HOWLITE White. Gently absorbs and uplifts stress, tension, anxiety, emotional intensity, etc. Quietly loving, calming. Works with the heart center, bringing greater gentleness, patience, tact. Helps bones, teeth, and other calcium aspects of body.

IOLITE (Cordierite) Clear bluish-lavendar. Opens a light pathway from throat chakra up through crown. Truth, simplicity, imagery, peace. Living at higher awareness level. Alcohol/addiction detoxificator, sobriety. A newer stone recently more available.

JADE Receptive. Element: Water. Solid to translucent green. Health, wealth, longevity stone. Ancient Chinese used also for courage, wisdom, justice, mercy, emotional balance, stamina, love, fidelity, humility, generosity, peace, harmony. Lungs, heart, thymus, immune, kidney and blood detoxification, nervous system. Androgynous. A gentle, steady energy. Nephrite: Sacred stone of protection. Integrates the subtle bodies of man into the subtle bodies of the Universe. Assists in balancing energies between partners. Can also balance the male - female energies within each person. Used to stimulate white blood cells. Recuperation for excess stress as it aids the adrenal glands. A recovery stone. Can regulate metabolism and often used for colic in children. In both Greece and Spain the name for the stone translates as "kidney stone" for its aid to any complaints of the kidneys. Put some nephrite jade elixir in your bath water to help in releasing toxins. Especially helpful in cases of radiation. A calming and detachment stone from the emotional ups and downs of living. Great in dream work, both for analyzing and for working into lucid dreaming. Helps mental activity with clear judgment and an increased ability for focus and concentration. Aids in promoting effortless self-discipline in any skill or endeavor. Builds self esteem and confidence. Stimulates the adrenal glands, regulates metabolism and promotes white blood cells. Protection, wisdom & courage, forms a shield, good luck and prosperity.

JASPER Chalcedony qtz., multi-colored, solid. Yellow, orange, brown, green. Yellow for stomach, intestines, liver, spleen areas, earthy grounding. Green: Receptive. Element: Earth. Respiratory/heart chakra. General tissue regeneration; mineral assimilation; general healing. Darker colors: more grounding. (Also less conductive for healing.) Red: Projective. Element: Fire. Spiritual: Most powerful energy stone, stimulates sexual energy, protection, pacing and Shamanic journeying. Healing: For liver, kidneys, bladder, aura cleansing and for extended hospitalization when energy is low. Yellow: Spiritual powers: Aids memory retention. Activates will. Heightens awareness. Brings clarity. Healing attributes: Regulates the nervous system. Soothes the digestive and urinary tracts.

JET Receptive. Elements: Earth & Akasha. Protection, anti-nightmare, luck, divination, health. Black amber. Absorbs negativity. Strengthens psychic awareness. Utilized in health and healing spells. Worn to maintain proper engery flow within the body and avoid ill-health.

KUNZITE Receptive. Element: Earth. Spodumene with lithium. Pink, clear. Powerful, high level stone. Strengthens healers, teachers. Opens the emotional heart and spiritual heart. Unconditional lovingness, compassion. Healing abuse/loss/addictions. Helps emotional balance, confidence, connection to higher self, oneness. Reduces depression, mood swings, stress, radiation. Brow and crown chakras. Deepens altered state, psychic readings, healing, being centered emotionally and spiritually. Distinctive flattened crystals with deep striations. Encourages self-esteem and helps to remove insecurities. Relaxes your heart space. Enables pent up communication to come out in a thoughtful caring manner. Simply dissolves negativity and fear. Works to contact spirit guides, angels, nature spirits and totem animals. Further enhances communication with these entities. Sets up a pathway for continuance of contact. Stimulates intuition while in meditation. Opens the door way to the subconscious and provides a shield for unwanted energies. Used to eliminate energy blockages. Clears meridians and helps to reduce cholesterol. Works to strengthen the physical heart. Widely used for addictive disorders and calming nervous disorders. It is extensively mined for its Lithium content.

KYANITE Light blue, splintery. Placed on brow, this opens 3rd eye and throat chakras. Enhances psychic images, foresight, consciousness, meditation, communication. On 3rd eye; answers questions, especially in imagery. Brings out our natural ability to manifest things into reality via thoughts, visualization. Tranquility.

LABRADORITE/SPECTROLITE (Clearer/lighter)/(Darker) Subtle green/blue/yellow/etc. metallic irridescent. Brings forth each person's strengths to share with the world. Originality. Easier, more restful sleep. Helps us relate to others. Opens energy flow to solar plexus and brow chakras and whatever other centers are most in need. Still evolving along with us. Fragile, avoid salt cleansing. Assists in contact with other vibratory planes. Facilitates bringing intuition into earth plan thoughts. Harmonizes the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Provides clarity to insights. Fosters faith, clarity of thought and patience. Increases focus and concentration. Eliminates interference from a pendulum users own thoughts.

LAPIS LAZULI Receptive. Element: Water. Solid, med. to dk. blue. In meditation, opens brow chakra; higher guidance, intuition, connection to higher self, overview, decisions for good of all. Organizes, quiets mind. Opens throat/thyroid chakra; self-expression, writing, creativity, dream insight. Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, autism, shyness, nervous system; MS, speech, hearing, pituitary, DNA, lymph, inflamation, pain (especially head), protection.

LARIMAR A gentle, soft, sky-blue Caribbean healer. Brings tranquility of water/sea and air to heart and mind. Soothes and uplifts hurt, fear, depression, pain of life, changes with love. Self-expression, patience, acceptingness, simplicity, creativity, artwork. With red spots: helps gentle people be assertive. Cools, draws out inflamation, fevers, sunburn heat. Especially helps the creativity and throat chakra (shoulder, thyroid, nose). Pleasantly uplifts the heart and eases stress.

LEPIDOLITE Receptive. Element: Water. (Contains Lithium and mica.) Solid lavendar to soft pink, dull, sparkly. Calms and relaxes. Gently eases intensity of feelings, stress, mood swings, depression, manic-depression, self-criticism, anxiety, addictions, worrying. Brings hope, relief, gentleness, self-love, patience, self-forgiveness, unworried sleep, mental/emotional balance, well-being. For master gland and immune system, skin, DNA. Balances 2nd and 3rd and brow chakras with new spiritual love. Fragile; salt water cleansing may cause it to break apart.

LODESTONE (Magnetite, Iron) Metallic black, natural magnet. Related to (and works like) hematite for grounding, clear thinking, focus (detail work, decisions, etc.). Electromagnetically pulls toxic blocks and pain from energy meridians, pancreas, and lower glands. Old story of its use for faithfulness test: Unfaithful one is said to fall out of bed if touched by this stone.