Aquamarine: according to ancient tradition, brings well-being, a good memory, clairvoyance, encourages spiritual growth and success
Aventurine: stimulates dreaming, enhances relaxation, patience, acceptance, and enthusiasm
Tree agate: encourages inner peace and certainty, gives security and stability, strengthens endurace and gives courage
Amber: amber was the first precious stone in human history, and has been used as a healing stone and amulet for at least 7000 years. it encourages spontaneity, bestows freedom, encourages creativity, promotes trust and strengthens self-belief
Carnelian: protective stone for the dead in ancient Egypt, imbues courage, endurance, and stimulates honesty
Citrine: encourages individuality, self-confidence, and the courage to face and enjoy life, aids in overcoming depression
Flourite: stimulates the free spirit, helps dissolve undesireable influences, promotes creativity, has an emotionally-stabilizing effect
Garnet: used in the Middle Ages as amulets to bring luck, wealth, and blessings. it is the classical stone of crises, bestows courage, hope and trust, promotes strength of character
Hematite: used in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as a healing stone. strengthens the will, bestows vitality, and dynamism in our lives, draws our attention to our basic needs and physical well-being
Jade: used as a good luck stone for thousands of years in the Far East, encourages realization, stimulates ideas
Jasper: used as an amulet in ancient Egypt, imbues courage, endurace, and stimulates honesty
Labradorite: first found in 1770 on the Labrador peninsula; cleary shows goals and intentions, fortifies intuition, stimulates the imagination, bestows lively and sometimes erratic creativity
Moonstone: traditionally considered to be a stone associated with intuition, feelings, the heart, and fertility. encourages lucid dreaming, especially during the time of the full moon
Peridot: used in ancient Egypt for jewelry and healing, dissolves oppressive feelings, bestows wisdom and friendship
Smoky Quartz: considered to be a protective stone against bad luck, increases tolerance of stress, has a relaxing effect, encourages realistic considerations
Rutilated Quartz: gives new hope, transmits independence and spiritual greatness, mood lifting and anti-depressive effects, dissolves fear, liberating
Sodalite: encourages idealism and the drive for truth and increased awareness
Tiger's Eye: helps through difficult phases in life, mitigates the influence of moods and stressful situations
Tourmaline: helps combine the spirit, soul, intellect, and body into one harmonious whole. encourages fidelity and ethics, stimulates dreams, imagination, and a heightened degree of perception
[Source: Michael Gienger, Crystal Power, Crystal Healing]
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