Crystal Properties A - B
AGATE -A form of chalcedony found in many varieties and colours, exhibiting banded layers and unusual patterns. Highly valued in ancient cultures, this is a popular talisman for protection, good fortune and good health. As it connects our intuition with the earth, it is excellent for dowsing and use in earth healing. Promotes self-awareness, gives stamina, strength and durability.
AMAZONITE - An opaque blue-green variety of feldspar. 'The Stone of Serenity', it activates the throat and heart chakra, promoting expression from the heart. It balances male/female energies and calms the central nervous system. It deflects negative energies. Strengthens the heart and promotes good health and well-being. Helps you to get through stressful situations.
AMBER- A fossiliszed tree resin from pine trees, dating back 20-40 million years. It radiates sun and solar energy. Transmutes negative into positive energy, promoting positive thinking and attitude. A good luck charm for travellers. Activates the solar plexus and root chakra. Amber revitalizes mind, body and soul and helps to relieve depression. Supports physical healing and detoxification. Indicated for disorders of the adrenals, liver and spleen. Gives pain relief for teething children and aids healing of wounds.
AMETHYST - A form of quartz from a light violet to an amazingly deep purple colour. The stone of Meditation and Spiritual Guidance. Amethyst opens the crown and the third eye chakra, enhancing the connection to the cosmic forces, spiritual guidance, visionary states, and psychic awareness. Promotes a healthy, spiritual life style. Brings deep healing sleep, and helps reduce pain, especially headaches. Amethyst is essential for placement in sacred space, meditation area as well as the alter. The Queen of the Healing Stones.
APOPHYLLITE - A member of the zeolite family. Grows in a four-sided pyramid shaped structure. ' The Stone of Joy and Happiness',it opens the crown and the third eye chakra. Highly successful in relieving headaches and migraines. Eases aches and pains. Enhances dreamwork and helps to disperse hegative energies from computers. It is a favourite for space clearing in Feng Shui.
AQUAMARINE - A transparent form of beryl ranging from blue to blue-green. 'The Stone of Courage', it boosts the thrid eye and throat chakra. It gives streength to deal with difficult situations, staying focussed under pressure and recognition of the truth. Fine-tunes your spiritual awareness, bringing insight and clearer communications on all levels. Soothes, refreshes and calms the central nervous system. Promotes creative expression, and courage in speech.
AZURITE- A light to deep royal blue mineral. 'The Stone of Wisdom and Knowledge', it promotes deep spiritual insights and enhances psychic work. Azurite helps develop intuition, psychic vision, channelling abilities, and access to spiritual guidance. A 'Decision Maker', it promotes decisiveness, self-confidence, self-expression and creativity. A stone of great depth and mystery.
BLOODSTONE - A form of chalcedony, somethimes also called heliotrope. It is an opaque stone, deep green in colour with red spots. 'The Stone for Good Health', it connects the heart to the root chakra. Used for greounding and centering. Promotes love and the building of solid friendships. As a healing stone it strengthens the heart and the circulation. Purifies the blood and helps clear toxins from the body which benefits the liver, kidneys and bladder.
BLUE LACE AGATE - A light blue form of agate displaying beautiful white lacy patterns. Gentle activator of the throat and third eye chakra. 'The Stone for Expanding Consciousness and Awareness'. Helps you maintain a high level of consciousness and promotes qualities of kindness, patience, wisdom and peace. Elevates you to higher levels of spirituality. It calms the mind and nervous system.
CALCITE - Found in a wide range of colours, often displaying beautiful rainbows. Works on different chakras according to the colour. Acts as an energy amplifier. Brings laughter, happiness and humour. Promotes spontaneous action as well as positive thinking. Helps reduce fear, stress, and tension.
CARNELIAN - A form of chalcedony, ranging in colour from yellow and orange to red. 'The Stone of Action', it activates the navel and solar plexus chakras and enhances the flow of life force. It supports all forms of activity. It helps to overcome apathy, shifting you into action mode. Increases vitality and activates sexual energy. Recommended for disorders of the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, neuralgia and M.E.
CHRYSOCOLLA - An opaque, intense blue to blue-green nimeral. It activates the connection between the heart and the throat chakra, promoting action and expression from the heart. Helps to heal emotional trauma and heartache. It is a powerful physical healing tool, drawing out aches and pains giving increased vitality and strength.
CITRINE - a member of the quartz family of transparent yellow to a golden colour. Activates and energises the navel and solar plexus chakras. Citrine is 'The Stone of Positive Attitudes', it boosts creative powers, decisiveness and focus. Traditionally known as 'The Merchants Stone', it attracts abundance on all levels. Citrine also enhances communication within relationships. it does not accumulate negative energies. The ultimate 'cheer me up' stone.
DIAMOND - The rarest, hardest and most precious of all gemstones. 'The Supreme Being' within the mineral kingdom. A Master Healer, it activates the crown chakra and aligns all other chakras. It expands and strengthens your whole energy field and helping you to reach your fullest potential on all levels. The most famous symbol of everlasting love, its energy assists in all relationship situations, encouraging trust and constancy.
EMERALD - A member of the beryl family of vibrant green colour. 'The Stone for Lasting Beauty and Relationships', Opens the heart chakra and attracts, harmony and tranquillity. Improves the eyesight and strengthens the heart and the immune system. What a beauty!
FLUORITE - A transparent mineral often found in layers of different colours. 'The Stone for the Mind', it helps with learning and absorbing new ideas. It brings order to chaos and inspires and expanded view. Attracts harmony and tranquillity. Good against flu, colds and sinus problems.
GARNET - A deep red stone also found in light-pinks and rare greens. Activates the Kundalini energy. If fires up the root chakra, boosting and energising the whole chakra system and giving you extra energy and endurance. 'The Stone of Physical Strength', it enhances love life, sexual drive and promotes good health and vitality.
GOLD - The ideal metal for making jewellery. Gold is associated with sun and solar energy. It connects you to the source of creation. Gold brings out your inner power and strength, and promotes prosperity and positive thinking. A symbol of purity, it aids purification on all levels.
HAEMATITE - An opaque, silvery black stone of heavy weight and metallic lustre. Activates and energises the root chakra. A stone for grounding and centering. Brings into balance your male and female aspects. A high iron content makes it beneficial for blood disorders. Also used for fever and high temperature.
IOLITE - A transparent, deep blue to violet stone, sometimes called 'water sapphire'. 'The Stone of Mystical Illumination'. Iolite connects the top three chakras. It activates psychic powers, intuitive abilities and gives you access to inner knowledge and spiritual vision. It serves those who seek the hightest truth.
JADE - An opaque stone ranging from white to dark green. A traditional talisman, a stone for good health, physical strength, fertility and longevity. Jade is also a dream stone - assisting in dreamwork. As a heart chakra activator jade promotes love, courage, wisdom and is often associated with Quan Yin, the goddess of compassion and mercy.
JASPER - A form of chalcedony most commonly coloured orange, brown to red. Jasper is a stone for grounding, protection and all aspects of health. Its 'yang' energy revitalizes and nurtures body and soul. It commects with the energies of the earth, making it an ideal for dowsing, to connect to the earth energies and helps to understand the web of life.
KUNZITE - A transparent, gentle pink to lilac-pink crystal of the spodumine family 'The Stone for Love and Compassion', it opens the heart chakra and heals the emotions. It helps you commect with the infinite source of love in all its forms. The high lithium content in Kunzite has a claming effect on the central nervous system and brain.
KYANITE - Deep blue with white-clear streaks. It aligns all chakras, removes energy blockages and strengthens the aura. A 'high vibration' stone it helps to raise levels of consciousness. It brings peace and tranquillity and promotes truth in action and speech.
LABRADORITE -Of grey colour, it displays spectacular flashes of moving colours in blue, red, gold and bronze green. A stone for mystics and psychics. 'The Stone of Destiny', it helps you to find your true path enhances patience and a knowing of 'right timing'. Also called the Druid Stone. It helps you to access the Merlin energy.
LAPIS LAZULI - A classic deep blue stone, with flecks of pyrite. 'The Stone of Self-Knowledge and Self-Expression', It stimulates the throat and third eye chakra. It aids psychic ability, spiritual visions and insights. It helps overcome depression and to speak up for yourself. Boosts the throat, thymus, and the immune system.
LARIMAR - An extremely rare gem, a form of pectolite. An opaque stone of beautiful blue colour. 'The Stone of Atlantis', it connects with the Lemurian and Atlantian knowledge. It is playful, innocent, gentle and intellignet (also named the Dolphin Stone). It activates the three higher chakras, brings inspiration, imagination and understanding.
