, calms fears and eliminates anger. Also helps bring wealth, money and business.
Calcite is a transparent crystal that has the unique optical quality of double refraction. Used in spells to ‘double the power’ of the rite.
Chrysoprase is worn to lift the emotions and to banish greed, envy, selfishness, tension and stress. It is also considered to be a lucky stone and is used as a shield against negativity. To attract money, carry a small piece with you at all times.
Copper has long been used to stimulate healing. This seems to be because of copper’s ability to balance the body’s polarity, or the flow of the projective and receptive energies. Blockages in this energy pattern, according to shamans and healers alike, lead to imbalance and thus disease. Copper’s healing applications are boundless. Also copper is a lucky metal and is worn to attract love.
Diamond when worn, it promotes spirituality. Worn or carried it promotes self-confidence in relations with the opposite sex. It is a cleansing, purifying and releasing stone in matters of sexuality. The diamond is Not a stone of love, it is worn to ensure fidelity. Worn to increase physical strength and courage. It is a stone of peace when worn and relieves nightmares and encourages sleep at bedtime.
Emerald is used to bring a love into your life. It is also used to strengthen the memory as well as to increase understanding. The stone affects not only the conscious mind, but also the psychic (subconscious) as well, for it increases its wearer’s awareness of psychic faculties.
Fluorite produces an energy which is predisposed to discourage chaotic, disruptive, and disorganized growth. It emits an energy which can be used to stabilize and to produce order within the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual systems. It can be used to bring order to chaos. It has been known as a "stone of discernment and aptitude", bringing the energies of responsibility to the qualities of systematic intuition. It also encourages and sustains the flawless ideal of health, intellect, and emotional well-being. It provides for purification, cleansing, and elimination of that which is in disorder.
Garnet is used to enhance bodily strength, endurance and vigor. Wear or carry when exerting yourself like when hiking, studying, etc. Worn for protective purposes also.
Gold is worn around the neck to preserve health and gold bands help alleviate arthritis. It is also a protective metal and can be carried as a guardian. Gold is also utilized to promote wisdom. For this purpose it is not carried but given to another, with no conditions. This is done to bring illumination to the giver.
Goldstone is a synthetic stone made of copper shavings in glass.
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Hematite is powerful in drawing illness from the body. As with all stones, it is held in the hands while visualizing, then placed on the skin directly over the afflicted area. It is also worn for grounding and stabilizing purposes and to focus the attention on the here and now. A necklace of small stones can also be worn for healing.
Herkimer Diamond is a beautiful kind of quartz and a fine substitute for diamonds in magic. Howlite combines the power of reasoning with observation and patience, providing for discernment, retentive memory and a laudable desire for knowledge. Helps dispel criticalness, cold selfishness, and facetiousness. Used to eliminate pain, stress, and rage.
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Jade can be used to prevent disease and health troubles. It strengthens the mental faculties and helps reasoning. Worn to attract money and while gardening to improve the health of the plants. This stone is also protective, guarding against accidents and mishaps.
Jadeite is a form of jade. The Mayan and Aztec cultures used Jadeite as a stone of magic. It can be used to induce the cohesiveness of groups, allowing for understanding between the members and facilitating cohesiveness in the recognition and actualization of purpose. It has been used to diminish and to prevent recurrence of cramps and “Charlie horses”, promoting stabilization of the muscular arrangement and smoothing of the tissues.
Jet is actually fossilized wood, millions of years old. . It is a black, glasslike stone. It absorbs energies, especially negativity. This makes it a protective substance. It is said to guard against nightmares by wearing it or putting it under your pillow. Also said to strengthen psychic awareness.
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Kyanite helps to dispel anger and frustration. It induces one to persevere in situations which would generally reduce ones strength. It also assists in dispelling confusion arising from emotional, spiritual, and intellectual issues. Kyanite facilitates meditation.
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Labradorite is said to bring clarity of inner sight and progression. It helps protect the aura keeping it clear, balanced protected and free from energy leaks. It helps transform intuition to the intellect helping you to use inner messages. Labradorite is said to help you realize and achieve your destiny in this life while enhancing faith and reliance in your self. Labradorite has been used in the treatment of disorders of the brain, to stimulate mental acuity, and to reduce anxiety and stress. Also it can assist in digestion, regulation, and metabolism.
Lapis Lazuli is healing and soothing. Touching the body with Lapis improves your mental, physical, spiritual, psychic and emotional condition. Useful for relieving depression and promoting spirituality. It has also been used as a protective stone, sheltering the wearer/carrier from physical danger and psychic attacks.
Lava is a potent protective amulet. It is also used for healing.
Lepidolite is a calming stone, suitable for relieving the stresses of everyday living. It soothes anger, hatred or any other negative emotion. To promote a restful sleep, free of nightmares, place near headboard. Also carried to attract good luck.
Malachite is worn to guard against negativity and physical dangers. Worn near your heart, touching your skin, draws a love to you. Gazing at or holding in your receptive hand relaxes the nervous system and calms stormy emotions. Promotes tranquility, ensures sleep and dispels depression. Malachite draws business, customers, good deals and sales. It is the salesperson’s stone.
Moldavite is a tektite which is found in Czechoslovakia and was formed during meteoritic action which produced a “strew field” of the beautiful green stone. It is one of the rarest varieties of tektite. It is believed to serve the inhabitants of this planet. It stimulates cooperation between those of extra-terrestrial origins and those who are experiencing life on Earth.
Mookaite, also spelled Moukaite, is a stone of the "here and now." It can help one balance the internal and external and acceptance of change. It helps with living meditation, where one makes a meditation of any act one does. It is a very protective stone, and is particularly good as an emotional protector. In the physical realm it stabilizes health and fortifies the immune system.
Moonstone is good to wear or carry moonstone to bring a love into your life. Place this stone beneath your pillow or wear beads to bed for a restful sleep. Wear during planting or watering or bury a small moonstone while visualizing your garden bursting with fertility. The moonstone is the traveler’s protective charm. Use moonstone to lose weight.
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Nephrite is a form of Jade which is comprised of jade and actinolite. It is said to balance the male and female energies and to exchange the energies to further provide for balancing between the self and a partner. It is said to bless that which it touches.
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Obsidian is a grounding, centering stone. Hold in your hands or under both feet when you’re flighty or can’t seem to get your physical life in order. Remember the physical is the path to the spiritual. Each is a reflection of the other. Also good for scrying. Obsidian provides a shield against negativity, transforming negative vibrations within an environment.
Onyx is a protective stone when facing battles or conflicts of all kinds. Also used for protection as well as defense against negativity directed towards you.
Opal contains the colors as well as the qualities of every other stone. So it can be ‘programmed’ or charged with virtually every type of energy. Used to recall past incarnations. It is said to develop psychic powers and is often worn in jewelry for this purpose.
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Pearls symbolize the Moon, Water, the center of creation, and the universe. Pearls have been used by their wearers to lengthen life, promote fertility, drive off demons, preserve health, instill courage and lend physical strength.
Peridot is worn or carried for general healing. It is used to attract love as well as to calm raging anger. Also useful to soothe nervousness and to dispel all negative emotions. Since it is calming to the nervous system, it is also helpful in promoting sleep if worn to bed.
Pyrite is brass-yellow in color. Has a defending quality and will shield one from many forms of negative energy. Wearing or carrying a piece brings in the protective, shielding aspect of this stone which works on the physical, ethic, and emotional levels. A unique protector, it is an excellent stone to keep in ones possession when performing dangerous work. Enhances memory and provides for recall of relevant information, when required.
Quartz crystal is worn to relieve headaches. It is a great healing stone. Whether the crystal is worn, carried, or placed in ones environment, the force, the warmth, and the brilliance remain attuned to the energy of the one to who it is connected. A quartz crystal is also very protective. For protective purposes a crystal is worn, carried or placed in the home.
Tourmalated Quartz: Is quartz penetrated by black tourmaline crystals. You get the energy of black tourmaline which deflects the negative energy of others plus the alignment and harmonizing energy of quartz. Black tourmaline also has a grounding effect helping one to stay protected and focused in the present. It’s often worn to stimulate astral projection.
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Rhodochrosite is carried or worn to lend extra energy during times of extreme physical activity. Also soothing to the emotions and the body, de-stressing it. For a soothing bath, add a piece of rhodocrosite to the tub or wear the stone during the bath. Also carried to draw love.
Rhodonite is known to help the wearer be calm, to cast off confusion, doubt and incoherence. Can also be worn to promote balance.
Rhyolite is an excellent stone for meditation. It helps one to strengthen both body and mind. It also lights the fire of creativity within the soul.
Ruby is a wealth increasing stone and strengthens the body’s own psychic defense system. Worn during magic rituals to increase the energies available. Also to banish sadness and negative thought patterns. Produces joy, will power, and confidence.
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Sardonyx is worn to promote courage and fearlessness. It is also worn to promote good relations between lovers or married couples. Placed near the heart, it relieves depression and despondency.
Serpentine is an excellent stone for enhancing the meditative state. If placed at the crown chakra provides a drawing force conducive to initiating the movement. It can also be used to clear the clouded areas of the charkas, and to stimulate the crown. Serpentine can render assistance to disorders in all areas of the body, the emotional system, and the mental structure; conscious direction of the energies toward the problem is required.
Silver is known for its money drawing qualities. Silver is also used for protective purposes. As the moon reflects the light of the Sun, Silver reflects negativity away from the wearer. If you become angry or nervous put on some silver to become calm. Symbolizes intuition, the moon and water.
Soapstone/Steatite can help in the movement and widening of one’s horizons. It emits a calming energy, both stimulating one to action and providing for peace at the center of the being. Also helps one release old routines and create new ones.
Sodalite is healing, especially for emotionally related diseases or those caused by stress, nervousness, anger or fear. Wear or rub over the body to dispel fear and guilt. Wear or hold to still the mind, relax the body and calm inner turmoil. Fine meditative stone and, when used conscientiously, promotes wisdom.
Sunstone There are at least two stones named sunstone. One is a form of translucent quartz which has a vaguely orange hue. This is the Oregon sunstone. Long ago, a form of feldspar which was imported from India was also known by this name. It resembles an orange opal, with a fiery, multicolored flash. Sunstone, like most sparkling, reflective stones, is protective. Carried or worn to lend extra physical energy to the body during times of stress or ill-health, to dissipate fearfulness and to increase vitality.
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Tiger Eye is a good stone for promoting wealth and money. Carried for protection against all forms of danger. Worn to strengthen convictions and create courage and confidence. Promotes energy flow through the body when worn. Beneficial for the weak or sick.
Black Tourmaline is used for grounding purposes and to represent the Earth. It is also protective, for it absorbs negativity when charged for that purpose via visualization.
Pink Tour. Draws love and friendship. Wear to promote sympathy toward others.
Green Tour. Is used to draw money and success in business. Also worn to stimulate creativity.
Rubellite Tourmaline (Red/Red-Violet/Deep Pink) is worn to lend energy to the body. It is also used for protection. Worn, it promotes courage and strengthens the will.
Turquoise is a sacred stone to many American Indian Tribes. It is a protective stone. Turquoise is worn to guard against the evil eye, disease, serpents, poison, violence and accidents. It also promotes courage and is used to attract money. As a healing stone, it is said to strengthen the eyes, alleviate fevers and reduce headaches.
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Unakite brings ones consciousness to the present, allowing those "easy" times of unconscious action to dissipate. Can facilitate the re-birthing process and help one to deal with both the information and the events of the past which have instilled blockages within the meridians and energy centers of the body. It provides for a gentle release of those conditions which have been inhibiting ones growth. Can also be used in the treatment of the reproductive system, and to stimulate healthy pregnancies while facilitating the health of the unborn.
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For Balance and Healing in your life
