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About The Stones in My Jewelry

This little bit of info has been awhile in coming, but I’ve long wanted to include something which you can refer to either to find out more about why you seem drawn to a particular stone at any given time, OR to find a stone which may enhance, heal or generally give protection to you in a variety of circumstances for a variety of reasons. Remember: gemstones are ancient and in every corner of the world were believed to protect, enhance and provide healing to the wearer for a lot longer than we can possibly imagine.

All humans are called to certain stones; they are drawn by a certain energy -- a connection between man and all life forms in the universe.  When you choose a stone you must feel good; you must be guided by your higher self; and you must let the stone speak to you.  Let your intuition be your guide.

Pearls should be worn close to the skin in necklaces or medallions. The wearing of pearls helps to develop an even temperament as well as aid in healing, in giving strength and developing purity. Pearls are beneficial in meditation for some people. Wearing pearls at night stimulates dreaming. Pearl is the symbol of the moon and is an emblem of purity, innocence and peace. Pearls represent truth, knowledge and power, celestial and spiritual knowledge, faith and clarity. They are not actually minerals, but organic gems.
They inspire purity, concentration, focus, meditation, serenity, tranquility and wisdom

Turquoise is a vibrant light-blue-to-green-gemstone. Said to prevent procrastination and warn its wearer of danger or illness by changing color. To protect coating, avoid hot water and chemicals. Turquoise keeps one in the feeling of unconditional love. It draws out negative vibrations. It is a cleansing and protection stone. I never leave home without  it!

 Howlite aka White Turquoise- This mineral can be used to calm communication, to facilitate awareness, and to encourage emotional expression. It builds an innate decency within ones character, encouraging those attributes which are the building blocks to spirituality.

Garnet is a family of gemstones from reddish-orange to yellow/brown-green, although classic garnet has a deep red color. Garnet is a symbol of consistency, perseverance, and good health. It is a power stone, according to legend, guiding its wearer when traveling at night. Said to remove nightmares and depression.

Tigereye is an opaque form of quartz, when beaded and polished, is streaked by spindle-like bands of ligh, typically brownish-yellow to a blue or blue-green. Heated yellow-brown tigerseyes may take on a reddish color due to oxidation of iron inside the gemstone. It is helpful for individuals seeking clarity and for those who must deal intelligently with the scattered details that must be brought together in some pattern. It can be used to enhance the psychic abilities and can assist in the gentle attunement of third eye activity. This stone is best suited to earthy people. It has been used to stimulate wealth and to enhance the stability required to maintain wealth. Produces soothing vibrations, generating a calmness to unsettled turmoil, and allowing one to enjoy the actions of being unfenced and uninhibited. Can be used to enhance self- empowerment.

Jade is treasured in China as the imperial stone. In two forms, jadeite the best for its more vivid green and translucence. Also in lavender, pink, and white. Nephrite is dark spinach greens, white, browns, and black. For thousands of years, jade has prevailed as a symbol of love, purity, and status.

  Green Jade- facilitates peace within the physical, emotional, and intellectual structures, as well as within the materialistic world. It was said to bring accord the environment, to transmute negativity and to instill resourcefulness. Intuitive sources also say that green Jade can assist in various types of self-healing, both emotional and physical. It is associated with the heart, and is also believed to help one to find prosperity and abundance. The word 'Jade' can refer to specimens of either Jadeite or Nephrite. Its derivation is from the Spanish piedra de ijada, or 'hip stone'. This comes from the past belief that it was a protection and cure for kidney diseases. In ancient China, it was long used for carving religious objects. In pre-Columbian Central America, it was valued more highly than gold.

Jade facilitates peace within the physical, emotional, and intellectual structures, as well as within the materialistic world. It was said to bring accord to the environment, to transmute negativity and to instill resourcefulness. Very "Lucky" Stone. I do not fly without wearing Jade.

   Honey Jade - Powerful emotional balance, radiates divine unconditional love. Dispels negativity from the third chakra (solar plexus). It has been used by the ancients {and some current} primitive tribes as a sacred stone, assisting one in access to the spiritual worlds.

Peridot can be found in Arizona, Hawaii, in the Red Sea, in Australia and Pakistan. Some Peridot crystals have even been found inside meteorites! Intuitive sources say Peridot is a powerful generator of the frequency of Increase--increase of wealth, increase of health, and increase of joy and emotional well-being. It is said to bring the will and emotions into alignment, and to decrease fear.

 Coral is calcium carbonate exuded by huge colonies of tiny marine animals a true organic gemstone. White coral is common, but pink, orange, blue, and black exist. Supposedly, red coral changes color depending on its wearer's health. It protects from depression and despondency, strengthen the bone structure  and is a stimulant for the root chakra

Agate is a form of quartz colored by bands. These patterns may be straight, concentric, or shaped in landscape-like patterns. In ancient times agate was highly valued as a talisman, protecting its owner from fever and insomnia, bringing strength and victory in battle.

A Word About Quartz:

Quartz can be used in meditation to provide insights into family and/or community problems.  It is also helpful for those employed by organizations that assist others (e.g. teachers, hospitals, etc.) The energy helps to stimulate a group cohesiveness & a willingness to work together.  It also assists in bringing the 'group' energy of other crystals to the surrounding environment, enhancing harmony & peace in groups, in the family, & in other social &/or business environments.  This crystal is a wonderful companion when one is experiencing the loss of a loved one, bringing understanding of the process & assisting in transition (for both)."

 

 The energy generated by Quartz is directly proportional to the number of crystals which overlay the single (or multiple) crystal(s)."

These beauties also can cleanse, enhance & increase the energy of your other crystals & minerals to "stimulate healing on all levels."  Seriously, these crystals are power-filled, Love-infused, Joyous Creations!  I could fill pages with the attributes of them... 

Rose Quartz is a much rarer form of common clear quartz (or rock crystal). It has a rosy-red hue that may be fairly cloudy as a result of small fissures. It sometimes contains rutile inclusions dense enough to form a star. It is called "the stone of gentle love" and emits a calming, cooling energy that brings peacefulness to the emotions. Rose Quartz is said to balance the emotions, thus giving inner peace and harmony, and to enhance one's sensitivity to beauty, art and music. It is also said to calm aggression and resentment while increasing self-esteem and self-confidence, and to enhance one's compassion, patience and forgiveness. It is said to enhance your capacity to love others and yourself.    It also is said to help treat depression and to assist in weight loss. It is said to give a clear soft complexion and to prevent wrinkles. Rose quartz is also said to aid the proper functioning of the kidneys, adrenals, genitals, liver, lungs and heart, and to increase fertility and protect against radiation

Amethyst is purple-to-lilac, ranging from opaque to expensive transparency. A purple variety of the quartz family. A symbol of sincerity, security, and peace of mind. Named from the Greek word amethustos meaning without wine. Legend says drinking from an amethyst chalice will prevent intoxication. It is a powerful stone for healing, enhances intuition, clarity. Pertains to the 6th chakra. It reflects the purple ray, one of the colours for the third eye center.  It is the color that can be seen on special evening sunsets, as dusk transforms daylight into darkness.  It is the color that symbolizes the change of consciousness from the normal waking state into the twilight regions of altered awareness.  In those most enchanted moments of shifting energies the Amethyst ray reflects the essence of magic & the ability to transform from one reality to another.  Amethyst is ONE OF THE BEST STONES TO USE FOR MEDITATION.  Since the Amethyst color is the highest vibration of the third eye, an Amethyst stone can be placed directly over this area...to usher in a meditative state.  Amethyst's gentle persuasion temporarily stills the mundane thought processes that usually inundate the consciousness so that the mind can experience tranquility.  Amethyst guides the awareness away from self-centered thought patterns as it lures the mind towards a deeper understanding.  Amethyst energy shows the mind can be opened.  The inner calm and peace initiated by this stone enable one to dive deep into the ocean of silence and participate in the serenity that exists beyond constant mental activity.

Citrine is one of the two minerals on the planet which does not hold and accumulate negative energy, but dissipates and transmutes it, working-out problems on both the physical and subtle levels. It, hence, never needs clearing or cleansing. It has also been reported that citrine is one of the stones to be called the "merchant's stone"; placing a cluster or a crystal of citrine in ones cash box has produced more income for the merchant. It not only assist the merchant in acquiring wealth, but helps to maintain the state of wealth. It influences, in a positive manner, the areas of education, business pursuits, and interpersonal relationships. It is an excellent stone for smoothing family or group problems and, subsequently, producing cohesiveness within the associative members. It acts similarly to the cutting edge of a sword, penetrating problems and expediting solutions. It can aid in digestion, can assist in the treatment of digestive disorders, and can promote the circulation of the blood. It has been used in the treatment of degenerative disorders and to facilitate the diminishment of growths. It has also been used to increase visual abilities, to balance the thyroid, and to activate the thymus. Citrine is said to bring the wearer abundance and wealth.   

It is good for protection and energetic shielding. It is an excellent stone for clearing the aura and aligning the auric body with the physical body.

Ametrine – [This stone is a comprised of the combination of Amethyst and Citrine]  People interested in metaphysics and crystal healing tell me that ametrine is a stone to enhance universal equilibrium and provide a clear connection between the physical form and the ultimate state of perfection. It helps balance the male/female properties and for an intellectual synthesis of spirituality. It stimulates the intellect to reach beyond the worldly aspects toward the development of the consciousness. In meditation and attunement, Ametrine can help onto reach higher states more quickly, leading to peace, tranquility and cooperation. Ametrine is said to enhance compatibility and balance while discouraging prejudice.

Blue Topaz stimulates the Throat Chakra enhancing the wearer's ability to consciously, succinctly and clearly verbalize that which one desires to manifest and/or that which one desires to communicate.

 Smokey Quartz is used to gently dissolve negative energies, relieve barriers and clear mental channels. It is an excellent grounding stone, enhancing attentiveness. It also acts a protective stone and promotes personal pride and joy in living.

 Quartz is known as the stone of the mind. It is excellent for focusing energies and for focusing direction. Used to help concentrate, quartz is an excellent source of increased mental abilities. Probably the most versatile multi-purpose healing stone. Easy to cleanse, store information or energy in, program or amplify energy and heal with. It can both draw and send energy.

Carnelian provides perceptiveness and awakens one's inherent talents and skills linked with sociability, creativity, individuality, memory, courage, happiness. It was once thought to still the blood and calm the temper. Stones may be uniformly colored or faintly banded.  Carnelian relieves sexual tension by redirecting the energy stored in the reproductive center of the body; it may also be used to excite sluggish sexual energy.  Unresolved feelings of anger, hostility, and hatred may be harmonized when carnelian is worn at the heart center, as this stone instills powerful sensations of well-being.  Brings good luck, happiness, success, prosperity. Positive influence on mental plane. Increases awareness, improves memory. Cleanses aura. Attracts the Great Masters. Helps settle disputes. Enhances accomplishments. Provides faith. Energizes the blood. Protects against illness. Beneficial for tissue regeneration, infections, and inflammations.

Rutilated Quartz, is a type of quartz with needlelike rutile (a titanium dioxide mineral), embedded in it. The rutile needles can be reddish, which is what rutile means in Latin, or they may be golden, silvery, or on very rare occasions, greenish. Rutilated quartz is reputed to be an energizing stone that helps get energy moving on all levels. Intuitive sources say that it assists with mental focus. It is also said to attract love and stabilize relationships. Rutilated quartz said to be particularly effective for getting things moving energetically. It can help slowed chakras return to normal spin and balance.

Emotionally, rutilated quartz is said to be very helpful in uncovering the causes of mental issues and hang-ups. It is reputed to diminish fears and to be excellent at assisting with decision-making processes. It is said that it can also ease loneliness and relieve guilt thereby bringing happiness. It is used metaphysically to help one get out of a rut with their life as well as for stabilizing emotionals and mental processes, clarifying thought patterns and emotional reactions. Rutilated quartz is also said to increase one's self-reliance and ability to find one's own way.

In the psychic and spiritual realms, rutilated quartz is used for meditation, spiritual communications, and dream work. It is particularly good for seeking higher spiritual experiences and meditation on feminine ideas. Rutilated quartz is also used metaphysically to deflect negative energies and unwanted energetic, psychic, and magical interferences.

Physically, rutilated quartz is said to be beneficial for food disorders, the immune system, regeneration of tissue, fatigue, depression, respiratory illness, stability of all physical systems and general health, and absorption of nutrients from food. It is also reputed by intuitive sources to be helpful for getting energy moving in meridians and areas where the physical energy is sluggish. Rutiliated quartz is also a mystical crystal "diagnostic tool" which can help discover the true cause of an ailment.

Rutilated quartz is associated with the solar plexus chakra, and is sometimes considered a link between the root and crown chakras.

Fluorite - Excellent for advancement of mind, greater concentration, meditation.. Helps one to grasp higher, more abstract concepts. Facilitates inter dimensional communication.

Onyx has been used to alleviate grief, promote self control and wise decision making brings happiness and good fortune. It promotes vigor, strength, stamina. It fosters inner truth, understanding, confidence and friendship. Provides wealth. Aids access to dream world. Dispels nightmares. Encourages individuality, greater joy. Stimulates emotional balance and self-control. Helps achieve destiny. Relieves stress. Beneficial for cleansing.

Amber  brings romantic love, purification, wisdom, energy and balance. Enhances patience, altruism, strength, calmness, healing. I have heard that some people will travel (especially fly) only while wearing Amber.

Amazonite - The name was given to this stone because of an Amazonian legend. According to early explorers, members of an all female tribe in northern Brazil would give this stone to men of a neighboring tribe to rent their services in order to ensure perpetuation. The region itself was called Amazonia. It is a variety of potassium feldspar. It is an opaque stone that ranges from green to blue green in color.

Believed to soothe the nervous system. Strengthens the heart and physical body  

Enhance creative expression and bring joy. Encourages us to express our personal truths

It soothes all chakras and is particularly rejuvenating to the heart center and throat

Vibrates to the number 5 and Virgo. When we wear Amazonite, we can benefit greatly from holding the thought in mind that we are capable of excellent health. Amazonite will encourage us to seek greater health than we can imagine, but our imaginations do help us get to a commitment to health. We will find the desire to come back to life. We will find our dreams begin to turn to lifestyles of the healthy and vigorous rather than lifestyles of the sick and tired. Thoughts of being sick and debilitated exacerbate conditions of ill health. Our minds must lead us in any effort to regain health, and amazonite will encourage our participation in a program of total health through it's action on the mind. This wonderful green-blue stone will gently build our desire for a positive life. Motivation is the first key to success of any kind. Experience is the second key. Once you get the feeling of health, nothing can hold you back. The experience of really having the energy to get active motivates a person to keep trying. Celebrate your success as it happens.

Blue Chalcedony protects the wearer from evil and promotes calmness.

Iolite is good stone for helping one find direction in life. It connects the throat, brow and crown chakras

Jasper: "The supreme nurturer", Jasper is known as the "Patron stone of counselors and healers". It is very healing and balancing and was often worn by shamen for protection. It reminds us that we are here on the physical plane to bring joy and substance to others, and to help free them.

Hematite is a wonderful stone for worry because it helps you to be more grounded (at ease). Hematite is also used for protection of oneself and their home. Carry a small tumbled stone with you when you feel the need for protection from lets say, negative vibes :-) Hematite is great for those office meetings when you feel you may be challenged! Another wonderful use of Hematite is for jet lag. Take with you when traveling, the hematite will provide you with a feeling of being grounded with the earth plane. Therefore, it will help to prevent jet lag. Numerology- Hematite vibrates to the number 9. The number 9 is about service, beauty, and love on the highest level. Having a deep concern for mankind. Gemological Properties- Hematite's chemical composition is Fe203 (iron oxide); it is from the hexagonal crystal system; the appearance is opaque, dark gray to black and metallic. It's trade names are black diamond, black pearl, and Alaskan black diamond. It displays no cleavage and is splintery and granular in fracture. It is found in England, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA.

Gold attracts wealth and prosperity, while grounding the wearer.

Silver always enhances and amplifies the properties of the gemstones with which it is combined

 

Color Symbolism

 

Aqua means "water", the color symbolizes youth and is associated with speech and communication, confidence, strength, and idealism. It is also associated with emotional healing and protection and has a soothing affect.

 Green is the color that represents money, prosperity, employment, fertility, healing, and growth. It is the color of the element of the earth and symbolic of the planet's fertility and life. Green is soothing, refreshing and calming. Pale and medium greens connect with nature.

Green denotes the season of spring, youth and vigor. The color green is also related to envy and misfortune as in the “green-eyed monster” and “green around the gills” refers to someone who is sick.

Orange is the color of general attraction and energy, ideas and mental stimulation. It is flamboyant, denotes energy, enthusiasm and warmth.

The color pink signifies love, friendship, compassion, relaxation. Pink is symbolic of gentle emotions and is often associated with femininity. It symbolizes good health as "in  the pink."

The color purple is pacifying, refreshing and calming. It denotes power, healing, meditation and religion, wisdom and spirituality.

Purple was once a European symbol of royalty and nobility. It is sometimes associated with arrogance or cruelty. In Thailand, purple is related to mourning and is worn by widows.

 Red is the color of health, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage and protection. It is associated with blood, birth, death and intense emotions.

Red symbolizes energy, excitement, strength, power, war and violence, and aggression. It is the color of love as seen in the red Valentine's Day heart and is also associated with anger as in "he's so mad, he saw red". When good fortune arrives it is called a “red-letter day”.

In Polynesia, red was a sacred color associated with the deities and with the highest social classes. In China, the color red is the symbol of happiness, prosperity, and good luck while red is the color of mourning in South Africa.

The color yellow signifies intellect, philosophy, confidence, divination, communication, eloquence and travel. It is the color of the element air and is symbolic of the sun, grain, and the power of thought.

Yellow is associated with joy, happiness, and optimism. It denotes imagination, hope,and idealism, is related to sunshine, as in "she has a "sunny disposition" and the season of summer. In some cultures, yellow denotes dishonesty and cowardice, jealousy, betrayal, and deceit. In Egypt and Burma, yellow signified mourning and in Polynesia, yellow was a color of royalty.

Blue is the color of the element of Water. It symbolizes the ocean, sleep, the sky, and twilight. Pacifying, peaceful, refreshing and calming, it denotes stability and harmony.

Blue is associated with healing, psychic ability, patience, confidence, happiness and loyalty. In some cultures it signifies depression or sadness, as in "he's in a blue mood". The ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore blue for protection against evil and in Iran, blue is the color of mourning.

The color brown represents the soil and fertility.  Brown is associated with the home, comfort, and constancy. It denotes simplicity, reliability, stamina, and the outdoors.

 

 Planetary Stones

 

 

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