Crystals

Below is the list and description of each of the crystals I use. Gathering my information I use several different web sites, energymuse.com, healingcrystals.com among others.

Amethyst

Color - Purple

Chakra - Third Eye

Key Words - Intuition, Relaxation, Calming, Clarity, Meditation

Amethyst is the stone of spirituality and contentment, it bestows stability, strength, inner peace. It is a great stone for meditation and enhancing your intuition and psychic abilities with its calming and peaceful energy. It is helpful in purifying the mind and clearing it of negative thoughts. Amethyst provides clarity and enhances conscious perception and understanding. The stone is also associated with abundance; therefore relieving stress while emanating prosperity.

         

Apatite

Color - Blue

Chakra - Throat

Key Words - Inspiration, Motivation

Blue Apatite is a motivational stone, promoting independence and ambitiousness. It helps to reawaken a sense of clarity that lights the path to self-expression. It gives us the guidance we need to maintain the delicate balancing act between following our dreams and the daily responsibilities of adulthood. Apatite is a dual-action stone, it clears away confusion, apathy or negativity, then, stimulates the intellect to expand knowledge and truth, which may be used for personal growth or for the collective good.

 

Aquamarine

Color - Blue

Chakra - Throat

Key Words - Tranquility, Protection, Rejuvenation

Use Aquamarine to ride the positive waves toward closure, major life changes and a higher consciousness. This water-like stone washes away stress and fear, leaving room for peace and tranquility in their absence. Aquamarine protects the psyche from taking on dark vibrations and negative behavioral patterns. Easy is the essence of the smooth flowing energy of aquamarine. It gently brings rejuvenation and renewal to the mind, body and spirit.

Aventurine

Color - Green

Chakra - Heart

Key Words - Luck, Manifestation, Calm

Green Aventurine is known as the “Stone of Opportunity,” thought to be the luckiest of all crystals, especially in manifesting prosperity and wealth. Green Aventurine releases old patterns, habits and disappointments so new growth can take place. It brings optimism and a zest for life, allowing one to move forward with confidence and to embrace change. Green Aventurine is particularly supportive of the heart.  It calms nervousness, anger and irritation, and helps dissolve the everyday stress of a hectic lifestyle.

Carnelian

Color - Orange

Chakra - Sacral

Key Words - Creativity, Confidence, Passion

Known as the singer's stone, the Carnelian crystal is a warm, vibrant stone that boosts confidence and the power of true expression. It is a strong stone to accelerate your motivation, and the vibration of this bright orange stone may aid you to clarify your goals, so you can find your best direction in life. Also known for its incredible healing powers to help ease tension and stress, not only does it boost courage and self-confidence, but on a cellular level it purifies the blood and improves circulation, a must-have for any stressful situation.

Citrine

Color - Yellow

Chakra - Solar Plexus

Key Words - Abundance, Happiness, Joy, Light

Known as The Merchant’s Stone or The Success Stone, the citrine properties of wealth and abundance are some of its most well known.  Stimulates the brain, strengthening the intellect. Citrine promotes motivation, activates creativity and encourages self-expression. Enhances concentration and revitalizes the mind. It releases negative traits, depression, fears and phobias. It enhances mental clarity and allows for the flow of ideas and visualizing. Because this stone works in synergy with other crystals, it can be beneficial to combine with other crystals to increase effect.

Clear Quartz

Color - Clear

Chakra - All

Key Words - Amplifying, Cleansing, Clarity, Transformation

Clear Quartz acts as a deep soul cleanser, purifying and enhancing the body's internal structure and surrounding subtle bodies to connect the physical dimension with the mind. It focuses on inner negativity and stimulates positive thoughts and feelings in its place. With a better perception of the world, Quartz increases awareness and clarity in thinking, and provides enhanced energy, perseverance and patience, teaching one to live, laugh and love with all of humanity.

Fluorite

Color - Purples & Greens

Chakra - Heart, Throat & Third Eye

Key Words - Peace, Bliss, Calming

An excellent healing tool for its overall cleansing and purifying effects. Greens cleanses and purifies the heart chakra by aligning your mind with the true desires of the heart. A stone that gives order to chaos. The purples help you discover your divine purpose in life. It opens and stimulates the third eye chakra, clearing the way for spiritual expansion. It is a very protective crystal, similar to the benefits of using Howlite. It will help you know when there are external forces trying to control or manipulate you. It can shut down any kind of mental or psychic manipulation. Can help you enjoy mental clarity that will give you a balance view of life and you will not be easily overcome by emotions when something goes unexpectedly.

Garnet

Color - Red

Chakra - Root

Key Words - Passion, Energy, Health, Commitment

A stone of commitment, Red Garnet represents love. It revitalizes feelings and enhances sexuality, bringing warmth, devotion, understanding, trust, sincerity and honesty to a relationship. Garnet boosts the immune system and energy levels.  As an essential tool in the constant battle to keep it all together, the  Garnet crystal helps us feel grounded and connected to the present moment. A protective talisman against negative energy. Say proverb, “Feet on earth, head to heaven during daily healing rituals. Sometimes you can get in your own way, and in that case, Garnet works to balance the mind and emotions by helping you discard outdated ways of thinking and giving way to a new path of abundance and vitality. 

Hematite

Color - Black Metallic

Chakra - Root

Key Words - Grounding, Focus, Centering

Hematite has the ability to absorb any toxic emotions, clearing away any negative feelings from stress, anxiety and worry. It works to pull any stray negative energy to the root chakra where is neutralizes its harmful effects by balancing and aligning all seven chakras. Connected to the earth element it rules the physical world, money, practical thinking and decision making. A good stone for organizing one's thoughts and developing logical thinking skills.

Howlite

Color - White with gray

Chakra - Crown

Key Words - Awareness, Wisdom, Communication, Meditation

Howlite is used for creativity, calm communication, to facilitate awareness and to encourage emotional expression. It can give you the gift of wisdom and enlightenment. It will help you get rid of stress and anxiety because it is a powerful calming stone. Can assist with helping you to sleep. Very useful during meditation because it can focus the mind. It can help you process your emotions and calm your upset state of mind, soften or remove your anger, your aggressiveness and your being unreasonable. It is a great memory enhancer and mood stabilizer and stimulates the desire for knowledge.

Iolite

Color - Blueish violet

Chakra - Third Eye & Crown

Key Words - Power, Inner strength, Leadership, Self-confidence

Iolite carries the spirit of journey, of dreams and intuition, of exploration and illumination. It is known as the Vikings' Compass, and provides the vision to move us, physically and spiritually, from one realm to the next. Iolite examines the inner path of the deep self. It assists in letting go of the belief that one needs to control inner experiences, and dissolves fear of the unknown or suppressed parts of the psyche. It increases the capacity to move forward and clears thought forms, opening intuition.  Aids in understanding and releasing the causes of addiction.  Helps you to express your true self, free from the expectations of others.  Iolite releases discord within relationships.  It encourages taking responsibility for yourself, overcoming codependency within your partnership.

Labradorite

Color - Blue +

Chakra - Throat

Key Words - Intuition, Dream Magick, Change, Transitions

A stone of transformation, Labradorite is a useful companion through change, imparting strength and perseverance. It balances and protects the aura, raises consciousness and grounds spiritual energies. Excellent for strengthening intuition - promoting psychic abilities. Labradorite crystal reminds us to keep it magical by linking us to the spirit world, a dimension where anything is possible. Other stones keep us anchored to the earth with their powerful grounding effects while Labradorite encourages us to keep our head in the clouds. Labradorite is also the most powerful protector of the mineral kingdom, creating a shielding force throughout the aura and strengthening natural energies from within. It protects against the negativity and misfortunes of this world, and provides safe exploration into alternate levels of consciousness and in facilitating visionary experiences from the past or the future.

Lapis Lazuli

Color - Blue

Chakra - Throat & Third Eye

Key Words - Truth, Awareness, Wisdom, Protection

The Lapis Lazuli crystal helps us go deep within our spirits to awaken our true destiny and divine purpose. It stimulates wisdom and good judgment in the practical world. Lapis Lazuli is a powerful crystal for activating the higher mind and enhancing intellectual ability. It stimulates the desire for knowledge, truth and understanding, and aids the process of learning. It is excellent for enhancing memory. A stone of truth, Lapis encourages honesty of the spirit, and in the spoken and written word.  Wear it for all forms of deep communication. It is also a stone of friendship and brings harmony in relationships. A Lapis grid brings calm and loving communication for a home with temperamental teenagers, or children with Asperger's syndrome, autism, or attention-deficit disorder. It is also a protection stone, helping shield you from negative energy. 

Malachite

Color - Green

Chakra - Heart

Key Words - Transformation, Manifestation, Love, Protection

Malachite reminds us to turn over a new leaf. A strong energy with a power to protect and conceal you from negative entities. Helps bring energy and focus to new growth while pruning off the brambles holding you back. Give a burst of fuel to the fiery passions of your heart. The gift of wisdom to know the difference between abundance of the spirit and monetary wealth. Known in the crystal healing world as a warrior stone, Malachite serves as a guardian of the heart. Check out of the well-grooved track of everyday life and tune in with the Malachite crystal, your gateway to reconnecting with earth and its healing vibrations.

Moonstone

Color - White

Chakra - Crown

Key Words - Intuition, Balance, New Beginning, Psychic Abilities

Moonstone is often called the visionary's stone. Aligned with the energy of the Moon. It helps us see things more clearly. Taking us inward to see what is missing, forgotten or left behind and bringing into the light. Rainbow moonstone is thought to bring balance, harmony and hope while enhancing creativity, compassion, endurance and inner confidence. It provides psychic protection, clearing the mind and senses, and aids in lucid dreaming and calm sleep. It deflects negativity and eases emotional trauma.  Its energy is balancing and healing, assisting in the mastery of emotions by bringing them under the control of Higher Will, rather than expressing or repressing them.

Snowflake Obsidian

Color - Black

Chakra - Root

Key Words - Self-Reflection, Protection, Growth, Stabilizing, Grounding

A powerful cleanser of psychic smog created within your aura, and is a strong psychic protection stone. This stone has powerful metaphysical properties that will help to shield you against negativity. The energy of these stones may stimulate the gift of prophesy. Helps identify your dark side so that its healing properties can clear it away from your psyche. Enhance the stones around it, making it a big-time magnifier of healing energy. 

Opal

Color - White

Chakra - Crown

Key Words - Creativity, Inspiration, Imagination

White or milk opal helps you become more open minded to situations. It will aid you in accepting and appreciating yourself and others just as you are. White opal enhances your communication skills and encourages companionship with others. 

Peridot

Color - Green

Chakra - Heart

Key Words - Effervescent, Joy, Happiness, Balance

Known as the stone of compassion, peridot is believed to bring good health, restful sleep and peace to relationships by balancing emotions and mind. This friendly bright green stone also has the uncanny ability to inspire eloquence and creativity; it also brings delight and good cheer. If it’s light and love that you're after, keep this cheerful and uplifting stone in your environment. The Peridot is considered a wood element and works to promote abundance, prosperity, and happiness in your home.

Rose Quartz

Color - Pink

Chakra - Heart

Key Words - Unconditional Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Comfort

A stone of the heart, a Crystal of Unconditional Love. It's not just romantic love, it is unconditional love for self and others. It carries a soft feminine energy of compassion and peace, tenderness and healing, nourishment and comfort. It helps you to forgive, understand and see fights and situation from a different perspective. Reawakening the heart to its own innate love, it provides a deep sense of personal fulfillment and contentment, allowing one the capacity to truly give and receive love from others. Rose Quartz also inspires the love of beauty, in oneself and others, in nature, and especially that which stimulates the imagination - art, music and the written word. 

Sodalite

Color - Blue

Chakra - Throat

Key Words - Healing, Communication, Harmony, Trust

Sodalite gemstones assist with emotional healing connected to guilt and phobias. The healing properties of sodalite reduce the negative and enhance the positive, as supported by sodalite stone meaning. Self-acceptance, self-esteem and trust in one's own judgement are enhanced by sodalite benefits.

Tigers Eye

Color - Brown

Chakra - Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus

Key Words - Confidence, Strength, Courage, Abundance, Luck

A Tiger’s Eye stone is a healing gemstone of vitality and physical action. It sharpens the senses, promotes intuition and helps one to be practical, centered and grounded. It enhances personal power, allows clarity, good judgement, clear perception and insight, aiding in good decision making. Tiger’s Eye encourages us to go outside of our comfort zone, which is where growth, change, and transformation happen. This stone gives you the tools to see the world from a new perspective. It shifts your outlook so that you can gain a deeper understanding of yourself. Is there a new hobby you’d like to try? A solution to a problem you haven’t considered? Working with it grounds you in the power you need to inspire courage to pursue new ventures and is believed to bring you new opportunities, prosperity and abundance. 

Tourmaline

Color - Black

Chakra - Root

Key Words - Protection, Cleanse, Purify

Black Tourmaline is a protective stone which repels and blocks negative energies and psychic attack.  Black Tourmaline also aids in the removal of negative energies within a person or a space.  Black Tourmaline will cleanse, purify, and transform dense energy into a lighter vibration. Black Tourmaline is also great for grounding.  It balances, harmonizes, and protects all of the Chakras.  Use Black Tourmaline to protect against electromagnetic "smog" radiation, noise sensitivity and other such disturbances.  Black Tourmaline can be used as an aid to remove fear and boost self-confidence.

Turquoise

Color - Bleish Green

Chakra - Heart, Throat & Third Eye

Key Words - Spiritual Attunement, Strength, Grounding. Protective 

Turquoise crystal stone meaning is associated with personal protection. Said by Native American cultures to be the bridge between heaven and Earth, Turquoise provides a path to your vibrationally highest self. Many Native American cultures believe that turquoise connects the mind to the infinite possibilities of the Universe. Turquoise is a most efficient healer, providing solace for the spirit and well-being for the body. It benefits the overall mood and emotion by balancing and inducing a sense of serenity and peace. As a throat Chakra stone, turquoise helps to foster honest and open communication. 

Unakite

Color - Green & Pink

Chakra - Heart & Third Eye

Key Words - Release, Positivity, Openness, Abundance

Unakite Jasper brings together the abundant, nurturing energy of green with the soft, caring passion of pink in one of Nature's most healing crystals of the heart and mind. It resonates with the frequency of love, compassion and kindness, and is a stone dedicated to balancing the emotional body. A sacred stone because it deepens meditation by increasing your sense of being in the now. Call on the Unakite to super charge your spirituality and quiet down your inner cynic.  A stone of clarity, the Unakite healing properties give your heart the super power of 20/20 vision and the courage to be a hero to the ones you love.