There are many people in this world who believe in choosing stones based on their metaphysical properties. Those who have faith in metaphysical properties believe that stones can accent, help, negate, protect, encourage, strengthen, and balance, and thereby promote healing. However, using gemstones in this way should not be a substitute for proper care. If you are ill, you must seek the medical attention of a qualified physician or other health care provider.

Included here, for your general reference, is a listing of some of the stones featured on our site as well as their metaphysical properties.  If you find a stone referenced here that you would like to search for, head back to the main shop page and search for that particual stone using the search box provided for product related searches.  

Agate enhances creativity and strengthens the intellect, making it a beneficial stone for both students and artists. It is also known as a good luck stone. As a stone of harmony, one of the things agate does is balance yin/yang energy. Agate increases energy. However, because it is a grounding stone, it does not increase energy at all times, but rather enables bursts of energy as needed. In this way, agate is a conservation stone, and enhances longevity. Emotionally, agate gives courage, emotional strength, self-confidence, and dispels fears. It can also lessen feelings of envy by grounding the emotions. In the same way, it assists with acceptance of all things. It can be very beneficial for self-examination as well as examination of the circumstances one finds oneself in.

Amazonite is a mint green to aqua green stone of truth, honor, communication, integrity and trust. It is said to enhance intuition, psychic powers, creativity, intellect, and psychic ability. Amazonite is often associated with the throat chakra, and as such, can be beneficial to communication. It can lessen stress and self-defeating behaviors by calming and building self-esteem. Amazonite can assist with peacefully making the transition out of this life. Amazonite is said to heal emotional disturbances and the after effects of emotional trauma.

Amethyst has long been called the "sobriety stone." In ancient Rome, crushed amethyst was added to wine cups to prevent drunkenness. It is said to assist with healing alcoholism, compulsive behaviors, and addictions of all kinds. Amethyst brings energies of stability, peace, calm, balance, courage and inner strength. It has been used to protect against psychic attacks.

Ametrine assists one in accessing connection to higher self and successfully dealing with the stress that comes with following one’s truth.

Apatite enhances creativity.  It awakens the finer, inner self. Also helps  in over activity, under activity, blockages, and congestions in any of the chakras.

Aquamarine is a blue-green stone that comes from Colombia and Brazil. It has been called "Water of the Sea", because of its color. The aquamarine is the stone of sailors, believing it would be protection for them on water. Folklore says the aquamarine will protect against gossip. It is also said the aquamarine will pick up spirits. It is an excellent stone to use for meditating. Aquamarine is most powerful as a meditation stone, as it brings a great peace and serenity. Some people can meditate on an Aquamarine to receive the wisdom to see truth, but this is a very advanced meditation.

Aventurine is said to benefit one in all areas of creativity, and imagination, as well as intellect and mental clarity. Lore says that it enhances prosperity and brings career success. It is a gentle stone energetically that gives a sense of calm and balance and enhances happiness.

Black labradorite, also known as norwegian moonstone and more commonly known as larvakite; see entry for larvakite for more informaiton.

Black tourmaline, (also known as schorl),  is well known as a purifying stone that deflects and transforms negative energy, and thus is very protective. It can transform and remove negativity from an individual or an environment. It is often used as an aura cleanser, and can help one attain higher levels of awareness. Black tourmaline is also used for repelling and protecting one from black magick, and is often said to return the negative spell to the sender. Emotionally, black tourmaline is excellent for dispelling fears, obsessions, and neuroses, bringing emotional stability.

Blue lace agate is one of the rarest and most popular of the agates. This is a calming, uplifting stone. The blue color strengthens the function of the throat chakra and encourages peace. It can be used wherever there is a build up of painful or irritated energy.

Botswana agate is sometimes called the "change stone" because of its property of helping one handle change in a positive way. It gently helps one make transitions of any kind in a way that change is not as difficult or painful as could be without it; it is a comforting stone. Carrying a bit of Botswana agate in your pocket can help one cope easily with the minor changes that life throws at us daily. Relief from depression and/or grief is another property of Botswana agate. It helps focus on solutions instead of problems, and thereby increases creativity. It increases the power of one's intuition. Botswana agate is helpful in overcoming addictions and other self-destructive compulsive behavior patterns.

Bronzite is believed to facilitate a feeling of certainty when goal-setting and help individuals take control of their actions and decisions. It is said to promote "correct" or "principled" behavior and help dispel restlessness. Physically, many say it helps the body assimilate iron and increases acidity within the body.

Carnelian is an agate class of chalcedony that is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage. Like all agates, it has protection energies. It can aid memory, including recall of past lives. It can assist one in finding the right mate. It is also a stone of protection in general and from anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation of one's desires, and brings good luck. Carnelian can help ease or remove sorrows. It also helps stabilize energies in the home. It is sometimes called the "actor's stone."

Chalcedony is a variety of the mineral quartz that occurs in in a great variety of colors inlcuding blue, lavender, white, buff, light tan, gray, yellow, pink, red or brown. Considered a sacred stone by the Native American Indians, chalcedony nurtures and promotes brotherhood and good will. Used to assist telepathy; absorb negative energy and dissipate it; harmonize the mind, body, and spirit; as well as instill generosity.

Chevron amethyst combines the strengthening and enhancing qualities of quartz with the stress relieving qualities of amethyst. Together these minerals create the chevron amethyst, which enhances peace of mind, relaxation and self-discovery. Chevron amethyst brings courage and inner strength. The stone lessens any resistance to helping oneself, particularly as concerns self-awareness.

Chrysoprase helps to make conscious what was unconscious. It strengthens the workings of insight and the higher consciousness.

Citrine is known as a "success" stone because it is said in folklore to promote success and abundance, especially in business and commerce. Its lore also says that it enhances mental clarity, confidence, happiness and will power. Citrine is purported to bring good fortune, sometimes in very unexpected ways. Citrine is also a good general protection stone according to crystal healing lore. It is said to alleviate depression and self-doubt, and diminish irrational mood swings due to the effect of mental clarity it has.

Dendritic agate is said to assist with introspection and self-discovery. It can give a wider viewpoint of the world. It also brings plentiful crops.

Flourite brings order from chaos. It is the "stone of discernment and aptitude" that acts as a protective force. It also helps relationships, and enourages and sustains the flawless ideal of health, intellect, and emotional well-being.

Garnet is the stone of passion and courage. Stimulates devotion to your family, your friends, yourself, and your purpose or goals. Garnett will stimulate the senses, and increase your vitality and stamina. Very good for career success, encouraging business relationships by increasing your popularity and stimulating other peoples desire to work with you, especially for women.

Howlite gently absorbs and uplifts stress, tension, anxiety, emotional intensity. Quietly loving, calming, bringing greater gentleness, patience, and tact.

Iolite was used in thin sheets by the ancient Vikings as a "lens" to see during their ocean voyages, as the world's first polarising filter, and is often known as the Viking stone. It is thus said that iolite can bring clear psychic vision. It can also enhance curiosity. It is also an excellent stone for meditation. It helps one grow spiritually in a gentle fashion. Iolite is very helpful when dealing with addictions, including alcoholism. It is also said to help build relationships of all kinds. Iolite helps one to stay in the moment and bring harmony to the self within, which is really helpful in not getting distracted.

Jade is a stone of the heart. As such it is related to the heart chakra and has a beneficial effect on all heart chakra related issues. So, of course, it can attract and enhance love of all kinds. It is also a stone of fidelity and generosity. It is also considered to be good for the physical heart and for emotional balance and stability. Jade is also very helpful as a stone of abundance.

Jasper is a stone of gentleness and relaxation. It enhances one's ability to relax and brings tranquility, comforting, wholeness, healing, and gentle endings. It is sometimes called the nurturing stone for its nurturing and protective energies.

Kyanite is a calming stone.  It helps to quiet the mind, dissolving emotional, mental, or spiritual confusion, and letting go of anxiety. Particularly good at dissolving anger and frustration, I recommend it for anyone in a learning situation. One of only two stones which never needs cleansing or clearing. Citrine is the other. A bridge between mind and matter, Kyanite is a powerful stone of manifestation toward reaching your hopes, dreams and desires.

Labradorite is considered to be a stone of transformation. It is said to clear, balance, and protect the aura. It is purported to help provided clarity and insight into your destiny, as well as attact success. It is used in metaphysics for dream recall, and for finding ways to use dreams in daily life. Mystically, energies of stress and anxiety are reduced by labradorite. This stone is also said to increate intuition, psychic development, esoteric wisdom, help with subconscious issues, and provide mental illumination.

Lapis Lazuli is said to enhance one's awareness, insight, and intellect. It is also said to impart ancient knowledge and wisdom, bringing peacefulness and self-acceptance.

Larvakite is a Scandinavian form of labradorite but the flash/flame of colors are limited to silver and gray. This is also a form of feldspar. Legends say: It is used in protecting the aura, keeping it clear of energy leaks, clean, balanced and protected. It helps relieve insecurity and apprehension, and brings the understanding required to realize and achieve the destiny of this life. It also can help to provide clarity to inner sight.

Mookaite is a stone of the "here and now." It can help one balance the internal and external and acceptance of change. It helps with living meditation, where one makes a meditation of any act one does. Mookaite is a very protective stone, and is particulary good as an emotional protector.

Moonstone can help calm responses and avoid overreaction; enhances feminine energies, sensitivity, intuition, and psychic abilities. Moonstone is a stone of protection, especially during childbirth, pregnancy, and travel at sea. It is also associated with love of all kinds.

Norwegian moonstone, also called black labradorite and more commonly called larvakite; see the entry on larvakite for more information.

Obsidian is volcanic lava cooled quickly.  It is a natural glass.  A stone of protection, is was probably one the first stones to be used for arrowheads and knives. A stone of Honesty, Sincerity and Truth, Obsidian will bring out the Warrior spirit in you.  It can help reach into your subconscious, reclaim yourself, and help you find or re-discover forgotten abilities within yourself.

Onyx is purported to help eliminate apathy, stress, and neurological disorders, eliminate negative thinking, and sharpen the wits of the wearer. It is used to change habits, in addition to helping concentration levels and aiding absentmindedness. Some think it makes the wearer more eloquent, and thus it is worn for public speaking.

Opal is a stone of inspiration which enhances imagination and creativity. It helps one release inhibitions and enhances memory. Opal brings happy dreams. It also eases the process of change.

Pearls symbolize Purity, Spiritual Transformation, Charity, Honesty, Wisdom and Integrity, all the best within us.  Pearls provide a clear vehicle for the advancing states of wisdom, as well as a clean channel for receipt of spiritual guidance. Pearls can stimulate your femininity and help with self acceptance. They lift your spirits and make you feel calm and beautiful. They remind us to walk with Dignity. Pearls not only provide a mirror in which to see ourselves, but give us insight into how we appear to others.

Pietersite has a connection to the storm element and is thus called the Tempest Stone. It is believed to hold the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Used as a stone of vision, it works well during meditation to access higher levels of awareness, stimulating the third eye and increasing your inherent intuition.

Peridot emits a warm and friendly energy. It assists in the understanding of the changes that are occurring and detrimental patterns. It is a shield of protection around the body.

Quartz is a power stone that harmonizes and balances. It enhances energy and thoughts, and purifies the spiritual, mental, and physical. It is also a powerfully protective stone, bringing the purified energy in. Historically this crystal has been used to counter black magic, to perform diagnostic healing, and to communicate with spirits and other worlds.

Rhodochrosite (also known as Inca Rose Stone, Raspberry Spar, Manganese Spar) comes in a variety of shades from bright red to soft shades of pink, and opaque forms with swirling patterns. Rhodochrosite is an excellent conductor of energy. It is also said to stimulate circulation and blood pressure, kidneys and reproductive organs.

Rhodonite is for projecting elegance. It balances Yin-Yang energy. A "stone of Love", it helps one achieve ones greatest potential. It encourages generosity of spirit and dispels anxiety.

Rhyolite assists in fulfilling your goals and dreams, and helps you to know the right path from a soul level. As a healing stone, rhyolite fortifies the body's natural resistance, gives strength and improves muscle tone.

Rose Quartz is "the stone of gentle love". It brings peace and calm to relationships and works on all the chakras to remove negativity and reinstate forces of self-love. It brings healing, emotional balance, and channels universal love, It also helps heartbreak and childhood pain. All quartz amplifies and transmits energy.

Smokey Quartz stimulates the cooperation of multiple energies toward a common goal. A wonderful stone for relationships, and for people in recovery who are part of a larger group, whether it be work, hobby, a home group, business group, or association. It is a gentle stone that instills balance and harmony, and can help being peace, enchancing quiet reflection during meditation without the interference of the thinking mind.

Snowflake obsidian has the property of bringing things to the surface. The things brought to the surface could be positive or negative, love, anger, secrets; but with snowflake obsidian, these things are brought to the surface more gently that they might be otherwise. Snowflake obsidian can provide balance during times of change. It aids in seeing patterns in life and recreating them in a more beneficial way. It is a stone of serenity and purity, and can shield against negativity.

Sodalite is a stone of logic, rationality, and efficiency. It is helpful for work in groups and stimulates thought. Sodalite is a stone that is good for healing breaches in communication. It is a stone of truth, and brings this to all communications. It can help end arguments or other disagreements. It is particularly useful for honesty of emotions. It increases intelligence, knowledge and learning, and can unite the logical with the spiritual.

Tiger's Eye (Tiger Eye) is a stone of protection that is also very grounding. It enhances integrity, willpower, practicality and correct use of power. It is a stone that enhances good luck, and brings prosperity, often in the form of money. Tiger's eye is also a very protective stone which is especially protective during travel. It can also help one see clearly without illusion.

Tourmalated quartz, also known as tourmaline in quartz, is an excellent protective stone, and brings balance and inner strength. It deflects and grounds negativity, and reduces anxiety and depression. It is a great stone for when tolerance is needed.

Tourmaline is a wonderful stone, with a color for each of the main Chakras. Excellent channeling stone for communication with higher forces. Tourmaline helps to break up energy blockages, which we mentally experience as anxiety, stress or confusion. Tourmaline helps you to move beyond limited thinking, to an expanded sense of reality, and see past experiences in new ways. It teaches us that we are light beings in physical form, and helps us to experience the physical and spiritual worlds as one.

Turquoise is sacred to both Native American and oriental traditions. It is associated with the sky, and bringing sky energy to earth. It can help promote honest and clear communication from the heart. It is also said to protect against pollution in the environment, and to bring abundance. Turquoise can also help speed the healing process, and is known as a master healer stone. It is very powerful for grounding and protection also.

Unakite enhances one’s ability to reason and logic with impunity, creates the clarity necessary for responsible decision-making.