Thought it would be nice for me to add a list of commonly known crystals and their reputed benefits.
Agate (Blue Lace): Blue Lace Agate. Spiritual. Improves perception, harmonizes physical, emotional and etheric qualities. Helps to overcome bitterness and anger.
Agate (Botswana): A soothing and calming stone that brings great strength. It works slowly and gently bringing hidden problems to the surface. It helps you learn to accept yourself, and with that comes greater self-confidence. It aids mental function and enhances concentration, perception and analytical abilities.
Agate (Green Moss): This is said to refresh the soul. Strongly connected to nature, it will help you appreciate the beauty of the things around you. Improves self-esteem and helps to release fear and deep-seated stress.
Amethyst: Headaches, eyes, scalp, hair, pituitary gland, balancing blood sugar. Psychic abilities, imagery. Purify and transmute negativity. Reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Spiritually uplifting.
Ametrine: What a wonderful stone. Displaying the characteristics of both Amethyst and Citrine. It is a very energetic stone stimulating creativity and promoting the enthusiasm to take control of one's own destiny.
Amber: Amber stimulates the body's natural healing processes, it helps to overcomes depression and suicidal tendencies.
Angelite: Angelite is a tremendous healing stone. It has the most wonderful way of imparting deep peace and inner tranquility. A stone par excellence for raising physchic awareness.
Apatite: Apatite is often referred to as 'The Dieters' stone because it is believed to curb the appetite and raise the metabolism. Apatite increases motivation and builds up energy reserves. Draws off negativity and eases sorrow and anger.
Apache Tears: Apache Tears are said to promote forgiveness and encourage compassion. They work gently to dissolve long held grievances and absorbs negative energy.
Aragonite: Aragonite is a very good stone for people who find themselves trapped in the 'fast lane' of life and can't seem to slow down. It teaches patience, tolerance, flexibility and above all - the wisdom of delegation.
Aquamarine: Heart, immune system, thymus, lymph nodes. Calming, uplifting, flexibility, innocence, joy, creativity, communication, self-knowledge, confidence, purpose. Releasing anxiety, fear, and restlessness.
Aventurine: Protector of the heart chakra. Aventurine is a stone of prosperity, it promotes leadership qualities and encourages decisivness.
Bloodstone: "The Giver"
Calming, grounding, revitalising, attracts wealth. Calms the mind, dispels confusion and enhances decision-making process. Revitalises if mentally exhausted. Helps reduce irritability.
Calcite (Mango): Mango calcite is a stone for forgiveness, for releasing the past and allowing trauma to heal.
Calcite (Optical): Calcite calms the mind, enhances the memory and stimulates the intellect. It is a good stone to have in area of study, and it is said that just having calcite in the room with you is enough to boost energy levels and clear negativity and lethargy.
Carnelian: Circulatory system, kidneys, stimulate appetite, emotions, sexuality, physical energy, celebration, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Confidence, assertiveness, drive.
Citrine: Acid indigestion, food disorders, allergies. Cleansing spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines. Mental and emotional clarity, problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline. Reducing anxiety, fear, and depression.
Coral: Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system, thyroid, metabolism, spine, bone and tissue regeneration. Not to be used with high blood pressure. Protect and strengthen emotional foundation and enliven emotions.
Diamond: Increase personal clarity, trust, confidence. Amplify thoughts, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity, love, spirituality.
Emerald: Respiratory system, heart, lymph nodes, blood, thymus, balance blood sugar, childbirth, eyesight. Strengthen heart chakra for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, monogamy, honesty. Lift depression and insomnia.
Fluorite: The stone of 'Organisation'. Promotes mental clarity, improves concentration and helps to overcome feelings of chaos.
Garnet: Almandine Garnet: Powerfully energising, regenerating and revitalising. Useful in traumatic situations, provides courage, hope and increases resolve. Hones the instinct for survival.
Amplifies the effect of other crystals.
Goldstone: The copper content of this stone is what gives it it's sparkle, and the healing properties attributed to it. Copper has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, and has been used to help relieve the symptoms of arthritis, rheumatism and other painful joint conditions for many centuries.
Howlite: Howlite - great for insomnia. Calms the mind, neautralises anger and promotes ambition.
Iolite: Iolite activates the 'third eye' and is used extensively in shamanic work, out of body travel and for those seeking inner knowledge.
Jade: Heart, thymus, immune, kidney and cleansing blood, nervous system. Courage, knowledge, justice, compassion, emotional balance, humility, generosity, harmony, wealth, longevity.
Jasper (Red): The Amulet.
Jasper is a great 'nurturer'. It sustains and supports during times of extreme stress and promotes tranquillity. Heightens determination and provides the courage to come to terms with problems.
Jasper (Yellow): The Amulet - The Jasper family are known as the great 'Nurturers' as they sustain and support during times of immense stress. The yellow Jasper has all the properties of the Jasper group, along with additional ones due to the colour.
Jet: Jet is fossilized wood millions of years old. It is a black, glasslike stone. Because it is black, it is associated with the element of Earth. Jet shares with amber the property of becoming electrically charged when rubbed. Due to its mysterious nature and electrical properties, jet has long been considered a magical stone. It cleanses the lower chakras and can be used for grounding.
Kunzite: Kunzite is a very spiritual stone which radiates peace and love. A protective crystal that shields the aura and disperses negativity.
Labradorite: Turn Labradorite in the light and you will be rewarded with flashes of peackock blue and aqua greens!
A very good stone for 'psychic' work and meditation.
Lapis: Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, shyness, nervous system, speech, hearing, pituitary, inflammation, pain. Mind expansion, intuition, creativity, spiritual connection. Organize, quiet the mind.
Larimar: Larimar is found only in the Dominican Republic and Bahamas. Larimar is a very spiritual stone, helping you to connect with the angelic realms. It is a very good emotional stabaliser, ironing out the high's and low's - a nice crystal for bi-polar conditions. larimar is a very earth- healing stone, strongly connected to the Earth Goddess and believed to relieve geopathic stress.
Lepidolite: Lepidolite contains Lithium, and as such, is very good at stabalising mood swings and treating feelings of depression.
Malachite: Stomach, liver, kidney stones, respiratory system, immune system, vision, circulatory system. Release pain, inflammation, depression, anger. Stimulate psychic vision, concentration.
Morganite: Morganite awakens a love of life and for all living things. It helps to reduce stress and the pressure to succeed, encouraging instead a sense of well being and a desire for some personal space and time.
Moonstone: Moonstone is a very soft, gentle healing stone, well tuned to the female. it is known as the "Goddess Stone" and is traditionally associated with intuition, feelings, the heart and fertility. Moonstone is a wonderful crystal to heighten psychic abilities.
Obsidian (Mahogany): Obsidian is molten lava that has cooled so rapidly it has not had time to crystalise. It is an extremely protective stone and provides deep soul healing.
Obsidian (Snowflake): Stone of Purity
Balances mind, body and spirit. Releases ingrained patterns.
Onyx (Black): Black onyx is a tremedous strength provider, especially during times of extreme stress or trauma. . Black onyx is believed to be one of the most powerful protection stones.
Prehnite: The stone of unconditional love and the crystal to heal the healer. A good Feng Shui stone that both calms and is helpful for letting go of unnecessary possessions. Helps with nightmares, phobias and deep seated fear. Encourages analytical thinking.
Rose Quartz: Emotional balance, love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiving, kindness, self-esteem. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, resentment, anger. Align mental, emotional, and astral bodies.
Ruby: Infections, cholesterol, blood clots, blood cleansing, impotency. Stimulate circulation, menses, pituitary. Love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, triumph over adversity. Intensify all emotions.
Rhodochrosite: A stone of the heart and relationships. Helps you find your soul mate - someone who will share the good and bad in life with you. Helps to bring suppressed emotions to the surface to be dealt with and put away.
Rhyolite (Leopard Skin): Rhylolite - is wonderful for increasing self confidence and self esteem. Provides the strength and courage to meet life's challanges.
Sapphire: Reducing inflammation, fevers, nosebleeds. Hearing problems, TB, burns. Communication, depression, intuition, clairaudience, mental clarity and calm.
Sardonyx (Red): Sardonyx is believed to bring lasting happiness to relationships and marriage. It strengthens willpower and increases stamina.
Selenite: Selenite is a stone of 'deep peace'. It is a calming stone and very useful for meditation and spiritual work.
Serpentine: Serpentine is a very earthing crystal. It helps to heighten psychic abilities and is an excellent gemstone for past life exploration.
Sodalite: Eliminates mental confusion, encourages rational thought, objectivity and intuitive perception. Balances emotions and calms the mind.
Sunstone: Sunstone is a very good mood-lifter and anti-depressant. It dispels dark moods and is especially good for people who are affected by SAD (Seasonally Affective Disorder). It lightens every aspect of life, lifts spirits, overcomes negative thinking and puts a spring back in the step. Helps to find the more pleasurable side of life.
Tigers Eye (Blue): As well as possesing all the qualities of tigers eye, blue tigers eye is very calming and releases stress. It is very good if you are feeling over-anxious, overwhelmed or short-tempered.
Tigers Eye (Golden): 'The Chameleon Stone'
A protective stone, originally used as a talisman to ward off bad wishes and curses. It inspires courage, willpower and the drive to strive for success. Helps to collect scattered thoughts.
Topaz (Imperial): Topaz is a wonderfully soothing crystal. It re-charges, heals and stimulates the mind, cleanses the aura and aligns the meridians. It is full of positive energy and imparts good health, joy, abundance and good fortune.
Tourmaline (Black): Black Tourmaline is a very protective stone, guarding against negative energy, mobile phone emmissions and favoured by Wiccans for it's ability to protect against negative spells and ill wishes. Buried in the soil, it is believed to encourage healthy plants.
Turquoise: Turquoise is a very good purifying stone. It helps to release negative energies, calms the nerves and as it works well on the throat chakra - is very good for public speaking.
Quartz (Clear): Can both absorb and emit energy. Stimulates brain function, brings harmony to the soul. Powerful healer, doubles auric field, enhances psychic awareness. Used for meditation, it helps filter out distractions. A Good all-rounder.
Quartz (Rutilated): Rutilated Quartz is a very uplifting, mood enhancing stone that relieves depression and loneliness. It is said to slow down the aging process, and stimulate the regeneration of cells and tissue.
It is suggested that you should never let anyone touch your crystals. Each crystal should be cleansed before use to clear any stored energy by soaking them.
Below is advice on how to soak your crystals.
Soaking: Have everything at room temperature. Soak the crystal in one cup sea salt dissolved in one quart of purified or spring water in a glass bowl. Meditate and ask that the crystal be cleared. Soak from 15 minutes to one full day depending upon how many people have touched the stone. Rinse under cool water and dry with cotton or silk.
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