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Natural Gemstones
Natural Gemstones are defined as being any type of mineral, organic matter or stone that
can be use in jewelry or other type of adornment. At least that is the definition as given by
the US Governments Science for a changing world, web site.
We believe that definition of the term is somewhat limited because it only deals with
natural gemstones from the standpoint of jewelry and as we all know, gemstones have
many other uses in both the magical and the mundane world.
It is important to note that the government's definition of the term states that the stones
"can be" cut. Natural gemstones are in their natural form. They may have been washed to
remove the dirt that has accumulated on them during the thousands of years it took for
them to form within the earth, but to be called a natural stone, it cannot have been cut or
polished in any way.
Many magical people prefer their stones to be this way when being used for magical
purposes. Yet depending on the intended use of the stone, it is sometimes preferable to
have the stone cut and/or polished, even for magical purposes.
When natural gemstones are first removed from the earth, rarely are they the beautiful
works of art we see on display shelves. There are few perfectly smooth edges or sharply
defined facets like you would find in precious gemstones that have been cut for jewelry use.
Most magical people have dealt with beautiful crystal points which come in a wide variety
of mainly semiprecious gemstones. They are almost always worked by man to have the
wonderful smooth and polished edges everyone favors. Rarely will you find precious
gemstones cut into points simply because the cost would be extravagant and in most cases,
the natural gemstone is so small it simply could not be cut into anything that large.
When you are looking for the perfect natural gemstones to add to your personal collection
or to use in your magical workings, it is important to look for gemstones that appeal to you
personally. Don't worry about what others think you should have. Look for the gemstones
that call to you.
When you are truly meant to have a specific gemstone, it will call for you and you can hear
it over great distances. One year, while on vacation, I had the overpowering need to visit a
mall in a town I had never been in before. At the mall I walked straight to a little store I had
never heard of before, went to the back of the store to a specific counter, looked in and
there was an amethyst wand at an unbelievable price. I would have paid $100 for it
because I knew before I saw it I was meant to have it. That is part of the beauty and magic
of natural gemstones. Their ability to touch our lives can reach across thousands of miles
and leave us blessed.
Have you ever wondered exactly what the difference between precious gemstones and
semiprecious gemstones is? Precious gemstones have 3 distinct qualities. They are: beauty,
durability and rarity. Semiprecious gemstones only have 1 or 2 of those qualities. In many
cases they are lacking in the rarity department but semiprecious gemstones can be quiet
rare. In those cases it is usually the durability quality that they lack. I personally do not
know of a single case where beauty is the quality that is lacking. For me, stones i personally
dug from the ground mean much more to me than one I purchased.
For the most part, precious gemstones including Diamonds, Corundum which includes all
the ruby and the various colors of sapphire, beryls which includes emerald and
aquamarine, topaz, and opal. All the other gemstones used in jewelry are generally
considered to be semiprecious gemstones. It is important to note however that often when
a new stone is first discovered, it is classified originally as a precious gemstone because of
its rarity, but when additional deposits are found it is moved to the semiprecious list. Its
place on the list has nothing to do with its healing or magical abilities. It is 100% based on
how much money can be made from it.
All in all, natural gemstones can be a boost to your magical workings and look beautiful in
any collection. While it is nice to have nice big examples of stones, never be afraid to make
use of the small stone in your favorite piece of jewelry in a pinch. Size has little to do with
power when dealing with natural gemstones.
UML supply different kinds of precious such as: Alexandrite, Amblygonite, Amethyst,
Ametrine, Andalusite, Andesine, Apatite, Aquamarine, Axinite, Benitoite, Beryl,
Chrysoberyl, Citrine, Danburite,Demantoid Garnet, Diamond, Diopside,Emerald, Enstatite,
Fancy Diamond, Fire Opal, Fluorite, Garnet Color Change
Garnet Malaia, Garnet Mali, Hessonite Garnet, Hiddenite, Idocrase, Iolite, Kornerupine
Kunzite,Kyanite, Labradorite, Opal (Australi...a), Opal (Ethiopia), Peridot, Petalite,
Pezzotaite
Phenakite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodolite Garnet (Pyrope-Almandine), Ruby, Sapphire
Scapolite, Sillimanite, Sinhalite, Spessartite Garnet, Sphalerite, Sphene, Spinel, Sunstone
Taaffeite, Tanzanite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Tourmaline Bi-Color, Tourmaline Paraiba (Brazil)
Tourmaline Rubelite, Tsavorite Garnet, Zircon, Zultanite (Color Change Diaspore)
BELOW ARE SOME GEMSTONES MEANING
AND PICTURES:-
Sapphire Gemstone
Sapphire gemstone comes in many colors. The best know color is the Blue Sapphire which is the
most sought after variety for jewelry and therefore commands high prices. From a metaphysical
standpoint, all sapphires have the same basic properties as blue sapphire gemstone, just in
varying degrees. This article is based mainly on the blue sapphire gemstone, with a short
synopsis of some of the better known other colors at the end.
The word Sapphire comes from the Greek word for Blue. The best known colors of sapphire run
from a blue so deep it is considered black, to a very pale blue. In jewelry terms, a strong blue
shade is the most valued. For healing and metaphysical properties, any shade that has the
properties you are looking for will do, especially since the price between the shades varies
greatly.
Most of todays sapphire gemstones are mined in Sri Lanka, Australia, Madagascar, Thailand and
Myanmar. Some of the finest Sapphires come from Sri Lanka and the territory of Kashmir where
controls on the amount of mining allowed is strictly regulated to prevent prices from being
reduced by over production.
Sapphire Gemstone Traits
The following traits are presented as traditional uses in healing and metaphysical applications
and should not be taken as being medical advice.
1. Helps clear the mind of stresses.
2. Considered by some to be a symbol of heaven and joyful devotion to God.
3. Open your ability to peerceive the energies that move through the universe.
4. Cures a sore throat when worn near the throat.
5. Attracts money and financial opportunities.
6. Promotes inner peace by clearing negative energies from the mind.
7. Organizes thoughts in a logical sequence so they can be dealt with to clear the mind as
easily as possible.
8. Helps you determine which thoughts must be forgotten.
9. Removes negativity.
10. Relieve stress.
11. Expands the mind.
12. Improves memory and mental recall.
13. Any healing where the blue light ray is needed.
14. Recharges your mind with fresh energies.
15. Clears blocked mucus to allow drainage.
16. Heals damaged nerves.
17. Stimulates throat and 3rd eye chakras.
18. Expands psychic abilities.
19. Useful in legal matters.
20. Can reflect harmful spells back to the sender.
21. Activates the crown chakra.
22. Allows you to see your lifes work.
23. Aids in Channeling.
24. Helps obtain material desires.
25. In an office situation, helps ensure employee loyalty.
26. Good for healing eye problems.
27. Reduces fevers.
28. Protects from the Evil Eye.
29. Releases confusion.
30. Helps one obtain self discipline.
31. Reduces inflammation.
32. Heals nose bleeds.
33. Helps hearing problems.
34. Increases the reception of Clairaudience.
35. An astringent for bathing and healing infection.
When dealing with ancient knowledge, it is often impossible to distinguish what is fact from
what is myth. The following is presented only as ancient knowledge without regard to the
possiblities of fact or myth.
1. Some believe the 10 commandments was given to Mosses on tablets of sapphire.
2. British Crown Jewels are full of large blue sapphires, because it is believed to be the
symbol of a pure and wise ruler.
3. Prince Charles chose a sapphire engagement ring for Princess Diana.
4. If you have an idea a star sapphire can help you hold the dream and make it a reality.
White Sapphire Gemstone - Is a good stone for anyone to use as their personal power stone as it
helps you find your potential and lifes work. Useful in activating the Crown Chakra.
Yellow Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone for a healer, especially useful for those dealing with
trauma that originated in their childhood. Also works well in helping children that are seriously
ill. Helps to provide a golden ray shield of protection.
Green Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone to activate and balance the heart chakra. Useful for
any type of money spells or where prosperity energies are needed. Helps restore energy to the
body. Is a good stone for healing when the green ray energy is needed.
Purple Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone for anyone that channels or works with any type of
psychic abilities or any of the divinatory arts. Helps to clear the mind so you can receive
messages clearly.
Main Chakra: 6th and 7th
Planet: (dark blue) Saturn, (light blue) Venus
Vibrates to the number: 6
Element: Water
Astrological Sign: Aquarius, Virgo, Libra and Capricorn
Sapphire Gemstone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Al2O3
Hardness - 9
Specific Gravity - 4
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.762-1.770 (+.009,-.005)
Bi-refringence - 0.008-0.010
Optic Sign - Negative
Optical Character - Uniaxial
Aquamarine Stone
As a metaphysical and healing crystal, the aquamarine stone has a fairly long list of positive
influences. Each with good historical backing to its many uses. Perhaps the most powerful
meanings for aquamarine stone is in its ability to cleanse both the physical and spiritual bodies.
Wearing jewelry with one or more aquamarine stones in it can help to clean out the body's lymph
system, align your chakras, remove blockages from the aura and help strengthen the connection
between the mind and body.
This cleansing can be increased by wearing a string of aquamarine stones around any point on
the body. This can easily and naturally be accomplished by simply wearing a necklace, bracelet
or anklet made of aquamarine stone. The idea is to circle a point on the body so as the blood
flows through that part of your body, it can bathe in the healing energies the crystal generates.
A second powerful aquamarine stone meaning is found within its ability to improve
communication between the user and others. Much like the way it cleanses your personal body
allowing all aspects of it to communicate better, it also helps to cleanse and remove barriers in
communication between you and other people.
If you are a shy type of person, aquamarine stone can not only reduce your fear of speaking to
other, but also help to attract the types of people that would make you feel more comfortable
when you speak with them. They would be people you can trust and that show compassion for
you. Think how powerful this meaning of aquamarine is as it not only helps to overcome shyness
but connects you with the type of people that are best for you personally.
When and if you happen to find yourself in a situation where there is a misunderstanding, an
aquamarine stone can help diffuse the situation so any disagreements can be resolved calmly and
peacefully, without physical or emotional harm to any persons involved.
The meaning of aquamarine stone I have personally received the most use from is its ability to
help us literally feel and see our connection to the people, world and universe around us. It helps
strengthen our ability to feel our connection with spirit that runs through all of us. Helps us to
understand how, while we are individual beings with our own wants and desires, we are also part
of a life force or group energy that acts and reacts between each and every one of us.
This makes it a great gift for someone involved in any type of work dealing with those that are
less fortunate because it fosters a desire within us to want to see our communities become the
best they can be and this includes helping to lift others out of troubled situations they may find
themselves in.
An aquamarine stone makes a great gift for a student, no matter what age level they are because
it gives them courage and the ability to excel in learning. It just might help them go on to become
one of the intellectual leaders of the world.
Continue below for the Chakra, Astrological, Planetary, Elemental and technical Properties of
aquamarine stone.
For more on the metaphysical, magical and healing properties visit our Aquamarine Gemstone
Part 2 page.
Main Chakra: Throat
Planet: Neptune
Vibrates to the number 1
Element: Water
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Aquamarine Stone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Al2Be3Si6O18, aluminum beryllium silicate
Hardness - 7.5 - 8 (Mohs scale)
Specific Gravity - 2.68 - 2.74
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.564 - 1.596
Bi-refringence - -0.004 to - -0.005
Optic Sign -
Optical Character -
Ruby Stone
Found in many places around the world, most high quality stones are mined in Afghanistan,
Australia, Cambodia, Greenland, Kenya, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, North Vietnam,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam. In the United States, most are minded in
Montana, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Ruby gemstone is a metaphysical stone of both love and wisdom. It is a royal gemstone worn by
Kings, Queens and Priests throughout history. Any sort of ruler or teacher must lead their
followers with wisdom and caring and the ruby stones ability to teach you how to make wise
decisions and guide you to making decisions from the heart and not just the brain may be why
they were always so fond of it.
Ruby stone stimulates the heart chakras in a way like no other gemstone. It helps you to set your
basic value system and decide what is acceptable in your world and what it not. This is the pure
value system that is unadulterated by the heart aches and chest pains the world dishes out at
times.
The protective abilities of the Ruby stone may be why it was so often used in the breast plates
and shields of Kings and Knights of old. In our modern times, it makes an excellent stone to
wear as a shielding stone. Simply carry or wear a stone so you can easily get to it and when you
feel the need for protection, grasp the stone and visualize a bright red light shining out from it
and surrounding your entire being.
You can also pre-program a ruby stone as a shield so it can send out protective energies to
surround you at all times. This is an especially good way to help prevent psychic attacks.
The instances of life that are the most troublesome to us, often happen for a specific reason, a life
lesson needing to be learned or to bring us back into alignment with out true selves and the needs
and desires we are able to fill in the world. Ruby stones can help you see the lessons you need to
learn before the turmoil hits in our lives. Of course each instance is different but occasionally we
can keep from having to deal with these events.
It is believed by some cultures that if you own a ruby stone, you will never lose your wealth and
is often used in work to ensure the stability of your income.
To help improve your ability to enter a Lucid Dream State, wear or carry a ruby stone during
your attempts. It helps you to remain lucid while entering the dream state and increases your
ability to control the dream without slipping into a normal sleep pattern.
Create a ruby elixir by soaking a crystal in water for at least a few hours (longer is better), then
use the elixir to bathe the skin of anyone with a fever to help reduce it.
f you suffer from any type of disorder of the heart, especially if blockages of the veins is
involved, mediate while laying down with a ruby gemstone placed above the heart. Wearing ruby
stones on a necklace long enough so it hangs even with the heart can also serve the same
purpose. It can help to ease the flow of blood through the veins.
When the body has too many toxins in it, either from slowly accumulating out of the
environment or from accidental (or intentional) poisoning, wear 2 or more ruby stones on
opposite sides of a part of the body. For instance, wearing a bracelet or anklet with multiple
rubies so they are on both sides of the wrist or ankle. Then as your blood flows through your
body and circulates through that specific part of the body, the rubies will purify the blood,
helping to remove the toxins and speed healing.
Main Chakra: Base
Planet: Mars
Vibrates to the number: 3
Element: Fire
Astrological Sign: Leo, Scorpio, Cancer
Ruby Stone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Al2O3 aluminum oxide
Hardness - 9
Specific Gravity - 3.97 - 4.05
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.762 -1.778
Bi-refringence - -0.008
Optic Sign - Negative
Optical Character - Unaxial
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz can be found in smaller quanities in most places around the world and is one of
the more common types of crystals. Quantities large enough to make mining the crystal
economically feasible are found maining in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Ghana,
Hungary, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United States (in numerous states).
There are two main varieties of Smoky Quarz. Most people are familiar with the typical
gray/brown to almost black colored crystals from which smoky quartz got its name. There is also
a variety that is a yellowish to redish brown shade often called Whiskey Quartz. This variety is
rarer than the typical colored crystal but can be found in many places. The higher quality
Whiskey Quartz is minded in Scotland and is highly prized from jewelry.
Smoky Quartz helps to calm behavior others would categorize as headstrong or willful. It gently
balances and brings harmony into your life and is the perfect gemstone to help calm the thinking
mind that tends to interfere with meditation.
The stone grounds your energies, but gently, never forcing you to change or to let go of
something, but guiding you to do what is best for you and in the way that is best for you
personally. Chances are good that your smoky quartz will not work as fast as a clear quarzt
crystal will, but this is actually better for some people, especially those that don't handle change
in a positive manner. The energy stays with you, always there when you need it until you have
resolved the matter at hand and no longer need it.
This is a great healing crystal to share between people in a personal relationship or any
relationship that is working toward a common goal. It is a good stone to have in an office where
team work is important. A large cluster sitting in the middle of the conference table can help
everyone get along and work better together.
When the economy is shrinking as fast as it is during this resession, it is easy to hold on to anger
and resentment over many things in our lives. But as we know, like attracts like in spiritual
matters and if you want to attract something better into your life, you need to let go of the
negative emotions to allow room for the positive ones. Smokey Quartz can transform thoses
negative energies into positive ones and bring you back to the here and now.
Many gemstones help attract money into your life, but smoky quartz helps you to keep the
money that you get by teaching you to manage your money wisely and guiding you into
choosing those purchases that are best for you. If you are prone to spending too much on all the
wrong things and tend to run out of money before you run out of bills, try keeping a few smoky
quartz crystals around the desk where you pay your bills to ensure everything gets paid and you
don't overspend.
A smoky quartz point placed one at each of the 4 directions around your bed with the points
turned toward the center of the bed, will help with marital communication problems and help
prevent back pain.
Keeping several smoky quartz in the bedroom can help couples to overcome communication
problems. It helps to dissolve mental and emotional blockages that can get in the way of the two
of you learning who the other person has really become. This is especially important because
people change and relationships can sour if it does not change to keep up with the new needs of
the people involved.
Have problems with pain in your feet? Whether from a structural defect or just having to stand
too much on the job, tie a couple of smoky quartz crystals into your shoe laces for some relief.
If your hands or wrists hurt from arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome, wear smoky quartz as
jewelry to help eleviate the pain. If you can wear a bracelet made of smoky quartz around your
wrist it is particularly helpful to those with carpal tunnel.
Can be used as a protective sheild to block and absorb any negative energies sent your way. Most
people don't realize the amount of negative energy people do send their way. Everyone from the
jealous co-worker to the guy that didn't like how fast you pulled into traffic this morning, there is
always someone sending negativity at you. Smoky quartz can help if you place them somewhere
near you.
We are all psychic but often our psychic sense become blocked for any number of reasons.
Meditate with smoky quartz in your hands to open up your psychic senses.
If you are having problems getting your get up and go to get up and take care of the house, try
placing a few smoky quartz around the room. They will increase your pride and joy in your
living space and make you want to keep things nice and shiny.
Are you one of those people that can never find what you are looking for? Constantly forgetting
where you put things and basically just unorganized. Put of few smoky quartz around so they can
help you improve your organizational skills.
To receive prophetic auditory messages better, take a wide stretchy hair band and put it around
your head. Slip smoky quartz under the band as it crosses over your ears. Just make sure the
stones are large enough they don't fall into your ears!
If you find yourself feeling depressed or a little blue more often than not; hold a crystal in each
hand. Take a few deep breaths and allow all of the depression to flow down your arms and into
the stones. When you have gotten as much out as possible, cleanse the stone under running water
to wash all the negativity out of so you can keep it around without picking those energies back
up again.
Main Chakra: Base
Planet: The Sun
Vibrates to the number: 8
Element: Earth
Astrological Sign: Capricorn and Sagittarius
Smoky Quartz Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.65
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.54 - 1.55
Bi-refringence - 0.009
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Uniaxial
Topaz Stone
Topaz stone is most commonly mined in Australia, Brazil, Nanibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia
and the United States in California, New Hapshire and Utah. Both surface mining and
underground mining operations are used to remove Topaz stone from the earth.
Topaz stone grows in prismatic crystal shapes that will often have striations moving up the
crystal. They may or moy not have points that are developed enough to be recognized as such. At
times, Topaz stones will grow in shapes similar to pebbles that have been worn down in running
water over the years. Both of these main formations of Topaz gemstone can be found in a wide
varity of colors, ranging from blue, brown, green, gold, pink, red, yellow, white, gray and
colorless.
Topaz Stone Metaphysical Properties
From a metaphysical standpoint, Topaz stone is one of the greatest gifts from the gemstone
world and helps on the metaphysical level with many of the problems that affect us in our daily
lives. When it is spoken of as the gemstone of true love, it is because it allows you to see
everything that is involved in a relationship with someone. This of course means both the good
and the bad, for no matter how sweet a person is or how much we love them, they do have a bad
side that will occasionally come out.
When you learn the whole person, all the uncertainty that sits in the back of your mind will either
drop away as you learn that you can love this person as a whole person, or it will fester and show
that there are things that can not be accepted and allow you to release those feelings either by
releasing the person or actually releasing the feelings so you can accept the person as the whole
person they are.
Topaz stone is also known as the gemstone of success in all endeavors. This is due to its ability
to work as a gemstone of manifestation via the law of attraction which when activated results in
success in everything you seek to accomplish. This is brought about because unlike quartz
crystal points which permits energy to flow in the direction of the point, the points of Topaz and
the facets of a faceted stone, allow alternating currents to flow through the stone. This permits
the stone to relay your needs into the universal flow of energy we all draw from and attract it
back into your auric field to be manifested in your life.
Topaz stones can help you to create changes in your life even when you are not 100% sure what
changes need to be made. It allows you to open up to the unlimited knowledge that exists in the
universal flow and to absorb what you need the most at this point in time, it allows you to see
beyond what is important in your personal world by enhancing your awareness of how you are
but a small part of a much bigger whole. A whole that includes everyone and every thing in the
universe and the entire whole works together with each act having an affect on the whole.
The mystical powers of Topaz stone shows up in many ancient writings and in various myths.
One of its many used by ancient Kings was to check whether someone had poisoned the King's
food. Topaz gemstones were placed near the King's food. If it stayed the same color, the food
was thought safe, if it changed color, it was thought the food was poisoned.
Ancient Kings and Prince's often had their breastplate armor encrusted with various gemstones
and Topaz stone was a common one to be found on them. It was believed that Topaz stone would
increase the wearers strength and to help make him invisible giving him a much greater chance
of success in battle.
Topaz Stone Healing Properties
As a healing gemstone, Topaz stone is used to to correct sexual dysfunction, cleanses the body
by cleansing the kidneys and the liver. This helps to improve all their functions, allowing them to
keep the body cleansed properly. If you have a problem with poor blood circulation in any place
in your body, try affixing a topaz to it to help increase blood flow.
Anyone who suffers from any type of arthritic pain may find some relief by rubbing the affected
area with a Topaz gemstone.
A Topaz elixer can be made by soaking a Topaz stone in water, under the light of a full moon.
This elixer can be taken internally to help purify the body of any type of infection or bacteria. It
can also be used as a wash on the body to help heal any type of skin eruption or wound.
Both the Egyptians and the Romans associated Topaz stone with their Sun God. The Egyptians
believe the gemstone would protect them from all types of harm. The Romans believed the stone
would protect them from enchantments and scorcery of all types and would give them the power
to see the approach of their enemies from a greater distance.
Main Chakra: Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra
Planet: Jupiter
Vibrates to the number: 6
Element: Air
Astrological Sign: Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Topaz stone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide
Hardness - 8
Specific Gravity - 3.49-3.57
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.606-1.644
Bi-refringence - 0.008 - 0.010
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Biaxial
Bloodstone Meaning
Before we get into varied bloodstone meanings, lets look first at where it is found. Most of the
worlds mines are located in Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, China, Germany, India, Russia,
Scotland and the USA. Few people realize there are 10 states in the USA from which quantities
of bloodstone gemstone are minded. They include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia,
Maine, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.
What we call the bloodstone gemstone is a combination of green chalcedony (a mixture of quartz
and moganite) also called a green jasper and inclusions of iron oxide or red jasper. Occasionally
the stone is found with yellow inclusions and in this form is it called plasma however it is the
green and red form that is the telltale variety most people think of when they think about a
bloodstone gemstone.
Bloodstone Gemstone Historical, Healing, Metaphysical and
Magical properties
At one time, bloodstone gem was known as Heliotrope. The word heliotrope is composed of the
greek word for "the sun", helios and the greek word for "to turn", trepein. The first historical uses
of bloodstone gemstone were to cause changes in the weather. One bloodstone meaning that is
associated with this belief is if you put a bloodstone gem in water and allowed that water (and
the gemstone) to absorb the rays of the sun, it would cause a storm to rise up in the area.
During the Middle Ages, the red spots on the bloodstone gemstone were believed to be the blood
of Jesus and the early Christians thought the stone held all the supposed powers of Jesus,
including the ability to make the wearer invisible. Some believe when Jesus was on the cross, his
blood fell on some jasper on the ground at the foot of the cross and this is how the bloodstone
gem was created. It was said that the stones from that area held tremendous ability to heal almost
anything and the gemstone was given the nickname "The Martyr's Stone" because of it.
Perhaps the best known bloodstone meaning is when we call it a hero's gemstone. It was often
seen in armor breast plates and on swords for it's ability to arouse courage in the most dangerous
situations. Also considered to be a very strong healing gem allowing the wearer to remain strong
in battle long after those around you have fallen. In ancient times, warriors carried a bloodstone
gemstone amulet into battle with them because it was thought that if the amulet was applied to a
wound, it would cause the wound to quit bleeding. Ancient Egyptians used bloodstone gemstone
magic to help them win in battles. They used magically empowered gemstones as amulets for the
warriors to increase their personal strength.
Bloodstone Gems make a great gift for anyone that earns their living from their art. It promotes
creativity, self-expression, and artistry. Keep one of more bloodstone gemstone on your desk or
work table to help increase your business and wealth. Even those that do not run their own
business can benefit by allowing the stone to attract additional sources of income into their lives.
Continue Below for the technical aspects of Bloodstone Gemstone
Click to go to part 2 of Bloodstone Gemstone.
Main Chakra: heart
Planet: Mars
Vibrates to the number: 4 & 6
Element: Fire
Astrological Sign: Aries, Pisces, Scorpio
Bloodstone Gemstone Technical Details
Chemical Composition - SiO2 with variouis impurities
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.65 to 2.66
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.53-1.54
Bi-refringence - 0.003 - 0.009
Optic Sign - positive
Optical Character – Uniaxial
Garnet Gemstones
Fabulous garnet gemstones are very common and can be found in many areas around the world.
The most common being Africa, Argentina, Bohemia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, India,
Italy, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey. In
the United States, the most common areas are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia.
There are actually 10 classes of garnet gemstones, generally listed as being 7 classes with 3 sub-
classes. These include Almandine, Andradite, Demantoid, Grossular, Hessonite, Pyrope,
Rhodolite, Spessartite, Tsavorite and Uvarovite. This article deals with the gemstone properties
that are basic to all types of Garnet gemstone. If we have added an article on the individual types,
the name will be clickable and it will be included in the menu on the right side of the web site.
Other articles will be added as time allows.
Due to the abundance of garnet gemstones available around the world, they are one of the least
expensive gemstones on the market and are not used in jewlery as often as many other types of
gemstones for that very reason. But what the jewelry industry snubs, the metaphysical market
craves because they are one of the most top notch healing gemstones available.
Garnet stones can help bring out your best side making you more attractive to employers and
more popular with co-workers. It makes others want to work with you giving you an advantage
over others. This makes it a great stone to wear or carry when you are competing with other co-
workers for a raise or promotion.
Wear or carry a garnet stone to a job interview to help the interviewer be impressed by you. You
will be the one they think about first when it comes time to decide who gets the job.
A garnet crystal worn as jewelry or simply held in your hand (or pocket) helps to expand your
awareness of the world around you and all the spiritual energies contained there in. They are the
perfect stones to aid in helping you to manifest your desires and needs into reality. If you are
working "The Secret (Law of Attraction)", keep one with you any time you are attuning your
mind to the things you are manifesting. It not only helps you keep your mind on your goal but
also helps to speed the process.
If you find yourself feeling down in the dumps and having a hard time getting going, try
meditating with or wearing garnet gemstones. It can bring out your passion for life and for living,
bringing you closer to family and friends. It restores your vitality and passion for life giving you
extra energy and stay-ability. Don't turn to stimulants like caffeine, absorb the healing energies
of a garnet gemstone to increase your energies and sail through the rest of your day.
If you are looking for that special someone in your life and you want to be lucky in love, wear or
carry a garnet gemstone any time you are going somewhere you might meet that special
someone. They help increase your personal magnetism helping you to draw that special someone
to you. But what happens when you are not 100% positive the person you met is the right one for
you? Ask the stone if the person is right for you and then sleep with it under your pillow. The
answer should come to you in a dream during the night.
Once you are sure you have met the right person for you, use a garnet gemstone as a stone of
commitment. It helps both of you see the best attributes of the other creating a loving atmosphere
of devotion and understanding that can withstand the test of time.
All businesses need more than a little luck to survive, especially in these trying times. If you
want your business to have a little more luck that all the others, put a garnet gemstone in the cash
register and/or hang a few from the ceiling over your cash register or business office to attract
the luck that you need to soar above your competition.
To bring a little extra luck into your job situation, try a garnet stone. This is especially true if you
have a dangerous job or have to travel dangerous areas on a regular basis. Wear or carry one to
ensure you are lucky in staying safe.
Garnet gemstones can help balance and stimulate the entire chakra system from the base chakra
to the crown. A meditation done while allowing one to rest on the body above each of the
chakras can leave you feeling empowered, balanced and ready to take on anything the world has
to throw at you.
Main Chakra: Base
Planet: Mars
Vibrates to the number: 2
Element: Fire
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Garnet Gemstones Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Silicates (Nesosilicates)
Hardness - 6.5 to 7.5
Specific Gravity - 3.5 - 4.3
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.780 - 1.889
Bi-refringence - None
Optic Sign -
Optical Character - Isotropic
Rose Quartz Crystal
Rose quartz crystal, like most other forms of quartz gemstones, started life within the molten
lava that swirls within the earth to this day. The pressure within the earth pushes the liquid lava
into every tiny crack and crevice it can find and it is within this inner kingdom where the
minerals start to mix with other minerals and rose quartz crystal starts to grow.
In a way, the term Rose Quartz Crystal is actually a misnomer because this healing gemstone
rarely forms crystals with actual points. In most cases it will not grow above extremely tiny,
almost too small to be seen points. Occasionally however, actual pieces with individually
terminated points are found in the Minas Garis and Poco D'Anta mines in Brazil.
The vast majority of rose quartz crystal points on the market are cut, shaped and polished from
large chunks of stone, are imitation, or they are reconstituted. In that case, they take the chunks
left over after cutting, melt and then pour them into slabs which are cut and shaped after cooling.
There is much debate about whether reconstituted stones have the same metaphysical properties
as their natural counterparts. After all, they are being made from real rose quartz crystal, leading
one to think they would have the same properties. My personal feeling on the subject is they are
not the same. In fact, I found out about the stones 7 or 8 years ago when I won an action for a
nice tall rose quartz Obelisk at what I thought was a GREAT price. When it arrived however, I
did not feel any life in it. It is beautiful but feels spiritually dead.
This would make sense when you think about the fact it is the crystaline structure of natural rose
quartz crystal that holds the power. Melting the stone destroys the crystals. Many people tell me I
am wrong and they can feel the life within the crytal, so each person must make their own
decision on the subject.
If you are extremely lucky, you might happen upon a rose quartz gemstone that actually glows in
the dark from the phosphorus content of the stone. Rarely a Rose Quartz crystal will be found
with a star, much like what is seen in star rubies. This is very rare with rose quartz crystals
however and can only be seen once the stone has been cut and polished.
Probably the most widely know rose quartz crystal meaning is as the stone of love and marriage,
you can keep your marriage alive and spicy by keeping a rose quartz gemstone under your
pillow.
Youth and beauty are fleeting and we need every drop of help we can get to maintain our
youthful appearances as they tend to fade too fast for anyone to be comfortable with it. Since
ancient times women have kept rose quartz crystals under their pillow so the soothing beauty of
the stone will help their bodies maintain their youthful appearance.
During times of stress or any time emotions get out of control, use a rose quartz crystal to bring
calm and peaceful energies to the situation. Makes a great stone to be kept in businesses where
there tends to be a lot of stress such as the doctors or dentist office where its soothing energies
can help ease the patients tensions.
Place a few rose quartz crystals in a glass container of water then set it outside under the full
moon and allow it to stay there overnight. This elixir makes a great beauty aid to bathe in to keep
your skin smooth.
Just like it helps in the doctors office, keeping a stone in a room will help remove negativity for
the people in it. This is exceptionally helpful if a family member gets caught up in a negative
phase and is very helpful when teenagers go through those hormonal roller coaster phases.
If your body is full of stress or anxiety from any cause, take a few moments to relax with rose
quartz crystal in each hand. Perhaps the second best known rose quartz meaning is that it helps
reduces stress and anxiety in the body and all you have to do is relax for a few moments and
allow it to happen. With todays economic problems this is one use the entire world could make
use of.
Without intentionally meaning to, often people make us feel as if we are not worthy of the lives
we lead. Plus our society thinks if you are not part of the upper crust, you are not as worthy as
they are. This causes a feeling of negative self worth that can affect our ability to live life to its
fullest. Carry or wear a rose quartz crystal to increase your feeling of self worth and banish this
problem.
Are you ready to accept a love into your life? Don't let prior bad choices harden your heart
against accepting love. Allow this special stone to open your heart and make it ready to accept
love. This is a special rose quartz meaning that can change the lives of those who will allow it to
work its magic for them.
Magic makes the world go round and if you are ready to call that one special someone into your
life and planning on using magic to do it, be sure to include a couple of rose quartz crystals to
help draw that perfect someone to you.
This rose quartz property is for anyone that works hard, to the point of having blisters and is also
good for sun bathers that stay out a little too long. Make an elixir by soaking a crystal in water
overnight (under the moons light if possible. Then bathe burns and blisters in the elixir to speed
healing.
If your job requires you to deal with people, especially when it is during their times of need, this
rose quartz property can help in those times when you may find yourself a little short on patience
and understanding. Carry one with you at all times to help bring patience and understanding to
any situation where it is needed.
If life, job, family, the economy and everything else has left you with raw emotions and you are
no longer sure if your choices are being made for the right reasons, meditate on the situation with
rose quartz crystal in your hand and allow it to purify your emotions.
Our bodies have a vibrational level just like everything else in the universe and the various
stresses and situations we encounter can cause our vibrational level to lower, become baser,
which in turn attracts lower things and situations to us. (like attracts like) Carry Rose Quartz
Crystals to help raise the vibrational level of your body.
Rose quartz crystals are especially good for someone who has experienced a spouse who was
unfaithful or abusive. Working with the stone can help you to let go of the pent up emotions that
go along with the hurt they caused you, so you can move on with your life and find the person
that is right for you.
Whether it is from being a victim of crime or simply the unthinking things people say it is easy
to forget how to trust others. Don't get me wrong it is often in your best interest to not
immediately trust others, but I'm talking about the inability to trust pretty much anyone. That can
lead to all sorts of problems both emotional and financial. If you find yourself in one of these
situations, wear a rose quartz gemstone and allow it to unharden your heart so it can teach you to
trust others agains.
When our emotions become pent up, especially when it is any emotion that makes us want to
hurt someone or destroy something, we need to release those feelings and we want to do it
without hurting others or breaking things. Trust a rose quartz crystal to make it happen.
Rose Quartz Crystals have a long history of use in healing the human body. Ancient Romans
used it to relieve headaches and cure breathing problems. Todays gemstone healers use it to help
lower blood pressure and many people wear jewelry with rose quartz stones to help supplement
their doctors orders.
Main Chakra: Heart to Crown
Planet: Venus
Vibrates to the number: 8
Element: All
Astrological Sign: Libra and Taurus
Rose Quartz Crystal Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2, Silicon Dioxide
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.65
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.544-1.553
Bi-refringence - 0.009
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - UNIAXIAL
Opal Stones
About 95% of the world Opal stones are mined in Australia where it is the national gemstone.
Most of the remaining opal stone is mined in the United States, Mexico and Slovakia.
There are 4 main types of natural opal stones, namely Black Opal, Boulder Opal, White Opal and
Crystal Opal. The rarest and therefore the most expensive is Black Opal. The body of the stone
can range from a dark grey to an almost black and this dark coloring allows the fire of the opal to
flash in an exceptional way.
Boulder Opal stones are found only in Queensland, Australia where they form in the cracks of
ironstone boulders. This means they are exceptionally thin stones and are usually cut with a layer
of the boulder still attached to give the stone the strength to be usable in jewelry.
The most common form of opal stone is the white opal. It formed in almost the exact same
conditions as black opal but the carbon and iron oxide trace elements that give the black opal its
darker color were not present. White Opal gemstones are the least expensive of all opals and are
often used in rings and pendants of all types.
Crystal Opal stones are any type of opal in which the body of the stone is transparent. The colors
range mainly from yellow to oranges but can be other colors. The stones transparency allows the
flash of fire to show through making this gemstone not quiet as valuable as black opal but on a
level with boulder opal.
It is important to note that opal stones are also being made synthetically. The fire flash tends to
be stronger but more squared in synthetic opals giving the stone a somewhat snakeskin pattern
across the face of the stone.
A gem cutter will always prefer to cut opal stones as a single, solid stone but opals are very
fragile and this sometimes means they can not stand up to the pressure of finishing the piece.
Cutters will often make doublets or triplets for the stones by layering one or two slices of thin
opal and gluing it to a thin slice of a dark colored base stone. This makes for an exceptionally
beautiful stone and many collectors seek out these stones in particular.
If you want to increase the power of your magical working, adding an opal stone to the work can
do just that because it is a natural amplifier. In magickal workings you can charge opal stone for
any type of work making it a great stone to keep around in case you happen to not have a specific
stone that you need.
Known as a stone of love, opal stones bring good fortune to the one you love. But if your love is
unfaithful, it is known to bring heartache to the unfaithful one. This could well be where so many
of the rumors about opal being unlucky originated from
Opal is only unlucky to those that are unworthy of it due to cheating. The average person has
nothing to fear from opal stones. My first ring given to me at high school graduation was an opal
I have treasured for all of my life and it has never brought me bad luck.
Shamans use opal stones to connect with spirit guides and totem animals. The stones ability to
speed entry into a meditative state and the way it makes visualizations more defined and realistic
makes it a great stone to use during any type of meditation work or a vision quest.
Many choose to call opal stones the most powerful of healing stones available. It helps the body
to align all the energy systems, clearing out blockages and restarting the natural energy flows
within the body.
If you want to increase your emotional experiences of a situation, wear an opal. This makes it a
great stone to wear in nature, on vacation or while journeying through guided meditations. Keep
in mind however that it turns up the volume on all emotions so do not use it when having to deal
with negative emotions.
Trapped within the confines of Opal stones are a wide variety of colors, including all the colors
associated with the Chakras. This makes them great stones to use in opening the chakras.
Fire opals help to clear the causes of sexual dysfunction bringing back the desire to share
intimate moments with a partner.
During labor and childbirth, place an opal stone on the navel of the woman to help ease her pain
and to make sure the baby arrives health and safely.
If you find yourself in a rut or just not enjoying life to the fullest anymore, opal stones can help
to bring back your zest and enthusiasm for life. It helps you see brighter tomorrow, find answers
to questions that may be holding you back and shows you the possibilities of what life can bring.
Opal stones have a common need to humans. Both must have water to survive. It is the water
within opal gemstones that cause the flashes of fire across the stone. This connection with water
means that opals can help humans with any aspect under the ruling of water. This is especially
true with anything dealing with the mind or emotions and includes memory, happiness, desires,
loves and lifting your spirits.
Makes a great stone to use while working on any type of psychic reading. Keep one around while
reading tarot cards, runes, angel cards or a pendulum to increase your ability to hone in on what
you are being told. It awakens psychic perception and increases your mystical awareness.
It has been said opal stones are the stones of the gods because they bring all things God wants for
you in your life. Peace, happiness, a zest for life, love, sex, health, vitality and more are the gifts
God gives to us and all are aspects of the beautiful opal stone.
Main Chakra: All Chakras
Planet: Mercury
Vibrates to the number: 2
Element: Water
Astrological Sign: Cancer, Libra, Pisces and Scorpio
Opal Stones Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2.nH2O
Hardness - 5.5-6
Specific Gravity - 2.15 (+0.07;-0.90)
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.45 (+.020;-0.080)
Bi-refringence -
Optic Sign -
Optical Character - Isotropic
Amethyst Crystal - Part 1
Amethyst Crystal formations can be found in many places around the world. The quality and
number of additional minerals that may be found mixed with it vary from place to place. The
more common places to find Amethyst crystals are: Africa, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico,
Russia and The United States. Due to the various minerals found in each area, each mine
produces a slightly different form of the stone.
Amethyst Crystal formations are part of the quartz family of crystals. Quartz is the most
abundant mineral formation on the planet. Used since ancient times, Amethyst crystal has been
found in the tombs and burial crypts of early ancient Egyptian Kings and Pharoahs. They were
also found in tombs as far back as the Babylonian era, giving us a long and colorful history
wrapped around this stone of Royalty.
Amethysts are inexpensive gemstones and can brighten the atmosphere in any room they are in.
They come in many shapes and sizes, with prices that can fit most any budget. Individual
tumbled stones can be purchased for less than $2 each. Faceted or cabachon stones run a little
more, but even a high quality facted stones can be purchased for less than $30. The word
amethyst comes from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated") and one of the
many abilities Amethyst Crystal formations are believed to have is to prevent intoxication. In
fact, the greeks and Romans carved goblets from it, from which they drank their wine in order to
avoid drunkeness.
The word amethyst comes from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated") and
one of the many abilities Amethyst Crystal is believed to have is to prevent intoxication. In fact,
the greeks and Romans carved goblets from it, from which they drank their wine in order to
avoid drunkeness.
Amethyst Crystal is one of the more important gemstones in crystal healing and magick. Plus
they are a favored stone for use in jewelry, perhaps due to the way it makes people feel when
they wear it.
For Chakra, color, planetary and technical data on Amethyst crystal, please see below.
For Metaphysical, magical and healing properties, please visit our Amethyst crystal additional
data page.
Chakra: Crown
Colors: All shades of purple, violet and mauve
Astrological Sign(s):Pisces, Aquarius, Sagittarius
Element: Water
Planet: Jupiter
Vibratory #: 3
Amethyst Crystal Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.65 constant
Refractive Index (R.I.) - nw = 1.543-1.553 ne = 1.552-1.554
Bi-refringence - +0.009
Optic Sign - Positive
Tigers Eye
Tigers Eye (also known as Tiger Eye) draws upon the best qualities of a Tiger allowing you to
absorb them into your being to get the most benefit from them.
1) Patience: A tiger can wait patiently for hours or even days until the right opportunity presents
itself. In business and in life, patience is a virtue. Often we run head long into a project without
doing the proper research or learning and we find ourselves having to backtrack. Allow the tiger
eye to bring you clear thinking and insight in to the situation. Listen to the tiger and bide your
time is our first tiger eye meaning.
2) Focused: A tiger will stay focused on the object he desires for as long as it takes. In business,
if we allow ourselves to lose focus, we allow our competition to gain a foothold and we miss
opportunities to grow and increase our businesses. A tiger eye rock will keep you focused if you
allow it to. This Tiger eye meaning warns you to stay focused on your goal.
3) Determination: A tiger is totally determined to get what he wants and needs. You must be also
to be successful in your business. If you are not determined to succeed, it will not happen. Learn
from the tiger and allow the tigers eye gemstone to help maintain and increase your
determination is all aspect of life and business. Listen to this tiger eye meaning and stay
determined to reach your goal.
Tigers Eye healing properties
A Tiger Eye can assure the correct use of power, courage, grace and the ability to see clearly and
without illusion. All of which clears the way before you to allow success to enter your life.
A tiger eye makes an excellent healing stone for adults with ADD or any type of emotional
disorder as it gives strength, restores balance, relieves doubt and helps you make decisions with
vision and clarity. Especially helpful if you're feeling drained, overwhelmed, or unfocused.
Does your mind flit from one thought to another, making it hard to concentrate, impossible to
meditate. Use Tiger Eye to ground yourself. It stills the mind and helps you move deeper into
meditation. It can also create harmony in your life and is especially suited for anyone seeking
peace and calm in their life.
Tigers Eye attracts money
Too often, those that come into money after a long lack of money in their life, tend to become
abusive with the power that money brings. They tend to shun those they knew most of their life
and tend to be obnoxious to servants. Tigers Eye helps prevent the abuse of power, leaving you
better able to get along with everyone involved, which makes relationships with those that work
for us much smoother.
Since ancient times, tiger eye stones have been used to stimulate wealth by attracting money into
the life of the wearer. At the same time, it helps you keep the wealth you have and it prevents
you from becoming abusive with your money or greedy.
Take a Tiger Eye outside on the night of the full moon, hold it to the moon and ask that She
Bless it to draw money into your life. Allow it to sit in the moonlight as long as possible, then
take it in and keep it in your pocket or purse along with your money to draw more into your life.
Miscellaneous Fact about Tigers Eye
A times it can be hard to find information on Tiger Eye Gemstones because of the various
spelling of the name. Tiger Eye, Tigers Eye and Tiger's Eye all are speaking of the same stone,
which is also occasionally listed as Cat's Eye. Cats eye however can be any one of a variety to
gemstone types which when cut properly, displays a band of light across the top of the stone
which looks similar to the slash of reflected light in a cats eye.
Tigers Eye stone comes in a few different colors, the most common of which are gold, blue and
red tiger eye. All have the flash of color that resembles the flash you see in a tigers eye when the
light hits is at night and this is where the name Tiger Eye comes from.
Tiger eye rock is a good choice to use while meditating as they help you to calm your emotions
and mind so you can enter the meditative state.
Feeling out of sorts lately, stressed from your job or life in general? Tiger eye stone is a great
stone for you to wear or carry. They correct the problems that leave you feeling drained,
overwhelmed, confused, or unfocused.
If your home or office is a high stress area where tempers can easily get riled, try placing a large
tiger eye gemstone (or several smaller ones) in the room to sooth the tensions.
Have a job in which you have to drive at night? Carry a tigers eye as it helps improve night
vision.
Main Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
Planet: Sun
Vibrates to the number: 4
Element: Fire & Earth
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Tigers Eye Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - A Silicate. (Tectosilicates). A variation of Quartz
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.64 – 2.71
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1,544 -1,553
Bi-refringence - 0.009
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Uniaxial
Amber Stone: A negative energy transformer
Many people think what we call Amber stone is actual stones (minerals). In reality however they
are fossils. Fossilized tree sap to be exact. Amber stone does not belong to a mineral family, it is
more of a natural plastic and there is not an exact chemical composition that makes up amber
stone for that reason.
Amber stone feels almost warm to the touch. Minerals feel cool to the touch but amber does not
conduct heat the way mineral stones do. If it gets hot enough, amber will actually burn. Amber
can be made to attract electro static electricity. Simply rub it with a soft cloth and it will attract
small pieces of paper placed near it.
Most amber stone is a warm golden yellow color, but the colors can vary between shades of
yellow, orange, red, white, brown, green and a bluish almost black color.
Everyone who spends long periods of time on a computer should keep an amber stone on their
desk due to its ability to detoxify the body from all types of radiation (sun, computers, xrays,
etc.)
An excellent healing stone, not only is it stronger than some other healing stones but also has the
ability to take negative energy that could be causing the illness and transmutting it into positive
energy that helps heal the affected area. It is an excellent stone for those working with the Law
of Attraction due to its ability to help in manifesting your desires.
Other Amber Stone meanings
Trying to get pregnant? Want to get every possible bit of help to speed up the process? Try
wearing an amber stone on a belt hung low from the waist or carry one in your pocket to help
ensure conception.
Have you noticed the small plants and animals that are often trapped within the golden confines
of this gemstone? These help connect us directly to the Universal Life force making it a great
stone for energy workers.
An amber stone carved into the shape of a rabbit, frog or fish would make a great gift for anyone
trying to get pregnant, those 3 animals are some of the most abundant producers of offspring
around and when you add in the stones ability to help in conception it makes a perfect match!
Amber stone helps draw out negative energy from the body then allows the body to heal itself by
taking that negative energy and transmuting it into a positive energy that purifies the body, soul,
heart and spirit. Luck does not have to be left to just fate, we have the ability to increase our luck
via conscious choices and amber stone is an excellent choice to be used to attract good luck.
Carry one in your pocket, drop one in your purse or wear one on a chain around your neck; all
make the perfect good luck charm.
Making decisions are often one of the hardest things we ever have to face, but you don't have to
face it all alone. Hold an amber stone in your hands and fold your hands over your heart while
making your decision as the stone will make your decision much easier to deal with. Most
everyone has dreams of a better and brighter future, but your dreams are personally yours and
they come in all sizes and shapes. It is the getting those dreams to come true that is the hard part.
Want your dreams to come true? Sleep near an amber stone so it can help you make correct
choices in your life.
Everyone needs love in their life and helping to attract love into your life is an amber stone
metaphysical property that excels! Talismans are object that have been empowered (charged)
with specific energies to be embued to the wearer. When possible, natural objects with their own
similar powers are embued with the powers making the talisman exceptionally strong. Since
ancient times, people have empowered the amber stone to be a protective talismans.
Have you ever known someone that is always bright and cheerful, even on the darkest of days?
Did you notice if they happen to have some of this "sunshine frozen in time" amber stone on
them. Since ancient times, a string of amber stone beads around the neck has been thought to
bring the wearer inner peace and a sunny disposition.
Egyptians used amber stone to protect mummies from destruction and decay. It was not unusual
for amulets made of amber stones to be found in tombs because it protected the deceased on their
journey thought the afterlife. Make a gemstone elixir by soaking one or more stones in a glass
container of water overnight, under the moonlight if possible. Use the elixir to wash your face or
in the making of products for skin care to enhance beauty.
Early doctors prescribed amber stones to be taken internally to cure various ailments like
headaches, heart problems and arthritis. (Not sure if I would try this one or not. Do so at your
own risk.)
Meditation can improve all aspects of our lives, but sometimes trying to find the time and place
to be able to relax enough to meditate can be a problem. So we of course want to get the most out
of the time that we do have. By placing an amber stone on top of the head during meditation it
not only helps to cleanse the crown chakra but improves your ability to get the most our of your
mediation.
Our mind, body and soul are constantly being bombarded with negativity. Its in the air and the
food we eat. Let's not forget computers, medical equipment and the hundreds of other machines
that give off small doses of raditional. It is no wonder our bodies are constantly having problems.
Try passing a large amber stone through the aura of a person to detoxify the body and remove all
sorts of negative energies or you can sleep with a few stones and receive their benefits all night
long.
Having an off day? Sit for 3 to 5 minutes with an amber stone held to your solar plexus chakra to
balance your mind, body and soul and bring clarity to your day.
Knee and joint problems haunt a huge number of Americans and this is one gemstone that can
help alieve the pain. If you are having knee problems (or any other joint), wrap the joint with an
ace bandage and place one or more amber stones under the bandage, next to the skin. The
healing properties will have direct access to the problem area.
Life is hectic and if you are having a bad day and are exceptionally up tight, draw a nice warm
bath and place a few amber stones in the water, then sink in with them and allow their healing
powers to remove the tensions from your body.
There are numerous references to the uses of this fabulous gemstone throughout history. One of
the most enduring is during the Middle Ages, when amber was use heavily in Rosary Beads.
Often thought of as being sunshine frozen in time, you can take advantage of that captured
warmth and use it when you are feeling cold for any reason. Hold an amber stone in your hand
and visualize its warmth spreading throughout your body to warm you up!
Give a gift of amber to anyone who is recovering from any sort of illness. It's ability to connect
to the life force of the Universe can help speed healing.
We have within our personal abilities the access to a wide range of ancient knowledge. Taping
this knowledge is not always easy but if you meditate with an amber stone in each hand it helps
you connect to the ancient knowledge.
For you guys who are hoping to get your wife pregnant, carry an amber stone in your pocket. It
is helps keep the equipment in top working order.
Chakra: Solar plexus Chakra
Element: Fire
Astrological sign: Leo and Sagittarius
Vibrates to #3
Turquoise Stones
Turquoise stones ar found all over the world in places where volcanic activity has occurred. In
the United States, turquoise stones are found in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico,
Nevada, Utah and Virginia.
The turquoise stones found in Virginia are a rare form that grows in crystals that are prismatic in
nature. Most of the stones in other parts of the world do not grow in crystal shapes.
The highest quality of stones are found in Persia, which is also where the earliest mines
supplying modern day turquoise are found. Large successfully mined deposits have also been
found in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Tibet.
The color of the stone ranges from the famous sky blue color of the Persia crystals, through
various shades of blue greens. The color depends on the minerals found in the area where it
grew. The more copper in the mix produces a bluer stone. The more iron in the mix produces a
greener stone.
Turquoise stones help us attune our physical selves to the highest realms. It helps us to better
understand ourselves and to bring our ideas and emotions under control so we can see them
become fruitful in our reality. You have but to stop and listen, be still and be ready to hear the
truth about who and what you are. Only then will you obtain your full power.
Honored by native Americans as a sacred stone, turauoise gemstone absorbs negativity,
transmuting it into useful energy. It also helps you to become one with the universe.
The true Turquoise meaning for each person comes directly from the heart and the soul of the
person using them. This page represents the turquoise meanings others have found to be true in
their search for the power of healing crystals energies. If you find it helps you with something
not listed here, claim it as your own for you have been given a gift.
Turquoise Stones Healing Properties
The list of turquoise stone healing properties is long and varied. The varieties of turquoise crystal
shapes, sizes and colors that can be used are as varied as the people that use them.
Some people prefer to use tumbled turquoise stones of approximately 1 inch in size. Others
prefer natural turquoise stones, unchanged by mans hands. The choice is 100% up to you. The
energies are there, waiting to be used by those that choose to use them.
Worn anywhere on the body, a turquoise stone will protect and bless the wearer. It is considered
a sacred stone in some cultures, being a gift from the gods.
A String of turquoise beads worn around the neck absorbs all negativity from the body and mind
and helps you develop your own natural powers.
You can align your chakras by laying a turquoise stone on each of the chakra points for 3 to 5
minutes while the gem does its work. Don't have 7 turquoise? It may take a little longer, but
laying a single stone on 1 chakra at a time for the same 3 to 5 minutes will still align your
chakras for maximum power.
A string of turquoise stone beads used as a bracelet, necklace or even an anklet will help detoxify
the body from alcohol, pollution, poison and radiation. The idea is to wear a circle of beads
around one area of the body so as the blood flows back and forth through the area, the turquoise
can purify it.
Perhaps my favorite healing method that I use a couple of times a month when I get a headache
is to wear one on my head to help heal and to bring wisdom. I purchased a package of stretchy
hair bands at Walmart but you can find them anyplace that sells brushes and such. Use one as a
head band around your forehead. The pressure helps ease the headache and provides the perfect
place to slip a gemstone underneath to hold the crystal in place. I sleep like this often so I wake
up headache free in the mornings.
Anyone that has problems with their lungs, throat or from asthma, can hang a turquoise stone
from a cord or chain so it hangs directly over the area causing the problem. This allows the gem
energies to get as close as possible to the problem area and begin the healing work even faster.
Have problems with your hearing or with ear infections. Use the head band trick above to hold a
large turquoise gemstone against the ear so the stone can do its work. NOTE: Make sure the
stone you use is large enough it will not go inside your ear.
Those suffering from depression can sleep with a turquoise to help lift the depression faster. I
can attest to this ability from experience in my mother's later years. When her health started
failing she suffered with severe depression and the stones helped to ease her suffering.
NOTE: Turquoise stone healing crystal remedies should always be used to compliment
traditional medical treatments, not replace it. As with all alternative therapies, always check with
your doctor before using.
Add a few turquoise rocks to a container of water and allow it to sit outdoors overnight where the
moon can shine upon it and then so the sun can shine upon it during the day. That evening, pour
the water into a tub of warm water, step in, sit down and allow the healing energies to work upon
your body.
This same Healing Elixir can be used to soak a sprained or pulled muscle, strengthen the body so
you can fight off viruses and infections, and help damaged or cut tissues to heal. For headaches,
soak a cloth in the Elixir and place on your forehead till the pain goes away.
Have a speaking engagement coming up? Sleep with a turquoise taped to your neck (with a band
aid) at night and wear one on a chain around your neck during the day to ensure your ability to
communicate with others is at it's highest.
Turquoise Stones Metaphysical Properties
Turquoise stones have a long list of metaphysical properties. It's ability to strenghten us goes
beyond physical strength to give us the strength to do what must be done. The strength to look
within ourselves and see both the good an the bad, without feeling we are lessened by the parts
which are not perfect.
When we need to connect to another person on a deep level, whether for lasting love or a deep
freindship, turquoise stones can be a solution to make it happen and make it last a lifetime. It can
also help to ensure the relationship remains loyal on both side and the gem instill loyalty to those
who use it.
If you find your life is out of balance, causing tensions to rule rathen than peace, try brining a
turquoise stone into your environment. It can help increase serenity, balance negative and postive
energies and allow those within it sphere of influence to have honest communications so the
cause of the stress can be removed.
A turquoise stone is the perfect gift for anyone having problems with negative thinking. It
increases our ability to think postive and to be able to empathize with others so we can see the
brighter side of life.
Last but not least, turquoise stones protective qualities can allow us to stay safe on the physical,
mental and spiritual levels. It allows us to connect with all of life, to communicate in a positive
and honest way and stay sensitive to others feels while protecting your own at the same time.
Main Chakra: Heart
Planet: Jupiter
Vibrates to the number: 4, 6 and 7
Element: Earth
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
Turquoise Stone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8•4(H2O)
Hardness - 5 to 6
Specific Gravity - 2.89 gm/cc.
Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.610 nß = 1.615 ny = 1.650
Bi-refringence - +0.040
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Biaxial
Apatite Gemstone
The best sources for the most brilliant colors of apatite crystals include Brazil, India, Kenya,
Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Norway, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the United
States. These wonderous beautiful Apatite gemstones comes in a wide range of colors ranging
from neon and other shades of blue, colorless, purple, violet, pink, green, yellow and red.
Like most other minerals, the color depends on the additional minerals in the area where the
apatite gemstone grows. The most in demand color is the rich purple found in Maine at Mount
Apatite. From Brazil we find the 2nd most sought after color which is a brilliant blue color.
Recently a neon blue-green variety has been minded in Madagascar that is quickly gaining in
popularity.
The name apatite comes from the Greek word for deceive or cheat, which is apatao. Throughout
history it has been called the deceitful or cheating stone because it is so easy to confuse it with
other types of gemstones. While this is especially true in the cut stones used in jewelry, it is also
true when it is in the raw crystal state as it is often mistaken for beryl and tourmaline.
It has often been said, before you can change something, you must accept it as it is. This is very
true for most people where excess weight is an issue. We become less than happy with ourselves
and take on a negative view of our life and body. Apatite gemstone is multi-talented, helping us
attune to our inner selves and accept the healing, communication, balancing and teaching it has
to offer. This allows you to become comfortable with who you are now so you can make changes
to create the person you want to be. An Apatite gemstone is also thought to help with appetite
suppression.
The perfect gemstone for use on any of the chakras since it can both stimulate under activity and
calm over activity while clearing congestion. Apatite gemstone helps in the development of
psychic abilities and helps you attune your mind, body and soul to the spiritual forces that run
throughout the universe.
Apatite gemsotnes helps bones to heal faster and stronger. It helps your body absorb calcium
from the foods you eat, which helps to keep bones and teeth strong. To help ease the pain of
arthritis, wrap the affected joint in an elastic bandage allowing it to hold one or more apatite
crystals against the affected joint. This can help heal the pain and heal the joint faster.
To help lower high blood pressure, wear an apatite crystal so it hangs near the heart. Wearing
one on a chain is fine or if all else fails, pin a stone to the inside of your shirt. Simply slip it
inside a cotton bag and use a saftey pin to attach it.
An apatite gemstone is a great gift for anyone in the healthcare industry. It is often hard for
healthcare workers to find the right words to say to their patients and these crystals are known
for helping you find the life lesson meant to be learned from the situation and to express it to the
patient in a way that helps them the most in their time of need.
Continue below for the Chakra, Astrological, Planetary and Elemental Properties.
For the metaphysical, magical and healing properties visit our Apatite Gemstone Part 2 page.
Chakra: Solar Plexus
Vibrates to the number 9
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Planetary Sign: Mercury
Element: Water
Apatite gemstone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - calcium phosphate
Hardness - 5
Specific Gravity - 3.17-3.23
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.632-1.646
Cleavage: Poor, imperfect
Fracture: Conchoidal, brittle
Dispersion: Medium (.013-.016)
Heat sensitivity: High
Birefringence (double refraction): Weak (.002-.004)
Crystal structure: Hexagonal
Colors: blue, green, yellow, pink, violet, colorless
Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase is one of the specific types of chalcedony, but instead of the normal blue most
peoplethink of as good quality chalcedony, it is an apple-green color. It is mined in numerous
locations around the world including, Australia, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Madagascar,
Poland, Portugal, Russia and the United States.
Chrysoprase grows in a cryptocrystalline structure which means its crystals are so small, they
can not been seen with the human eye, so you never see the large crystals you expect to see from
the quartz family.
The apple green color of chrysoprase comes from the addition of nickel to chalcedony as it was
forming. The brighter the green color, the more expensive the stone. The higher qualities are
actually on the rare side, making the stone more expensive, especially in larger sizes.
The name Chrysoprase comes from the Greeks who named it a combination of chrysos which
means gold and prason which means bloom, or gold bloom, because of the drops of gold that
appear to be contained within the stone.
Many people will confuse chrysoprase with various forms of Jade, especially imperial jadeite. In
Australia, people often call it Australian Jade as a folk name.
From a metaphysical standpoint, chrysoprase is good at balancing opposing energies, the yin and
the yang, light and dark, good and bad for we are not all of any one type of energy but a mixture
of the opposing energies and this stone can help to realign the energies into a workable balance.
Think of all the many ways that ability can be used in your life. Those that are caught up in the
need for perfection can release that need and find a balance that is more attuned with normal
human abilities. Those that feel superior or even inferior to others can change to allow
themselves to work on an even level with those around them.
Those that are greedy can learn to share. Those that are irritable can learn to be calm. Those that
are selfish can learn to give. The possibilities are endless, making this a must have stone for
anyone serious about making changes in their lives.
In doing my research for this article I ran across an old Rumanian legend which states that a
person who works with a Chrysoprase has the ability to understand the language of lizards.
Perhaps this is why I so enjoy sitting on my back deck and watching the lizard family that lives
under the deck come out to play and sun themselves on the deck railings.
As a healing gemstone, chrysoprase is used to treat any disorder of the heart, to help heal
wounds, to increase fertility, to help stop blood flow from a wound, to treat disorders of the
reproductive organs and to relieve pain associated with arthritic ailments.
Main Chakra: Heart
Planet: Venus
Vibrates to the number: 3
Element: Earth
Astrological Sign: Libra
Chrysoprase Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Silicon Dioxide with inclusions of Nickel
Hardness - 7
Specific Gravity - 2.58 to 2.64
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.530 to 1.543
Bi-refringence - up to 0.004
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Uniaxial
Chrysoicolla
In the United States chrysocolla is mined mainly in Arizona and New Mexico. Outside the
United States, the most common places where it is mined is in Australia, Chile, China, England,
Greece, Israel, Namibia, Russia and Zaire.
Chrysocolla is a fantastic mixture of colors. The gem itself can range from a blue green shade
similar to turquoise all the way to a robins egg blue. Most of the time however it will be mixed
with other gemstones such as malachite and turquoise, making a wonderfully shaded mixture of
blues and greens that swirls and mix to form one of the most breath taking gems on the market.
Has someone broken your heart and left you unable to think about being able to love someone
else? A chrysocolla helps to heal your broken heart and open it to receive love into it. This holds
true even when the one that hurt you is a friend or family member. It has the added advantage of
helping to open up the lines of communication so the healing can begin on both sides. Being able
to keep your heart open to love is perhaps the most important thing we can do in our lives. It
helps to fulfill us on so many levels. When you put a protective wall around your heart the
healing energies that normally flow from the heart are bottled up and can cause all sorts of health
and mental problems if we don't release that energy.
When arguments, fights or break ups leave your living space a jumbled mess of negative
energies making it impossible to heal, a Chrysocolla can purify your environment by removing
negative energies and emotions from within people and their surroundings. It also promotes
harmony by stabilizing the energies in the home (or building) and helps to rebuild the
relationships of those within its sphere of influence. This property also makes it a good choice
for keeping in a office environment so everyone can work together as a group without negative
energies causing tensions to run high.
If fears, anxiety or guilt are holding you down or keeping you from becoming all you can be in
life, try keeping one or more chrysocolla around. They can wash those negative energies away
and leave you feeling inner peace and acceptance, even if everything around you is falling apart.
A chrysocolla is an excellent stone for keeping in your office or near the cash register. It ensures
prosperity and makes sure there is plenty of good luck around.
To connect with your Spirit Guide, hold a chrysocolla in your hand, close your eyes, take a few
deep breaths and allow the gems energies to flow through you, up to your head and out the top of
your head. Visualize it as it continues, forming a string, connecting you to the Universe. Know
this string is your connection to your Spirit Guide. You can both send and receive information
via this string.
A chrysocolla is the perfect stone of anyone in management as it gives you the ability to keep
your head about you in high stress environments. Also helps you to know what to say, when to
say it and when it is best to not say anything in a given situation.
Are you suffering from a severe case of writers block? A chrysocolla gem can help break down
that block and allow your creative juices to flow. But it does not stop with just helping you find
new ideas to write about. It also helps you to find ways to allow those ideas to flow through the
words and across the paper so everyone can follow your ideas as if they were actually seeing the
scene in their heads.
The above also holds true for teachers. The act of teaching requires you to be able to explain
concepts and ideas in terms the students can understand, but a truly great teacher also makes the
concepts come alive for his/her students and the chrysocolla does just that.
Patience is not just something you should show to others, it is also something you must show to
and for yourself. Use a chrysocolla to find that spiritual place within you where you can find the
unconditional love that is needed to take you to a new level of wisdom.
If you suffer from any type of arthritis or joint pain, wrap the area in an elastic bandage and slip
one or more chrysocolla under the wrapping so it is near the problem area. This gets the
gemstone right to the root of the problems and allows the healing energies to go to work. This
also works for muscle problems and headaches. Just wrap the affected area with something to
hold the stone in place.
Those with any type of lung disorder can benefits by wearing a chrysocolla so it hangs between
the lungs so the energies can get as near the affected area as possible.
Main Chakra: Throat
Planet: Venus
Vibrates to the number: 4 & 7
Element: Water
Astrological Sign: Gemini and Taurus
Chrysocolla Technical Details
Chemical Composition - (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4•n(H2O)
Hardness - 2.5-3.5
Specific Gravity - 1.9 - 2.4
Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.575 - 1.585 nß = 1.597 n? = 1.598 - 1.635
Bi-refringence - 0.023 - 0.050
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Uniaxial
Charoite
Charoite is found in only one place in the entire world, along the Chary River in the Sakha
Republic, Siberia, Russia.
It forms when limestone is infused with a unique composition of an alkali rich nephline syenite
intrusion. But that infusion was not all it took to make Charoite. There had to also be the right
amount of heat, the right amount of pressure and the right amount of time. This unique
combination of circumstances occurred in only one place.
As Charoite was growing, it grew in swirled layers of purples, blacks, oranges and greens. The
blacks are inclusions of Augite, the greens are from Feldspars and the oranges are from Tinaksite
Originally exported starting in the 1970's, it was often hard to come by not because of its rarity,
but also because Russian law prevents it from being exported until after it has been worked into a
finished product. Either those laws have been relaxed or someone is smuggling it out of the
country however, as you can not occasionally find raw stone available.
Charoite Gemstone opens and amplifies the connection between the head and the heart, allowing
us to accept logically the things we need to let go of and the things we need to bring into our
lives, making the transition easier on every level.
Our lives are all about change, we are in constant flux, yet one of the strongest human
attachments is to try to hold on to the past. To try to keep things exactly the same as they always
have been. But change is growth and growth gives an increase in power and should be accepted
on every level. Charoite allows you to flow through the changes, never getting caught up and
allowing emotion to trap you in a stagnant relationship. It allows you to see what a fantastic
person you are and to accept the gifts of wisdom that comes with every transformation.
Charoite negates things like anger, rage, impatience, fear and confusion all the while boosting
your own powers and ability to increase psychic and spiritual awareness and bring peace,
calmness and balance into your life.
Charoite is the perfect stone for those suffering with obsessive compulsive disorder because it
grounds our emotions and opens and balances the crown chakra. It not only helps you to
overcome the disorder but its transformational abilities helps you to redirect those energies into
something more positive and life affirming for you.
If you find yourself holding on to fears and allowing them to hold you back from being all that
you can be, try meditating with a Charoite. It helps you to let go of fears and transform them into
positive energy you can use to move on to bigger and better things.
If you know you will be having a long and tiring day and want to have a little extra energy to get
through everything you need to accomplish, wear or carry Charoite to get an extra boost of
energy when you need it the most.
To cleanse and/or balance the crown chakra, any sort of meditation or cleansing ritual using a
Charoite is very helpful. An easy meditation I use regularly involves sitting with your spine
straight. Place a charoite stone on the top of your head and visualize white light coming from the
Universe, through the stone and into your body. Allow the light to fill your body and continue
out your feet and into the earth.
Sleep with a Charoite Gemstone under your pillow at all times. It not only helps to ensure your
dreams are prophetic, but also helps to prevent nightmares. This makes it a great stone to hang
above the bed of a child that is being haunted with nightmares.
It is also a great stone for those trying to learn to lucid dream. It helps you to maintain your
consciousness throughout the dream and if you pay close attention to your dreams you can work
through most of the fears that are holding you back while in the dream state instead of dealing
with them in the wake state.
Do you feel like someone or something is adding negative energies into your life or home? Hold
a Charoite and ask it to show you where these energies are coming from. Then quiet your mind
and listen for thoughts, ideas or sounds that lead you in a specific direction. In some ways, it is
like a dowsing rod, or perhaps it would be best to say it turns your body into a dowsing rod that
zeroes in on negative energies so you can remove the source.
Charoite helps the head and the heart work together. Often it is hard to choose the best solution
because the heart says to do one thing and the head says to do another. This gemstones helps the
two work on finding the best solution for you and everyone involved instead of just depending
on one or the other.
Have problems with your head aching or ear problems? Take an wide elastic hair band, and wear
it so it covers your forehead and ears, then slip a Charoite Gemstone over your ears or on the
forehead to take care of the problem.
Charoite makes a great gift to those with psychic abilities or those that need to develop their
intuitive abilities for it not only helps to activate the psychic abilities but also helps activate your
spiritual awareness, making you more receptive to messages from guides.
Main Chakra: Crown & Heart
Planet: Neptune
Vibrates to the number: 7
Element: Water
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius, Scorpio, Virgo
Charoite Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - K(Na,Ca)11(Ba,Sr)Si18O46(OH,F)-nH2O Hydrated
Potassium Sodium Calcium Barium Strontium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride
Hardness - 5
Specific Gravity - 2.54 - 2.58
Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.550 nß = 1.553 n? = 1.559
Bi-refringence - 0.009
Optic Sign - Positive
Optical Character - Biaxil
Rhodonite
Rhodonite is found in deposits mainly in Australia, Brazil, British Columbia, India, Japan,
Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand and the United State in Alaska, California, Montana, New
Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington state.
Rhodonite is a stone of grace and elegance. When you think about the qualities of the lady of the
manor, you are thinking about Rhodonite. The lady must pay strict attention to detail, yet never
allow her anxiety to show in public. She of course is passionately in love with her man, yet she
must also be grounded in the knowledge that her passions are not for public view.
The lady must listen as rhodonite tells her to hold her head high with self confidence, trust her
own heart, establish her own voice in the world and make her own choices, all the while
maintaining the discipline that marks her the lady of the manor.
Much like Rose Quartz, rhodonite teaches us about love. But rhodonite teaches not just about
self love and the love towards others, but of all the important aspects about love. When to hold
on to it, when to let it go and how to make that decision when things are at their worse.
If you find you intuition seems to be blocked or letting you down when you need it the most, use
a rhodonite to clear your psychic centers. This can be done by simply wearing one or more
gemstones, carrying them in your pocket, or the fastest method is through intention by
meditating while having a rhodonite gemstone placed on the 4 top most chakras and allowing the
energies to cleanse and activate them.
If your job or family life has you going through more than your fair share of "those" moments
where you have to have a LOT of understanding to get buy, carry a rhodonite in your pocket.
When those moments arise, take a deep breath and rub the gemstone. It opens up a whole new
level of understand and patience within you that can ease the tensions these moments tend to
bring.
Do you often get caught in the middle, having to decide what the best course of action is for
everyone involved? Often it is hard to find a solution that keeps everyone happy. Finger a
rhodonite stone while thinking of the subject; it will help you find a unique solution that is fair
and equitable to everyone involved.
This is an especially useful stone for anyone that has to be both mother and father to their
children. It brings out the best, most loving attributes of both, just when they are needed the most
and can help a father show love in situations it is needed or a mother be stern when tough love is
called for.
Are you still suffering from the pains of love gone wrong? Add a rhodonite stone to your
meditations and allow it heal the emotional scars and to allow forgiveness to bloom within your
heart.
Have you recently suffered a severe cut, perhaps a surgery, where you know it will leave a scar?
While the wound is fresh, add a rhodonite to the bandage to help the wound heal faster and to
prevent it from scaring as badly.
If you have older scars that have already healed over, you can make an elixir by placing one or
more stones in water overnight. If possible allow it to sit outside under the full moon. Then use
the water to wash the wound each day to help smooth the appearance of the scar.
Anyone that has recently had a heart attack, major surgery, stroke and any other type of serious
illness can benefit by keeping a rhodonite stone nearby. It helps the patient recover more quickly
and can make the healing more complete or fuller.
Know as a rescue stone, the rhodonite can help to ease the pain of emotional trauma. Much like
having a pair of nice strong arms wrapped around you, this gemstone makes you feel safe and
secure. It also raises your self worth and helps to remove negativity from the situation which can
ease the pain of the trauma.
Healers who work with unblocking and removing illness or injury from others can benefit from
wearing one or more rhodonite stones because it prevents the negative energies from entering
your body while you are working with the patient, allowing you to spend more time on them
without fear of causing injury or illness in yourself.
Anyone suffering from emphysema or any other lung disease, or those suffering with throat
infections or cancers can speed their recovery by wearing one or more rhodonites on a chain.
Wear it up high, near the throat for throat problems or down lower, between the lungs for lung
problems.
Main Chakra: Base
Planet: Venus
Vibrates to the number: 9
Element: Earth
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Rhodonite Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - CaMn4(SiO3)5
Hardness - 5.5 to 6.5
Specific Gravity - 3.4 - 3.7
Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.711 to 1.752
Bi-refringence - 0.010 to 0.014
Optic Sign - +
Optical Character - Biaxial
Hematite Stone
Hematite stone is the main mineral in Iron and is mined in locations all around the world. The
most notable places being Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, England, Germany,
India, Mexico, Spain and Russia. In the United States, the states where hematite stone mining is
the most common includes Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Tennessee,
Wyoming and Utah.
Hematite stone is always opaque and is a grey metallic color or almost black. Occasionally you
will find small amounts of red within the stone. This is where the iron has oxidized and is why in
times past, hematite was called "bloodstone" because many of the stones would "bleed" a red
color when they were cut.
The so called "bleeding" is actually nothing more than the iron oxidizing, which is nothing more
than rust. Yet this red "blood" is where it got it's name. It comes from the Greek word haima
meaning blood.
Our world has become so complex, it is hard to find time to take a deep breath, much less
actually relax and let go of a little stress. The hematite stone can help you maximize those few
moments you may find to let go of stress. It leaves you in a calm state but at the same time, it
leaves you in tuned to the universal energies, allowing you psychic abilities to increase.
If you have reached the age where your memory is not as good as it use to be, wearing hematite
can help to increase your memory, making it easier to remember to get to appointments on time,
to pay bills on time or even just to call your relatives on a semi-regular basis.
Hematite stone is a balancing healing stone, that bring all sides of the subject into balance. Self
control and a go getter attitude can live side by side. Body, mind and Spirit can all work in
harmony.
Not sure which path to take in your life to ensure you have all that you need? This also includes
having peace and true inner happiness in your life. Hematite can cause your intuition to peak,
helping you make the right choices to ensure all your hopes, dreams and desires can take you on
the path to reach your goals.
Hematite is a great stone for students, mathematicians and engineers or anyone that use a lot of
analytical skills in their jobs. It helps with memory, makes memorization easier, improves
mathematical skills and aids in logically moving from a single concept through the many
possible conclusions that could arise.
A hematite is a great stone for a beginner just learning to meditate. Often beginners will feel
overwhelmed by the information and feelings they receive during their early attempts at
meditation. Hematite helps you to stay grounded so you are not so overwhelmed, but at the same
time, still allows you to maintain a meditative state.
If you are ill, especially where fever is concerned or the if the body has a build up of toxins, have
someone comb your aura while holding a hematite stone. If you don't have someone to do this
for you, meditate while holding one of the stones and visualize the stone drawing the
fever/toxins/illness from your body and into the stone. Afterwards, make sure you wash the stone
under running water to remove the build up of negative energy from it.
If you are in need of a chiropractic treatments but can't get one done at this point in time, lay on
your stomach and have someone place several hematite stones on your back in a line down your
spine. Hematite stone helps ease back pain and the magnetic qualities can help align your spine.
Hematite stone works closely with the base chakra helping to keep you grounded. This makes it
the perfect stone for someone who tends to have their head in the clouds. It helps them to keep
their mind on what has to be done, without cutting off their love of life and flow of creativity.
Hematite stone is great for anyone that does any sort of public speaking, including teachers,
business executives and such. It gives you courage and self control while also reducing stress,
which can help you to shine when communicating with others.
Main Chakra: Base
Planet: Mars & Saturn
Vibrates to the number: 9
Element: Fire
Astrological Sign: Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn
Hematite Stone Technical Details
Chemical Composition and Name - Fe2O3 (Iron and Oxygen)
Hardness - 5 - 6
Specific Gravity - 5.3
Refractive Index (R.I.) -2.87 to 3.15
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  • 1. UNIVERSE MULTINATIONAL LIMITED GEMSTONE 39 Marine Road Apapa GRA Lagos Natural Gemstones Natural Gemstones are defined as being any type of mineral, organic matter or stone that can be use in jewelry or other type of adornment. At least that is the definition as given by the US Governments Science for a changing world, web site. We believe that definition of the term is somewhat limited because it only deals with natural gemstones from the standpoint of jewelry and as we all know, gemstones have many other uses in both the magical and the mundane world. It is important to note that the government's definition of the term states that the stones "can be" cut. Natural gemstones are in their natural form. They may have been washed to remove the dirt that has accumulated on them during the thousands of years it took for them to form within the earth, but to be called a natural stone, it cannot have been cut or polished in any way. Many magical people prefer their stones to be this way when being used for magical purposes. Yet depending on the intended use of the stone, it is sometimes preferable to have the stone cut and/or polished, even for magical purposes. When natural gemstones are first removed from the earth, rarely are they the beautiful works of art we see on display shelves. There are few perfectly smooth edges or sharply defined facets like you would find in precious gemstones that have been cut for jewelry use. Most magical people have dealt with beautiful crystal points which come in a wide variety of mainly semiprecious gemstones. They are almost always worked by man to have the wonderful smooth and polished edges everyone favors. Rarely will you find precious gemstones cut into points simply because the cost would be extravagant and in most cases, the natural gemstone is so small it simply could not be cut into anything that large. When you are looking for the perfect natural gemstones to add to your personal collection or to use in your magical workings, it is important to look for gemstones that appeal to you personally. Don't worry about what others think you should have. Look for the gemstones that call to you. When you are truly meant to have a specific gemstone, it will call for you and you can hear it over great distances. One year, while on vacation, I had the overpowering need to visit a mall in a town I had never been in before. At the mall I walked straight to a little store I had never heard of before, went to the back of the store to a specific counter, looked in and there was an amethyst wand at an unbelievable price. I would have paid $100 for it because I knew before I saw it I was meant to have it. That is part of the beauty and magic of natural gemstones. Their ability to touch our lives can reach across thousands of miles and leave us blessed. Have you ever wondered exactly what the difference between precious gemstones and semiprecious gemstones is? Precious gemstones have 3 distinct qualities. They are: beauty,
  • 2. durability and rarity. Semiprecious gemstones only have 1 or 2 of those qualities. In many cases they are lacking in the rarity department but semiprecious gemstones can be quiet rare. In those cases it is usually the durability quality that they lack. I personally do not know of a single case where beauty is the quality that is lacking. For me, stones i personally dug from the ground mean much more to me than one I purchased. For the most part, precious gemstones including Diamonds, Corundum which includes all the ruby and the various colors of sapphire, beryls which includes emerald and aquamarine, topaz, and opal. All the other gemstones used in jewelry are generally considered to be semiprecious gemstones. It is important to note however that often when a new stone is first discovered, it is classified originally as a precious gemstone because of its rarity, but when additional deposits are found it is moved to the semiprecious list. Its place on the list has nothing to do with its healing or magical abilities. It is 100% based on how much money can be made from it. All in all, natural gemstones can be a boost to your magical workings and look beautiful in any collection. While it is nice to have nice big examples of stones, never be afraid to make use of the small stone in your favorite piece of jewelry in a pinch. Size has little to do with power when dealing with natural gemstones. UML supply different kinds of precious such as: Alexandrite, Amblygonite, Amethyst, Ametrine, Andalusite, Andesine, Apatite, Aquamarine, Axinite, Benitoite, Beryl, Chrysoberyl, Citrine, Danburite,Demantoid Garnet, Diamond, Diopside,Emerald, Enstatite, Fancy Diamond, Fire Opal, Fluorite, Garnet Color Change Garnet Malaia, Garnet Mali, Hessonite Garnet, Hiddenite, Idocrase, Iolite, Kornerupine Kunzite,Kyanite, Labradorite, Opal (Australi...a), Opal (Ethiopia), Peridot, Petalite, Pezzotaite Phenakite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodolite Garnet (Pyrope-Almandine), Ruby, Sapphire Scapolite, Sillimanite, Sinhalite, Spessartite Garnet, Sphalerite, Sphene, Spinel, Sunstone Taaffeite, Tanzanite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Tourmaline Bi-Color, Tourmaline Paraiba (Brazil) Tourmaline Rubelite, Tsavorite Garnet, Zircon, Zultanite (Color Change Diaspore) BELOW ARE SOME GEMSTONES MEANING AND PICTURES:- Sapphire Gemstone Sapphire gemstone comes in many colors. The best know color is the Blue Sapphire which is the most sought after variety for jewelry and therefore commands high prices. From a metaphysical standpoint, all sapphires have the same basic properties as blue sapphire gemstone, just in varying degrees. This article is based mainly on the blue sapphire gemstone, with a short synopsis of some of the better known other colors at the end. The word Sapphire comes from the Greek word for Blue. The best known colors of sapphire run from a blue so deep it is considered black, to a very pale blue. In jewelry terms, a strong blue shade is the most valued. For healing and metaphysical properties, any shade that has the properties you are looking for will do, especially since the price between the shades varies greatly.
  • 3. Most of todays sapphire gemstones are mined in Sri Lanka, Australia, Madagascar, Thailand and Myanmar. Some of the finest Sapphires come from Sri Lanka and the territory of Kashmir where controls on the amount of mining allowed is strictly regulated to prevent prices from being reduced by over production. Sapphire Gemstone Traits The following traits are presented as traditional uses in healing and metaphysical applications and should not be taken as being medical advice. 1. Helps clear the mind of stresses. 2. Considered by some to be a symbol of heaven and joyful devotion to God. 3. Open your ability to peerceive the energies that move through the universe. 4. Cures a sore throat when worn near the throat. 5. Attracts money and financial opportunities. 6. Promotes inner peace by clearing negative energies from the mind. 7. Organizes thoughts in a logical sequence so they can be dealt with to clear the mind as easily as possible. 8. Helps you determine which thoughts must be forgotten. 9. Removes negativity. 10. Relieve stress. 11. Expands the mind. 12. Improves memory and mental recall. 13. Any healing where the blue light ray is needed. 14. Recharges your mind with fresh energies. 15. Clears blocked mucus to allow drainage. 16. Heals damaged nerves. 17. Stimulates throat and 3rd eye chakras. 18. Expands psychic abilities. 19. Useful in legal matters. 20. Can reflect harmful spells back to the sender. 21. Activates the crown chakra. 22. Allows you to see your lifes work. 23. Aids in Channeling. 24. Helps obtain material desires. 25. In an office situation, helps ensure employee loyalty. 26. Good for healing eye problems. 27. Reduces fevers. 28. Protects from the Evil Eye. 29. Releases confusion. 30. Helps one obtain self discipline. 31. Reduces inflammation.
  • 4. 32. Heals nose bleeds. 33. Helps hearing problems. 34. Increases the reception of Clairaudience. 35. An astringent for bathing and healing infection. When dealing with ancient knowledge, it is often impossible to distinguish what is fact from what is myth. The following is presented only as ancient knowledge without regard to the possiblities of fact or myth. 1. Some believe the 10 commandments was given to Mosses on tablets of sapphire. 2. British Crown Jewels are full of large blue sapphires, because it is believed to be the symbol of a pure and wise ruler. 3. Prince Charles chose a sapphire engagement ring for Princess Diana. 4. If you have an idea a star sapphire can help you hold the dream and make it a reality. White Sapphire Gemstone - Is a good stone for anyone to use as their personal power stone as it helps you find your potential and lifes work. Useful in activating the Crown Chakra. Yellow Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone for a healer, especially useful for those dealing with trauma that originated in their childhood. Also works well in helping children that are seriously ill. Helps to provide a golden ray shield of protection. Green Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone to activate and balance the heart chakra. Useful for any type of money spells or where prosperity energies are needed. Helps restore energy to the body. Is a good stone for healing when the green ray energy is needed. Purple Sapphire Gemstone - A good stone for anyone that channels or works with any type of psychic abilities or any of the divinatory arts. Helps to clear the mind so you can receive messages clearly. Main Chakra: 6th and 7th Planet: (dark blue) Saturn, (light blue) Venus Vibrates to the number: 6 Element: Water Astrological Sign: Aquarius, Virgo, Libra and Capricorn Sapphire Gemstone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Al2O3 Hardness - 9 Specific Gravity - 4 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.762-1.770 (+.009,-.005) Bi-refringence - 0.008-0.010 Optic Sign - Negative Optical Character - Uniaxial Aquamarine Stone As a metaphysical and healing crystal, the aquamarine stone has a fairly long list of positive influences. Each with good historical backing to its many uses. Perhaps the most powerful meanings for aquamarine stone is in its ability to cleanse both the physical and spiritual bodies. Wearing jewelry with one or more aquamarine stones in it can help to clean out the body's lymph system, align your chakras, remove blockages from the aura and help strengthen the connection between the mind and body.
  • 5. This cleansing can be increased by wearing a string of aquamarine stones around any point on the body. This can easily and naturally be accomplished by simply wearing a necklace, bracelet or anklet made of aquamarine stone. The idea is to circle a point on the body so as the blood flows through that part of your body, it can bathe in the healing energies the crystal generates. A second powerful aquamarine stone meaning is found within its ability to improve communication between the user and others. Much like the way it cleanses your personal body allowing all aspects of it to communicate better, it also helps to cleanse and remove barriers in communication between you and other people. If you are a shy type of person, aquamarine stone can not only reduce your fear of speaking to other, but also help to attract the types of people that would make you feel more comfortable when you speak with them. They would be people you can trust and that show compassion for you. Think how powerful this meaning of aquamarine is as it not only helps to overcome shyness but connects you with the type of people that are best for you personally. When and if you happen to find yourself in a situation where there is a misunderstanding, an aquamarine stone can help diffuse the situation so any disagreements can be resolved calmly and peacefully, without physical or emotional harm to any persons involved. The meaning of aquamarine stone I have personally received the most use from is its ability to help us literally feel and see our connection to the people, world and universe around us. It helps strengthen our ability to feel our connection with spirit that runs through all of us. Helps us to understand how, while we are individual beings with our own wants and desires, we are also part of a life force or group energy that acts and reacts between each and every one of us. This makes it a great gift for someone involved in any type of work dealing with those that are less fortunate because it fosters a desire within us to want to see our communities become the best they can be and this includes helping to lift others out of troubled situations they may find themselves in. An aquamarine stone makes a great gift for a student, no matter what age level they are because it gives them courage and the ability to excel in learning. It just might help them go on to become one of the intellectual leaders of the world. Continue below for the Chakra, Astrological, Planetary, Elemental and technical Properties of aquamarine stone.
  • 6. For more on the metaphysical, magical and healing properties visit our Aquamarine Gemstone Part 2 page. Main Chakra: Throat Planet: Neptune Vibrates to the number 1 Element: Water Astrological Sign: Pisces Aquamarine Stone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Al2Be3Si6O18, aluminum beryllium silicate Hardness - 7.5 - 8 (Mohs scale) Specific Gravity - 2.68 - 2.74 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.564 - 1.596 Bi-refringence - -0.004 to - -0.005 Optic Sign - Optical Character - Ruby Stone Found in many places around the world, most high quality stones are mined in Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, Greenland, Kenya, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, North Vietnam, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam. In the United States, most are minded in Montana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Ruby gemstone is a metaphysical stone of both love and wisdom. It is a royal gemstone worn by Kings, Queens and Priests throughout history. Any sort of ruler or teacher must lead their followers with wisdom and caring and the ruby stones ability to teach you how to make wise decisions and guide you to making decisions from the heart and not just the brain may be why they were always so fond of it. Ruby stone stimulates the heart chakras in a way like no other gemstone. It helps you to set your basic value system and decide what is acceptable in your world and what it not. This is the pure value system that is unadulterated by the heart aches and chest pains the world dishes out at times.
  • 7. The protective abilities of the Ruby stone may be why it was so often used in the breast plates and shields of Kings and Knights of old. In our modern times, it makes an excellent stone to wear as a shielding stone. Simply carry or wear a stone so you can easily get to it and when you feel the need for protection, grasp the stone and visualize a bright red light shining out from it and surrounding your entire being. You can also pre-program a ruby stone as a shield so it can send out protective energies to surround you at all times. This is an especially good way to help prevent psychic attacks. The instances of life that are the most troublesome to us, often happen for a specific reason, a life lesson needing to be learned or to bring us back into alignment with out true selves and the needs and desires we are able to fill in the world. Ruby stones can help you see the lessons you need to learn before the turmoil hits in our lives. Of course each instance is different but occasionally we can keep from having to deal with these events. It is believed by some cultures that if you own a ruby stone, you will never lose your wealth and is often used in work to ensure the stability of your income. To help improve your ability to enter a Lucid Dream State, wear or carry a ruby stone during your attempts. It helps you to remain lucid while entering the dream state and increases your ability to control the dream without slipping into a normal sleep pattern. Create a ruby elixir by soaking a crystal in water for at least a few hours (longer is better), then use the elixir to bathe the skin of anyone with a fever to help reduce it. f you suffer from any type of disorder of the heart, especially if blockages of the veins is involved, mediate while laying down with a ruby gemstone placed above the heart. Wearing ruby stones on a necklace long enough so it hangs even with the heart can also serve the same purpose. It can help to ease the flow of blood through the veins. When the body has too many toxins in it, either from slowly accumulating out of the environment or from accidental (or intentional) poisoning, wear 2 or more ruby stones on opposite sides of a part of the body. For instance, wearing a bracelet or anklet with multiple rubies so they are on both sides of the wrist or ankle. Then as your blood flows through your body and circulates through that specific part of the body, the rubies will purify the blood, helping to remove the toxins and speed healing. Main Chakra: Base Planet: Mars Vibrates to the number: 3 Element: Fire Astrological Sign: Leo, Scorpio, Cancer Ruby Stone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Al2O3 aluminum oxide Hardness - 9 Specific Gravity - 3.97 - 4.05 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.762 -1.778 Bi-refringence - -0.008 Optic Sign - Negative Optical Character - Unaxial
  • 8. Smoky Quartz Smoky Quartz can be found in smaller quanities in most places around the world and is one of the more common types of crystals. Quantities large enough to make mining the crystal economically feasible are found maining in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Ghana, Hungary, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States (in numerous states). There are two main varieties of Smoky Quarz. Most people are familiar with the typical gray/brown to almost black colored crystals from which smoky quartz got its name. There is also a variety that is a yellowish to redish brown shade often called Whiskey Quartz. This variety is rarer than the typical colored crystal but can be found in many places. The higher quality Whiskey Quartz is minded in Scotland and is highly prized from jewelry. Smoky Quartz helps to calm behavior others would categorize as headstrong or willful. It gently balances and brings harmony into your life and is the perfect gemstone to help calm the thinking mind that tends to interfere with meditation. The stone grounds your energies, but gently, never forcing you to change or to let go of something, but guiding you to do what is best for you and in the way that is best for you personally. Chances are good that your smoky quartz will not work as fast as a clear quarzt crystal will, but this is actually better for some people, especially those that don't handle change in a positive manner. The energy stays with you, always there when you need it until you have resolved the matter at hand and no longer need it. This is a great healing crystal to share between people in a personal relationship or any relationship that is working toward a common goal. It is a good stone to have in an office where team work is important. A large cluster sitting in the middle of the conference table can help everyone get along and work better together. When the economy is shrinking as fast as it is during this resession, it is easy to hold on to anger and resentment over many things in our lives. But as we know, like attracts like in spiritual matters and if you want to attract something better into your life, you need to let go of the negative emotions to allow room for the positive ones. Smokey Quartz can transform thoses negative energies into positive ones and bring you back to the here and now. Many gemstones help attract money into your life, but smoky quartz helps you to keep the money that you get by teaching you to manage your money wisely and guiding you into choosing those purchases that are best for you. If you are prone to spending too much on all the wrong things and tend to run out of money before you run out of bills, try keeping a few smoky
  • 9. quartz crystals around the desk where you pay your bills to ensure everything gets paid and you don't overspend. A smoky quartz point placed one at each of the 4 directions around your bed with the points turned toward the center of the bed, will help with marital communication problems and help prevent back pain. Keeping several smoky quartz in the bedroom can help couples to overcome communication problems. It helps to dissolve mental and emotional blockages that can get in the way of the two of you learning who the other person has really become. This is especially important because people change and relationships can sour if it does not change to keep up with the new needs of the people involved. Have problems with pain in your feet? Whether from a structural defect or just having to stand too much on the job, tie a couple of smoky quartz crystals into your shoe laces for some relief. If your hands or wrists hurt from arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome, wear smoky quartz as jewelry to help eleviate the pain. If you can wear a bracelet made of smoky quartz around your wrist it is particularly helpful to those with carpal tunnel. Can be used as a protective sheild to block and absorb any negative energies sent your way. Most people don't realize the amount of negative energy people do send their way. Everyone from the jealous co-worker to the guy that didn't like how fast you pulled into traffic this morning, there is always someone sending negativity at you. Smoky quartz can help if you place them somewhere near you. We are all psychic but often our psychic sense become blocked for any number of reasons. Meditate with smoky quartz in your hands to open up your psychic senses. If you are having problems getting your get up and go to get up and take care of the house, try placing a few smoky quartz around the room. They will increase your pride and joy in your living space and make you want to keep things nice and shiny. Are you one of those people that can never find what you are looking for? Constantly forgetting where you put things and basically just unorganized. Put of few smoky quartz around so they can help you improve your organizational skills. To receive prophetic auditory messages better, take a wide stretchy hair band and put it around your head. Slip smoky quartz under the band as it crosses over your ears. Just make sure the stones are large enough they don't fall into your ears! If you find yourself feeling depressed or a little blue more often than not; hold a crystal in each hand. Take a few deep breaths and allow all of the depression to flow down your arms and into the stones. When you have gotten as much out as possible, cleanse the stone under running water to wash all the negativity out of so you can keep it around without picking those energies back up again. Main Chakra: Base Planet: The Sun Vibrates to the number: 8 Element: Earth Astrological Sign: Capricorn and Sagittarius
  • 10. Smoky Quartz Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2 Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.65 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.54 - 1.55 Bi-refringence - 0.009 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Uniaxial Topaz Stone Topaz stone is most commonly mined in Australia, Brazil, Nanibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and the United States in California, New Hapshire and Utah. Both surface mining and underground mining operations are used to remove Topaz stone from the earth. Topaz stone grows in prismatic crystal shapes that will often have striations moving up the crystal. They may or moy not have points that are developed enough to be recognized as such. At times, Topaz stones will grow in shapes similar to pebbles that have been worn down in running water over the years. Both of these main formations of Topaz gemstone can be found in a wide varity of colors, ranging from blue, brown, green, gold, pink, red, yellow, white, gray and colorless.
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  • 12. Topaz Stone Metaphysical Properties From a metaphysical standpoint, Topaz stone is one of the greatest gifts from the gemstone world and helps on the metaphysical level with many of the problems that affect us in our daily lives. When it is spoken of as the gemstone of true love, it is because it allows you to see everything that is involved in a relationship with someone. This of course means both the good
  • 13. and the bad, for no matter how sweet a person is or how much we love them, they do have a bad side that will occasionally come out. When you learn the whole person, all the uncertainty that sits in the back of your mind will either drop away as you learn that you can love this person as a whole person, or it will fester and show that there are things that can not be accepted and allow you to release those feelings either by releasing the person or actually releasing the feelings so you can accept the person as the whole person they are. Topaz stone is also known as the gemstone of success in all endeavors. This is due to its ability to work as a gemstone of manifestation via the law of attraction which when activated results in success in everything you seek to accomplish. This is brought about because unlike quartz crystal points which permits energy to flow in the direction of the point, the points of Topaz and the facets of a faceted stone, allow alternating currents to flow through the stone. This permits the stone to relay your needs into the universal flow of energy we all draw from and attract it back into your auric field to be manifested in your life. Topaz stones can help you to create changes in your life even when you are not 100% sure what changes need to be made. It allows you to open up to the unlimited knowledge that exists in the universal flow and to absorb what you need the most at this point in time, it allows you to see beyond what is important in your personal world by enhancing your awareness of how you are but a small part of a much bigger whole. A whole that includes everyone and every thing in the universe and the entire whole works together with each act having an affect on the whole. The mystical powers of Topaz stone shows up in many ancient writings and in various myths. One of its many used by ancient Kings was to check whether someone had poisoned the King's food. Topaz gemstones were placed near the King's food. If it stayed the same color, the food was thought safe, if it changed color, it was thought the food was poisoned. Ancient Kings and Prince's often had their breastplate armor encrusted with various gemstones and Topaz stone was a common one to be found on them. It was believed that Topaz stone would increase the wearers strength and to help make him invisible giving him a much greater chance of success in battle. Topaz Stone Healing Properties As a healing gemstone, Topaz stone is used to to correct sexual dysfunction, cleanses the body by cleansing the kidneys and the liver. This helps to improve all their functions, allowing them to keep the body cleansed properly. If you have a problem with poor blood circulation in any place in your body, try affixing a topaz to it to help increase blood flow. Anyone who suffers from any type of arthritic pain may find some relief by rubbing the affected area with a Topaz gemstone. A Topaz elixer can be made by soaking a Topaz stone in water, under the light of a full moon. This elixer can be taken internally to help purify the body of any type of infection or bacteria. It can also be used as a wash on the body to help heal any type of skin eruption or wound. Both the Egyptians and the Romans associated Topaz stone with their Sun God. The Egyptians believe the gemstone would protect them from all types of harm. The Romans believed the stone
  • 14. would protect them from enchantments and scorcery of all types and would give them the power to see the approach of their enemies from a greater distance. Main Chakra: Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra Planet: Jupiter Vibrates to the number: 6 Element: Air Astrological Sign: Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius Topaz stone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide Hardness - 8 Specific Gravity - 3.49-3.57 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.606-1.644 Bi-refringence - 0.008 - 0.010 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Biaxial Bloodstone Meaning Before we get into varied bloodstone meanings, lets look first at where it is found. Most of the worlds mines are located in Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, China, Germany, India, Russia, Scotland and the USA. Few people realize there are 10 states in the USA from which quantities of bloodstone gemstone are minded. They include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas. What we call the bloodstone gemstone is a combination of green chalcedony (a mixture of quartz and moganite) also called a green jasper and inclusions of iron oxide or red jasper. Occasionally the stone is found with yellow inclusions and in this form is it called plasma however it is the green and red form that is the telltale variety most people think of when they think about a bloodstone gemstone. Bloodstone Gemstone Historical, Healing, Metaphysical and Magical properties At one time, bloodstone gem was known as Heliotrope. The word heliotrope is composed of the greek word for "the sun", helios and the greek word for "to turn", trepein. The first historical uses of bloodstone gemstone were to cause changes in the weather. One bloodstone meaning that is
  • 15. associated with this belief is if you put a bloodstone gem in water and allowed that water (and the gemstone) to absorb the rays of the sun, it would cause a storm to rise up in the area. During the Middle Ages, the red spots on the bloodstone gemstone were believed to be the blood of Jesus and the early Christians thought the stone held all the supposed powers of Jesus, including the ability to make the wearer invisible. Some believe when Jesus was on the cross, his blood fell on some jasper on the ground at the foot of the cross and this is how the bloodstone gem was created. It was said that the stones from that area held tremendous ability to heal almost anything and the gemstone was given the nickname "The Martyr's Stone" because of it. Perhaps the best known bloodstone meaning is when we call it a hero's gemstone. It was often seen in armor breast plates and on swords for it's ability to arouse courage in the most dangerous situations. Also considered to be a very strong healing gem allowing the wearer to remain strong in battle long after those around you have fallen. In ancient times, warriors carried a bloodstone gemstone amulet into battle with them because it was thought that if the amulet was applied to a wound, it would cause the wound to quit bleeding. Ancient Egyptians used bloodstone gemstone magic to help them win in battles. They used magically empowered gemstones as amulets for the warriors to increase their personal strength. Bloodstone Gems make a great gift for anyone that earns their living from their art. It promotes creativity, self-expression, and artistry. Keep one of more bloodstone gemstone on your desk or work table to help increase your business and wealth. Even those that do not run their own business can benefit by allowing the stone to attract additional sources of income into their lives. Continue Below for the technical aspects of Bloodstone Gemstone Click to go to part 2 of Bloodstone Gemstone. Main Chakra: heart Planet: Mars Vibrates to the number: 4 & 6 Element: Fire Astrological Sign: Aries, Pisces, Scorpio Bloodstone Gemstone Technical Details Chemical Composition - SiO2 with variouis impurities Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.65 to 2.66 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.53-1.54 Bi-refringence - 0.003 - 0.009 Optic Sign - positive Optical Character – Uniaxial Garnet Gemstones Fabulous garnet gemstones are very common and can be found in many areas around the world. The most common being Africa, Argentina, Bohemia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey. In the United States, the most common areas are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia.
  • 16. There are actually 10 classes of garnet gemstones, generally listed as being 7 classes with 3 sub- classes. These include Almandine, Andradite, Demantoid, Grossular, Hessonite, Pyrope, Rhodolite, Spessartite, Tsavorite and Uvarovite. This article deals with the gemstone properties that are basic to all types of Garnet gemstone. If we have added an article on the individual types, the name will be clickable and it will be included in the menu on the right side of the web site. Other articles will be added as time allows. Due to the abundance of garnet gemstones available around the world, they are one of the least expensive gemstones on the market and are not used in jewlery as often as many other types of gemstones for that very reason. But what the jewelry industry snubs, the metaphysical market craves because they are one of the most top notch healing gemstones available. Garnet stones can help bring out your best side making you more attractive to employers and more popular with co-workers. It makes others want to work with you giving you an advantage over others. This makes it a great stone to wear or carry when you are competing with other co- workers for a raise or promotion. Wear or carry a garnet stone to a job interview to help the interviewer be impressed by you. You will be the one they think about first when it comes time to decide who gets the job. A garnet crystal worn as jewelry or simply held in your hand (or pocket) helps to expand your awareness of the world around you and all the spiritual energies contained there in. They are the perfect stones to aid in helping you to manifest your desires and needs into reality. If you are working "The Secret (Law of Attraction)", keep one with you any time you are attuning your mind to the things you are manifesting. It not only helps you keep your mind on your goal but also helps to speed the process. If you find yourself feeling down in the dumps and having a hard time getting going, try meditating with or wearing garnet gemstones. It can bring out your passion for life and for living, bringing you closer to family and friends. It restores your vitality and passion for life giving you extra energy and stay-ability. Don't turn to stimulants like caffeine, absorb the healing energies of a garnet gemstone to increase your energies and sail through the rest of your day. If you are looking for that special someone in your life and you want to be lucky in love, wear or carry a garnet gemstone any time you are going somewhere you might meet that special someone. They help increase your personal magnetism helping you to draw that special someone to you. But what happens when you are not 100% positive the person you met is the right one for you? Ask the stone if the person is right for you and then sleep with it under your pillow. The answer should come to you in a dream during the night.
  • 17. Once you are sure you have met the right person for you, use a garnet gemstone as a stone of commitment. It helps both of you see the best attributes of the other creating a loving atmosphere of devotion and understanding that can withstand the test of time. All businesses need more than a little luck to survive, especially in these trying times. If you want your business to have a little more luck that all the others, put a garnet gemstone in the cash register and/or hang a few from the ceiling over your cash register or business office to attract the luck that you need to soar above your competition. To bring a little extra luck into your job situation, try a garnet stone. This is especially true if you have a dangerous job or have to travel dangerous areas on a regular basis. Wear or carry one to ensure you are lucky in staying safe. Garnet gemstones can help balance and stimulate the entire chakra system from the base chakra to the crown. A meditation done while allowing one to rest on the body above each of the chakras can leave you feeling empowered, balanced and ready to take on anything the world has to throw at you. Main Chakra: Base Planet: Mars Vibrates to the number: 2 Element: Fire Astrological Sign: Capricorn Garnet Gemstones Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Silicates (Nesosilicates) Hardness - 6.5 to 7.5 Specific Gravity - 3.5 - 4.3 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.780 - 1.889 Bi-refringence - None Optic Sign - Optical Character - Isotropic Rose Quartz Crystal Rose quartz crystal, like most other forms of quartz gemstones, started life within the molten lava that swirls within the earth to this day. The pressure within the earth pushes the liquid lava into every tiny crack and crevice it can find and it is within this inner kingdom where the minerals start to mix with other minerals and rose quartz crystal starts to grow. In a way, the term Rose Quartz Crystal is actually a misnomer because this healing gemstone rarely forms crystals with actual points. In most cases it will not grow above extremely tiny, almost too small to be seen points. Occasionally however, actual pieces with individually terminated points are found in the Minas Garis and Poco D'Anta mines in Brazil. The vast majority of rose quartz crystal points on the market are cut, shaped and polished from large chunks of stone, are imitation, or they are reconstituted. In that case, they take the chunks left over after cutting, melt and then pour them into slabs which are cut and shaped after cooling.
  • 18. There is much debate about whether reconstituted stones have the same metaphysical properties as their natural counterparts. After all, they are being made from real rose quartz crystal, leading one to think they would have the same properties. My personal feeling on the subject is they are not the same. In fact, I found out about the stones 7 or 8 years ago when I won an action for a nice tall rose quartz Obelisk at what I thought was a GREAT price. When it arrived however, I did not feel any life in it. It is beautiful but feels spiritually dead. This would make sense when you think about the fact it is the crystaline structure of natural rose quartz crystal that holds the power. Melting the stone destroys the crystals. Many people tell me I am wrong and they can feel the life within the crytal, so each person must make their own decision on the subject. If you are extremely lucky, you might happen upon a rose quartz gemstone that actually glows in the dark from the phosphorus content of the stone. Rarely a Rose Quartz crystal will be found with a star, much like what is seen in star rubies. This is very rare with rose quartz crystals however and can only be seen once the stone has been cut and polished.
  • 19. Probably the most widely know rose quartz crystal meaning is as the stone of love and marriage, you can keep your marriage alive and spicy by keeping a rose quartz gemstone under your pillow. Youth and beauty are fleeting and we need every drop of help we can get to maintain our youthful appearances as they tend to fade too fast for anyone to be comfortable with it. Since ancient times women have kept rose quartz crystals under their pillow so the soothing beauty of the stone will help their bodies maintain their youthful appearance. During times of stress or any time emotions get out of control, use a rose quartz crystal to bring calm and peaceful energies to the situation. Makes a great stone to be kept in businesses where there tends to be a lot of stress such as the doctors or dentist office where its soothing energies can help ease the patients tensions. Place a few rose quartz crystals in a glass container of water then set it outside under the full moon and allow it to stay there overnight. This elixir makes a great beauty aid to bathe in to keep your skin smooth. Just like it helps in the doctors office, keeping a stone in a room will help remove negativity for the people in it. This is exceptionally helpful if a family member gets caught up in a negative phase and is very helpful when teenagers go through those hormonal roller coaster phases. If your body is full of stress or anxiety from any cause, take a few moments to relax with rose quartz crystal in each hand. Perhaps the second best known rose quartz meaning is that it helps reduces stress and anxiety in the body and all you have to do is relax for a few moments and allow it to happen. With todays economic problems this is one use the entire world could make use of. Without intentionally meaning to, often people make us feel as if we are not worthy of the lives we lead. Plus our society thinks if you are not part of the upper crust, you are not as worthy as they are. This causes a feeling of negative self worth that can affect our ability to live life to its fullest. Carry or wear a rose quartz crystal to increase your feeling of self worth and banish this problem. Are you ready to accept a love into your life? Don't let prior bad choices harden your heart against accepting love. Allow this special stone to open your heart and make it ready to accept love. This is a special rose quartz meaning that can change the lives of those who will allow it to work its magic for them. Magic makes the world go round and if you are ready to call that one special someone into your life and planning on using magic to do it, be sure to include a couple of rose quartz crystals to help draw that perfect someone to you. This rose quartz property is for anyone that works hard, to the point of having blisters and is also good for sun bathers that stay out a little too long. Make an elixir by soaking a crystal in water overnight (under the moons light if possible. Then bathe burns and blisters in the elixir to speed healing. If your job requires you to deal with people, especially when it is during their times of need, this rose quartz property can help in those times when you may find yourself a little short on patience and understanding. Carry one with you at all times to help bring patience and understanding to any situation where it is needed.
  • 20. If life, job, family, the economy and everything else has left you with raw emotions and you are no longer sure if your choices are being made for the right reasons, meditate on the situation with rose quartz crystal in your hand and allow it to purify your emotions. Our bodies have a vibrational level just like everything else in the universe and the various stresses and situations we encounter can cause our vibrational level to lower, become baser, which in turn attracts lower things and situations to us. (like attracts like) Carry Rose Quartz Crystals to help raise the vibrational level of your body. Rose quartz crystals are especially good for someone who has experienced a spouse who was unfaithful or abusive. Working with the stone can help you to let go of the pent up emotions that go along with the hurt they caused you, so you can move on with your life and find the person that is right for you. Whether it is from being a victim of crime or simply the unthinking things people say it is easy to forget how to trust others. Don't get me wrong it is often in your best interest to not immediately trust others, but I'm talking about the inability to trust pretty much anyone. That can lead to all sorts of problems both emotional and financial. If you find yourself in one of these situations, wear a rose quartz gemstone and allow it to unharden your heart so it can teach you to trust others agains. When our emotions become pent up, especially when it is any emotion that makes us want to hurt someone or destroy something, we need to release those feelings and we want to do it without hurting others or breaking things. Trust a rose quartz crystal to make it happen. Rose Quartz Crystals have a long history of use in healing the human body. Ancient Romans used it to relieve headaches and cure breathing problems. Todays gemstone healers use it to help lower blood pressure and many people wear jewelry with rose quartz stones to help supplement their doctors orders. Main Chakra: Heart to Crown Planet: Venus Vibrates to the number: 8 Element: All Astrological Sign: Libra and Taurus Rose Quartz Crystal Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2, Silicon Dioxide Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.65 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.544-1.553 Bi-refringence - 0.009 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - UNIAXIAL Opal Stones About 95% of the world Opal stones are mined in Australia where it is the national gemstone. Most of the remaining opal stone is mined in the United States, Mexico and Slovakia. There are 4 main types of natural opal stones, namely Black Opal, Boulder Opal, White Opal and Crystal Opal. The rarest and therefore the most expensive is Black Opal. The body of the stone
  • 21. can range from a dark grey to an almost black and this dark coloring allows the fire of the opal to flash in an exceptional way. Boulder Opal stones are found only in Queensland, Australia where they form in the cracks of ironstone boulders. This means they are exceptionally thin stones and are usually cut with a layer of the boulder still attached to give the stone the strength to be usable in jewelry. The most common form of opal stone is the white opal. It formed in almost the exact same conditions as black opal but the carbon and iron oxide trace elements that give the black opal its darker color were not present. White Opal gemstones are the least expensive of all opals and are often used in rings and pendants of all types. Crystal Opal stones are any type of opal in which the body of the stone is transparent. The colors range mainly from yellow to oranges but can be other colors. The stones transparency allows the flash of fire to show through making this gemstone not quiet as valuable as black opal but on a level with boulder opal. It is important to note that opal stones are also being made synthetically. The fire flash tends to be stronger but more squared in synthetic opals giving the stone a somewhat snakeskin pattern across the face of the stone. A gem cutter will always prefer to cut opal stones as a single, solid stone but opals are very fragile and this sometimes means they can not stand up to the pressure of finishing the piece. Cutters will often make doublets or triplets for the stones by layering one or two slices of thin opal and gluing it to a thin slice of a dark colored base stone. This makes for an exceptionally beautiful stone and many collectors seek out these stones in particular. If you want to increase the power of your magical working, adding an opal stone to the work can do just that because it is a natural amplifier. In magickal workings you can charge opal stone for any type of work making it a great stone to keep around in case you happen to not have a specific stone that you need. Known as a stone of love, opal stones bring good fortune to the one you love. But if your love is unfaithful, it is known to bring heartache to the unfaithful one. This could well be where so many of the rumors about opal being unlucky originated from
  • 22. Opal is only unlucky to those that are unworthy of it due to cheating. The average person has nothing to fear from opal stones. My first ring given to me at high school graduation was an opal I have treasured for all of my life and it has never brought me bad luck. Shamans use opal stones to connect with spirit guides and totem animals. The stones ability to speed entry into a meditative state and the way it makes visualizations more defined and realistic makes it a great stone to use during any type of meditation work or a vision quest. Many choose to call opal stones the most powerful of healing stones available. It helps the body to align all the energy systems, clearing out blockages and restarting the natural energy flows within the body. If you want to increase your emotional experiences of a situation, wear an opal. This makes it a great stone to wear in nature, on vacation or while journeying through guided meditations. Keep in mind however that it turns up the volume on all emotions so do not use it when having to deal with negative emotions. Trapped within the confines of Opal stones are a wide variety of colors, including all the colors associated with the Chakras. This makes them great stones to use in opening the chakras. Fire opals help to clear the causes of sexual dysfunction bringing back the desire to share intimate moments with a partner. During labor and childbirth, place an opal stone on the navel of the woman to help ease her pain and to make sure the baby arrives health and safely. If you find yourself in a rut or just not enjoying life to the fullest anymore, opal stones can help to bring back your zest and enthusiasm for life. It helps you see brighter tomorrow, find answers to questions that may be holding you back and shows you the possibilities of what life can bring. Opal stones have a common need to humans. Both must have water to survive. It is the water within opal gemstones that cause the flashes of fire across the stone. This connection with water means that opals can help humans with any aspect under the ruling of water. This is especially true with anything dealing with the mind or emotions and includes memory, happiness, desires, loves and lifting your spirits. Makes a great stone to use while working on any type of psychic reading. Keep one around while reading tarot cards, runes, angel cards or a pendulum to increase your ability to hone in on what you are being told. It awakens psychic perception and increases your mystical awareness. It has been said opal stones are the stones of the gods because they bring all things God wants for you in your life. Peace, happiness, a zest for life, love, sex, health, vitality and more are the gifts God gives to us and all are aspects of the beautiful opal stone. Main Chakra: All Chakras Planet: Mercury Vibrates to the number: 2 Element: Water Astrological Sign: Cancer, Libra, Pisces and Scorpio Opal Stones Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - SiO2.nH2O
  • 23. Hardness - 5.5-6 Specific Gravity - 2.15 (+0.07;-0.90) Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.45 (+.020;-0.080) Bi-refringence - Optic Sign - Optical Character - Isotropic Amethyst Crystal - Part 1 Amethyst Crystal formations can be found in many places around the world. The quality and number of additional minerals that may be found mixed with it vary from place to place. The more common places to find Amethyst crystals are: Africa, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Russia and The United States. Due to the various minerals found in each area, each mine produces a slightly different form of the stone. Amethyst Crystal formations are part of the quartz family of crystals. Quartz is the most abundant mineral formation on the planet. Used since ancient times, Amethyst crystal has been found in the tombs and burial crypts of early ancient Egyptian Kings and Pharoahs. They were also found in tombs as far back as the Babylonian era, giving us a long and colorful history wrapped around this stone of Royalty. Amethysts are inexpensive gemstones and can brighten the atmosphere in any room they are in. They come in many shapes and sizes, with prices that can fit most any budget. Individual tumbled stones can be purchased for less than $2 each. Faceted or cabachon stones run a little more, but even a high quality facted stones can be purchased for less than $30. The word amethyst comes from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated") and one of the many abilities Amethyst Crystal formations are believed to have is to prevent intoxication. In fact, the greeks and Romans carved goblets from it, from which they drank their wine in order to avoid drunkeness. The word amethyst comes from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated") and one of the many abilities Amethyst Crystal is believed to have is to prevent intoxication. In fact, the greeks and Romans carved goblets from it, from which they drank their wine in order to avoid drunkeness.
  • 24. Amethyst Crystal is one of the more important gemstones in crystal healing and magick. Plus they are a favored stone for use in jewelry, perhaps due to the way it makes people feel when they wear it. For Chakra, color, planetary and technical data on Amethyst crystal, please see below. For Metaphysical, magical and healing properties, please visit our Amethyst crystal additional data page. Chakra: Crown Colors: All shades of purple, violet and mauve Astrological Sign(s):Pisces, Aquarius, Sagittarius Element: Water Planet: Jupiter Vibratory #: 3 Amethyst Crystal Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.65 constant Refractive Index (R.I.) - nw = 1.543-1.553 ne = 1.552-1.554 Bi-refringence - +0.009 Optic Sign - Positive Tigers Eye Tigers Eye (also known as Tiger Eye) draws upon the best qualities of a Tiger allowing you to absorb them into your being to get the most benefit from them. 1) Patience: A tiger can wait patiently for hours or even days until the right opportunity presents itself. In business and in life, patience is a virtue. Often we run head long into a project without doing the proper research or learning and we find ourselves having to backtrack. Allow the tiger eye to bring you clear thinking and insight in to the situation. Listen to the tiger and bide your time is our first tiger eye meaning. 2) Focused: A tiger will stay focused on the object he desires for as long as it takes. In business, if we allow ourselves to lose focus, we allow our competition to gain a foothold and we miss opportunities to grow and increase our businesses. A tiger eye rock will keep you focused if you allow it to. This Tiger eye meaning warns you to stay focused on your goal. 3) Determination: A tiger is totally determined to get what he wants and needs. You must be also to be successful in your business. If you are not determined to succeed, it will not happen. Learn
  • 25. from the tiger and allow the tigers eye gemstone to help maintain and increase your determination is all aspect of life and business. Listen to this tiger eye meaning and stay determined to reach your goal. Tigers Eye healing properties A Tiger Eye can assure the correct use of power, courage, grace and the ability to see clearly and without illusion. All of which clears the way before you to allow success to enter your life. A tiger eye makes an excellent healing stone for adults with ADD or any type of emotional disorder as it gives strength, restores balance, relieves doubt and helps you make decisions with vision and clarity. Especially helpful if you're feeling drained, overwhelmed, or unfocused. Does your mind flit from one thought to another, making it hard to concentrate, impossible to meditate. Use Tiger Eye to ground yourself. It stills the mind and helps you move deeper into meditation. It can also create harmony in your life and is especially suited for anyone seeking peace and calm in their life. Tigers Eye attracts money Too often, those that come into money after a long lack of money in their life, tend to become abusive with the power that money brings. They tend to shun those they knew most of their life and tend to be obnoxious to servants. Tigers Eye helps prevent the abuse of power, leaving you better able to get along with everyone involved, which makes relationships with those that work for us much smoother. Since ancient times, tiger eye stones have been used to stimulate wealth by attracting money into the life of the wearer. At the same time, it helps you keep the wealth you have and it prevents you from becoming abusive with your money or greedy. Take a Tiger Eye outside on the night of the full moon, hold it to the moon and ask that She Bless it to draw money into your life. Allow it to sit in the moonlight as long as possible, then take it in and keep it in your pocket or purse along with your money to draw more into your life. Miscellaneous Fact about Tigers Eye A times it can be hard to find information on Tiger Eye Gemstones because of the various spelling of the name. Tiger Eye, Tigers Eye and Tiger's Eye all are speaking of the same stone, which is also occasionally listed as Cat's Eye. Cats eye however can be any one of a variety to gemstone types which when cut properly, displays a band of light across the top of the stone which looks similar to the slash of reflected light in a cats eye. Tigers Eye stone comes in a few different colors, the most common of which are gold, blue and red tiger eye. All have the flash of color that resembles the flash you see in a tigers eye when the light hits is at night and this is where the name Tiger Eye comes from. Tiger eye rock is a good choice to use while meditating as they help you to calm your emotions and mind so you can enter the meditative state.
  • 26. Feeling out of sorts lately, stressed from your job or life in general? Tiger eye stone is a great stone for you to wear or carry. They correct the problems that leave you feeling drained, overwhelmed, confused, or unfocused. If your home or office is a high stress area where tempers can easily get riled, try placing a large tiger eye gemstone (or several smaller ones) in the room to sooth the tensions. Have a job in which you have to drive at night? Carry a tigers eye as it helps improve night vision. Main Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra Planet: Sun Vibrates to the number: 4 Element: Fire & Earth Astrological Sign: Capricorn Tigers Eye Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - A Silicate. (Tectosilicates). A variation of Quartz Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.64 – 2.71 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1,544 -1,553 Bi-refringence - 0.009 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Uniaxial Amber Stone: A negative energy transformer Many people think what we call Amber stone is actual stones (minerals). In reality however they are fossils. Fossilized tree sap to be exact. Amber stone does not belong to a mineral family, it is more of a natural plastic and there is not an exact chemical composition that makes up amber stone for that reason. Amber stone feels almost warm to the touch. Minerals feel cool to the touch but amber does not conduct heat the way mineral stones do. If it gets hot enough, amber will actually burn. Amber can be made to attract electro static electricity. Simply rub it with a soft cloth and it will attract small pieces of paper placed near it. Most amber stone is a warm golden yellow color, but the colors can vary between shades of yellow, orange, red, white, brown, green and a bluish almost black color. Everyone who spends long periods of time on a computer should keep an amber stone on their desk due to its ability to detoxify the body from all types of radiation (sun, computers, xrays, etc.) An excellent healing stone, not only is it stronger than some other healing stones but also has the ability to take negative energy that could be causing the illness and transmutting it into positive energy that helps heal the affected area. It is an excellent stone for those working with the Law of Attraction due to its ability to help in manifesting your desires.
  • 27. Other Amber Stone meanings Trying to get pregnant? Want to get every possible bit of help to speed up the process? Try wearing an amber stone on a belt hung low from the waist or carry one in your pocket to help ensure conception. Have you noticed the small plants and animals that are often trapped within the golden confines of this gemstone? These help connect us directly to the Universal Life force making it a great stone for energy workers. An amber stone carved into the shape of a rabbit, frog or fish would make a great gift for anyone trying to get pregnant, those 3 animals are some of the most abundant producers of offspring around and when you add in the stones ability to help in conception it makes a perfect match! Amber stone helps draw out negative energy from the body then allows the body to heal itself by taking that negative energy and transmuting it into a positive energy that purifies the body, soul, heart and spirit. Luck does not have to be left to just fate, we have the ability to increase our luck via conscious choices and amber stone is an excellent choice to be used to attract good luck. Carry one in your pocket, drop one in your purse or wear one on a chain around your neck; all make the perfect good luck charm. Making decisions are often one of the hardest things we ever have to face, but you don't have to face it all alone. Hold an amber stone in your hands and fold your hands over your heart while making your decision as the stone will make your decision much easier to deal with. Most everyone has dreams of a better and brighter future, but your dreams are personally yours and they come in all sizes and shapes. It is the getting those dreams to come true that is the hard part. Want your dreams to come true? Sleep near an amber stone so it can help you make correct choices in your life. Everyone needs love in their life and helping to attract love into your life is an amber stone metaphysical property that excels! Talismans are object that have been empowered (charged) with specific energies to be embued to the wearer. When possible, natural objects with their own similar powers are embued with the powers making the talisman exceptionally strong. Since ancient times, people have empowered the amber stone to be a protective talismans.
  • 28. Have you ever known someone that is always bright and cheerful, even on the darkest of days? Did you notice if they happen to have some of this "sunshine frozen in time" amber stone on them. Since ancient times, a string of amber stone beads around the neck has been thought to bring the wearer inner peace and a sunny disposition. Egyptians used amber stone to protect mummies from destruction and decay. It was not unusual for amulets made of amber stones to be found in tombs because it protected the deceased on their journey thought the afterlife. Make a gemstone elixir by soaking one or more stones in a glass container of water overnight, under the moonlight if possible. Use the elixir to wash your face or in the making of products for skin care to enhance beauty. Early doctors prescribed amber stones to be taken internally to cure various ailments like headaches, heart problems and arthritis. (Not sure if I would try this one or not. Do so at your own risk.) Meditation can improve all aspects of our lives, but sometimes trying to find the time and place to be able to relax enough to meditate can be a problem. So we of course want to get the most out of the time that we do have. By placing an amber stone on top of the head during meditation it not only helps to cleanse the crown chakra but improves your ability to get the most our of your mediation. Our mind, body and soul are constantly being bombarded with negativity. Its in the air and the food we eat. Let's not forget computers, medical equipment and the hundreds of other machines that give off small doses of raditional. It is no wonder our bodies are constantly having problems. Try passing a large amber stone through the aura of a person to detoxify the body and remove all sorts of negative energies or you can sleep with a few stones and receive their benefits all night long. Having an off day? Sit for 3 to 5 minutes with an amber stone held to your solar plexus chakra to balance your mind, body and soul and bring clarity to your day. Knee and joint problems haunt a huge number of Americans and this is one gemstone that can help alieve the pain. If you are having knee problems (or any other joint), wrap the joint with an ace bandage and place one or more amber stones under the bandage, next to the skin. The healing properties will have direct access to the problem area. Life is hectic and if you are having a bad day and are exceptionally up tight, draw a nice warm bath and place a few amber stones in the water, then sink in with them and allow their healing powers to remove the tensions from your body. There are numerous references to the uses of this fabulous gemstone throughout history. One of the most enduring is during the Middle Ages, when amber was use heavily in Rosary Beads. Often thought of as being sunshine frozen in time, you can take advantage of that captured warmth and use it when you are feeling cold for any reason. Hold an amber stone in your hand and visualize its warmth spreading throughout your body to warm you up! Give a gift of amber to anyone who is recovering from any sort of illness. It's ability to connect to the life force of the Universe can help speed healing.
  • 29. We have within our personal abilities the access to a wide range of ancient knowledge. Taping this knowledge is not always easy but if you meditate with an amber stone in each hand it helps you connect to the ancient knowledge. For you guys who are hoping to get your wife pregnant, carry an amber stone in your pocket. It is helps keep the equipment in top working order. Chakra: Solar plexus Chakra Element: Fire Astrological sign: Leo and Sagittarius Vibrates to #3 Turquoise Stones Turquoise stones ar found all over the world in places where volcanic activity has occurred. In the United States, turquoise stones are found in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Virginia. The turquoise stones found in Virginia are a rare form that grows in crystals that are prismatic in nature. Most of the stones in other parts of the world do not grow in crystal shapes. The highest quality of stones are found in Persia, which is also where the earliest mines supplying modern day turquoise are found. Large successfully mined deposits have also been found in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Tibet. The color of the stone ranges from the famous sky blue color of the Persia crystals, through various shades of blue greens. The color depends on the minerals found in the area where it grew. The more copper in the mix produces a bluer stone. The more iron in the mix produces a greener stone. Turquoise stones help us attune our physical selves to the highest realms. It helps us to better understand ourselves and to bring our ideas and emotions under control so we can see them become fruitful in our reality. You have but to stop and listen, be still and be ready to hear the truth about who and what you are. Only then will you obtain your full power. Honored by native Americans as a sacred stone, turauoise gemstone absorbs negativity, transmuting it into useful energy. It also helps you to become one with the universe.
  • 30. The true Turquoise meaning for each person comes directly from the heart and the soul of the person using them. This page represents the turquoise meanings others have found to be true in their search for the power of healing crystals energies. If you find it helps you with something not listed here, claim it as your own for you have been given a gift. Turquoise Stones Healing Properties The list of turquoise stone healing properties is long and varied. The varieties of turquoise crystal shapes, sizes and colors that can be used are as varied as the people that use them. Some people prefer to use tumbled turquoise stones of approximately 1 inch in size. Others prefer natural turquoise stones, unchanged by mans hands. The choice is 100% up to you. The energies are there, waiting to be used by those that choose to use them. Worn anywhere on the body, a turquoise stone will protect and bless the wearer. It is considered a sacred stone in some cultures, being a gift from the gods. A String of turquoise beads worn around the neck absorbs all negativity from the body and mind and helps you develop your own natural powers. You can align your chakras by laying a turquoise stone on each of the chakra points for 3 to 5 minutes while the gem does its work. Don't have 7 turquoise? It may take a little longer, but laying a single stone on 1 chakra at a time for the same 3 to 5 minutes will still align your chakras for maximum power. A string of turquoise stone beads used as a bracelet, necklace or even an anklet will help detoxify the body from alcohol, pollution, poison and radiation. The idea is to wear a circle of beads around one area of the body so as the blood flows back and forth through the area, the turquoise can purify it. Perhaps my favorite healing method that I use a couple of times a month when I get a headache is to wear one on my head to help heal and to bring wisdom. I purchased a package of stretchy hair bands at Walmart but you can find them anyplace that sells brushes and such. Use one as a head band around your forehead. The pressure helps ease the headache and provides the perfect place to slip a gemstone underneath to hold the crystal in place. I sleep like this often so I wake up headache free in the mornings. Anyone that has problems with their lungs, throat or from asthma, can hang a turquoise stone from a cord or chain so it hangs directly over the area causing the problem. This allows the gem energies to get as close as possible to the problem area and begin the healing work even faster. Have problems with your hearing or with ear infections. Use the head band trick above to hold a large turquoise gemstone against the ear so the stone can do its work. NOTE: Make sure the stone you use is large enough it will not go inside your ear. Those suffering from depression can sleep with a turquoise to help lift the depression faster. I can attest to this ability from experience in my mother's later years. When her health started failing she suffered with severe depression and the stones helped to ease her suffering.
  • 31. NOTE: Turquoise stone healing crystal remedies should always be used to compliment traditional medical treatments, not replace it. As with all alternative therapies, always check with your doctor before using. Add a few turquoise rocks to a container of water and allow it to sit outdoors overnight where the moon can shine upon it and then so the sun can shine upon it during the day. That evening, pour the water into a tub of warm water, step in, sit down and allow the healing energies to work upon your body. This same Healing Elixir can be used to soak a sprained or pulled muscle, strengthen the body so you can fight off viruses and infections, and help damaged or cut tissues to heal. For headaches, soak a cloth in the Elixir and place on your forehead till the pain goes away. Have a speaking engagement coming up? Sleep with a turquoise taped to your neck (with a band aid) at night and wear one on a chain around your neck during the day to ensure your ability to communicate with others is at it's highest. Turquoise Stones Metaphysical Properties Turquoise stones have a long list of metaphysical properties. It's ability to strenghten us goes beyond physical strength to give us the strength to do what must be done. The strength to look within ourselves and see both the good an the bad, without feeling we are lessened by the parts which are not perfect. When we need to connect to another person on a deep level, whether for lasting love or a deep freindship, turquoise stones can be a solution to make it happen and make it last a lifetime. It can also help to ensure the relationship remains loyal on both side and the gem instill loyalty to those who use it. If you find your life is out of balance, causing tensions to rule rathen than peace, try brining a turquoise stone into your environment. It can help increase serenity, balance negative and postive energies and allow those within it sphere of influence to have honest communications so the cause of the stress can be removed. A turquoise stone is the perfect gift for anyone having problems with negative thinking. It increases our ability to think postive and to be able to empathize with others so we can see the brighter side of life. Last but not least, turquoise stones protective qualities can allow us to stay safe on the physical, mental and spiritual levels. It allows us to connect with all of life, to communicate in a positive and honest way and stay sensitive to others feels while protecting your own at the same time. Main Chakra: Heart Planet: Jupiter Vibrates to the number: 4, 6 and 7 Element: Earth Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
  • 32. Turquoise Stone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8•4(H2O) Hardness - 5 to 6 Specific Gravity - 2.89 gm/cc. Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.610 nß = 1.615 ny = 1.650 Bi-refringence - +0.040 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Biaxial Apatite Gemstone The best sources for the most brilliant colors of apatite crystals include Brazil, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Norway, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the United States. These wonderous beautiful Apatite gemstones comes in a wide range of colors ranging from neon and other shades of blue, colorless, purple, violet, pink, green, yellow and red. Like most other minerals, the color depends on the additional minerals in the area where the apatite gemstone grows. The most in demand color is the rich purple found in Maine at Mount Apatite. From Brazil we find the 2nd most sought after color which is a brilliant blue color. Recently a neon blue-green variety has been minded in Madagascar that is quickly gaining in popularity. The name apatite comes from the Greek word for deceive or cheat, which is apatao. Throughout history it has been called the deceitful or cheating stone because it is so easy to confuse it with other types of gemstones. While this is especially true in the cut stones used in jewelry, it is also true when it is in the raw crystal state as it is often mistaken for beryl and tourmaline. It has often been said, before you can change something, you must accept it as it is. This is very true for most people where excess weight is an issue. We become less than happy with ourselves and take on a negative view of our life and body. Apatite gemstone is multi-talented, helping us attune to our inner selves and accept the healing, communication, balancing and teaching it has to offer. This allows you to become comfortable with who you are now so you can make changes to create the person you want to be. An Apatite gemstone is also thought to help with appetite suppression. The perfect gemstone for use on any of the chakras since it can both stimulate under activity and calm over activity while clearing congestion. Apatite gemstone helps in the development of psychic abilities and helps you attune your mind, body and soul to the spiritual forces that run throughout the universe.
  • 33. Apatite gemsotnes helps bones to heal faster and stronger. It helps your body absorb calcium from the foods you eat, which helps to keep bones and teeth strong. To help ease the pain of arthritis, wrap the affected joint in an elastic bandage allowing it to hold one or more apatite crystals against the affected joint. This can help heal the pain and heal the joint faster. To help lower high blood pressure, wear an apatite crystal so it hangs near the heart. Wearing one on a chain is fine or if all else fails, pin a stone to the inside of your shirt. Simply slip it inside a cotton bag and use a saftey pin to attach it. An apatite gemstone is a great gift for anyone in the healthcare industry. It is often hard for healthcare workers to find the right words to say to their patients and these crystals are known for helping you find the life lesson meant to be learned from the situation and to express it to the patient in a way that helps them the most in their time of need. Continue below for the Chakra, Astrological, Planetary and Elemental Properties. For the metaphysical, magical and healing properties visit our Apatite Gemstone Part 2 page. Chakra: Solar Plexus Vibrates to the number 9 Astrological Sign: Gemini Planetary Sign: Mercury Element: Water Apatite gemstone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - calcium phosphate Hardness - 5 Specific Gravity - 3.17-3.23 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.632-1.646 Cleavage: Poor, imperfect Fracture: Conchoidal, brittle Dispersion: Medium (.013-.016) Heat sensitivity: High Birefringence (double refraction): Weak (.002-.004) Crystal structure: Hexagonal Colors: blue, green, yellow, pink, violet, colorless Chrysoprase Chrysoprase is one of the specific types of chalcedony, but instead of the normal blue most peoplethink of as good quality chalcedony, it is an apple-green color. It is mined in numerous locations around the world including, Australia, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Poland, Portugal, Russia and the United States. Chrysoprase grows in a cryptocrystalline structure which means its crystals are so small, they can not been seen with the human eye, so you never see the large crystals you expect to see from the quartz family. The apple green color of chrysoprase comes from the addition of nickel to chalcedony as it was forming. The brighter the green color, the more expensive the stone. The higher qualities are actually on the rare side, making the stone more expensive, especially in larger sizes.
  • 34. The name Chrysoprase comes from the Greeks who named it a combination of chrysos which means gold and prason which means bloom, or gold bloom, because of the drops of gold that appear to be contained within the stone. Many people will confuse chrysoprase with various forms of Jade, especially imperial jadeite. In Australia, people often call it Australian Jade as a folk name. From a metaphysical standpoint, chrysoprase is good at balancing opposing energies, the yin and the yang, light and dark, good and bad for we are not all of any one type of energy but a mixture of the opposing energies and this stone can help to realign the energies into a workable balance. Think of all the many ways that ability can be used in your life. Those that are caught up in the need for perfection can release that need and find a balance that is more attuned with normal human abilities. Those that feel superior or even inferior to others can change to allow themselves to work on an even level with those around them. Those that are greedy can learn to share. Those that are irritable can learn to be calm. Those that are selfish can learn to give. The possibilities are endless, making this a must have stone for anyone serious about making changes in their lives. In doing my research for this article I ran across an old Rumanian legend which states that a person who works with a Chrysoprase has the ability to understand the language of lizards. Perhaps this is why I so enjoy sitting on my back deck and watching the lizard family that lives under the deck come out to play and sun themselves on the deck railings. As a healing gemstone, chrysoprase is used to treat any disorder of the heart, to help heal wounds, to increase fertility, to help stop blood flow from a wound, to treat disorders of the reproductive organs and to relieve pain associated with arthritic ailments. Main Chakra: Heart Planet: Venus Vibrates to the number: 3 Element: Earth Astrological Sign: Libra Chrysoprase Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Silicon Dioxide with inclusions of Nickel Hardness - 7 Specific Gravity - 2.58 to 2.64 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.530 to 1.543 Bi-refringence - up to 0.004
  • 35. Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Uniaxial Chrysoicolla In the United States chrysocolla is mined mainly in Arizona and New Mexico. Outside the United States, the most common places where it is mined is in Australia, Chile, China, England, Greece, Israel, Namibia, Russia and Zaire. Chrysocolla is a fantastic mixture of colors. The gem itself can range from a blue green shade similar to turquoise all the way to a robins egg blue. Most of the time however it will be mixed with other gemstones such as malachite and turquoise, making a wonderfully shaded mixture of blues and greens that swirls and mix to form one of the most breath taking gems on the market. Has someone broken your heart and left you unable to think about being able to love someone else? A chrysocolla helps to heal your broken heart and open it to receive love into it. This holds true even when the one that hurt you is a friend or family member. It has the added advantage of helping to open up the lines of communication so the healing can begin on both sides. Being able to keep your heart open to love is perhaps the most important thing we can do in our lives. It helps to fulfill us on so many levels. When you put a protective wall around your heart the healing energies that normally flow from the heart are bottled up and can cause all sorts of health and mental problems if we don't release that energy. When arguments, fights or break ups leave your living space a jumbled mess of negative energies making it impossible to heal, a Chrysocolla can purify your environment by removing negative energies and emotions from within people and their surroundings. It also promotes harmony by stabilizing the energies in the home (or building) and helps to rebuild the relationships of those within its sphere of influence. This property also makes it a good choice for keeping in a office environment so everyone can work together as a group without negative energies causing tensions to run high.
  • 36. If fears, anxiety or guilt are holding you down or keeping you from becoming all you can be in life, try keeping one or more chrysocolla around. They can wash those negative energies away and leave you feeling inner peace and acceptance, even if everything around you is falling apart. A chrysocolla is an excellent stone for keeping in your office or near the cash register. It ensures prosperity and makes sure there is plenty of good luck around. To connect with your Spirit Guide, hold a chrysocolla in your hand, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and allow the gems energies to flow through you, up to your head and out the top of your head. Visualize it as it continues, forming a string, connecting you to the Universe. Know this string is your connection to your Spirit Guide. You can both send and receive information via this string. A chrysocolla is the perfect stone of anyone in management as it gives you the ability to keep your head about you in high stress environments. Also helps you to know what to say, when to say it and when it is best to not say anything in a given situation. Are you suffering from a severe case of writers block? A chrysocolla gem can help break down that block and allow your creative juices to flow. But it does not stop with just helping you find new ideas to write about. It also helps you to find ways to allow those ideas to flow through the words and across the paper so everyone can follow your ideas as if they were actually seeing the scene in their heads. The above also holds true for teachers. The act of teaching requires you to be able to explain concepts and ideas in terms the students can understand, but a truly great teacher also makes the concepts come alive for his/her students and the chrysocolla does just that. Patience is not just something you should show to others, it is also something you must show to and for yourself. Use a chrysocolla to find that spiritual place within you where you can find the unconditional love that is needed to take you to a new level of wisdom. If you suffer from any type of arthritis or joint pain, wrap the area in an elastic bandage and slip one or more chrysocolla under the wrapping so it is near the problem area. This gets the gemstone right to the root of the problems and allows the healing energies to go to work. This also works for muscle problems and headaches. Just wrap the affected area with something to hold the stone in place. Those with any type of lung disorder can benefits by wearing a chrysocolla so it hangs between the lungs so the energies can get as near the affected area as possible. Main Chakra: Throat Planet: Venus Vibrates to the number: 4 & 7 Element: Water Astrological Sign: Gemini and Taurus Chrysocolla Technical Details Chemical Composition - (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4•n(H2O) Hardness - 2.5-3.5 Specific Gravity - 1.9 - 2.4 Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.575 - 1.585 nß = 1.597 n? = 1.598 - 1.635 Bi-refringence - 0.023 - 0.050
  • 37. Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Uniaxial Charoite Charoite is found in only one place in the entire world, along the Chary River in the Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia. It forms when limestone is infused with a unique composition of an alkali rich nephline syenite intrusion. But that infusion was not all it took to make Charoite. There had to also be the right amount of heat, the right amount of pressure and the right amount of time. This unique combination of circumstances occurred in only one place. As Charoite was growing, it grew in swirled layers of purples, blacks, oranges and greens. The blacks are inclusions of Augite, the greens are from Feldspars and the oranges are from Tinaksite Originally exported starting in the 1970's, it was often hard to come by not because of its rarity, but also because Russian law prevents it from being exported until after it has been worked into a finished product. Either those laws have been relaxed or someone is smuggling it out of the country however, as you can not occasionally find raw stone available. Charoite Gemstone opens and amplifies the connection between the head and the heart, allowing us to accept logically the things we need to let go of and the things we need to bring into our lives, making the transition easier on every level. Our lives are all about change, we are in constant flux, yet one of the strongest human attachments is to try to hold on to the past. To try to keep things exactly the same as they always have been. But change is growth and growth gives an increase in power and should be accepted on every level. Charoite allows you to flow through the changes, never getting caught up and allowing emotion to trap you in a stagnant relationship. It allows you to see what a fantastic person you are and to accept the gifts of wisdom that comes with every transformation.
  • 38. Charoite negates things like anger, rage, impatience, fear and confusion all the while boosting your own powers and ability to increase psychic and spiritual awareness and bring peace, calmness and balance into your life. Charoite is the perfect stone for those suffering with obsessive compulsive disorder because it grounds our emotions and opens and balances the crown chakra. It not only helps you to overcome the disorder but its transformational abilities helps you to redirect those energies into something more positive and life affirming for you. If you find yourself holding on to fears and allowing them to hold you back from being all that you can be, try meditating with a Charoite. It helps you to let go of fears and transform them into positive energy you can use to move on to bigger and better things. If you know you will be having a long and tiring day and want to have a little extra energy to get through everything you need to accomplish, wear or carry Charoite to get an extra boost of energy when you need it the most. To cleanse and/or balance the crown chakra, any sort of meditation or cleansing ritual using a Charoite is very helpful. An easy meditation I use regularly involves sitting with your spine straight. Place a charoite stone on the top of your head and visualize white light coming from the Universe, through the stone and into your body. Allow the light to fill your body and continue out your feet and into the earth. Sleep with a Charoite Gemstone under your pillow at all times. It not only helps to ensure your dreams are prophetic, but also helps to prevent nightmares. This makes it a great stone to hang above the bed of a child that is being haunted with nightmares. It is also a great stone for those trying to learn to lucid dream. It helps you to maintain your consciousness throughout the dream and if you pay close attention to your dreams you can work through most of the fears that are holding you back while in the dream state instead of dealing with them in the wake state. Do you feel like someone or something is adding negative energies into your life or home? Hold a Charoite and ask it to show you where these energies are coming from. Then quiet your mind and listen for thoughts, ideas or sounds that lead you in a specific direction. In some ways, it is like a dowsing rod, or perhaps it would be best to say it turns your body into a dowsing rod that zeroes in on negative energies so you can remove the source. Charoite helps the head and the heart work together. Often it is hard to choose the best solution because the heart says to do one thing and the head says to do another. This gemstones helps the two work on finding the best solution for you and everyone involved instead of just depending on one or the other. Have problems with your head aching or ear problems? Take an wide elastic hair band, and wear it so it covers your forehead and ears, then slip a Charoite Gemstone over your ears or on the forehead to take care of the problem. Charoite makes a great gift to those with psychic abilities or those that need to develop their intuitive abilities for it not only helps to activate the psychic abilities but also helps activate your spiritual awareness, making you more receptive to messages from guides. Main Chakra: Crown & Heart
  • 39. Planet: Neptune Vibrates to the number: 7 Element: Water Astrological Sign: Sagittarius, Scorpio, Virgo Charoite Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - K(Na,Ca)11(Ba,Sr)Si18O46(OH,F)-nH2O Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Barium Strontium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride Hardness - 5 Specific Gravity - 2.54 - 2.58 Refractive Index (R.I.) - na = 1.550 nß = 1.553 n? = 1.559 Bi-refringence - 0.009 Optic Sign - Positive Optical Character - Biaxil Rhodonite Rhodonite is found in deposits mainly in Australia, Brazil, British Columbia, India, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand and the United State in Alaska, California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington state. Rhodonite is a stone of grace and elegance. When you think about the qualities of the lady of the manor, you are thinking about Rhodonite. The lady must pay strict attention to detail, yet never allow her anxiety to show in public. She of course is passionately in love with her man, yet she must also be grounded in the knowledge that her passions are not for public view. The lady must listen as rhodonite tells her to hold her head high with self confidence, trust her own heart, establish her own voice in the world and make her own choices, all the while maintaining the discipline that marks her the lady of the manor. Much like Rose Quartz, rhodonite teaches us about love. But rhodonite teaches not just about self love and the love towards others, but of all the important aspects about love. When to hold on to it, when to let it go and how to make that decision when things are at their worse. If you find you intuition seems to be blocked or letting you down when you need it the most, use a rhodonite to clear your psychic centers. This can be done by simply wearing one or more gemstones, carrying them in your pocket, or the fastest method is through intention by
  • 40. meditating while having a rhodonite gemstone placed on the 4 top most chakras and allowing the energies to cleanse and activate them. If your job or family life has you going through more than your fair share of "those" moments where you have to have a LOT of understanding to get buy, carry a rhodonite in your pocket. When those moments arise, take a deep breath and rub the gemstone. It opens up a whole new level of understand and patience within you that can ease the tensions these moments tend to bring. Do you often get caught in the middle, having to decide what the best course of action is for everyone involved? Often it is hard to find a solution that keeps everyone happy. Finger a rhodonite stone while thinking of the subject; it will help you find a unique solution that is fair and equitable to everyone involved. This is an especially useful stone for anyone that has to be both mother and father to their children. It brings out the best, most loving attributes of both, just when they are needed the most and can help a father show love in situations it is needed or a mother be stern when tough love is called for. Are you still suffering from the pains of love gone wrong? Add a rhodonite stone to your meditations and allow it heal the emotional scars and to allow forgiveness to bloom within your heart. Have you recently suffered a severe cut, perhaps a surgery, where you know it will leave a scar? While the wound is fresh, add a rhodonite to the bandage to help the wound heal faster and to prevent it from scaring as badly. If you have older scars that have already healed over, you can make an elixir by placing one or more stones in water overnight. If possible allow it to sit outside under the full moon. Then use the water to wash the wound each day to help smooth the appearance of the scar. Anyone that has recently had a heart attack, major surgery, stroke and any other type of serious illness can benefit by keeping a rhodonite stone nearby. It helps the patient recover more quickly and can make the healing more complete or fuller. Know as a rescue stone, the rhodonite can help to ease the pain of emotional trauma. Much like having a pair of nice strong arms wrapped around you, this gemstone makes you feel safe and secure. It also raises your self worth and helps to remove negativity from the situation which can ease the pain of the trauma. Healers who work with unblocking and removing illness or injury from others can benefit from wearing one or more rhodonite stones because it prevents the negative energies from entering your body while you are working with the patient, allowing you to spend more time on them without fear of causing injury or illness in yourself. Anyone suffering from emphysema or any other lung disease, or those suffering with throat infections or cancers can speed their recovery by wearing one or more rhodonites on a chain. Wear it up high, near the throat for throat problems or down lower, between the lungs for lung problems. Main Chakra: Base Planet: Venus
  • 41. Vibrates to the number: 9 Element: Earth Astrological Sign: Taurus Rhodonite Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - CaMn4(SiO3)5 Hardness - 5.5 to 6.5 Specific Gravity - 3.4 - 3.7 Refractive Index (R.I.) - 1.711 to 1.752 Bi-refringence - 0.010 to 0.014 Optic Sign - + Optical Character - Biaxial Hematite Stone Hematite stone is the main mineral in Iron and is mined in locations all around the world. The most notable places being Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, England, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain and Russia. In the United States, the states where hematite stone mining is the most common includes Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Wyoming and Utah. Hematite stone is always opaque and is a grey metallic color or almost black. Occasionally you will find small amounts of red within the stone. This is where the iron has oxidized and is why in times past, hematite was called "bloodstone" because many of the stones would "bleed" a red color when they were cut. The so called "bleeding" is actually nothing more than the iron oxidizing, which is nothing more than rust. Yet this red "blood" is where it got it's name. It comes from the Greek word haima meaning blood. Our world has become so complex, it is hard to find time to take a deep breath, much less actually relax and let go of a little stress. The hematite stone can help you maximize those few moments you may find to let go of stress. It leaves you in a calm state but at the same time, it leaves you in tuned to the universal energies, allowing you psychic abilities to increase.
  • 42. If you have reached the age where your memory is not as good as it use to be, wearing hematite can help to increase your memory, making it easier to remember to get to appointments on time, to pay bills on time or even just to call your relatives on a semi-regular basis. Hematite stone is a balancing healing stone, that bring all sides of the subject into balance. Self control and a go getter attitude can live side by side. Body, mind and Spirit can all work in harmony. Not sure which path to take in your life to ensure you have all that you need? This also includes having peace and true inner happiness in your life. Hematite can cause your intuition to peak, helping you make the right choices to ensure all your hopes, dreams and desires can take you on the path to reach your goals. Hematite is a great stone for students, mathematicians and engineers or anyone that use a lot of analytical skills in their jobs. It helps with memory, makes memorization easier, improves mathematical skills and aids in logically moving from a single concept through the many possible conclusions that could arise. A hematite is a great stone for a beginner just learning to meditate. Often beginners will feel overwhelmed by the information and feelings they receive during their early attempts at meditation. Hematite helps you to stay grounded so you are not so overwhelmed, but at the same time, still allows you to maintain a meditative state. If you are ill, especially where fever is concerned or the if the body has a build up of toxins, have someone comb your aura while holding a hematite stone. If you don't have someone to do this for you, meditate while holding one of the stones and visualize the stone drawing the fever/toxins/illness from your body and into the stone. Afterwards, make sure you wash the stone under running water to remove the build up of negative energy from it. If you are in need of a chiropractic treatments but can't get one done at this point in time, lay on your stomach and have someone place several hematite stones on your back in a line down your spine. Hematite stone helps ease back pain and the magnetic qualities can help align your spine. Hematite stone works closely with the base chakra helping to keep you grounded. This makes it the perfect stone for someone who tends to have their head in the clouds. It helps them to keep their mind on what has to be done, without cutting off their love of life and flow of creativity. Hematite stone is great for anyone that does any sort of public speaking, including teachers, business executives and such. It gives you courage and self control while also reducing stress, which can help you to shine when communicating with others. Main Chakra: Base Planet: Mars & Saturn Vibrates to the number: 9 Element: Fire Astrological Sign: Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn Hematite Stone Technical Details Chemical Composition and Name - Fe2O3 (Iron and Oxygen) Hardness - 5 - 6 Specific Gravity - 5.3 Refractive Index (R.I.) -2.87 to 3.15