MALACHITE Receptive. Element: Earth. Steady pulsing electromagnetic energy. (High copper content) On brow: Stimulates physical and psychic vision, concentration. For heart and solar plexus centers: Stomach, liver, kidney stones, lungs, immune system, radiation, MS, circulation. Powerful with azurite or chrysocolla for healing. Releases and draws out pain, inflammation, depression, anger; heals blocks. Protects well by powerfully cleaning the auric field, rapidly absorbing undesirable energies, including: computer, TV, and other radiation, etc. Place in the 4 corners of a room to cleanse carpet toxins/gases. Clean very frequently - daily if possible! Increases power to send power toward your magickal goal. Used in protective magick. Traveler's guardian stone. Relaxes the nervous system and calms stormy emotions. Promotes tranquility and ensure sleep if worn to bed. Held, it dispels depression.

MANGANESE w/RHODONITE Spiritual powers: Facilitates resolve, determination. Promotes spontaneity. Connects to Angelic beings. Healing attributes: Works with kidney and bladder, relieves water retention. Diminishes free radicals.

METEORITE Usually solid, dull, mottled, brownish to black. Noniron varieties amplify thoughts/telepathic sending/receiving, greater awareness, some connection to extraterrestrial life. Odd/unusual energy, best used by those drawn to them.

MICROLINE See Amazonite.

MOLDAVITE Greenish to brown-green Tektite (fell to earth). Dull outside, deep clear green inside. Powerfully expands psychicness, channeling. On heart chakra, eases longing to leave earth. On pillow, brow, crown: Telepathic access to spiritual laws, info from higher regions/places to help us and Earth to be healthier and more spiritual. An intense meteorite helping people incarnating from elsewhere be more comfortable here on earth (reducing asthma, toxin sensitivity, emotional intensity, epilepsy). May make some too spacey; be sure to ground self after use and before driving. Fragile - Don't salt cleanse! More rare, expensive and powerful than a plain "tektite".

MOONSTONE Receptive. Element: Water. Feldspar (contains aluminum). Translucent with white, pink, yellow, soft sheen. Soothes stress, anxiety, women's hormones/menstrual imbalance, lymph. Enhances intuitive sensitivity via feelings and less overwhelmed by personal feelings. Greater flexibility and flow with life. Connects 2nd and 6th chakras and pineal for emotional balance, gracefulness. Helps all be more comfortable with our gentler feminine/yin receiving side. Especially for water signs.

MORGANITE (Pink Beryl) Related to Emerald and Aquamarine. Clear/soft pink to violet, translucent to clear. Inspires spiritual lovingness, compassion, equality, upliftment, empathy, patience. Spiritual heart chakra. Also heart, lungs, breathing, throat, oxygenation. One of the highest frequency stones available.

MOTHER OF PEARL Receptive. Element: Water & Akasha. Beads/decor made of glossy pearly inside of pearl oyster shell. (Isn't a stone.) Carries the gentle, peaceful healing energy of the sea. Relaxes, soothes emotions, sensitivity, stress.

OBSIDIAN Projective. Element: Fire. Solid/translucent black to smoky. (Incl. "Navaho/Apache Tears") Objectivity, dis-attachment, grounding. Protection, grounding, divination, peace. Reduces fantasy/escapism. Absorbs and dissolves anger, criticism, fear, etc. thus protective. Black: Absorbs dark and converts to white light. Friendly. Can't be misused. Root chakra. Brings higher chakra light into lower ones; cleanses, uplifts. Changes fear into flexibility with change. Snowflake: Clairaudience and owning our lower aspects for growth; healthy balance. (Be aware - obsidian balls help to see truths by initially amplifying beliefs, patterns, fears, blocking our growth.) Spiritual powers: Brings purity and balance. Opens clarity for unwanted circumstances. Healing attributes: Used for creating smooth skin. Works with clearing veins and clearing eyes. Used to sharpen both the internal and external vision, one of the most important "teachers" of the New Age stones, teaches one the truth of oneself in relation to ones ego, depicts the contrasts of life-day and night, darkness and light, truth and error. Serenity & relief. Green: Heals broken crystals and charges them.

ONYX Projective. Element: Fire. Protective. Balances and grounds. Absorbs and flattens emotional intensity. Androgynous. Can't conduct or retain healing energy/programming very well. Black: Root chakra. Grounding. Protection, defensive magick. Great for defense against negativity. Can be used to reduce sexual desires. Onyx is an extremely potent protective stone and is widely known for its ability to protect against psychic attacks and hexes. Green: Heart/4th chakra. Yellow: 3rd, seriousness, logic. Blue: 5th chakra. The more translucent/clearer ones are more effective.

OPAL Receptive/Projective. All elements. A silicate. Contains water, correlating with our emotions. Clarifies by amplifying and mirroring feelings, buried emotions, desires (including love and passion). Less inhibition, more spontaneity. Crown and Brow chakras. Visualization, imagination, dreams, healing. Easily absorbs, stores emotions and thoughts. Fragile. Fades/cracks in sun, heat, salt, acidic foods. Moisten frequently with water or oil. Some cancel/negate other gems (backfires if not used for good of all). May change color with high energy/intensity people. White: Balances L/Rt. brain. "Black"/Dk blue: One of the most potent. Fire Opals: May stimulate passion, temper, energy.

PEARL Receptive. Elements: Water & Akasha. White: Symbol of pure heart and mind; innocence, faith. Of the sea, it has watery and lunar elements, thus balancing emotions, especially for water signs. Absorbs thoughts, emotions. For solar plexus chakra (digestion, stomach, immunity) and emotional stress. Low integrity or anger rebounds to user (like Opal). Cleanse frequently. Fire signs less compatible unless drawn to Pearl. May cool and soothe. Gold and Black: Also for prosperity. Pink: Works especially with the heart chakra. Pearls work best without other gems. Divers wear for shark protection.

PERIDOT Receptive. Element - Earth. Clear bright green/green-yellow. Clears heart chakra, pathway, strengthening breath of life, prosperity, growth, openness. Used by Egyptians, Aztecs, Incas to gently cleanse and heal the physical heart chakra (lungs, lymph, breast). Yellower gems also for solar plexus chakra (stomach, liver, adrenal). Helps understand relationships, other realities. Alleviates depression, anger, fear, jealousy, anxiety.

PETRIFIED WOOD Receptive. Element: Akasha. Spiritual: For grounding, seeing into past lives, getting rid of worries, and stabilizing. Healing: Strengthening bones and skeletal system, backache, and to stimulate thickness and luster in hair.

PHENACITE (Phenakite) Milky white to clear crystal. A powerfully loving, healing, spiritual stone. Clearer stones intensely opens 3rd eye, crown and transpersonal chakras as a white light channel. Clairvoyance/spiritual communication, meditation, astral travel. Energizes meridians and healing of other stones.

PREHNITE Spiritual powers: Dreaming and remembrance. Enhances one's protective field. Brings peace and calm. Healing attributes: Builds the immune system. Useful for anemia for blood disorders. Clearly the color and unusual touch generate a serenity and tranquillity uncommon even in the typical stress release stones. This is a most powerful stone. Has been used to aid in remembering dreams. Rub Prehnite just before going to sleep and ask for assistance in lucid dreaming. Due to its ability to rapidly move one into the other world, Prehnite has long been used as a secret stone of Shaman's. Because it can carry one into both the sub-conscious and the earth's astral it has become known as the "Prediction Stone", and as such is much in demand by channelers. Do not take Prehnite lightly. Before you go contacting entities make sure you have some understanding how to let them go, how to ascertain that you are truly in touch with the same energy (entity), and that you have some knowledge in limiting the vital life force any discarnate entity can absorb from you. Prehnite is par excellence for visualizations of any kind. It provides a smooth transition into meditation. One of the top stones available for self-hypnosis and auto-suggestion. In healing, Prehnite has been used to reduce high blood pressure and control hypertension. We have recently found that this remarkable stone can be used to balance meridians and also to activate (balance) acupuncture