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Gemstone Lore and Information Here I have all kinds of neat information on Gemstones. You can learn a little about anything from birthstones to metaphysical properties. This is an ongoing section and will be growing and expanding over time so be sure to check back every now and again.
Birthstones
Zodiac StonesCapricorn (Dec 22 -
Jan 20) - Ruby
Traditional Gemstone PropertiesAgates: Balancing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies; perceptiveness, strength, inspiration, awakening talents. Amazonite: Success, joy, self-expression, awakening heart, soothing, harmony, balancing. Amber: Soothing, calming, cleansing. Amethyst: Contentment, spirituality, dreams, healing, peace, happiness, love, intuition. Ametrine: Intellectual stimulation, attunement, releasing, dispelling tension, connecting. Apatite: Intellect, achieving results, healing, insight, humanitarianism, meditation, balance, creativity. Aquamarine: Courage, purification, peace, intuition, self-expression, balance, preparedness. Aventurine: Healing, money, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, opening heart, motivation, leadership. Azurite: Intuitive energy, dreams, healing, insight, stilling the mind, concentration, self transformation. Bloodstone: Courage, intense healing, renewal, strength, victory, intuitive decision making. Calcite: Purification, peace, calming, memory, awareness, appreciation of nature. Carnelian: Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality. Celestite: Verbal skill, healing, compassion, calming, growth, intuition, hope. Chrysocolla: Easing heartache, stamina, wisdom, peace, love, communication, vitality, inner strength. Chrysoprase: Balancing male-female energy, love, grace, compassion, clemency, personal growth. Citrine: Intuition, comfort, protection, creativity, physical energy, wealth, mental awakening. Coral: Diplomacy, quieting emotions, visualization. Crystal Quartz: Intensifying energy, spiritual development, healing, raising consciousness. Diamond: Courage, strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental abilities. Dumortierite: Self-reliance, stamina, patience, recognition of potential, understanding, communication of ideas. Emerald: Love, domestic bliss, sensitivity, loyalty, memory, mental capacity, harmony, focus, eliminating negativity. Fluorite: Stability, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, health. Fossil Stone: Accomplishments, improvement of one’s environment, communication, innovation. Garnet: Health, removing negativity, awareness, commitment, regeneration, order, insight. Hematite: Mental attunement, memory, calming, balance, focusing energy and emotions, peace, inner happiness, transforming negativity. Howlite: Awareness, calm, emotional expression, observation, patience, eliminating negativity. Iolite: Intuition, spiritual growth, healing, balance, releasing discord, awakening to inner knowledge. Jade: Fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment. Jaspers: Protection, nurturing, joy, awareness; balancing of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies. Labradorite: Alignment, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace, progression, discernment. Lapis Lazuli: Wisdom, intuition, awareness, objectivity, clarity, creativity, expanded consciousness, dreams, purity, courage, serenity. Lepidolite: Hope, stress reduction, birth, peace, spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection, emotional balance. Malachite: Transformation, insight, clarifying emotions, fidelity, loyalty, practicality. Marble: Charitable actions, original thinking, alleviation of sorrow. Moonstone: Introspection, reflection, beginnings, insight, tenderness, harmony, peace, travel. Mother of Pearl: Mental clarity, intuition, sensitivity, imagination, adaptability, cooperation. Obsidians: Clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, healing. Onyx: Self-control, decision making, intuition, recognition of personal strengths. Opal: Creativity, spontaneity, relationships, memory, happy dreams and changes. Pearl: Purity, faith, charity, innocence, integrity, focus, wisdom, spirituality, sincerity, fertility. Peridot: Warmth, friendliness, understanding, openness in love and relationships, regulation of cycles. Pyrite: Defense, prevention, protection from negativity, physical wholeness, memory. Rhodocrosite: Love, emotional balance, cleansing, renewal, relaxation, expansion of consciousness. Rhodonite: Peace, generosity, attention to details. Rhyolite: Change, variety, progress, creativity, transcending barriers. Rose Quartz: Love, peace, happiness, gentleness, healing emotional wounds. Ruby: Nurturing, spiritual wisdom, attainment of values, economic stability, protection from distress. Sapphire: Joy, peace, beauty, intuition, prosperity, fulfillment of dreams. Serpentine: (see Jade) Smoky Quartz: Dissolving emotional blockage, clearing the mind, cooperation, personal pride, joy in living, attentiveness to the moment, protection. Sodalite: Wisdom, logic, calmness, healing, stress reduction, companionship, self-esteem. Sunstone: Alleviating fears, energizing, cleansing. Tanzanite: Communication, intuition, protection, symmetry, decision-making, spirituality. Tiger Eye: Practicality, peacefulness, clarity, intelligence, intuition, new experiences, financial stability, calmness, releasing inhibitions. Tiger Iron: Artistic endeavors, beauty, vitality. Topaz: True love, success in endeavors, understanding of interrelationships, expression of ideas, trust, health, personal expansion and growth. Tourmaline: Energizing, soul-searching, releasing. Turquoise: Spiritual attunement, cleansing, healing, protection, valor, soothing, peace of mind, guidance through the unknown, romantic spontaneity. Unakite: Balance, re-birth, foresight, emotional balance. Zoisite: Dispelling laziness, facilitating advancement
Wedding Anniversary StonesAlternate stones are listed in parentheses. 1 Gold (Peridot)
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