Gemstone Meanings

THIS SPACE WILL CONTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF OUR FAVORITE GEMSTONES AND THEIR METAPHYSICAL MEANINGS.  

♥ NOTE: the description of the gemstones and their properties are in no way meant to diagnose or treat certain conditions. Use these stones to deepen your connection to the Universe and seek medical attention when needed.♥

♥ Amazonite - referred to as a Stone of Truth and Stone of Courage, well-earned monikers based in amazonite meaning. Amazonite rock is empowering, facilitating self-discovery, self-awareness and the ability to embrace one's own integrity and truths.

♥ Amethyst - a stone of spiritual protection and purification; cleansing one's energy field of negative influences and attachments. It creates a resonant shield of spiritual light around the body

♥ Angelite (pink, purple) - live in the flow' energy, facilitates present moment, supportive of transformations, so gentle, helps us open our crown chakra energy to connect with the angelic + higher realms, works with our unconscious to release old patterns

♥ Aquamarine - helps us to gain insight, truth, and wisdom; can be used to help calm the mind, nerve and anxieties

♥ Bamboo Agate - a stone of creativity. It balances yin & yang, instills harmony, increases intellect, memory, energy, strength & longevity. It is a good stress reliever & increases courage & self confidence.

♥ Blue Apatite - an excellent energetic balancer; known as the stone of manifestation. Great for getting in touch with our own inner wisdom and intuition; and can be extra beneficial for those searching for deeper meaning and purpose in life

♥ Blue Sandstone - this beautiful, sparkling gemstone brings ambition, inspiration, optimism, dreaming

♥ Blue Sodalite - calming effect facilitates logical thinking, stone of truth, improve communications, Disagreements & arguments are easier to work through

♥ Chalcedony - Emotional balance, Vitality, Stamina, Endurance, Energy, Intensity, Hardiness, Nurturance, Generosity, Liveliness, Kindness, Charity, Friendliness

♥ Charoite - a wonderful, spiritual stone teaching and guiding us on how to live in the "Now". It is a stone of acceptance and insight. Charoite provides healing on all levels- physical, emotional and spiritual.

♥ Citrine - a premier stone of manifestation, imagination, and personal will. Carrying the power of the sun, it is warm and comforting, energizing and life giving. It stimulates the chakras like the sunlight of spring, clearing the mind and stirring the soul to action.

♥ Clear Quartz - Enhances awareness, purity, balance, amplifies energy of other crystals

♥ Dalmation Jasper - known as a nurturing stone, with its ability to bring out the child within. It helps bring clarity of mind to reveal one's strengths and weaknesses; bringing in a calm sense of tranquility, wholeness, and control

♥ Dragon's Vein Agate - Heighten creative visualization, strengthens ability to manifest life’s purpose, energy & strength, acceptance, memory, concentration

♥ Flower Jasper - lift spirits & bring joy, nurturing our inner desire for calm with our outer desires, shield us from dangerous situations, balance those tendencies with the desire for variety, adventure & new experiences

♥ Fluorite - clarity, focus, order, renewal, harmony, energizing

♥ Garnet - a spiritual stone of higher thinking and self-empowerment, it is also a stone of strength and safety, of prosperity and abundance, encouraging gratitude and service to others.

♥ Goldsilk Jasper - Also known as Coquina Jasper; very protective & stabilizing effect that allows us to restore our energy levels & take a few deep breaths of relaxation! Promoting clarity & insights, is an excellent stone for those times when things aren't black & white & lucidity is needed to make a decision

♥ Goldspun Howlite - calming, creativity, compromise, surrender, letting go of attachments, sleep

♥ Green Aventurine - associated with growth, renewal, and abundance. It is a stone of opportunity, attracting good luck and prosperity into one's life.

♥ Grey {Cracked} Agate - Grounding stone that brings a person into emotional, intellectual and physical balance, stabilizing physical energy, brings both positive and negative energy in place, love and abundance, relieve stress and feel better

♥ Hematite - grounding stone, protects against negative energies, aids in stimulating memory & increasing inner strength, helps improve concentration & mental skills

♥ Howlite - one of the “attunement stones” which link the user to higher spiritual consciousness, a lovely stone to use when needing to reduce anxiety, tensions and stress. Howlite can be used to facilitate awareness, encourage emotional expression and assist in the elimination of pain, stress and/or rage.

♥ Imperial Jasper - known as a spiritual and healing stone. Like other types of jasper, it a strong healing, power, and protective stone. It is also known as a good stone to help one get organized, relax, and reach tranquility.

♥ India Agate - positive healing influence, it was used secretly by sages a long time ago as a secret weapon to give them courage to conquer their greatness. Giving you confidence, physical strength, and emotional security. Very good protection stone and meditation tool

♥ Labradorite - stone of transformation; a useful companion through change, imparting strength and perseverance; balances and protects the aura; raises consciousness; grounds spiritual energies; Excellent for strengthening intuition - promoting psychic abilities.

♥ Lapis Lazuli - various meanings, including truth, wisdom, enlightenment, and inner power. It is often regarded as a stone of self-discovery and spiritual transformation. Lapis lazuli is also connected to royalty, honor, and divine connection.

♥ Lava - grounding stone that strengthens one's connection to Mother Earth; gives us strength and courage, allowing us stability through times of change; provides guidance and understanding in situations where we may need to "bounce back"; a calming stone, it is very useful in dissipating anger; promotes positive changes where needed in behavioural issues.

♥ Lepidolite - Emotional balance/anchor, powerful balancing/healing stone, stress release, spiritual growth

♥ Lilac Jasper - soothing, calming, help with anxious, stressed or depressed feelings, stress relief, positive vibration that stimulates positive coincidence or synchronicity, emotional healing & helps you get deeper into meditation.

♥ Malachite - known as the "Stone of Transformation" and is used for deep energy cleaning, bringing healing and positive transformation to the wearer; aids in stimulating the heart chakra, absorbing negative energies, and pollutants from the body and environment.

♥ Map Jasper - a stone of grounding and stability, providing comfort and security, strength and healing; Relaxation, Contentment, Compassion, Nurturing, Consolation, Tranquility, Healing, Completion

♥ Mookaite - a nurturing stone that supports and sustains during times of stress; brings peace and a feeling of wholeness; helps with decision making; encourages versatility and helps us to accept change; emotional growth; provides a protective shield against negative or dangerous situations, eliminating and blocking unwanted outside influences and distractions, and revealing what is concealed.  Mookaite promotes energy and new ideas, helping us gain enthusiasm and bringing the excellence of ourselves, bring kindness to ourselves and others.  Mookaite helps with contacting those who have passed on.

♥ Moonstone - a stone for “new beginnings”. It is a stone of inner growth and strength. It soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotions, providing calmness. Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters.

♥ Natural Brown Jade - well-grounded, strengthens connection with the earth while imparting comfort and a sense of reliability

♥ Natural White Agate - stone of balance and release, For proponents of energy work and crystal healing, white agate is believed to be beneficial for mental issues, including everyday challenges such as frustration and anxiety. It is believed to stimulate the crown chakra and is often used to make worry stones.

♥ Obsidian - Psychic protection, shields negative energy, manifestation stone

♥ Onyx - absorbs and transforms negative energy, concentration, heighten intuition, emotional balance

♥ Opal - Opal has always been associated with love and passion, as well as desire and eroticism. It is a seductive stone that intensifies emotional states and releases inhibitions. It can also act as an emotional stabilizer. Wearing an opal is said to bring about loyalty and faithfulness.

♥ Persian Jade - calm wisdom, healing and protection, focused on the aura

♥ Picture Jasper - Deep connection to the earth, nurturing, protective, brings comfort by alleviating fear, stress & anxiety

♥ Pink Aventurine - a stone of luck, prosperity and abundance. It is also a stone that can help you to feel happier, more secure and grounded in your life.

♥ Prehnite - known as a gemstone of kindness and compassion and the healer's gemstone. It improves foresight and intuitive knowledge; a healing crystal that has been used for centuries to promote health and wellness; believed to promote balance in all areas of life, including physical balance, emotional balance, and spiritual balance. 

♥ Red Jasper - brings a self-confidence built on fearlessness, a call to action and excitement. It raises our enthusiasm, personal empowerment, grounding & protection

♥ Red & Pink Tourmaline Agate - heart, love and compassion, a gentle demeanor, particularly during times of change and growth while taking strides toward enlightenment; revitalizes romantic relationships, bringing joy and passion to the relationship along with a renewed sense of commitment

♥ Rhodonite - a stone of compassion, an emotional balancer that clears away emotional wounds and scars from the past, and that nurtures love. It stimulates, clears and activates the heart. Rhodonite grounds energy, balances yin-yang, and aids in achieving one's highest potential.

♥ Rose Quartz - the stone of universal love, restores trust and harmony in relationships, encouraging unconditional love. Rose Quartz purifies and opens the heart at all levels to promote love, self-love, friendship, deep inner healing and feelings of peace.

♥ Rose Red Tiger Eye - used for the purpose of suppressing passion. It is an amulet to prevent collision with people, popular as an amulet of money luck up, symbolizes the "tiger" and has been believed to give powerful strength and courage

♥ Rutilated Quartz - an illuminator for the soul, promoting spiritual growth. It cleanses and energises the aura. Draws off negative energy and disease, letting go of the past. Rutilated Quartz gives protection against the ill thoughts of others.

♥ Sardonyx Agate - associated with courage, happiness and clear communication. It brings lasting happiness and stability to marriage and partnerships.

♥ Sea Sediment Imperial Jasper - Spiritual, healing stone, power, protective, organization, relax, tranquility

♥ Silver Obsidian - a form of glassy silica rich volcanic rock, helps to clear and purify one's energy fields of negativity working especially on the third eye chakra allowing one to “see” one's inner self, a reflection of one's higher-self, one's Soul. 

♥ Smoky Quartz - gently neutralizes negative vibrations and is detoxifying on all levels, prompting elimination of the digestive system and protecting against radiation and electromagnetic smog. Smokey Quartz disperses fear, lifts depression and negativity. It brings emotional calmness, relieving stress and anxiety.

♥ Snakeskin Jasper - Grace, shed old habits/patterns, embrace change, comforting, calming, protects against negative energy

♥ Spectrolite - a rare variety of Labradorite. It has an iridescent exterior, known as labradorescence, displaying a full spectrum of colors. Spectrolite brings forth your strengths through the discovery of your originality & enhances creativity. It emits this powerful light energy from planetary sources and beings.

♥ Spider Web Jasper - soothing stone that has a Valium like effect on our nerves, reminds us of the interconnectedness of all sentient beings, connects us with the universal energy and processes

♥ Sunstone - The perfect sunblock to protect a sensitive spirit from our toxic and imperfect world. Like a strong SPF for the spirit, it wards off negativity while allowing you to bask in the glow of its mighty sunbeams. Call on the Sunstone crystal meaning during your darkest hour and get a deep spiritual tan when you take a vacation from the daily stress of everyday life.

♥ Tourmaline - a stone of reconciliation; fosters compassion and cool headedness, radiates the energy that attracts money, healing and friendship, and is used for grounding purposes, to stabilize, and reaffirm our Earth roots.

♥ Tree Agate - Believed to boost the immune system and balance water in the body, quiet energy associated with the heart chakra, strengthens relationships, promotes composure and offers a warm, protective quality to the wearer

♥ Tridacna - Known as one of the “seven treasures of Buddhism’, stabilize mood, eliminate worry, balance mental & physical states 

♥ Turquoise - Promotes self-realisation and assists creative problem solving. It is a symbol of friendship, and stimulates romantic love.

♥ Unakite - a stone of vision; balances emotions with spirituality. Unakite provides grounding when needed. It facilitates rebirthing, gently releasing conditions that inhibit spiritual and psychological growth.

♥ Zebra Agate - holds the energy of balance, uniting the energies of the masculine and feminine, Yin and Yang. Jasper is a very calming stone and stimulates the Root Chakra.

More coming soon!