Crystals and Crystal Meanings

Abalone Shell is good for power, femininity and seeing beauty. It is a love stone. It helps with relaxation and letting go of harmful emotions

Agate is one of the oldest known protection stones. It dissolves inner tensions and strengthens rational thought. It protects against stress and energy drains. Agate may also help with faithfulness in relationships. It promotes natural talents. It may also aid in focus.

Amazonite is a “feel better” stone that is good for creativity especially for musicians and writers. It is a soothing and calming stone that helps with stress and nervousness. 

Amber is good for memory, intellect, and making choices. It brings good luck and fulfillment of dreams, goal and ideals.

Amethyst is known as the “soul stone.” It is good for overall protection. It calms the emotions, creates clarity of thought, and assists in attaining wisdom and discernment.  It helps you let go of all that holds you back. It also aids with sleep and relieves headaches. 

Ametrine is mixture of amethyst and citrine which connects the solar plexus and the crown promoting a peaceful, joyful spirituality. It is good for creativity, inspiration, mental clarity, change, overcoming prejudice or intolerance. It is good for astral travel, meditation, yin/yang balance and overall aura. It also relieves tension.

Angelite represents peace and brotherhood. It encourages you to speak your truth and improve communication. It is a calming stone that soothes anger and comforts grief. 

Apache Tear was traditionally said to be the tears of the Native Americans. It is good for change, grief, forgiveness, and spontaneity. It helps in times of distress. 

Apatite is a great stone to suppress appetite. It clears frustration and supports passion without guilt. It may also be helpful for hyperactive and autistic children. It is good for the intellect and seeing the truth.

Apophyllite is known as the Reiki Stone. It is good for travel, truth, rediscovering faith in the Divine, and clairvoyance. It serves as a window to other worlds and helps one connect with one’s angels or the higher realms.

Aquamarine is the “stone of courage.” It reduces stress and quiets the mind. It is good for the intellect, good for study and builds responsibility. It protects travelers. It also helps overcome judgmental attitudes. 

Astrophyllite assists in finding life purpose, heightens perceptions, promotes out of body experiences, helps connect with higher self or guides. A highly psychic stone to connect with other realms.

Azurite-Malachite brings about individuality, freedom, and flexibility of mind and thought. It helps with ego, vanity and anxiety. It brings about the realization that sometimes the most profound changes are the simplest.

Aragonite is a powerful intensifier of positive emotional states. It helps us learn to enjoy life on life’s terms without numbing ourselves to the sorrows of life. It helps renew our zeal for living. It is helps us heal past life issues. This is a very useful stone for empaths and spiritual lightworkers.

AuraLite 23 is known as a profound Healer. It deepens meditations, aids Spiritual Development, and balances ALL the Chakra.

Basalt is used to connect to the elements. It is a grounding stone that creates balance, aids transformation and (in Egypt) is known to restore life.

Black Onyx is a grounding stone that helps you focus and see a task through to completion thus making it a good stone for business endeavors. It helps anchor flighty people. It deflects negativity and alleviates overwhelming fears and worries, including nightmares.

Black tourmaline is a powerful, grounding stone. It wards off negativity and shields you from jealousy. It encourages a positive attitude no matter what the circumstances. 

Blackstone or Black Jasper is a protective stone that brings good luck in any type of mental, political or legal battle. 

Bloodstone is the “stone of courage”. It teaches how to avoid dangerous situations by strategic withdrawal and flexibility. It reduces irritability, aggressiveness and increases patience. 

Blue agate protects against stress and energy drains. It is calming and assists in dissolving disputes. Blue agate calms inflamed emotions. It also helps with any type of work or study. 

Blue Goldstone is good for communication and relationships. It is useful in groups. It helps with focus for those easily distracted…including during meditation. It helps moodiness and calms foul tempers.

Blue Lace Agate improves communication on all levels. It is calming to the throat. Indeed it is calming and soothing overall, bringing balance and emotional stability. It is great for anyone that speaks in front of groups of people. It is also very helpful for those that feel they are “not heard.”

Blue Aventurine is known to be a Mental Healer. It increases vitality & positivity and supports male Shamanic Energy.

Blue Onyx assists with emotional balance. It helps alleviate stress, grief, worry and fears. It helps you relax and go with the flow.

Bornite breaks energy blockages. Increase your perception and stick to your true colors.

Botswana Agate helps you find solutions. It helps you to see the bigger picture, release what no longer serves you, helps you to kick bad habits, and releases repression.

Bronzite encourages consideration from others in groups. It boosts self belief and heals hurts from the past.

Calcite is a feel better stone that comes in a variety of colors. It is helpful for teaching, studying, art and science. It helps us see the bigger picture. It is helpful for issues with the bones. It is helpful to alleviate stress. It aids astral travel and channeling.

Carnelian is a “stone of vitality, optimism and creativity.” It restores motivation, stimulates analytical capabilities, and enables precision. It also protects against envy, fear, bad temper, rage, and helps banish sorrow. 

Celestite is a stone of awareness. Join the infinite peace of the angelic and spiritual relams.

Chalcedony promotes nurturing, balance and mental stability. It helps addictive behaviors and obsessive tendencies. It eases stress and irritability. It also aids with telepathy.

Charoite is a great stone to help you move forward and break away from old patterns that no longer serve you. It helps your intuition, clairvoyance, and overall spiritual awareness. It is also a great stone for any type of focus.

Chiastolite (Andalusite) is good for devotion, change, problem-solving and creativity. It helps you to have strength of determination in tough times. It aids in re-birth and astral travel.

Chrysocolla is a “feel better stone” that is good for creativity, confidence, motivation and letting go of that which no longer serves you ~ allowing you to feel peace of mind and heart. 

Chrysoprase is a “feel better stone” that is good for general mental health. It helps you to see through mental fog. It also helps you accept yourself and others. Chrysoprase helps anxiety, depression, fear, stress, inferiority, broken heart, and judgmental attitudes.

Cinnabar is a stone of wealth, balance, and manifestation. Utilize it to create prosperity.

Citrine is a “money stone’ and a “feel better stone.” It brings abundance and cheerfulness. Keep it in your wallet to always have cash.

Clear Quartz is the healing, amplifying and intensifying crystal that will help with any type of healing.

Copper is a “feel better stone” that brings vitality and luck. It is said to aid with arthritis. It stimulates initiative and optimism. 

Coral helps settle internal restlessness including temper and rage. It helps to balance and center. Coral helps with depression by calming emotions and restoring harmony. It also helps you to not care as much what others think.

Covellite is considered by many to be the go to stone for psychic abilities. It is said to be a miracle stone that makes dreams come true.

Crazy Lace Agate brings confidence, courage, self-esteem and vitality.

Cuprite awakens your kundalini energy. Activate your root chakra and your inner earthly be-ing.

Dalmation Jasper takes you out of your head and back into your body. Balance the masculine and feminine energies within.

Dragon Blood Jasper is a stone of patience. It stimulates personal power & perception, it dissolves sadness and sorrow, and dispels close-mindedness.

Dumortierite is a calming stone that eases excitability. It helps you speak your mind with a quiet, knowing confidence. It can also help you understand any dis-ease you may be facing.

Emerald is a stone of faithful, patient, honest love. It is a great stone for the heart chakra.

Epidote is a stone to use to create your own abundance. It boosts the creative process and brings in more of what is given. It also can be utilized for Heart Chakra Healing.

Feldspar helps you to detach from the old by encouraging new and exciting ways to achieve goals. It is believed to provide support with issues of self-awareness and self-love. 

Fluorite focuses the mind and creates order out of chaos. It is good for decisions and concentration. It is useful in groups.

Gabbro Jasper helps you to connect with your Higher Self. It awakens the energy of the Third Eye and balances the alkalinity  within the body.

Garnet is known as the “stone of health.” It derives its name from the pomegranate. Garnet is a stone of energy and vitality. It motivates when change is needed and helps bring order to chaos.

Gray Lace Agate helps artistic expression, self-confidence, concentration and analytical abilities. It relieves depression and fatigue. If you are easily hurt, it helps you look for solutions instead of dwelling on problems.

Green Agate dissolves inner tensions and strengthens rational thought. It protects against stress and energy drains. It is calming  and assists in dissolving disputes. 

Green Aventurine is a great all-round stone. It is a perfect stone for matters of the heart while also promoting creativity, motivation, leadership, decision making and yin/yang balance. It protects and calms emotions. It protects against energy vampires.

Green Opal is a stone to boost energy. It cleanses and rejuvenates the aura, gives meaning to life and brings about a new Spiritual Perspective.

Green Moss Agate is superb for connecting with Mother Earth. It also brings about growth and prosperity. It releases trapped emotions…aiding in detox.

Green Tree-Moss Agate is known as an Earth Healer, as it relieves geopathic stress in ley lines. It also is known to strengthen family bonds and boost self-esteem.

Hematite brings strength, love, courage and personal magnetism. It is good for mental processes, thoughts, memory and working with numbers. 

Hematoid is a quartz with hematite combining the high energy of quartz with the grounding energy of hematite. This combination accelerates healing and pain relief and balances the emotions during times of stress. It closes the energetic loop between the root chakra and the crown chakra…resulting in dynamic healing.

Herkimer Diamond facilitates your transformation. Use it to attune to your life path and boost other stones with this channel stone.

Himalayan Salt has been used for centuries as a purifier. It brings new hope, love & healing, and promotes well-being on your journey.

Hiddenite This green variety of kunzite is good for intellectual pursuits. It also aids spiritual understanding and can help clear the aura.

Howlite is good for calm communication, discernment, memory, study and action. It helps you to reach your goals. It also increases patience. 

Iolite is good for relationships, money management, change, living in the moment, responsibility, astral travel, shamanic journeying, and visualization.

Jade promotes love, courage, justice, wisdom and self-sufficiency. It is an emotion balancer. It releases negative thoughts and soothes the mind. Jade also protects the wearer from harm and attracts good luck and friendship.

Jasper is known as the” supreme nurturer.” Jasper helps you to achieve your goals. It may help with loneliness and will lift your spirits when you are down mentally or physically.

Jet can help stabilize finances and protect businesses. It also helps bring energy that is grounded with calmness. Jet is good for mood swings, depression and migraines.

Kunzite is a feel better stone of love. It is a remover of obstacles and negativity bringing calm, centered, mature control. It can help with all stress related conditions also.

Kyanite eliminates confusion and helps with frustration, stress and anger. It is good for perseverance and reasoning. It is a stone for communication making it very useful for performers and public speakers. It also clears all the chakras.

Labradorite is a power stone of transformation that synthesizes intellect and intuition. It banishes fears and insecurities, allowing you to see and pursue new ideas and possibilities. It reminds you to believe in yourself. 

Lapis Lazuli is a “feel better” stone that quickly reduces stress and brings a deep, peaceful feeling. It is said to help relieve migraine headaches. The deep blue of this stone can help soothe anger and rage. It is also believed to help bring freedom from negative thoughts.

Lavender Jade is used to alleviate past emotional trauma and hurts. It bestows a deep inner peace, and helps you to set clear boundaries.

Leopard Skin Jasper aka: the Jaguar Stone, is used to connect and commune with the animal kingdom. Use it to discover your Totem Animals and boost strength and vitality.

Lepidolite is a perfect stone for anxiety and depression as it contains lithium. It is a natural anti-depressant. It is also a stone that will take you to new spiritual heights especially when placed on your third eye/brow chakra. It is also good for astral travel and transitioning.

Lodestone is an ultimate grounding stone great for crystal healings. It helps one find direction and helps with geopathic stress. It  is good for arthritis, rheumatism and muscle cramps. It helps with confusion and lifts burdens.

Mahogany Obsidian stimulates growth on ALL levels, ground yourself within its gentle energy.

Malachite is the healer’s stone. It is good for all types of pain. It helps with depression and manic depression. It is also a money stone.

Maraba Amethyst is mined in Brazil and is lighter and more uniform in color than other forms of amethyst.

Mookaite Jasper is a go to stone for those making decisions,  especially those involving changing jobs.

Magnesite is a calming stone that helps you get in touch with your true feelings. It is good for love, passion, and it grounds the intellect. 

Miriam Stone aka: “Arabic” or “Calligraphy Stone” is used to keep calm in volatile times. Utilize it to create positive outcomes from seemingly hopeless situations.

Moldavite is a form of Tektite. Found only in the Czech Republic, it is one of the most rare minerals on Earth, even more so than diamonds, rubies and emeralds. It is known as a Heart Healer, and Intuition booster, and is reputed to accelerate one’s inner growth and spiritual evolution. Even those not usually sensitive to the energies of stones can feel the energy of Moldavite. It is known as a stone of transformation.

Moonstone is a feminine stone of intuition. Anything involving cycles is aided by moonstone. It is good for wisdom, endings, beginnings, It releases energy blocks and brings calm, composure, confidence and compassion.

Mystic quartz is useful for groups, work-environments, sports and team-building because it brings patience and a sense of belonging. It also helps with loneliness, grief, obsessiveness and fear of success.

Nuummite aka: the Sorcerers Stone, is used to move your spiritual growth forward quickly. It aids in the development of personal magick and brings good luck to whoever carries it.

Obsidian is volcanic glass that comes in a variety of colors. It will bring up issues and should be worked with sparingly at first as it enables you to see your dark side and acts as a mirror to your soul. It is a highly protective and grounding stone. Get ready to work on your issues if you work with obsidian.

Opalites help to protect you from absorbing other people’s energy, feelings or thoughts. It will run interference when you encounter challenging people, places or things that affect your emotions or hurt your feelings. 

Pearl brings wisdom and focuses the mind. It is a symbol of purity. It is good for emotional control. Pearl also helps with irritability.

Petalite is a stone to connect you with Spirit. It attunes your path to the path of destiny, and is known as a stone of transformation.

Phenacite is used to activate the trans-personal chakras. It helps you to contact the Angels and Ascended Masters. Brazilian Phenacite is reputed to have a “crystal guardian” within each stone.

Pink Mangano Calcite is a loving and soothing stone that brings peace, calm, rest, relief from anxiety, relief from abuse and trauma, and promotes self- worth, self-acceptance and releases you from past fears. In so doing, it aids in a more restful sleep.

Pink Opal is a stone of renewal. Use it to bring the joy back into life. Vibe with it to gain insights otherwise unseen. It is also used as a heart chakra healer.

Pink Tourmaline is known to promote joy and happiness within the bearer. It boosts emotions and moods, and is known to restore a passion for living.

Pinolith or Pinolite is known for connecting you with your ancestors. Utilize it during any past-life healing, therapy or regressions. It also is known to balance yin/yang, the masculine/feminine energies as well.

Peridot is a feel better stone that helps with stress, anger, jealousy, depression, lethargy and blockages. It aids in enlightenment.

Petalite attunes you to your path of destiny. Utilize its energy to connect to Spirit and aid you in your transformation.

Petrified Wood is good for longevity. It is good for bones and arthritis. It is grounding, soothes emotions and relieves stress. It also helps access past lives.

Poppy Jasper helps during times of stress and reminds people to help one another. It aids in grounding, gives protection, and helps align all the chakras and balance yin-yang energies. 

Prehnite is good for divination, prophecy, and visualization. It helps insomnia. It is good for meditation, calmness, letting go and finding your own spiritual path.

Pyrite is a good for memory and thought processes. It is a stone of energy sparks and leadership which brings protection. It can help with noisy neighbors. It helps negativity. It is also a stone of good fortune.

Rainbow Flourite is good for focusing on complex issues. It helps protect against general dis-ease and maintain good health.

Rainbow Obsidian helps to protect the very sensitive against depression. It is the stone of the soft-hearted and gentle people of the world. Use obsidian to help block negativity of any kind. As a black gemstone, it symbolizes self-control and resilience.

Raspberry agate gives attention to detail and solutions to problems. It helps you see the whole picture. It also brings universal love and helps with stress and depression. 

Red Calcite helps anxiety, panic attacks and OCD. It uplifts the emotions and strengths willpower. 

Red Jasper is a root chakra stone that offers protection, stability and grounding. It aids re-birth and new ideas, astral travel, survival instinct and dream recall.

Red Malachite is associated with energy and courage. It celebrates life and encourages the owner to celebrate being alive. It dispels fear and increases stamina.

Rhodochrosite is a love stone that helps you to love yourself and others. It is a stone of passion and of music. It also helps with stress and emotional trauma.

Rhodonite is a love stone that can help heal past traumas so that you can love yourself first and then others. It is also good for mental balance and memory. It is great for music making when combined with Rhodochrosite.

Red fire agate has a strong protection especially against ill-wishing. It dispels fear and instills security. It also said to help with hot flashes.

Rose quartz is the stone of unconditional love. It is good for forgiveness, romance and relationships. It soothes jealousy, anger and resentment. Rose quartz is like a bubble bath for the emotions. It instills a sense of self-worth. 

Ruby is a stone of health, balance, energy, wealth, abundance, knowledge, creativity, passion and protection. It helps you make decisions and new beginnings. Good for remote healing. It promotes the will to live.

Ruby in Kyanite is a personal power stone. It helps you to bring dreams into reality, release old patterns, and reveals what is needed to stay protected and grounded during life cycles.

Ruby in Zoisite encourages you to be an individual and live life on your terms, but to still include others in your life. It also stimulates your creativity and helps you focus on your true objectives.

Russian Jade is a stone of fortune, good luck, and abundance. It brings about joy, courage, wisdom, compassion and justice. It helps ward off negativity. It is also a dream stone, and is a great stone to wear while sleeping.

Rutilated Quartz is a protection stone that wards off negative energy and self-empowers the individual. It boosts self-esteem and courage. It is said to amplify financial success and abundance. It is excellent for exhaustion and energy depletion. 

Ryolite is a stone that aids in the healing of past-life issues. It helps to lay down burdens that no longer serve you.

Green Ryolite, known as Rainforest Jasper, is a form of Ryolite found only in Australia.

Sandstone is good for creativity and relationships. It is useful when working in groups. It aids clear thought and helps those who are easily distracted. Sandstone also helps fight moodiness. 

Selenite is good for connecting with your guides and angels. It will also help you with your intuitive abilities. It is good for meditation. If you have trouble sleeping, this should definitely help you.

Serpentine is a great stone for art and creativity. It is also said to attract love and money.

Shiva Lingam is a variety of jasper primarily associated with fertility. It is good for spiritual detox, connecting with your higher self and reaching higher vibration in meditation.

Shungite is a stone of life that meets you where you are and provides what you need when you need it. It is a wonderfully soothing yet highly protective stone. Michelle would love to tell you all about how it is formed (think Fullerenes and carbon)…It is great for purification processes, soul wisdom and ancient memory, transitioning, breath work, sacred uniions, energetic support and clearing all kinds of negativity.

Silver leaf jasper provides stability, calm, centering and grounding. It provides a sense of wellness and solidity. It also helps you know your place in life and helps you feel rooted.

Sodalite neutralizes any disharmony which makes it a good stone for working in groups. It also neutralizes negative thoughts and emotions directed toward you by others. It is a calming stone that helps with focus for studying and relieves headaches. 

Solidarity Stone is known for connecting with the Divine, or Source. Utilize its calming energies to support positive group formation and lasting friendships.

Smokey Quartz is a stone of protection. It dispels negativity, anger, depression, despair and grief. It is good for vitality, intuition and mental activity.

Snowflake Obsidian is good for bringing peace of mind and encourages purity. It helps anger, resentment, negative behavior patterns and loneliness.

Spectrolite is a stone for raising one’s consciousness. It stimulates your Intuition and enhances your psychic gifts, such as clairvoyance, clairsentience or any of the “Clair” abilities.

Staurolite is the fairy stone. It is a stone of good luck and useful for rituals, protection and time management.

Sugilite is one of the most important love stones. It protects the soul from shock  and trauma. It clears disappointments and relieves tension. It brings light and love to the darkest situations, and aids forgiveness by eliminating hostility.

Sunstone is a stone of energy, vitality, and zeal for life. It will lift your spirits and shine light in your life if you are feeling down. 

Tangerine Quartz is a stone of organization. Put things where they  belong, like the past in the past and the present in the present.

Tibetan agate is an all-around healing stone. It is known for healing the body, mind and spirit. It produces strength, power and courage. It also enhances truthfulness and brings forth understanding.

Tiger’s Eye helps convert anxiety, fear and obsessiveness into practicality and logic. It increases confidence, clear thinking, optimism, and enthusiasm.

Tiger Iron tiger’s eye, jasper and hematite and is good for vitality, artistic ability and creativity. It helps with survival and provides protection. 

Turquoise is a protective stone. It protects travelers, against negativity and pollution. It is good for creative expression, courage, communication, wisdom and friendship. It brings inner calm and helps with public speaking. It is also good for exhaustion, depression and panic attacks. 

Unakite is good for overcoming self-destructive behavior. It is good for fertility and pregnancy. It balances the emotion. It connects the root and heart chakras allowing you to open up your heart and move forward by dealing with the past including past lives.

Vesuvianite is best known for promoting loyalty. It cleanses and energizes the aura, keeps you in contact with your spiritual nature, is a heart healer, and is also known as a digestive system aid.

This list is not meant to be all-inclusive. It is highly recommended that you use this merely as a guide, but more importantly choose stones as you are drawn to them.