~ Amethyst ~
Amethyst is an excellent stone for the senses, it helps fight addiction, soothes stress, calming and is a night stone so therefore excellent for protection during sleep. Amethyst can help strengthen commitment is an aid to chastity, soothes headaches and is for the third eye chakra. Amethyst is especially good for Sagittarians.

~ Amber ~
Amber has protective and healing energies. In Germany it was called a burning stone because it will burn giving off a sweet pine scent. It associated with immortality and believed to cure fevers, stomach aches, throat diseases and it is and organic stone a basic all round healer.

~ Aquamarine ~
Aquamarine is a water stone and a very peaceful one. It is calming and aids communication and can help relax the overactive mind. It helps the nervous systems and is for the throat chakra.

~ Bloodstone ~
Bloodstone is a healing stone and is rather good for clearing energy, it strengthens circulation and helps with blood related disorders. Bloodstone stimulates physical strength and is revitalising and balancing. Women will find bloodstone very useful for regulation of the menstrual cycle and for painful periods.

~ Citrine ~
Citrine enhances friendships and relationships in general, it is protecting, broadens reality and is quite good with depression. Citrine is a yellow quartz and is quite rare in its natural form and is connected with the sun. Citrine is good to keep under your pillow to halt nightmares. Citrine is a good stone for Librans.

~ Clear Quartz ~
Clear quartz is a very protective stone. It helps with self-confidence, courage, healing and health. Clear quartz repels negativity, aids peaceful sleep an is a stimulating male force.

~ Fire Agate ~
Fire agate is a heating stone that helps with chills, colds and can cool fevered skin. It also assists with physical emotional security, promotes happiness and worldly success. Fire agate also aids sexual tension, stress and anxiety.

~ Fluorite ~
Fluorite is usually a tricolor stone with the colors purple, white and green. It aids spiritual growth, unconditional love and dreams. Fluorite aids knowledge and is good for the teeth, gums and bones

~ Garnet ~
Garnet is peaceful healing stone, it stimulates sexuality, creative energy and aids mental fatigue. It is a positive stone for the base or root chakra.

~ Goldstone ~
Goldstone is a man-made glass containing tiny particles of copper or other bright material. It is sometimes called aventurine glass.

~ Hanksite ~
Hanksite is a waxy looking, dull, yellowish-grey in the form of tabular and prismatic crystals. It is associated with all the chakras from the heart down. Hanksite has a strong and powerful energy for use in meditation. Hanksite will assist in bringing astral travellers back into their bodies. Use it under pillows to assist in remembering dreams and journeys. Hanksite's powerful energies also work on the physical body, and it resonates closest with the heart and lungs. It is generally used as a grounding stone and works well with hematite.

~ Hematite ~
Hematite is a healing stone and can enhance personal magnetism. When cut as a gem hematite is called a black diamond and the literal translation of hematite is bloodstone. It is another good stone for women with their menstrual difficulties. Hematite is good for Capricorns.

~ Iolite ~
Iolite is the gem trade name for translucent blue and violet cordierite. It is a magnesium aluminium silicate that corresponds to the the third-eye and crown chakras. Iolite is a direct link to your soul and assists in understanding why you are here and helps you channel your healing energy. Connecting with your soul, Iolite bring a total state of unconditional love. It imparts a feeling of protection as you receive the energy you need. It strengthens and aligns the aura with subtle bodies and balances male and female energies and strengthens all aspects of the physical body.

~ Jade ~
Jade is a healing and protecting stone. It comes in many shades of green, it soothes, aids friendships and promotes prosperity and long prosperous lives.

~ Kyanite ~
Kyanite is a translucent blue or blue-green aluminium silicate. Its colour is often irregular streaks. Kyanite corresponds to the third-eye, throat and crown chakras. It strengthens the throat chakra and the life-force energy of kyanite can open the way for spiritual healing. It facilitates astral/interdimensional travel and enhances creative expression. Kyanite opens the third-eye and is particularly useful on this chakra during meditation, especially if you are having difficulty in relaxing and cleansing the mind. It opens up the crown chakra to assist in contacting your higher self. It is also good for dream recall and enhancing sleep.

~ Labradorite ~
Labradorite is an opaque, grey stone that shimmers with blue and green iridescence. It is associated with the third-eye and crown chakras in particular, but can be worn anywhere on the body with equally good effect. Labradorite will answer your questions about your spiritual purpose. It accelerates telepathic abilities and assists communication with your higher self. In ancient Scandinavia, Labradorite was used as an oracle by the indigenous peoples and it can be beneficially utilised in a similar fashion in this age. This stone will connect you to the elements - wearing at sea, for example, will enhance your connection to water energies.

~ Lapis Lazuli ~
Lapis lazuli is an integrity stone of the gods, it promotes good health, unselfish love and compassion, protection and talent. It aids depression and helps with mental clarity.

~ Larimar ~
Larimar is a blue stone, its beautiful blue colour comes from traces of copper. Larimar corresponds to the throat chakra. It is useful as a confidence builder, especially when spiritual changes are taking place. Larimar helps you move out of conventional way of thinking, it is excellent for brainstorming. Assists in using power and knowledge wisely, particularly in spiritual matters. Larimar helps lighten depression, imparts calmness, serenity and purity. Larimar brings in the feminine energies of the blue ray and imparts the goddess energy.

~ Lodestone ~
Lodestone is a metallic, black iron oxide, its distinguishing feature is it magnetic properties. Lodestone corresponds to all the chakras, but especially the root chakra. Lodestone helps draw out and alleviate illness and pain from the physical body. It assists in the release of emotional trauma and increases resistance to stress and disease. If you are reluctant and fearful of leaving old way, Lodestone eases these fears and helps you grow. It gives you protection when you are around people, or in a place which imparts feelings of depression or agitation. Its energy is clearing and building.

~ Malachite ~
Malachite is a layered, green, opaque stone. It is a copper carbonate, hence its intense green colour. Malachite corresponds to the solar plexus and heart chakras. This stone helps you take the initial step in uprooting fear by assisting in understanding its source. It helps you break free from limitations, increases courage and determination as it dissolves fear and anxiety.

~ Moonstone ~
Moonstone is a protecting, nurturing stone that inspires tender love. It is good for the piturity gland and is good for getting in touch with your feminine side.

~ Moldavite ~
Moldavite is a green glassy tektite material found only in Czechoslovakia. It is associated with the third-eye and heart chakras. Moldavite is a mysterious stone, about which debates have been raging for years. People debate whether it is stone which fell to the earth or is it a result of a meteorite hitting the earth. In any event, it is clear that moldavites energies have much to do with space and extraterrestrial. Moldavite opens the heart chakra and will often be a catalyst for sudden and important changes in your life, particularly on an emotional level. Moldavite also opens the third-eye and helps deepen insight during meditation. An excellent stone to use for facilitating astral travels and communicating with spirit guides.

~ Morganite ~
Morganite is a pink member of the beryl family that corresponds to the heart chakra. Morganite has a soft, soothing energy to ease emotional pain, trauma and depression. It is an excellent stone to heal the pain of separation in relationships. Morganite soften angers and calm an over-emotional state such as hysteria. It transmutes fear and anger into positive, healing energy. It helps remember past trauma and assists in releasing buried memories and pain. Morganite had a feminine energy which nurturing, stabilising and caring.

~ Obsidian ~
Obsidian is a natural glass, a volcanic melt suddenly exposed to air and cooled to rapidly form crystals. It is a powerful stone, not one to be toyed with but it good for protection, promoting awareness and breaking unwanted habits.

~ Opal ~
Opals are water stones that like to be kept separated from the rest of your crystals and jewellery. They aid psychic awareness, prophecy and divination. They make lovely rings and are also very relaxing.

~ Peridot ~
Also known as Olivine, Peridot's colours range from yellow-green to olive-green. Peridot corresponds to the solar plexus and the heart chakras. It enhances a feeling of inner joy and lightness, and opens you to giving and receiving and expressing this joy. Peridot builds confidence and a feeling of oneness with the world. It accelerates personal growth and resonates well with the heart and also aids in reducing stress.

~ Prase ~
Prase is a green member of the quartz family, found often with brown markings from its matrix rock. Prase corresponds with the heart chakra and links the root and navel chakras to the heart. It is especially useful for resolving issues of sexuality and easing sexual guilt, it is also beneficial to the reproductive and sexual organs. Australian prase enhances the dream state and provides a sense of oneness with the universe. Prase is a very loving and caring stone.

~ Pyrite ~
Pyrite is a brassy, silver to gold coloured iron mineral which occurs in clusters, chunks, cubes and more rare as flat, circular plates, often called "suns" or "sand dollars". Pyrite corresponds with all the chakras and assists with concentration and memory. It is an excellent stone for students and others who need to remember new information. It is also excellent for developing spiritual vision and psychic ability, and is a good companion for amethyst in this regard as it will help ground spiritual/psychic understanding and imprint it on your cellular memory. Pyrite resonates with the energies of the sun and is joyous and uplifting. Use at the solar plexus for the development of enhancing personal and psychic power and to transmit thought-form to another or to the universe. Pyrite can be used at the base and crown chakras, simultaneously to open the chakras to channel and to ground the information received.

~ Rhodochrosite ~
Rhodochrosite is a red/pink with white striped stone that corresponds with the heart chakra. Use rhodochrosite when healing emotional wounds and soothing trauma. It is an excellent companion to Rose quartz and pink kunzite at the heart chakra. Rhodochrosite resonates with subtle bodies and is a very powerful healing stone.

~ Rhodonite ~
Rhodonite is a red or pink stone, with black inclusions of manganese oxides that corresponds to the heart chakra. Rhodonite is a very calming and soothing stone. It is beneficial to the nervous system, thyroid, pituitary gland and pancreas. Rhodonite can be used for improving your reflexes, and strengthening immunity and memory. Good to use for both physical and emotional trauma, it builds confidence and self-esteem, it also increases energy levels. Meditate with rhodonite when you feel you need time out from a hectic and stressful life.

~ Rose Quartz ~
Rose quartz is a feminine love stone. It increases fertility, friendships and brings contentment to the aged. It is a very comforting stone that promotes tenderness and sweet things, it is very joyful and promotes peace. It also soothes heart pain.

~ Ruby ~
The ruby is a powerful king of the pressure stone. It is very protecting and can help stop nightmares. The ruby can stimulate the intuition of ideas and can balance mind, body, spirit and feelings. It is a very spiritual stone that can energise any part of the body. It promotes lasting love and a good memory.

~ Sapphire ~
Sapphire is a gemstone that comes in various shades of blue, but can also come colourless, pink, yellow, green, purple and black. There is also a sapphire called Blackjack which are sapphires that have become to dark to use as gemstones in jewellery. The blue sapphire corresponds with the throat or third-eye chakra (use darker lighter sapphires for the throat and darker ones for the third-eye). Blue sapphires enhance psychic abilities and assist in bring clarity to scattered thoughts. Use sapphires to connect to your spirit guides and teacher, and for interdimensional communication. Sapphires connect body, mind and spirit, and assist in connecting to your higher self. Sapphires are an intensive spiritual stone that enhances creativity. Sapphires are the birthstone for September.

~ Selenite ~
Selenite is a variety of gypsum that corresponds with all the chakras, but particularly the crown. Selenite assist in grounding white light into the physical body. It can be used for cleansing and clearing auras, clearing negative energies from objects, people and rooms, and for cleansing other crystals. It has strong protective qualities and is an excellent stone for meditation and aids concentration and clarity.

~ Smithsonite ~
Smithsonite comes in light blue, light green, yellowish, pink and lavender. It often looks like bubbles on a matrix rock, its corresponding chakra depends on the stone colour. It is a stone to assist in remembering and understanding dreams. Smithsonite softens the emotion, promotes spiritual growth and understanding. It brings tranquillity to stressful situations and is soothing and calming. Smithsonite assists in physical healing, particular of flesh wounds. It is also beneficial to the sexual organs, reproductive system, metabolism and bloodstream.

~ Smoky quartz ~
Smoky quartz is a variety of quartz crystal. Its colours range from a deep black through to browns and yellowy browns, that correspond with root/base chakra. Smoky quartz increases fertility and balances sexual energy. It aids depression and is mildly sedative and relaxing. Smoky quartz is a grounding and centering stone that is excellent for meditation. Smoky quartz also enhances dream awareness.

~ Sodalite ~
Sodalite is a bright blue stone, often crisscrossed with white and grey lines, that corresponds to the third-eye and throat chakras. Sodalite aids the pancreas and strengthens metabolism. It alleviates fear, calms and clears the mind. Sodalite is slightly sedative and grounding. It brings clarity, enhances communication and creative self expression. The white lines and flecks symbolise the spiritual light that comes with a balanced mind.

~ Sugilite ~
Sugilite is a purple stone, also known as Luvulite or royal azel. It is associated with the third-eye or crown chakras. This stone has only surfaced in the last decade or so, and its purple colour represents the link between the mind and the physical body. Sugilite strengthens the heart and aids physical healing and purification. It is an emotional balancer and reduces stress. Sugilite is excellent for meditation and is one of the best stones to be used by sensitive and open people.

~ Tiger's Eye ~
Tiger's eye is a very rich earthly stone which aids imagination and concentration, it can help to develop insight and brings good luck.

~ Topaz ~
Topaz is found in blue, clear and golden crystals. Gold topaz is also called imperial topaz. Association with the chakras depends on the colour of the stone. Topaz is excellent for tissue regeneration. It is an emotional balancer, cooling, soothing, peaceful and tranquil stone. Topaz enhances understanding, creativity and self-expression. Use gold topaz at the solar plexus or crown; blue at the throat and clear on any other chakra.

~ Tourmaline ~
Tourmaline comes in many colours. Blue and blue-green tourmalines are known as indicolite; pink and red as rubellite; green and red is called watermelon tourmalines; black is called schorl and brown-black is known as dravite. There is also green, lavender, clear and yellow varieties. Tourmaline is a powerful healing stone, it dispels fear and negative influences and has strong protective qualities. Use green tourmaline at the heart chakra; pink/red at the heart; Watermelon (green/pink) at the heart; blue tourmaline at the third-eye and throat chakras and black tourmaline at the base chakra.

~ Turquoise ~
Turquoise is a very powerful night stone. Is promotes success, good health and strengthens courage and mental communication. Because of its high copper content turquoise helps with rheumatism and arthritis. Turquoise is for the throat chakra and is good for Sagittarians.

~ Unakite ~
Unakite is a composite of orange/pink feldspar, epidote and quartz which occurs in massive form. Unakite corresponds with the solar plexus and heart chakras. Unakite balances the heart and is a good stone for people who are givers but not takers. It enhances self-esteem and feelings of self-worth, and enables you to accept love and caring from others. Unakite also enhances your sense of personal power, and strengthens the solar plexus. It encourages you to be more confident and get what you want in life. Unakite is a stone of transformation from negativity to positivity. It promotes a feeling of oneness with the natural environment.