Use and Care

Gemstone Meanings

Amethyst- "Stone of spirituality and contentment" Promotes restful and productive sleep,  tranquility. Can help improve mental health and provokes honesty.

Apatite- inspirational stone. Develops psychic abilities and spiritual attunement, aids communication and self-expression, draws negativity from oneself, stimulates creativity and intellect. Heals bones, aids absorption of calcium, helps cartilage, bones, teeth and motor skills. Relieves arthritis, joint problems. Overcomes hypertension

Aventurine- Benefits the thymus gland and nervous system, and improves one's overall state of mind and health. Helps restore balance and aid one in becoming more centered.

Bloodstone – intense healing stone, “stone of courage”. Used to remove energy blocks, align all the centers of the body, and help accept change in energy fields. Aids in the circulation of blood. Increases the flow of life energy in the home.

Calcite (green)- draws money and prosperity to your doorstep. Assists in dissolving old rigid belief systems, restoring balance to your mind, aids any transition from a stagnant to a positive environment. Stimulates the immune system and absorb negative energy (such as arthritis and bacterial infections).

Carnelian-gives energy, protects from bad vibrations, guards against poverty, helps give a sense of humor, calms the temper. Energy booster, helps find strength within, increases appetite.

Clear Quartz- Useful for meditation, memory, cleansing and purification. Many have rainbows which help promote optimism and awaken us to the beauty of nature.

Fluorite- a balancer of the brow and crown chakras. Helps integrate spiritual energy and encourages orderliness and structure. Improves physical coordination and mental agility. Relieves depression, promotes relaxation, awakens trust. The "Genius Stone", it increases concentration and helps in decisionmaking.

Hematite- Energies are calming and grounding. Increases mental function and can improve memory, mathematical processes, logic, creativity and mental dexterity.

Lapis- Helps stimulate emotional, mental and physical purity and clarity. Assists in organizing your life, overcoming depression by enhancing serenity and self-acceptance. Protects from danger.

Malachite- encourages plant growth, exerts a calming and stabilizing influence. It balances between self/inner space and the external/"world." Soothes and relaxes the nervous system, calms emotions and is useful in treating stress and depression.

Moonstone- good fortune, enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, brings success in love as well as business matters, offers protection on land and at sea. Stimulates the functioning of the pineal gland and balances internal hormone cycles. Often considered to be a woman's stone, it can be beneficial to men in opening the emotional self.

Red Jasper- strong protection gemstone, especially against hazards and fears of the night. Securing and stabilizing. Eases emotional stresses, gives courage to speak out and have personal independence. Balances the energy in the body, helps with the sense of smell, promotes physical energy.

Rhodonite- soothes the nervous system, vibrates with love. Promotes relaxation and brings a sense of wellbeing, used to clear the psychic centers. Raises self worth and helps ward off negativity. Known as a "rescue stone".

Rose Quartz- "The stone of gentle love" Helps heal disorders occurring in the throat, ears, nose and sinuses. Stone for increasing love, and for times of extreme emotional turmoil. Helps us learn to love ourselves and bolster low self-esteem.

Sodalite- brings inner peace. Stimulates endurance, harmonizes the inner being or the conscious and subconscious mind. Associated with the thyroid. Wear it when you want to loose a few pounds. Helps in communicating and gives confidence to speak more.

Smokey quartz- stone of endurance. Promotes pride and joy in living, creativity in business, opens path for perception and learning. Makes you more aware of sounds including telepathic sounds. Helps relieve depression.

Tiger's Eye- clear thinking. Helps in manifesting will, courage, and confidence.

Yellow Jade- most precious of all stones in China and Japan. Virtues are clarity, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom. Yellow Jade aids poor digestion and constipation.