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Stones and Gems

Adventurine

This variety of quartz, sometimes called aventurine, purifies mental and emotional levels, stimulates opportunity and motivation, increases perception and creative insight, soothes emotions, and is used for the heart and heartache, acceptance of self and others, and bringing inner peace and tranquility. It encourages positive attitudes towards life, independence, health and well-being. It aids in releasing anxiety and fear, stimulates muscle tissue, and strengthens blood. It is associated with the Heart Chakra.

Agate

This variety of chalcedony promotes strength, courage, good manners, happiness, intelligence, prosperity, longevity, fertility, prudence and good health. Imparts the ability to discern truth and accept circumstances, and is used in balancing and grounding, as it is a good grounding stone, but is also energetic. This powerful healing stone tones and strengthens both body and mind, is a useful ward against alcoholism, thunder and poison, and works with chakras according to the various colors of the stone.

Alabaster

Represents victory and friendship. Was used in making ointment boxes and sarcophagi in ancient times.

Alexandrite

This variety of chrysoberyl helps align the mental and emotional levels, and encourages spiritual transformation, regeneration, joy and oneness with life. Associated with the Crown Chakra, it also aids in internal and external regeneration, and has a positive influence on the nervous system, spleen and pancreas.

Amazonite

This uplifting variety of feldspar brings joy, clarity of thought and creative expression. It allows the wearer to see their own harmful tendencies, making them easier to release. Related to the Throat Chakra, it soothes the nervous system, strengthens the heart and physical body.

Amber

This fossilized pine tree resin emits a powerful amount of heat and energy as it is electrically alive. It aids in furthering ambitions, lifting spirits, encouraging fertility, healing, soothing and harmonizing. It spiritualizes the intellect, and stimulates ones altruistic nature. A powerful healing stone, associated with the Crown and Solar Plexus Chakras, exerts a positive influence on the endocrine system, the spleen and heart. Worn around the neck, it can help fight throat infections and throat and respiratory diseases. Has the power to disinfect. Ranges from golden yellow to orange to red in color.

Amethyst

This variety of quartz is called the Stone of Venus, and aids in several areas. Meditation, maintaining faithfulness, increasing spiritual awareness and psychic abilities, divine love, inspiration, calming, soothing, protecting, healing, purifying, regenerating, stimulating, grounding, sleep, good fortune and clarity of thought. It dispels illusions and drunkenness, turns negative energies into positive, and is a very effective healing stone. Warmed and placed on the forehead and temples, it is good for treating headaches. It has the ability to draw through it the forces directed towards the body, and repels vibrations which the body doesn't need, releasing only the energy patterns beneficial to the body. It is best worn near the heart center when using to heal, as it strengthens the heart. It is also known to cleanse the liver of toxins, strengthen endocrine and immune systems, enhance the right side of the brain, the pineal and pituitary glands, and successfully treat mental disorders and lung problems. Associated with the Brow Chakra, it is a purple stone ranging from light to dark tones.

Aquamarine

This variety of beryl is known to be favorable for travelers and protective against accidents. It's also known to assist in inspiration, clarity of thought, banishing fears and phobias, soothe, cleanse, balance, and serve as a powerful aid for meditation, peace, love, and happiness in marriage. It carries the calming effects of the sea, and will help in calming nervous tension and purifying the body. It also reduces fluid retention, strengthens kidneys, liver, spleen and thyroid. Associated with the Throat and Solar Plexus Chakras, it is a light blue clear stone.

Azurite

This stone is excellent for initiating change, encouraging mediation, clarity of thought, inspiration and creativity, and improving psychic abilities like prophetic dreams, intuition, dispelling illusion, and invoking spiritual guidance through the Third Eye. It is associated with the Brow and Throat Chakras, and is a powerful healing stone. It strengthens the blood, helps oxygen flow, and because of its copper content, it enhances the flow of energy through the nervous system.

Beryl

Associatied with reconciling married couples, and banishing idleness and stupidity. It is said that if you engrave a beryl with a crow that has a crab beneath its feet, you will receive joy, lasciviousness, exultation, acquisition, union and conjugal love.

Bloodstone

This variety of chalcedony is commonly used in healing and strength. It is known to aid in idealism, altruism, enhancing vitality and balance on the physical and mental levels, while reducing mental and emotional stress. A powerful healer for the physical body, and also a powerful talisman for warding off all accidents and diseases, especially suitable for men in this function. It is said that when carried, it improves your reputation, but when worn, it creates a fiery, ardent disposition. Soldiers of old wore it into battle, believing it had the power to stop bleeding. It is known to stimulate oxygen flow in healing blood circulation, to stop hemorraging, remove toxins from the blood, and aid in balancing iron deficiencies. It strengthens the spleen and bone marrow, and aligns energy along the spinal column as well. This red stone is associated with, and said to link together, the Root and Heart Chakras.

Calcite

This stone is known to mollify fears, ground excess energy, and aid in astral projection. It is also known to reduce stress, increase happiness, and balance emotions and male and female differences and aspects. A healing stone for kidneys, the pancreas and the spleen. It can work with chakras depending on the color of each stone.

Carbuncle

This stone is worn to increase self confidence and boost self-esteem, and empower the wearer with the ability to fight through difficulties.

Carnelian

This variety of chalcedony is associated with protection, energy, courage, cheerfulness, concentration, accessing past life information and bringing joy to the owner. It is highly favorable to health, long life, good fortune and social interaction. Called the Wish Stone, its special virtue is the fulfillment of one's wishes if the stone is worn near the heart. It's also known to appease anger, destroy and prevent fascination, vitalize the physical, emotional and mental levels. Associated with the Solar Plexus and Heart Chakras, it energizes the blood, assists tissue regeneration, prevents illness, and defends the body against poison. It also aids the kidneys, lungs, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. It is an orange-red stone, and is also known as a cornelian.

Celestite

This stone enhances inspiration, spiritual awareness, relaxation, peace of mind, truth, reliability, clear speech and growth. Associated with the Throat Chakra, it also enhances thyroid functions and reduces stress.

Chalcedony

Known to quicken the power of the body, it's recommended to wear it continually for physical strength.

Chrysocolla

Known to mollify fear, guilt and tension, this stone also restores the balance of the subconscious mind. It activates feminine qualities, and encourages self-expression, power, joy, emotional balance and communication. Associated with the Heart and Throat Chakras, it aids in preventing ulcers, digestive problems, and arthritic conditions. It enhances the metabolism and strengthens the lungs and thyroid.

Chrysoprase

This variety of quartz is used to absorb or deflect unwanted energies, create balance in sexuality, ease depression, unearth inner talents and the clarity to see into personal issues. It encourages fertility, calming, happiness, balancing and the healing of the body, mind and soul. It will help tranquilize many forms of neurosis. This translucent apple green stone is associated with the Heart Chakra.

Citrine

This variety of quartz is known to encourage good dreams, unblock subconscious fears, stimulate spiritual awareness, attract abundance, and enable self-esteem. It increases happiness and hope, and decreases self-destructive tendencies. This warming, energizing stone is also known to enhance the body's ability to heal itself, as well as promote emotional and mental healing. Associated with the Solar Plexus and Crown Chakras, it is good for the kidneys, liver, gallbladder, heart and all digestive organs and tissue regeneration. It is a pale yellow clear stone.

Coral

Represents love, harmony, wisdom, protection, creativity and relaxation, and aids in banishing foolishness, counteracting poison, and protecting against depression, tempests, fear, thieves, obsession, and thunder. It balances physical energy and relaxes tension. It carries the creative vibration of the sea, and it's known to promise a long and happy married life, protect a child from evil influences, and safeguard a teenager during their highly emotional period of youth. Coral comes in many colors, shapes and sizes.

Diamond

This precious stone symbolizes truth, purity, innocence, justice, faith, courage, strength, abundance, love, fidelity, invisibility, joy, hardness, fearlessness, masculinity, bravery, and spiritual awareness. It dispels negativity, drives away panic, pestilence, enchantment, ghosts, nightmares, and calamities. It aids the wearer to turn spells and enchantments back upon their maker. Associated with all Chakras, it enhances energies and functions of the mind, body and spirit, aids in strengthening cranial bones, and unblocks the Crown Chakra.

Emerald

This variety of beryl promotes creativity, stimulates perception, dreams, spiritual insight, meditation, prosperity, love, kindness, tranquility, balance, healing, and patience. It also strengthens memory, and friendships, and is known to combat lust, decay, anger, folly, giddiness and foolish fears. A strong emotional balancer which has a beneficial healing effect on the eyes. While it is said to help both men and women attract a loving spouse, it is also said that it preserves the chastity of women by shattering to disprove chastity, or by changing color when your lover is unfaithful. It is also known to break apart in despair if it is unable to render you metaphysical assistance. Associated with the Heart and Solar Plexus Chakras, it strengthens the heart, liver, kidneys, immune and nervous systems.

Fluorite

Considered a good luck piece, this powerful healing stone is known to promote well-being, mental powers like concentration, grounds excess energy, and opens the way for the use of other stones. It is rumored to grant the innermost wish of the owner. For best results, charge on a windowsill at night. This stone is identified by the bands of color seen within, and the stones themselves vary in different shades of purples and greens. It strengthens teeth and bones, improves the absorption of vital nutrients, and is beneficial for the spleen and blood vessels, and works with chakras according to the various colors of the stone.

Galaxite

A type of moonstone, reputed to be sent to the Earth by angels to heal it. They are a mixed dark green and milky appearance, and when held in the light there are many opalescent pieces trapped within the stone.

Garnet

Enhances self-esteem, vitality, passion, rebirth, peace, balance, patience, inspiration, imagination, persistence, fertility and happiness. Promotes a healthy and cheery disposition, and encourages success in business. It will ensure consistency and compassion in friendship and love, preserve health, and is generally a fortunate stone. It's known to alleviate menstruation and life passages by balancing hormones, good for bad dreams, mental depression, arthritis pains and disorders, and ward off inflammatory diseases. It strengthens, purifies, vitalizes and regenerates bodily systems, especially the bloodstream. Also stimulates pituitary gland. Associated with the Root and Heart Chakras. This stone is also thought to assist in seeing into past lives. Generally red, but it can range from an orange-red to a pink-red.

Hematite

A very strong stone, considered to be a grounding stone, but known as the Worry Stone. It absorbs negativity, gives optimism, strength of will, and courage, and is very calming to the emotions while it energizes, strengthens and vitalizes the body. It helps maintain balance between body, mind and spirit, and enhances your personal magnetism, and when worn as an amulet, it confers strength and procures favorable legal judgments. It is a heavy black metallic stone, that is also fragile, and can shatter easily. A powerful stone for those attracted to it, it activates the spleen, and increases your stress tolerance. It helps circulate oxygen with its positive effect on the bloodstream.

Herkimer Diamond

Known as the Dream Crystal, this type of quartz crystal aids in bringing teachings from the dream state into conscious awareness. It's a special balancing stone that purifies energy within the body and mind, and this allows for enhanced psychic abilities, and reduced stress. A powerful amplifier that is very highly attuned spiritually, and stores thought forms and information. It is associated with all the Chakras.

Heulandite

Used for foot problems and weight loss. This crystal is a chalky green and milky white.

Jade

Most revered by the Chinese, as it brings good fortune and health to its owner. It also increases longevity, fertility, clarity, modesty, courage, justice, wisdom, peace and nurturing. It relieves stress and dispels negativity, and therefore is a powerful emotional balancer. Stimulating practicality, and divine, unconditional love, it is a most sacred stone, thought to provide a link between the spiritual and the mundane. The healing affinity will vary with the particular color of the stone, but generally is a creamy green stone that strengthens the heart, kidneys, and immune system. It aids in eye disorders, blood cleansing and female problems.

Jasper

This variety of chalcedony is a powerful healer of the physical body, especially if it's a leopard skin jasper. Representing the Earth element, it's said to balance emotions and stress, safeguard personal independence, and bring inspirational warnings when there is danger of unfair domination from others. It aids and comforts during periods of female distress, and strengthens the liver, gallbladder and bladder. One stone should be worn about the neck and another around the waist, and works with Chakras based on the color of the stone.

Jet

Known as black amber, this stone is actually petrified driftwood that has been compressed beneath the ocean floor. This also makes the stone very rare. It is used in dealing with grief and mourning, as it eases distress, soaks up sadness, and restores an emotional balance to the owner. A black stone, that is extremely lightweight.

Kunzite

This powerful stone enhances self-esteem, tolerance, acceptance and has calming and soothing properties as well. It will aid in manic depression, balancing the mind, body and spirit, and healing the heart. It is great for people with addictive behavior, because it has a high lithium content. Associated with the Heart Chakra, is also strengthens the cardiovascular system.

Kyanite

This stone enhances self-expression, communication, loyalty, reliability, serenity and truth. It also is known to aid in astral travel. It is associated with the Throat and Brow Chakras.

Lapis Lazuli

It is prized for its prophetic virtues, and its ability to stimulate wisdom, truthfulness, strength, vitality, self-expression, and psychic abilities. When worn next to the skin, it strengthens the skeletal system, activates the thyroid gland, and releases tension and anxiety. It also strengthens mind and body to spiritual awareness. Associated with the Brow and Throat Chakras, it also encourages the opening of other Chakras. It is royal blue in color with flecks of real gold.

Lepidolite

This stone possesses a high lithium content, which brings stability and balance to the owner's emotional and mental states. It also aids sleep, and self-expression. Associated with the Heart Chakra, it strengthens the heart, the muscles, and is beneficial to the bloodstream.

Loadstone

This stone is known for love potions, reconciliations, restful sleep, and getting a husband to forgive infidelity.

Malachite

Called a Majick Stone, it stimulates clear vision, abundance, and represents hope and inner peace. It is considered favorable for travelers and other adventurers, as it is believed to protect the owner from danger. An excellent balancer on all levels, it also breaks down barriers of the subconscious, and revitalizes the mind and body. When used as a child's talisman, it protects from bad dreams and helps the child sleep soundly. Associated with the Heart and Solar Plexus Chakras, it can be used for removing physical toxins, reducing stress and tension, strengthening the heart, pineal and pituitary glands, and the circulation. It aids tissue regeneration, and the functions of the pancreas and spleen. This stone varies in brilliant shades of green, with very apparent bands of shades.

Meteorite

This stone is similar to obsidian, but with a high density, and it's most prominent purpose is to expand awareness beyond the realms of our planet. It is said to help reveal past life experiences from other planets and galaxies, and enhance a connection with alien energies. It is associated with the Root Chakra.

Moonstone

Sometimes called the Queen of the Heavens stone, it gives clarity to spiritual understanding, promotes unselfishness, brings good fortune, and balances emotions. It helps reduce the tendency to over-react. Carried as a good luck piece, it reflects the wearer's feelings and opens the heart to humanitarian love and hope. Also provides good protection while traveling on water. Associated with the Heart Chakra, it is used to ease childbirth and menstrual pain, and alleviates many degenerative conditions of the skin, hair, eyes and body fluids, and brings balance to the reproductive system. It has healing properties for the stomach, spleen, pancreas and pituitary gland. It reduces blockages in the lymphatic system, and relieves stress. It is a translucent milky stone with color tints ranging from white-yellow to blue-gray.

Moss Agate

Helpful to farms and encourages green thumbs, it is considered to be very powerful as it is believed to bring the wearer happiness, wealth, health and long life. It increases the ability to ward off self-induced anger and inner bitterness, and it aids in the restoration of energy, healing and assists in making and keeping friends. The different color variations of this stone balance different energies. Green balances emotional energy, red balances physical energy, and blue laced moss agate gives tranquility. It is most commonly a translucent stone with flecks of green.

Nebula Stone

Widely regarded as a 'new age stone', it is black with green swirls, and is said to be very calming and soothing.

Obsidian

This black volcanic glass collects and destroys negativity, reduces stress, and overcomes subconscious obstacles. It stimulates a sense of detachment, but with love and wisdom, and brings spiritual awareness into the physical level. It is used to sharpen all the internal and external abilities, and provides a link between the mind and the soul. It is a powerful healer for those aligned with it. Associated with the Root Chakra, it has a positive impact on the stomach and intestines. It is also very fragile as it consists of layers.

Onyx

Wearing an onyx stone invites ugly visions and assaults by nightmares, as well lawsuits and quarrels during the day. This variety of chalcedony balances the emotions and aids in self-control and detachment. Said to incite depression, quarrels and contention, it actually relieves stress. It provides an inspiration that can be used in divination. This stone is normally deep black in color, but it will work with chakras according to the particular color of the stone. It creates a balance between the male and female aspects, and strengthens bone marrow.

Opal

An unlucky stone that can interfere with love and marriage unless the owner was born between September 23rd and November 21st. To these people, it will give the second sight of clairvoyance, and prevent contagion from the air. This balancing stone is generally white, but the color can range depending on the variety. Therefore, it can affect all chakras, but is predominantly associated with the Heart Chakra. It aids eyesight, and stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands. It is identified by its brilliant sparkling effect.

Pearl

A very lucky stone for those born in June, it helps pull together mental and spiritual forces, bring peace of mind, and focus attention. Although it stimulates feminine qualities, it makes the wearer chaste when worn as a necklace.

Peridot

Represents purification, balance, prosperity, protection, clarity of thought, intuition, and emotional calming, and dispels fear, guilt and depression. Reduces stress and brings balance to the mind and body. It's used to counteract negative emotions and heal the spirit. It was once worn as a means of gaining foresight and divine inspiration. Associated with the Solar Plexus and Heart Chakras, it brings balance to the glandular system, enhances the bloodstream, heart, pancreas, spleen, liver, adrenals and tissue regeneration. It is a light green clear stone.

Phantom

Another powerful tool for the new age. It is used to ground and center yourself while attuning with higher spiritual energies. It is also used in healing to disperse congested energies.

Pyrite

Also known as fool's gold, it shields the owner from negative energy, helps cooperative work, strengthens will and influences a positive, practical outlook in life. It is thought to enhance the mental capacity of the owner while attracting money. Associated with the Root, Solar Plexus and Heart Chakras, it strengthens the circulatory system, clears the oxygen in the blood, and aids digestion.

Quartz

As this stone is very potent and very useful to witches, it should be cleansed regularly with sunlight or rainwater. It is a good meditation stone that amplifies healing energy, helps draw out pain, and is able to tap into energies of the universe. It is often used for solar majick, and worn to protect from negative vibrations.

Quartz Crystal

This is an energy stone. It sends, receives, stores and amplifies energy. It dispels negative influences, balances the emotions, and stimulates mental powers and is an excellent meditation stone. Associated with all the Chakras, it has a positive influence on the blood, body, mind, pineal and pituitary glands.

Rainbow Pyrite

The same characteristics as pyrite, and will also strengthen the will of the owner.

Rock Crystal

Excellent for centering yourself, as it has direct contact with the spirit world.

Rhodochrosite

The color of this stone adds courage, will and passion to the loving heart vibration. It represents spirituality and the acceptance of self and life. It helps heal emotional scars and bring balance to your emotions. It enhances mental powers, and is a powerful healing stone. Associated with the Root and Heart Chakras, it aids the spleen, kidneys, heart, pituitary gland and blood circulation. It is milky red/pink in color with definition.

Rhodonite

Known to heal emotions, the red and black variety is used to bring love, and attract or keep a loving partner, as well as aligning the Root and Heart Chakras. It enhances self-confidence, reduces stress, and calms the mind to allow for improved mental powers. The pink variety (no black) increases the awareness of strength and vulnerability. Associated with the Root and Heart Chakras, it aids the central nervous system, thyroid and pituitary gland, pancreas, and strengthens the body's reflexes and immune system.

Rose Quartz

Called the Love Stone, it is worn or carried for love, fidelity, fertility, peace and a happy marriage. It comforts the heart from all wounds, and helps heal emotional pain, as it enhances self-confidence, creativity, and brings balance to sexual and emotional aspects. It also reduces stress and tension, eases pent up anger, fear, jealousy and other negative emotions, and soothes tempers. It also improves forgivingness and compassion. Associated with the Heart Chakra, it helps the kidneys and circulatory system. It is a light to medium milky pink color.

Ruby

The stone of courage and freedom also represents charity, dignity, power, leadership, prudence, compassion and selflessness. It banishes awareness of limitations, and increases vigor, renews vitality, and aids in healing your relationship with your father. It is known as an occult stone that has a psychic, magnetic influence on sensitive people who wear it. It also helps banish grief for those in mourning. Associated with the Root and Heart Chakras, it helps the circulatory system and immune systems. It is generally deep red with orange or pink undertones.

Rutilated Quartz

This variety of quartz focuses the intensity and transitions negativity into positive actions. It eases depression, and increases mental powers, self-expression and clairvoyant tendencies. Associated with all the chakras, it is a very powerful healer, known to strengthen the immune system, promote longevity, and regenerate body tissue.

Sapphire

It represents prosperity, loyalty, anti-depression, pacifying enemies, spiritual understanding, and procuring favor. It prevents wicked and impure thoughts, maintains power and manly vigor in the body, and confirms the soul in good works. It also makes the wearer peaceful, friendly, pious, and devout, and can make melancholy people cheerful. Known to stimulate psychic abilities, self-expression, mental powers and willpower, it also dispels confusion, and is excellent for meditation. Associated with the Throat and Brow Chakras, it strengthens the heart, kidneys and pituitary gland.

Selenite

Also known as gypsum, this stone is known to ease nerves and emotions, and increase mental powers and strength of will. It also aids in astral travel. Associated with the Crown Chakra, this stone lends strength to bones and teeth.

Smoky Quartz

This variety of quartz is good for calming the mind, as it eases depression, fear and panic. Good for meditation, it aids in grounding and centering, and dispels negative influences, and subconscious obstacles. It increases fertility, dream awareness, and psychic abilities. Associated with the Root and Solar Plexus Chakras, it strengthens the kidneys, adrenals and pancreas.

Snowflake Obsidian

This stone absorbs negativity, grounds spiritual energy to the physical plane, and depicts the contrasts of life such as day and night, darkness and light, truth and error. It teaches one the truth of oneself in relation to ones ego. It is a black stone with lacy highlights of white.

Sodalite

This stone alleviates fears and aids in clearing the mind. Its grounding and sedative qualities bring clarity, truth, communication and self-expression. It possesses similar qualities of lapis lazuli, and is also a flecked blue stone. It has the ability to balance male and female aspects, and aid the owner in seeing through illusion. Associated with the Throat and Brow Chakras, it strengthens the lymphatic system and endocrine system, and helps the metabolism and pancreas.

Sugilite

Also known as Royal Azel, this meditation stone is primarily a balancing stone. It brings balance to your emotions and the different aspects of your mentality: creativity and rationality. Though highly protective, it enhances sensitivity and psychic abilities, and reduces stress. Associated with the Brow and Crown Chakras, it strengthens the heart, and the pituitary, pineal and adrenal glands. It also helps physically heal and purify several body systems.

Tigers Eye

This variety of chalcedony is known to calm emotions. Its grounding and centering properties also increase flexibility, insight, clarity of thought, and willpower. It is for good luck, and distinguishing between need and desire. It is said to place it under the tongue to receive prophecy and wise judgment. It helps restore physical energy and quiet the emotional nature while it protects against external stresses. Associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra, it enhances the digestive organs and the spleen.

Topaz

This stone restores inspiration and creativity while providing soothing and calming emotional balance. Known to ease death, insomnia and depression, it will also banish melancholy when worn or carried by the left hand. Set in gold and worn as a necklace or as a bracelet on the left arm, it cures cowardice, dispels nightmares, calms anger and madness and brightens the wit. It promotes abundance, psychic abilities, peace and tranquility. The gold variety is associated with the Solar Plexus and Crown Chakras, and enhances the liver, gallbladder, digestive organs, spleen, and nervous system. The blue variety is associated with the Heart, Throat and Brow Chakras, and enhances the thyroid gland and metabolism. Both varieties encourage tissue regeneration throughout the body.

Tourmalinated Quartz

This stone is clear quartz with black tourmaline crystals inside. It is a very protective grounding crystal that dispels negative influences and creates balance between the sexes, and within the extremes. It is associated with the Root and Crown Chakras.

Tourmaline

This powerful healing stone causes the wearer to be more sensitive, flexible, understanding and more objective in purpose and reason. As a protective shield, it consumes negative energy without releasing into the atmosphere, and so it lifts fear and negative influences. It is associated with visions and seeing with compassion, and teaches the owner to expand limited concepts of thinking. This stone is found in many colors, black, blue, red or pink, green, or red and green. It will work with specific chakras according to the various colors of the stones, but generally dispels insomnia, and has a positive, revitalizing influence on the mind and body and endocrine system.

Turquoise

This stone of friendship and self-love is the primary holy stone for Native Americans. It is useful for balance, protection, healing, strength of mind and courage, self-expression, meditation, vitality, communication, loyalty, grounding, astral travel, vision quests, good fortune, and facing difficult situations. It helps ward off danger, clear one's path of pitfalls, vibrate calming radiations, and restore mental health attitudes. It is unwise to wear a turquoise formerly worn by one who has died as it takes on the characteristics of the wearer. It purifies all levels of being and is capable of handling strong negativity, and therefore is excellent for healing, both spiritual and physical. Associated with the Throat Chakra, it also lends strength to the entire body, mostly blood or respiratory systems. It is also used for wounds and bone damage. This stone is found in shades of blue, ranging from deep sky blue to greenish Chinese turquoise.

Variscite

This balancing stone is said to aid in past life memories. It also encourages abundance, emotional stability, self-esteem and confidence. Associated with the Heart and Solar Plexus Chakras, it is beneficial to the bloodstream and the heart.

Zircon

This stone has similar properties to diamonds and quartz crystals. It brings emotional balance, aids sleep, self-confidence, honor, wisdom, and driving away negative influences. It is a generic healer, associated with all the Chakras, but mainly it strengthens the mind, provides balance between the pituitary and pineal glands, and aids in bowel problems.