Healing Properties of Crystals & Stones (Q-Z)

Quartz (Amphibole) (a.k.a. Angel Phantom Quartz, Angel Quartz, Rooster Tail Quartz, Red Rabbit Quartz (in Asia), Angel Wing Phantom Quartz): a somewhat rare crystal found in Brazil. Amphibole Quartz have inclusions mostly consisting of Hematite (red), Lithium (pink), Limonite (yellow) and Kaolinite (white). Assists with grounding, spiritual protection, manifestation, opening the third eye, connection to the Angelic realm and stimulating intuition and psychic abilities. Brings peace, harmony, serenity, inspiration, confidence and the ability to move forward no matter what obstacles are thrown in your path. Helps with self-worth, joy, love, empathy for others, integrity and selflessness. Used for past life recall, lucid dreaming, a peaceful, restful sleep with very informative dreams and without nightmares. Helps with lung, digestive, vision and cholesterol related issues and to remove pollutants, toxicity and negative thought patterns. Chakras: Crown, Solar, Root.
Quartz (Angel Aura) (a.k.a. Rainbow Aura Quartz): Angel Aura Quarts is a peaceful and tranquil crystal that assists in communications with Angles, Spirit Guides and teachers and is used to cleanse the aura and promote higher levels of meditation. Helps with communication, inner peace, mental clarity/intellect, meditation, stress, negativity and enhances health and healing. Chakras: Heart, Third Eye, Crown. *Aura crystals are real Quartz crystals which have been enhanced by man. They are super-heated in a vacuum chamber and infused with vaporized Silver and/or Platinum. These precious metals condense onto the surface of the quartz crystal to form a permanent bond with the lattice of the quartz. By combining the vibrations of Quartz with Silver and Platinum, a synthesis of unique vibrations is created.
Quartz (Aqua Aura): Peaceful and soothing colors raises vibration. Increases psychic skills and heightens spiritual awareness. Good for distance healing work. Produces an intense energy, soothes, clears/activates energy centers in the body, aids in purifying physically/mentally and spiritually, heals negativity, maintains balance/energy/protection, restores body’s natural balance/harmony, stimulates positive thoughts. Encourages inner truthfulness during communication. Is said to allow us to connect to the mermaid realm, so if you relate to mermaid guides, you may want to work with it. Helps strengthens the immune system. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye, Crown. *Aura crystals are real Quartz crystals which have been enhanced by man using a technique which electrostatically bonds minerals and precious metals such as Gold, Silver, Platinum and/or Titanium to the surface creating an aura-colored layer.
Quartz (Blue): A soothing, calming stone that brings about peace, relaxation, harmony, happiness and hope. Eases fear and hyperactivity, encourages forgiveness, enhances creativity, focus, clarity, self-discipline, organizational skills, neatness, communication and speaking one’s truth. Helps one to connect with their spirit guides and enhance dream work, dream recall and interpretation. Assists in aura cleansing and detoxification. Supports good health and healing of eye disorders and infections, heart, throat and the immune system. Chakras: Third Eye, Throat.
Quartz (Chlorite): Helps one to connect with Earth and Nature spirits. Assists with the proliferation of helpful bacteria, assimilation of vitamins A, E, iron, magnesium and calcium, energetic cleansing of the body, elimination of toxins, self-healing, regeneration, pain, skin growths, liver spots and facilitating psychic surgery. Supports heart healing and feelings of compassion and forgiveness during times of frustration, envy, anger and resentment allowing one to forgive, release and move forward. Use to cleanse your aura, the environment, home or office of negative energy and/or psychic attack. Chakras: Heart, Third Eye.
Quartz (Clear/Crystal): Master healer, most powerful healing and energy amplifier on the planet. Deep soul cleanser. Brings harmony/healing/clarity, amplifies energy of all other crystals, stimulates immune system, aids in concentration and memory, attunes you to your spiritual purpose, enhances psychic abilities. Protects against radiation, attach to fuel line in car to reduce fuel consumption, unlocks memory, soothes burns, filters out distractions during meditation, energy saver. Chakras: ALL.
Quartz (Elestial) (a.k.a. Skeletal Quartz, Crocodile Quartz, Alligator Quartz, Jacare Quartz): a stone of divine love and angelic, multidimensional communication with an extremely high vibration. It can help attune one to the higher realms to receive love, joy, a sense of well-being and spiritual guidance. An excellent crystal to use for meditation. Allows one’s consciousness to travel freely through time and space, viewing both past life events and probable futures. Supports the skeletal system, healing of broken or diseased bones. Chakras: All. *Note: the name Jacare Quartz comes from the word Jacare meaning alligator in Portuguese.
Quartz: Fire (Hematoid Quartz): Grounding - combination of quartz and hematite that balances the mind, body and spirit. Brings clarity and understanding to emotions. Assists self-worth and self-esteem. Enhances focus, concentration and attention span. Helps with ADD and ADHD. Removes negative energy, transmutes to positive. Chakra: Root.
Quartz (Green): Repels negative vibrations, transmutes negative energies to positive. Attracts property and success. Stimulates creativity. Promotes cooperation and tactful honesty. Chakra: Heart.
Quartz (Himalayan): Helps establish a strong, clear connection to higher guidance. Himalayan Quartz extraordinary vibration stimulates the third eye chakra to enhance psychic visionary ability which enables the knowledge of healing within the crystals to be accessed. Chakra: Third Eye.
Quartz (Lemurian Seed): “Master Crystal”. Helps maintain our connection to Spirit. Used successfully in dreamwork. Used for healing and meditation work. Assists in removing all types of energy blockages. Chakras: Clears and activates ALL.
Quartz (Lithium): Enhances deep meditation, releases tension/stress, brings harmony to relationships, activates chakras, awakens higher self, reduces panic/anxiety attacks, support use with anti-depressants. Chakras: ALL.
Quartz (Petroleum) (a.k.a. Golden Enhydros, EnPetro Quartz): one of the most beautiful and energetic quartz crystals that contain unique pockets of high energy, fluorescent, oil. Most Golden Enhydros are double terminated and have natural facets, similar to Herkimer diamonds. Enhydro translates from Greek as water within. The quartz enhances the metaphysical properties of the oil inside, which is said to help balance our emotions, purify our love, and create a deeper connection with the spirit of Earth. This is a wonderful stone to use in gridding as it will emanate in all directions and amplify the other stones effects as well. Chakras: All, especially Crown, Solar.
Quartz (Phantom): a crystal or mineral deposit within a crystal, looks like a “ghost”. Inner growth, understanding and resolving past issues. Helps uncover hidden information and repressed memories. Chakras: Balances and aligns ALL the chakras to the Crown Chakra.
Quartz (Rose): Stone of unconditional love, self-love/romantic love/universal love, draws the right love into your life, restores harmony and trust in relationships, opens and purifies the heart to promote inner healing & feelings of peace, dispels negativity & protects against environmental pollution replacing it with loving vibes. Chakra: Heart.
Quartz (Rutilated): Rutile is a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide. Rutilated Quartz has a high level of energy and can be used to magnify intention or affirmations. Assists with attunement, expanding awareness and manifestation. Speeds up the healing process, aids hair growth and quality. Intensifies feelings and helps one know if a person or situation carries good or bad “vibes.” Aids in telepathy, intuition, channeling and astral travel. Clears and strengthens the aura. Relieves fears, phobias and anxiety. Supports emotional healing, reduces stress or tension, brings balance, optimism, harmony and joy. Helps with burns, dental issues, heartburn, immune system, kidneys, thyroid, memory, pain, sleep, vertigo and vitality. Chakras: All.
Quartz (Satyaloka) / Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite: high vibration stones from Satyaloka, South India, Gathered and spiritually enhanced by the monks at the Satyaloka monastery, who infuse the stones with spiritual light for the purpose of spreading the energy of crystal enlightenment. Satyaloka vibrates with the frequency of pure white light and helps raise one’s vibration and facilitate spiritual awakening. It can bring about inner peace, awareness, clarity, unconditional love, transformation, ascension and enlightenment. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye. ***Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is listed as one of the 12 Synergy Stones.
Quartz (Smoky): Grounding stone. Eliminates fear, stress, anxiety, depression and negativity. Promotes positive thoughts, actions and transformation. Alleviates nightmares, Aids in acceptance of physical body, promotes concentration, aids in communication difficulties, teaches how to leave behind that which no longer serves you, assists in tolerating difficult times, blocks Geopathic stress/radiation, excellent for treating radiation related illnesses or chemotherapy. Benefits the hips, abdomen, legs, reproductive system, heart, muscles and nerve tissues. Relieves pain, headaches, back pain, muscle aches and nerve tissue related problems. Chakras: Root and Solar.
Quartz (Snow) (a.k.a. Quartzite, White Quartz, Milk Quartz, the Observation Crystal): A stone of peace and serenity. Snow quartz looks like pure, fresh snow. It has a soft, calming, soothing, feminine energy which can be used to align your chakras and balance the yin and yang energies within the body. Helps with mental clarity, alertness during meditation, patience, discretion, tact and cooperation; and can help with discernment within relationships and to think before you speak. Can be used for purification on a spiritual level and letting go of overwhelming responsibilities and limitations. Snow Quartz is known to get rid of infections and disease within the body, helps the immune system, pituitary and pineal glands, teeth, bones and bone marrow and issues related to breast feeding and early-onset menopause. Chakra: Crown.
Quartz (Spirit): (a.k.a. Cactus Quartz, Spirit Crystal, Fairy Quartz): Discovered in South Africa. Spirit Quartz occurs mainly in light Amethyst, but also in Clear Quartz, and occasionally in Citrine or Smoky Quartz. In Spirit Quartz, powerful healing energy is directed through the main crystal while also being simultaneously radiated out in all directions by the tiny crystals that cover it. Spirit Quartz brings focus to the energetic center of an issue, the “heart of the matter” or the core of dis-ease. A crystal of harmony and alignment; it fosters communication, unity, peace, and a willingness to work together which can be beneficial to families, communities, or businesses alike. Use in group meditations to connect the energies of all participants. Can been used to heighten experiences with astral travel, shamanic journeying, dream work, re-birthing, meditation and connecting with Higher Self. As a protective stone it also shields the aura, transmutes negative energy, and protects from physical harm. Brings a sense of calm and peace, decreases fears, an excellent stone to use when dealing with the loss of a loved one, easing the grief of transition and trauma. Can aid to increase physical and intellectual fertility. Chakras: Crown, Heart. Amethyst Spirit Quartz activates the higher Crown chakras, bringing in spiritual information, providing multi-dimensional healing. It is very cleansing to the aura, can dispel negative attachments and entities, and repair holes to the etheric body. It stimulates creativity and is particularly helpful in artistic endeavors. Citrine Spirit Quartz activates the Sacral and Solar Plexus chakras, aligning personal will with Divine Will, and allowing for a more focused manifestation of one's chosen goals and those of the Higher Self. This stone purifies intent, and increases the sense of self-worth and empowerment, giving access to true abundance while releasing attachments to material things. Smoky Spirit Quartz activates the Base chakra. A stone of protection, cleansing, and integration. It assists in conveying a soul safely into the next world, cleansing the subtle bodies and removing karmic and emotional debris to ensure a good rebirth. It is a marvelous tool for releasing deeply held emotions, traumatic memories or states of dis-ease, including those passed down the ancestral line. Clear/White Spirit Quartz is sometimes called Fairy Spirit Quartz. It activates all energy centers. Clears and cleanses blockages in the system and attunes the aura for both healing and evolution. It is a helpful tool of practitioners for extending the effects of healing work and is beneficial for use in stone layouts.
Quartz (Strawberry): A rare form of Quartz. Strawberry Quartz is a powerful, yet gentle stone that soothes and calms. It amplifies insight, understanding, trust, gratitude and intentions of love and generosity which can radiate outward. Helpful when trying to attract a soulmate. Assists with astral projection and traveling, learning about past lives, aura healing, energy balancing, dream interpretation and recall. A great facilitator of gaining hidden knowledge and insight into your character/personality and how to improve on it. Chakra: Heart.
Quartz (Tangerine): Encourages creativity and creative expression. Enhances strength, self-esteem, self-confidence and sexuality. Facilitates forgiveness, release of past traumas, acceptance and change. Brings about calm and positive energy. Chakras: Solar, Sacral, Root. *Tangerine Aura Quartz is a manmade crystal; a quartz that is stained with a Hematite (Iron Oxide) film or coating.
Quartz (Tourmalated) (a.k.a. Tourmalinated Quartz): Helps with grounding and protection. Removes/transmutes negativity. Chakra: Root.
Rhodochrosite: Promotes unconditional love. Helps heal a broken heart and deep emotional issues. Attracts love. Heals issues of self-worth. Alleviates past hurts. Lifts depression and encourages a positive and cheerful outlook. Aids in self-forgiveness and self-love. Chakras: Heart. Also clears Solar and Root.
Rhodonite: Emotional balancer. Nurtures love and encourages the brotherhood of humanity. Enhances mantra-based meditation. Grounds and balances yin-yang. Builds up confidence. Promotes unselfish self-love and forgiveness. Chakra: Heart.
Ruby: Increases energy, use cautiously in irritable people- may over stimulate, encourages passion for life, promotes dynamic leadership, improves motivation and setting realistic goals, balances heart chakra, powerful shield against psychic attacks and vampirism of heart energy, stone of abundance, removes negative from your path, detoxes body/blood/lymph, treats fevers/infectious disease and restricted blood flow. Chakra: Heart. *Toxic Stone Warning: Ruby contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Ruby Record Keepers: Abundance, love, compassion. Contain records of ancient knowledge and information. Promotes energy throughout entire energetic system. Chakras: Heart, Root. *Toxic Stone Warning: Ruby contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Sandstone: Often called a “stone of creativity” helps with creativity/creative expression and earth healing. Helps you recuperate when feeling worn down. Balances one's reality and facilitates ease of movement and change. Sandstone is basically sedimentary rock composed of grains of sand, which are then cemented together by either quartz (silica), calcite, feldspar or clay. Because Sandstone is created by either wind or water. It strengthens relationships within groups, both at home and the workplace. Use Sandstone to keep from getting distracted, especially during mediation. A cheerful stone, Sandstone calms and keeps tantrums and mood swings under control. Encourages truth and promotes clarity in thought and sight. When used on the Sacral chakra, Sandstone can help you discern the truth among those around you and keep your mind clear when making decisions. Physically, Sandstone can help strengthen bones, nails and hair. It is also helpful with disorders of the eyes as well as water retention. Chakra: Sacral.
Sapphire: known as the "wisdom stone” and a stone of royalty. Helps with concentration, creativity/creative expression, intuition, meditation, luck, wisdom, optimism, friendliness, generosity, love, loyalty, independence, centering, balance, self-appreciation, spiritual development, intellect, study, knowledge, memory and promotes purity and depth of thought. It is believed to focus and calm the mind, remove unwanted thoughts, depression, mental tension, and spiritual confusion. Sapphire restores balance within the body, aligning the physical, mental and spiritual planes, brings serenity, peace of mind, lightness and joy. Sapphire is also known as a "stone of prosperity", attracting gifts of all kinds and fulfilling dreams and desires. Sapphire treats blood disorders, combatting excessive bleeding and strengthening the walls of the veins. It is used for cellular disorders, regulates the glands and calms overactive body systems. BY COLOR: Black Sapphire: centers, protects and grounds. Helps with confidence in intuition. Chakra: Base. Blue Sapphire: purity and love. Assists in staying on the spiritual path, releasing blockages and providing strength. Helps with self-expression, communication and expressing your truth and beliefs. Opens and heals the thyroid and the throat chakra and has a calming and balancing effect on the nervous system. Chakra: Throat. Green Sapphire: known as the "stone of fidelity", stimulates the heart chakra, bringing loyalty and integrity. Improves internal and external vision and helps you to remember dreams. Chakra: Heart. Indigo Sapphire: enhances psychic awareness and eliminates negative energies from the aura. Chakra: Third Eye. Pink Sapphire: clears emotional blockages bringing peace and unconditional love. Chakra: Heart. White Sapphire: extremely protective, removes all obstacles, encourages the pursuit of one's life purpose. Provides focus and supports morality and justice. Chakra: Crown. Yellow Sapphire: attracts wealth and prosperity to the home. Stimulates the intellect and improves overall focus, enhancing wisdom. Assists in bringing fulfilment of ambition. Help eliminate impurities from the body, stimulate the lymphatic system, treat liver and gallbladder problems and disorders of the spleen and stomach. Chakra: Solar. *Toxic Stone Warning: Sapphire contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Sardonyx: Highly protective stone (was said to have been used as a talisman in Ancient Egypt for protection against evil) and can be used with grids for homes and decreasing crime in its vicinity. Grounding stone. Helps with happiness, optimism, confidence, mental discipline and focus. Boosts self-control and personal power. Eases stress, grief, anxiety, sadness and depression. Encourages motivation, willpower, discipline and strength of character. Helps with studying/mental focus on the task at hand. Enhances creativity. Helps with allergies and immune system, respiratory infections, lungs. Has a positive vibration that attracts new friendships and improve close relationships. This stone is a type of banded or striped Chalcedony, and is a mixture of Onyx and Sard, a type of Orange Carnelian. Sard stones were named for the ancient Turkish city named Sardis. Stones with white in them are excellent to use in meditation and help contact the spiritual realms. Also helps with back problems, bones and regulate flow of fluid in the body. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye (those with white in them), Sacral, Root.
Scapolite (a.k.a. Wernerite): facilitates change, creativity, intelligence, spiritual growth, independence, self-reliance, problem solving, responsibility and achievement of goals. Scapolite can be very beneficial for those starting their own business or going into a joint venture, helps you focus on your financial goals with persistence and success. Great for helping children leave the nest and try new things! Helps one to discover the meaning in life and your purpose here in this world. Encourages you to get rid of bad habits that prevent you from moving forward. Calming in a stressful situation, helps to get rid of unnecessary thoughts and worries and deal with problems without feeling overwhelmed, irritable, and over-emotional. Excellent meditation stone; raises your vibrations and focus. Offers psychic protection, increases psychic awareness and telepathic abilities. Physically, Scapolite helps with high blood pressure; vein and artery problems; tension headaches; emotional overload; ear infections, glandular disorders, cataracts, glaucoma and pain in head, neck, shoulders and upper chest. The name Scapolite is derived from the Greek word “Skapos”, which means stick or stem. This is because of the stone’s long columnar formation that looks like a stick or a stem. Most common color is honey yellow, but can also be grey, brown, pink, orange, violet and even be colorless! First discovered in 1913 in Myanmar with most notable deposits found in Brazil, Canada, Norway, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Madagascar and the United States. Other pseudonyms of this stone include Meionite, Marialite, Dipyre, and Mizzonite. Chakra: Third Eye.
Scolecite: High vibration crystal. Use while meditating… aids in communication with Spirit Guides. Facilitates deep inner peace and spiritual transformation. Brings about a calm and relaxed state of mind; beneficial for those driven to panic attacks in crowded rooms. Helps with insomnia; brings about restful sleep. Aides the immune system, nervous system, muscular system and with blood issues such as poor circulation. Assists with weight loss. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye. ***Scolecite is listed as one of the 12 Synergy Stones.

Selenite: Great overall aura cleanser, strong vibration crystal, very protective stone! Can be used to clear, charge and magnify the energy of other crystals and stones. Calms, soothes, brings good luck, inner peace. Promotes better decision making, truth and honesty. Helps strengthen mental clarity and memory; helps with confusion, Alzheimer’s, dementia, spine related issues, epilepsy and seizures. Evokes protection from angelic realm, dispels negative energy and energy blocks, creates peaceful space. Can be used for protection in your home (place in all four corners and above every door frame). Reverses effects of free radicals, heals & repairs on cellular level. Helps with meditation, intuition, psychic awareness, clairvoyance, spiritual development and communication with the spirit world by activating the crown and third eye chakras. You can access past lives and do past life work and healing with it. Meditations become sparkling clear over time when working with Selenite and it brings clarity to your spiritual understanding of the universe and your place in it. Selenite is a soft mineral and should be kept dry. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye, Crown and Soul Star / higher Chakras. Opens, balances and activates ALL. *Warning: Although not toxic, friable; tiny shards may break off in water, and should not be used in elixirs.
Selenite: Desert Rose (a.k.a. Sand Rose, Selenite Rose, Gypsum Rose): Provides mental clarity, promotes success in business, increases self-awareness and awareness of environment, quickly unblocks stagnant energy, wonderful protection stone, instills a deep peace, when placed in 4 corners of home creates a peaceful/safe environment, relieves anxiety/stress, aids kidney health, allows one to seek inner truth, aids in affirmation of purpose. (do not soak in water). Chakras: Grounds and aligns ALL.
Selenite (Peach/Orange/Red): A stone of transformation, cleansing and protection. Clears negative energy and shields a person or space from outside influences. Helps to remove electromagnetic stress in and around your home and to feel safe and secure, especially at night. A great crystal to keep morale up in the workplace or at home. Assists with grounding, healing emotions, forgiveness, acceptance, self-esteem, self-worth, confidence and willpower. Brings mental clarity, clearing confusion and revealing the bigger picture behind problems, gaining perspective and insight on past experiences. Helps with creativity/creative expression, insight, angel communication and earth healing. Connects us to higher realms of light and guidance and brings a sense of peace. Increases the energy of anything that is placed upon it. Physically, it may help with flexibility, epilepsy, nausea, fertility, hormonal balance, kidney, gallstones and fluid retention. Note: Selenite is a soft mineral and should be kept dry. Continuous exposure to moisture can cause it to degrade over time. Chakras: Crown, Sacral, cleanses and aligns all. *Warning: Although not toxic, friable; tiny shards may break off in water, and should not be used in elixirs.
Septarian: Septarian is a “concretion” stone. Concretions are protective stones, providing grounding and shielding of the physical, mental and emotional bodies. Stone for regulation of spiritual, mental and physical prowess. Healing stone, beneficial to overall health and wellbeing. Brings calming energies which have a nurturing feel to them and can bring feelings of joy and spiritual uplifting. Septarian Concretion or Septarian nodule were formed during the Cretaceous Period, around 50-70 million years ago. Sea levels were much higher then and the Gulf of Mexico reached inland to the Southern Utah where many of the Septarian nodules were found. They are also found in Madagascar where conditions were similar. Chakras: Root, Solar, Sacral.
Seraphinite (a.k.a. Serafina, Clinochlore): Stone of spiritual enlightenment. Helps open crown and higher crown chakras for making angelic connection. Gentle cleansing effect on the heart chakra. Helps protect physical body while making out of the body journeys. Emits protective, angelic energies out into the environment… great crystal for home, office or even keeping in the car. Can enhance weight loss and the detoxification process. Use when warding off the chills for fighting an infection. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye, Heart.
Serpentine: Aids in meditation and spiritual exporation. Opens psychic abilities and helps you understand the spiritual basis of life. Opens new pathways for Kundalini energy to rise. Helps you feel more in control of your life. Heals on all levels, aids in retrieval of ancient wisdom, used to attract/manifest abundance on all levels- prosperity/love/healing, aligns your intent with your heart chakra & Source energy. Chakras: Stimulates Crown, Clears ALL. *Toxic Stone Warning: The fibrous form of Serpentine contains asbestos and should not be used in elixirs.
Shattuckite (also spelled Shattukite): is a protective stone that helps raise one’s energetic vibration, enhance intuition, mediumship, communication, automatic writing, palmistry, runes, astrology, tarot and oracle work and to find the right words to express what was heard from Spirit. Assists with releasing fear, healing relationships, integrity, taking responsibility for past actions and speaking with truth. Supports healing of the spleen and tonsillitis, clearing of blockages and balance of the visceral organs and their fluids. Shattuckite is a mix of Azurite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, and sometimes Copper (Cuperite) in quartz. It was named after the Shattuck mine in Arizona, where it was first found. It has also been found in other places in the USA, Britain, Greece, Austria, Argentina, Germany, Norway, the Congo, Namibia and South Africa. Chakras: Third Eye, Throat, Heart.
Shiva Eye Shell (a.k.a. Pacific Cat’s Eye): Opens Third Eye Chakra. Helps find new path in life. Water energy. Sharpens intuition. Stone of wisdom. Known as the Mermaid’s Money and is thought to be a good luck charm for fishermen. Chakra: Third Eye.
Shiva Lingam (a.k.a. Banalinga, Banashivalingas): A sacred stone of the Indian Hindu religion, Lingam stones are said to activate and channel the movement of the "Kundalini" energy up the spine awakening each chakra/energy center on the path towards the crown chakra. Balances the yin-yang polarities within ourselves and with others. Lingam Stones found in the Narmada River located in India, are polished and elliptically shaped as the result of natural river tumbling. These river stones represent divinity and have traditionally been used for rituals, in temples, and on altars. Some speculate Lingam stones are originally from the crash site debris field of a meteorite approximately 14 million years ago. Lingam is a combination stone, created from chalcedony, agate, jasper, quartzite, and mineral impurities. Helps with back pain, spinal alignment, reproductive health, menopausal symptoms, fertility issues, and for prostate health. Chakras: Sacral, Base.
Shungite: The “miracle stone”, “the stone of life”. Powerful protective stone (shields from negative energies of all kinds, including psychic protection), restores emotional balance, assists in evolving spiritually, raises your vibrations, increases personal power, grounds and heals mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Removes negative thoughts. Dissipates harmful energies while restoring things that are helpful and beneficial. Boosts energy, helps sleep. An ancient stone; 2 billion years old. Comes from the Zazhoginskoye deposits near Lake Onega in the Shunga region of Karelia, North West of Russia. Powerful protective stone. One of the only known natural material known to contain fullerenes, which are powerful anti-oxidants and can cleanse water. Shields from electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) from Wi-Fi, computers, cell phones, microwaves and TVs, etc. Chakras: Clears, activates and aligns ALL.
Smithsonite (a.k.a. Turkey Fat, Zinc Spar): A gentle stone of tranquility, kindness and favorable outcomes. Smithsonite helps relieve stress, anxiety, tension and fear, dissolve emotional pain and resentment, soothe emotions, heal the inner child and the effects of emotional abuse. Encourages trust and relaxation. Assists with birth, rebirth and infertility. Aligns the chakras and strengthens psychic abilities. Supports leadership qualities, harmony, diplomacy and aids with difficult relationships. Helps with the immune system, sinus and digestive disorders, weight reduction, reproductive organs, osteoporosis, alcoholism and restoring elasticity to veins and muscles. Smithsonite is a zinc carbonate, a mineral ore of zinc also known as Bonamite. It was named in 1832 by Francois Sulpice Beudant in honor or English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson, who was the founder of Smithsonian Institution and who first identified the mineral in 1802. Chakras: All. *Toxic Stone Warning: Smithsonite contains copper and should not be used in elixirs.
Sodalite: Unites logic with intuition. Deepens meditation, increases intuitiveness, rational thought, objectivity, truth and verbalization of feelings. Stimulates the pineal gland and Third Eye. Instills a drive for truth. Can be placed on computers to block electromagnetic pollution. Stimulates trust. Illuminates mental confusion. Brings emotional balance, calms anxiety and panic attacks. Helps with mental confusion, fear and phobias. Eases insomnia. Enhances self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-trust. Brings unhealthy patterns to the surface, great for metabolism, clears lymphatic system, boosts immune system, cools fevers, lowers blood pressure. Chakras: Third Eye, Throat. *Toxic Stone Warning: Sodalite contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Spinel: Provides encouragement and ease of emotions during a crisis, trauma or difficult times. Inspires love, passion and devotion, new hope, revitalization, strength, stamina, longevity and victory. Aids in achieving and accepting success with humility. Chakras: Crown, Heart, Root. *Toxic Stone Warning: Spinel contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Staurolite (a.k.a. Fairy Cross): Grounding stone. Helps relieve stress, anxiety and fear. Believed to be formed from tears the fairies shed when they heard the news of Christ’s death. Protective stone, talisman for good luck. Enhances and strengthens rituals, used in white-magic ceremonies. It is said to access the ancient wisdom of the Middle East. Connects the physical, etheric, and spiritual planes, promoting communication between them. Relieves stress, alleviates depression and addictions and negates a tendency to overwork and to overcommit energy. Helps stop smoking, mitigate and heal its effects. Assists in understanding the hidden reasons behind the addiction to nicotine to anchor them to the earth. Treats cellular disorders and growths, increases assimilation of carbohydrates, and reduces depression. Traditionally used for fever. Chakras: Root, Crown, Heart, stimulates ALL. *Toxic Stone Warning: Staurolite contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Stibnite: Helps overcome feelings of powerlessness and fear, decision making, loyalty and relationships. Aids with attunement to new frequencies, new perspectives, transformation, prosperity and manifestation of wealth. Promotes cleansing and release of toxins from the emotional body. Enhances meditation, astral travel, spiritual protection and the ability to connect and communicate with totem animals. Supports healing of infections, stomach and esophageal disorders, parasitic invasions, skin eruptions and muscle tension. Chakras: All. ***This stone is included in our Zeolites listing. *Toxic Stone Warning: Stibnite contains lead and antimony and should not be used in elixirs.
Stilbite: Raises consciousness, spiritual vibration and universal love. Helps Protect and maintain physical contact while astral traveling. People often lose all or some of their memories of spiritual or other metaphysical experiences, Stilbite is believed to aid in remembering those experiences. Grounds spiritual energy, helps to focus and manifest intuitive thoughts into action in the physical plane. Is often used for psychic guidance and creativity. Use Stilbite Crystal Clusters on the Third Eye for help with intuition and psychic ability. Stilbite is helpful in learning acceptance and letting go, which is in turn helpful for manifestations. Powerful detoxifier. Helps with anger, frustration, mood swings, ADD/ADHD, brain disorders and health, dehydration, liver disorders and health, menopause, muscular/skeletal, osteoporosis, throat, laryngitis and loss of taste. Chakras: Heart, Third Eye, Crown. *Toxic Stone Warning: Stilbite contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Stonehenge Bluestone (a.k.a. Preseli Bluestone): an igneous rock that is exclusively found in the Preseli Hills region in south-west Wales. The same stones that form the ancient structure of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge Bluestone can aid in the attunement to ancient knowledge (including Celtic and Egyptian). Assists in clearing emotional blocks related to past lives and strengthening the soul. It resonates with the Earth’s ley lines (the earth’s energy grid) and helps one draw vitality by aligning their energy with Earth energies. It can be used in geomancy and to locate the best spots for buildings, wells, temples and outdoor altars or meditation. It also helps enhance psychic abilities and aids with dousing, scrying, shape-shifting, soul retrieval, dream work, astral travel and shamanic journeying. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye, Root.
Stromatolite: A stone of patience, acceptance, strength, resilience and transformation. Stromatolite helps us stay calm and balanced while dealing with challenges. Inspires positive thinking, problem solving and to see challenges as an opportunity to grow. Encourages us to connect with spirit, count our blessings and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. Assists with energy flow, meditation and past-life recall. Allows us to look at past generations for wisdom to help assist future generations in living well. Stromatolites are characterized by layers of banding or swirls caused by the trapping, binding and cementation of sedimentary grains by the microorganisms. So, Stromatolite is actually fossilized bacteria colony! Some metaphysical healers believe it can be used to help heal and prevent bacterial infections. Stromatolite is also believed to help treat diseases and disorders passed down genetically. Also, assists with the skeletal system. Chakras: Heart, Root.
Sugilite (a.k.a. Lavulite): Love stone. Represents spiritual love and wisdom and opens all chakras to the flow of love, bringing them into alignment. Aids in forgiveness, eliminates hostility. Useful for work with groups that need conflict resolution and loving communication. Alleviates sorrow, grief and fear, and promotes self-forgiveness. Encourages positive thoughts. Supports meditation. Inspires spiritual awareness and promotes channeling ability. Draws off negative energy. Is linked to Archangel Michael, the great protector and spiritual warrior. Helps with Dyslexia. Pain reliever; helps with headaches. Helps with brain, blood, motor function and nervous and lymphatic systems and to purify lymph and blood. Named after the Japanese geologist Ken-ichi Sung, who discovered the stone in Japan in 1944. Sugulite was known in South Africa long before that. Chakras: Crown, Third Eye, Heart. *Toxic Stone Warning: Sugilite contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Sunstone: Joyful, light-inspiring stone. Instills good nature. Heightens intuition. Useful in removing “hooks” from other people. Anti-depressant/lifts dark moods. Helpful with seasonal disorder. Increases self-worth and confidence. Encourages optimism and enthusiasm. Stimulates self-healing powers. Helps nervous system, chronic sore throats, stomach ulcers. Gridded around the body, helps with cartilage problems, rheumatism and general aches and pains. Most beneficial when used in the sun. Chakras: Sacral, Solar. *Toxic Stone Warning: Sunstone contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Tanzanite (a.k.a. Blue Zoisite): Most valuable of all metaphysical crystals for spiritual exploration, bringing together all aspects of communication and psychic power. High vibration stone. Invites protection and safety in linking with higher realms. Unites mind and heart. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye, Crown. ***Tanzanite is listed as one of the 12 Synergy Stones. *Toxic Stone Warning: Tanzanite Gem variety of Zoisite: contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Tektite: Raises vibration, strengthens aura. Brings deeper insights into current situations and problems. Deters negative entities. Activates and enhances psychic abilities. Enhances and accelerates healing from illness and injuries. Chakra: Crown. ***Tektite is listed as one of the 12 Synergy Stones.
Tiger Eye (Blue) (a.k.a. Hawk’s Eye, Falcon’s Eye, Rodusite, Silicified Crocidolite): Soothing. Emotional balance. Clarity. Illuminates issues that may be difficult to see, raises vibrational energy, balances higher energies, helps calm when public speaking, slows the metabolism, cools overactive sex drive, dissolves sexual frustration, releases stress, aids the overanxious, quick tempered and phobic. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye.
Tiger Eye (Golden/Brown): Very protective stone. Manifestation of ideas into reality, gives courage, enhances psychic abilities in earthy people, stimulates the rise of Kundalini energy, increases personal power, balances yin and yang, brings brightness & optimism, shines insight, helps with concentration, brings good luck/prosperity, talisman against bad luck/ill wishes/curses, attracts abundance, shows correct use of power-brings out integrity, aids in recognizing need of self and others, differentiates between want and need, treatment of personality disorders, heals issues of self-worth/self-criticism, unblocks creativity, supports addictive personality to make changes, assistive in accomplishing goals, alleviates depression and lifts mood, balances emotional body, treats eyes and aids night vision, repairs broken bones, heals throat and reproductive organs. Chakras: Sacral, Solar, Third Eye.
Tiger Eye (Red): Aids in enhancing confidence and self-esteem. Provides motivation to the non-motivated. Energizes those who are feeling lethargic. Enhance balance within one’s energy field. Allows one to open up to unconditional love. Can support more active sex drive. Chakra: Root.
Topaz (Blue): Enhances one’s mind, verbalization and communication, including communication of deep insights and deepest feelings. Promotes truth and forgiveness. Repels negativity. Enhances meditation and psychic abilities. Helps attune to one’s higher self and to angels of truth and wisdom. Improves attention span and the ability to concentrate on mental tasks. Supports the healing of eye disorders, sore throats, speech impediments, hyperactive thyroid, ear infections and pain. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye. *Toxic Stone Warning: Topaz contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Topaz (Clear/Golden): Soothes, heals, stimulates, recharges, re-motivates and aligns the meridians of the body – directing energy to where it is needed most. It promotes truth and forgiveness. Brings joy, generosity, abundance and good health. It is known as a stone of love, good luck and good fortune. Can be beneficial for general health as well as for eyesight. Topaz was used long ago as a stone of invisibility — it was believed that, if one held Topaz in their left hand, they would not be noticed by those they were trying to avoid. Topaz enhances mental processes, bringing clarity and logic to any situation. Clear Topaz, also known as White Topaz or Colorless Topaz works with the Crown Chakra and each of the Etheric Chakras, bringing much energy to one's spiritual experiences. Crystal lovers enjoy Clear Topaz for it's high vibration and purifying quality, helping those on the spiritual path to enhance their growth. Great for meditation, grid work or body layouts. Chakras: Crown, Solar, Sacral. *Toxic Stone Warning: Topaz contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Tourmaline (Black): Highly protective against negative energy, entities and destructive forces, protects against radiation and environmental pollutants/electromagnetic energy and cell phone/computer radiation, neutralizes one’s own negative thoughts and internal conflicts, powerful grounding stone, channels healing light throughout the body, empowering for those in negative or challenging circumstances, soothes panic/anxiety attacks, stress, powerfully calming, strengthens sense of smell, enhances perception of pheromones for an aphrodisiac effect, treats motion sickness, reliever of pain/arthritis, strengthens immune system, defends against debilitating disease, forms a protective shield around the body, beneficial with gardening and plants, natural insecticide-keeps pests at bay, buried in the soil-encourages growth and health of crops, promotes self-confidence, diminishes fears, banishes any felling of being a victim, attracts inspiration/tolerance and prosperity, helpful in treating paranoia/dyslexia, improves eye/hand coordination, releases physical tension, balances male/female energies, protects against spells/ill wishes of anyone, increases physical vitality, promotes a laid-back attitude and objective neutrality with clear rational thought process. Chakra: Root, clears and balances ALL. *Toxic Stone Warning: Black Tourmaline contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Tourmaline (Champagne Brown) (a.k.a. Dravite): Excellent grounding stone. Strengthens empathy. Promotes creativity. Self-healing, self-love/acceptance, calming, can expose negative patterns that attract difficulties, can help one who plays the “victim” to examine the part of the self that believes this role is needed for its survival, aids with addictive/self-destructive behaviors, regenerates ailing/diseased organs including intestines and skin, useful when in denial. Chakras: Root, Heart.
Tourmaline (Green): Excellent healer, helpful with visualization, opens heart chakra, promotes compassion/ tenderness/patience and sense of belonging, inspires creativity, aids in seeing all possible solutions and selecting the most constructive, draws in prosperity and abundance, aids in sleep, quiets the mind, fortifies the nervous system, facilitates weight loss, relieves CFS & exhaustion, assists in realigning spine, aids in strained muscles, beneficial for hyperactive children, reduces panic attacks, detoxifier. Chakra: Heart.
Tourmaline (Pink): Aphrodisiac, attracts love in material and spiritual world, provides assurance that it is safe to love, inspires trust in love, confirms that it is necessary to love yourself before you can hope to be loved by others, promotes peace and relaxation, connects to wisdom/compassion, treats endocrine/heart/lungs and skin. Chakra: Heart.
Tourmaline (Red) (a.k.a. Rubellite): Rubellite is a special type of Tourmaline that has an incredible bright red (Ruby color) to pinkish red color. Not all Red Tourmaline stones are called Rubellite. Only the most vivid and most saturated stones get this name. Brings wealth, abundance, luck and prosperity. Helps overcome fears and emotional balance, backaches, digestive system, liver, spleen, lungs, pancreas. Stimulates blood circulation. Soothes the nervous system. Helps with dyslexia, improving hand and eye coordination. Chakra: Heart, Root.
Tourmaline (Watermelon): A calming, joyful, peaceful stone that encourages love and the release of insecurities, anxiety, stress, fear and depression. Protects against negative energies, facilitates hormonal and emotional balance and the healing of emotional wounds. Assists with the physical heart, balancing the hemispheres of the brain, creativity and practicality. Aids in connecting with Higher Source and the awakening of one’s true self and “higher heart”, the energy center just above the heart chakra also known as the “seat of the soul”. Watermelon Tourmaline is also believed to help attract love and resolve issues related to relationships involving the heart. Chakra: Heart.
Triphylite: (lithium iron phosphate) Strengthens and calms the physical body, cleanses and energizes the subtle bodies. Triphylite contains lithium, and therefore has a gentle energy which comforts, soothes, balances and grounds. It helps us to release unhealthy inhibitions and be more relaxed sexually. Chakras: Root, Sacral, Solar.
Turquoise: Grounding, protection, removes/transmutes negativity. Purification, serenity, wisdom, balance, strength, friendship, love, positive thinking, sensitivity and protection. Protects from outside influences and pollutants in the atmosphere. Symbolizes friendship, union/balance of Earth and sky bringing peace, facilitates meditation/peace of mind, aids in opening up to loving communication/gets you more in tune with others, aids in avoiding misfortunes, strengthens and tones the entire body, use to increase creativity/speak the truth without fear. Most efficient healer-provides solace for the spirit, calms when public speaking, excellent for exhaustion/depression/preventing panic attacks, heals whole body/eyes/ cataracts, reduces excess acidity, treats gout/rheumatism/stomach, anti-inflammatory, alleviates pain, enhances immune system, detoxifies, alleviates cramps and pain, aids in absorption of nutrients, stimulates regeneration of tissue, purifies lungs, soothes and clears sore throats, heals the eyes, including cataracts. Neutralizes over acidity, benefits rheumatism, gout, stomach problems and viral infections. Do not soak in water or use detergents on stones. Chakras: Throat, Third Eye, Root, Opens and cleanses ALL. *Toxic Stone Warning: Turquoise contains copper and aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.
Vanadinite: a grounding stone, provides psychic protection, used in meditation, psychic vision, and shamanic journeying. Encourages adventurousness and playfulness. Enhances learning, cognition, reasoning and logic. Increases endurance, persistence, and will power. Perfect crystal for long hours of work, study, exercise, or the completion of big projects. Stimulates proper hormone production. Chakras: Third Eye, Solar, Sacral, Root. *Toxic Stone Warning: Vanadinite contains vanadium and should not be used in elixirs.
Zeolites: Zeolites are specimens with usually 2 or 3 different minerals on each matrix and may include Apophyllite, Heulandite, Stilbite (peach colored), Stibnite, Prehnite, Amethyst, Chalcedony and more!
Zoisite (w/ Ruby): Opens heart, strengthens love relationships. Dispels lethargy. Spurs action, combats laziness. Connects to spiritual realms. Transmutes negative energies into positive ones. Encourages recovery from severe illness or stress. Brings to surface repressed feelings and emotions to be expressed. Helps manifest your own self rather than being influenced by others to conform to the “norm”. Detoxifier, reduces inflammation, strengthens immune system. Treats heart, spleen, pancreas and lungs. Stimulates fertility; when combined with Ruby, helps increase potency. Chakra: Heart. *Toxic Stone Warning: Zoisite contains aluminum and should not be used in elixirs.

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