Crystal Properties

 

Agate	Balances ying-yang energy, stabilizes the aura.  Facilitates discernment. Imparts strength and courage.  Opens one to innate creative talents.  (There are many forms of agate, each with specific properties.)
Amber	Purifies body, mind, and spirit.  Balances electromagnetics of the body and allows even flow of energies.  Provides a positive, soothing energy.  Spiritualizes the intellect.
Amethyst	Sedative energy.  Facilitates spirituality and contentment.  Stone of stability, strength, and peace.  Excellent for meditation. Enhances psychic ability.
Aventurine	Independence, leadership, creativity.  Balances male/female energies.  Aligns mental, physical, emotional, and auric bodies.
Aquamarine	Courage, intellect, protection.  Assists spiritual awareness, actualization.
Azurite	Awakens psychic ability, insight, intuition.  Third eye.  Excellent for clearing the mind in meditation.
Apache Tears	Assists in the grieving process, and allows forgiveness.  Breaks down the barriers that hold one back.  Also good for the analytical mind.
Amazonite	Balancing energy, harmony, universal love.
Calcite	Energy amplifier, teacher. Optical Calcite is excellent for clearing and cleansing.
Celestite	Excellent stone for dream recall and astral travel.  Hope and harmony.  Communication.
Chrysocolla	Strength, balance.  Promotes harmony and attunement to the earth.  Purifies one's environment.
Chrysoprase	Balances yin-yang energy.  Acceptance of self and others.
Citrine	Positive energy - stone needs no cleansing .  Dissipates negative energy.  Warmth, joy, optimism.
Copal	Excellent for strengthening the abilities of the mind, and altered states of consciousness.  Amplifies one's energy field.
Diamond	Purity, perfection, abundance, inspiration.
Emerald	Loyalty, sensitivity, harmony, tranquility.  Assists in memory retention and mental clarity.
Fluorite	Stability, order, discernment, concentration. Helps one to understand and maintain ideals and the perfection of the universe.
Garnet	Commitment, devotion, love, stability and order.  Even flow of energy.
Gold	Spirituality, understanding, attunement to nature.  Attracts positive energy.  Excellent healer.
Hematite	Excellent for the mind.  Grounding.
Herkimer Diamond	Awareness, attunement, clairvoyance, telepathy. Good for information retention.
Jade	Harmony, peace, fidelity, confidence. A wonderful dream stone.
Jasper	Protection, awareness, insight.  Grounding.
Kunzite	Communication, love, peace.  Protects and dissolves negativity.  Excellent for meditation.
Kyanite	Never needs cleaning or clearing, aligns all chakras.  Tranquility, communication, psychic awareness. Excellent for meditation and dream recall.
Labradorite	Represents the light of the universe, extra-terrestrial energy.  Intuition, subconscious.  Illumination.
Lapis Lazuli	Knowledge, wisdom, perfection, protection, creative expression.
Lepidolite	Honesty, stability, hope, acceptance. Assists in change and transition. Facilitates astral travel.
Malachite	Transformation, spiritual development. Clears the way to attain goals. Fidelity, loyalty, reasoning ability.
Moldavite	Clarity, eternity. Extra-terrestrial, interdimensional access.
Moonstone	Lunar, female energy.  Emotional, intuitive. Rhythms, cycles, destiny.
Obsidian	Dispels negativity. Grounding, healing, protective.  Helps one to clearly see one's flaws and the changes that are necessary.
Onyx	Centering, self-control, intuitive guidance.  Assists in the grieving process.
Opal	Creativity, inspiration, imagination.
Peridot	Healing, protective. Allows one to understand changes in one's life, regulates life cycles.
Petrified Wood	Grounding, provides strength. Stone of transformation.
Pyrite	Shields from negative energy, good stone of protection. Enhances intellect and memory. Symbol of the sun.
Quartz Crystal (clear)	Universal crystal, clarity of consciousness....see the quartz crystal page for complete info.
Rhodochrosite	Love energy. Excellent stone for balance in all areas.
Ruby	Loving, nurturing, spirituality ,wealth, protection.
Rutilated Quartz	Intensifies energy of the crystal. Stimulates brain. Inspiration, clairvoyance.
Sapphire	Joy, peace, beauty, prosperity.
Selenite (Gypsum)	Clarity of consciousness, awareness, insight, good judgement. Aids in accessing past/future lives.
Silver	Mirror to the soul. Eloquence. Connects physical and astral bodies. In jewelry, it provides a balanced setting that retains the qualities of the stone it holds. Lunar energy. Cleansing, balancing.
Smoky Quartz	Dissolves negativity, grounding, balancing. Excellent for meditation.
Sodalite	Logic, efficiency, truthfulness. Enhances group communication.
Sugilite	Spiritual love, perfection, inspiration, confidence. Alleviates negative/destructive emotions.
Tigereye	Earthy, grounding. Represents sun and earth. Optimism, insight, personal power.
Topaz	Success, true love, individuality, creativity, joy.
Tourmaline	Inspiration, understanding, self-confidence, balancing. Electrical.
Tourmalinated Quartz	Strength, balancing. Combines attributes of tourmaline and quartz.
Turquoise	Spiritual attunement, strength, grounding. Protective - excellent for astral travel.
Zircon	Virtue, unification, continuity, purity.