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(Chrysoberyl) Clear violet-green, lt. blue or orange-yellow iridescence. Color changes with angle. Opens Heart, Solar Plexus, and especially Crown Centers. For healing, centering, self-esteem. Rare and Powerful. Opens to higher self, disattachment, psychicness, spiritual love, joy, and luck. Excellent tissue regeneration; especially Central Nervous System.
Clear yellow or orange ancient petrified resin (possibly pine tree). Electromagnetic. Opens solar plexus chakra for mental clarity, moods balance, confidence. Stomach anxiety, spine, Central Nervous System, brain, memory loss, cell regeneration. Aligns mental and emotional bodies via orange and yellow CTRS. Excellent detoxification and protection from radiation, especially x-rays, sun, computers, airport, planes and others' energies. Sacred use (incense/worn) by Asian and American Indians, and worldwide.
Some people believed that this golden resin was solidified lynx urine. Others said it was the rays of the setting sun "congealed in the sea and then cast upon the shore." And to the poets of ancient Greece, amber represented the tears shed by the Heliades over the death of their brother Phaeton.
Whatever its origins, amber was widely used as a healing agent. Ground up and mixed with honey, it improved eyesight. Adding rose oil to the mixture moved the site of the cure from eye to ear, where it healed infections and, sometimes, deafness. To relieve asthma and whooping cough, amber oil was either swallowed or rubbed on the chest as a liniment. Catarrh, tonsillitis, and running eyes/nose were alleviated when the sufferer inhaled fumes from burnt amber. This treatment was achieved by throwing powdered amber onto a hot brick. Burned amber also was used to ease labor pains. To cure jaundice, the stone was worn against the body so it could absorb the yellow from the skin.
Syrup of amber was employed as a sedative. And since opium was an important component of the mixture, this remedy probably was more effective than most. Holding a lump of amber in one's hand was thought to reduce fever or to cool the body on a hot day. Wearing a choker of amber beads cured coughs and reduced glandular swellings. Amber had a nonmedical use also: when laid on the breast of a sleeping wife, it was believed she would confess her evil deeds.
Translucent, purple/lavendar Qtz. Psychicness, imagery, mind quieting. Wear when sleeping or when awake to reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Brow + Crown CTRS. Headaches, eyes, scalp/hair, pituitary, pineal, bloodsugar balance. Especially aids sobriety; alcohol/food/sex/other addictions. Famous ancient detoxicifier (especially helped with poisons, alcohol.) Keep in pet's water to reduce fleas.
Grape-hued amethyst is most often associated with the god Bacchus, who is
said to have created it. According to the legend, Bacchus, in a fit
pique, threatened to sic tigers on a young girl who worshipped the goddess,
Diana. Diana intervened, turning the girl (whose name was Amethyst) to clear
stone. Afterwards, a remorseful Bacchus poured wine over the stone
maiden, turning her glowing purple.
Amethyst was credited with the power to prevent intoxication when bound
to the navel or when wine was drunk from an amethyst goblet. This gem also
expelled poison, quickened the wits, protected soldiers, and cured gout.
Drinking lotion of amethyst was supposed to cure barrenness; wearing it
was believed to increase business success, guard against witchcraft, and
restrain sexual passion.
Amethyst is the traditional gem worn by the Catholic Church hierarchy.
Paradoxically, it is known as Bacchus' stone and as the Bishop's stone.
In the latter context, it was said to strengthen faith and aid prayer. The
natal stone for the month of February, it should be set in gold or silver
for strongest effect.
The Anahi Mine in Bolivia is the major world producer of ametrine. The mine first became famous in the seventeenth century when a Spanish conquistador received it as a dowry when he married a princess from the Ayoreos tribe named Anahi. Ametrine was introduced to Europe through the conquistador's gifts to the Spanish queen.
A combination of Amethyst and Citrine, these cystrals grow together and combine efforts. Good for meditation, creative thinking and a balancing of the emotions.
Protects against all blood diseases and circulation.
Small, dark, smoky-translucent Obsidian pebbles. Eases and releases pain, loss, sadness, anger, etc to help heal and go on with life. For looking within, protection, vision quest/purpose. gently grounds and unblocks lower body and endocrine glands/chakras. Aids healing. It has been noted that the grief one feels goes into the stone and can turn it opaque. Represents tears of grief shed by Native American women after their loved ones' deaths due to invading troops.
Legend of the Apache Tear:
"One day a party of Apache Indians was ambushed by an enemy tribe. The Apaches fought bravely but were greatly outnumbered and were driven to the top of a very high mountain. Their arrows were gone, and they could fight no longer. Refusing to be taken captive, they leaped, as one, from the cliffs to the rocks below.
"The Apache women, grief-stricken over the death of their brave warriors, shed torrents of tears. The tears became petrified and turned to stone."
(Beryl) Clear light blue, blue-green. Tranquilizing, uplifting, openness, innocence, light-heartedness, creativity, communication, self-awareness, confidence, purpose. Throat (& spleen) CTR(s), Heart, immune system, thymus, lymphnodes, Especially: Mouth, ears, etc. Affects etheric and mental levels. Releases anxiety, fear, restlessness, peaceful stillness like the flow of a forest stream. Breathing allergies, water travel, journies, sea goddess, seeing through people, protection.
This cool, water-colored beryl has a long history of use as a curative
substance. In common with many other blue or green stones, aquamarine was
used to cure eye injuries. Remedy was effected in one of two ways. The
first method involved grinding the stone very finely, passing the
particles through a sieve to remove impurities. A small quantity of powder was then
placed in the injured eye, and the patient was instructed to lie still
until it took effect. The alternative measure was to soak the stone in
water which was then used to bathe the injured eye.
Rubbing swollen glands with an aquamarine was believed to reduce the
swelling. Wearing it prevented spasms, convulsions, and liver ailments.
Seafarers often carried aquamarines engraved with the image of Poseidon,
god of the sea, to protect themselves during storms.
Aquamarine also was a handy cure for an affliction which, although not
serious, could be quite annoying - hiccoughs! Sufferers had only to drink
water in which an aquamarine had been dipped to gain instant relief.
Aquamarine is one of the birthstones for those born in March.
Translucent dark/lt. green quartz. Heals emotional pain/fear/imbalance by dissolving blocks in the heart CTR. Historically also draws out heat of fevers, inflamation, nerv. system stress. In your bath water, a soft, soothing stone for general healing. Universal love, truth, prosperity. Much like Moss Agate.
Solid deep blue, blue-purple. Activates brow and throat CTRS. more assertive communication and alert, quite, deep access to subconscious and other times/places/lives. Psychicness, creativity, decisiveness, deeper insight, seeing truth, reduces depression, anger, abnormal cell growth. Hi copper content stimulates thyroid, sinus, skin cleansing, spleen, nervous system, mental + etheric bodies.
Azurite is a beautiful brilliant blue stone found in copper ore, nearly always near malachite. It is mined today in Arizona and New Mexico, but it was widely found and used in very ancient civilizations.
Its legends and secrets have been jealously guarded as so little information is known about it. Ancient Greek priests used azurite in healing ceremonies. They called the stone Caeruleum. Legend states azurite was one of the most powerful healing stones in ancient Atlantis, where its psychic powers became shrouded in mystery. It is noted for its soothing effect, bringing love, compassion and tenderness to its wearer.
Azurite was one of the stones Edgar Cayce recommended highly for psychic development. He always advised wearing it next to the skin for the greatest benefit, and referred to it in his readings as Lapis Linguis.
(Heliotrope) Solid dark green, red flecks. Electromagnetic (high iron). Ancient Egypt, Atlantis used to calm, ground, revitalize. Classic for wealth, menstrual cramps, anemia, bloodclots, hemorrhoids, birthing/reproductivity, imbalance. Cleansing heart and blood circulation, marrow, thymus, lungs; Heart.
Green flecked with red, the bloodstone is credited with many religious and curative properties. The red specks were thought to represent the blood of Christ, and the stone is often associated with the Crucifixion. Because it was believed to stop bleeding, the heliotrope, as it is also called, was often carried by warriors. Its value to warriors was further enhanced because the bloodstone was thought to inspire courage and to ensure success in hazardous enterprises. Longevity was another benefit attributed to this gem. The weather also was affected by this stone, which was said to cause thunder, lightening, rain and tempest.
Calcite is an appropriate material to use for a seer stone, because it is symbolic of light flowing through the coarsest form of matter on earth, the dead carcasses of sea creatures, piled one atop the other through vast ages of time. The bodies of the dead lie, crushing in upon each other for generation after generation, until the whole mess solidifies, and becomes the most common rock on the face of the earth, limestone.
In most cases, the resulting crystal is white, and opaque, but once in a great while, the crystal casts all impurity out of itself, and it grows crystalline clear. Any light entering it is magnified, and comes out as an exact duplicate of itself, having been multiplied by the calcite. Truly light flows in and through such a crystal. If the bodies of dead creatures can be such a conduit for light, then surely the body of a still living creature can be purified in like manner to magnify heavenly light.
Milky yellow, peach, green, white or clear crystals. Soft. Lime Green: Tranquility ; soothes spiritual heart; helps us learn from lessons in each situation and new options. Clarifies visions, imagery, astral travel and recall. Helps us replace fears, old ways with healthier ones. Cleans toxins and fumes from body. Needs cleansing if sticky. Yellow: Spine, bones. Detoxification of kidneys, pancreas, spleen. Decalcifying joints. Clear/Optical: Clearer vision & communication, wellness, general cleansing. Blue: Eases pain (especially back). Orange: Uplifting, joy, happiness, humor.
Chalcedony (jasper) qtz. Translucent. Confidence, boldness, initiative, dramatic abilities, assertiveness, outgoingness. Precision, analysis, appetite, awareness of feelings. Orange and yellow CTRS. Warms and cleanses blood, kidneys, stimulates appetite, emotions, passion, sexuality, physical energy, celebration, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Historically also used to pull excess fever out through the feet.
Clear yellow qtz. (Yellow from Iron). For Solar Plexus CTR, Mental and emotional clarity. Problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline, digestion. Reduces anxiety, fear, depression, stomach tension, food disorders, allergies. Detoxification: Spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines, etc. Electromagnetic.
Calcium and calcite. Red and orange: stimulates 1st 2 chakras for energy and warmth, fertility. Energizes emotions. Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system; thyroid, metabolism; meridians; spine, bone and tissue regeneration. (Avoid if high blood pressure, fever, anxious). Pink: Heart CTR, increases sensitivity, caring, compassion. White: Soothes; heals meridians, stress, smell ability, nerves. Black: Creativity, repels lower energies.
One of the most versatile gems, coral was used to cure everything, from indigestion to acne to fits. The red variety was employed to ease various blood ailments. A prescription of � drachm of powdered coral was used to stop hemorrhages. Tincture of red coral cured diseases of the liver and was employed as a diuretic.
Babies received particular benefit from coral, which eased teething pains when worn. Powdered and mixed with mother's milk (10 grains), it was supposed to avert epilepsy and to help the child gain weight. White coral, worn as a necklace, was thought to stop abdominal colic and indigestion. Drunk powdered in milk (60 grains), it cured acidity. A concoction of coral, emerald, and saffron, wrapped in the skin of a cat, was employed to combat fever.
Believed to have a special affinity with women, coral was believed to change its hue from deep to pale in accordance with the menstrual cycle. Other properties of this versatile gem included the power to avert tempests at sea (bind to the mast with sealskin), repel rabies, ward off the evil eye, and cure madness (including hydrophobia).
(Carbon) Powerfully absorbs and amplifies thoughts/attitudes of user, other gems, and wearer's strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity/ vs. miserly; love vs. distrust; overview, spirituality vs. lust, immediate gratification. Used with loving, clear intent; clears blocks, opens crown CTR: spiritual love, peace. Clarity, trust, confidence. Cleanse thoroughly (It can hold our other's previous attitudes, emotions...) Ancients also used for detoxing.
Of the myriad legends surround the glittering diamond, one of the most widespread was the belief that it could determine guilt or innocence. The test was simple. If the accused was guilty, the adjudicating diamond would grow dark. In the presence of innocence, however, it would glow with increased brilliance. Symbolic of innocence, justice, faith, and strength, the diamond was believed to make its wearers courageous and to make them victorious over their enemies. When set in gold and worn on the left side, it had the power to drive away nightmares and to tame wild beasts.
Because a diamond was believed to sweat in the presence of poison, it was used to detect it. The gem frequently was worn to ward off poison, yet it was believed to be deadly when swallowed.
The finest diamonds were believed capable of reproducing themselves. It was thought that these special stones, when moistened with morning dew and left in the dark, would multiply. Other uses for diamonds were to ensure strong bones, to stop lechery, and to protect both the mother and baby during childbirth. The Hindus believed that this brilliant gem owed its origin to bolts of lightning striking rocks. The talismanic virtue of the diamond was said to be lost if the stone was purchased. To be effective the gem had to be given as a pledge of love or friendship. April's birthstone is said to be the most potent when set in steel.
Beryl. Strengthens heart CTR for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, fidelity, honesty. Lifts depression, insomnia. Knowingness of the heart, peaceful dreams. Breathing, heart, lymphnodes, blood, thymus, pancreas (blood sugar rebalance), labor/delivery, eyesight, and etheric field. Excellent general healer. Ancient blood detoxifierand antipoison. Androgynous.
Venus' gem, the brilliant green emerald is surrounded by rich lore. Emerald was worn to guard against plague, falling sickness, and venomous bites. As with other blue and green gems, it was considered to be an eye stone, and bathing the eyes with water in which this stone had soaked for six hours would cure most ailments.
Generally prescribed in dosages of 6 to 10 grains, finely powdered, the emerald was believed to relieve gout, liver complaints, and jaundice. It was held in the mouth to stop hemorrhage, and was placed on the belly and in the mouth to cure dysentery. Bound to a woman's thigh, this stone was thought to ease childbirth; a cataplasm of emerald was used to cure leprosy. King Arthur's "San Graal," the Holy Grail, was carved from a large emerald, and so the gem became a symbol of chastity. In fact, it was believed that this pristine gem would break apart in the presence of lust, so its wearers were forced to choose between it and their passions. Mystical powers attributed to the emerald included the ability to foretell the future (place the stone under the tongue). One of its primary uses was to reveal adultery, since it was believed to grow dark when a lover was faithless.
An interesting fancy concerning the emerald's origin was that the stone was "born" white and gradually "ripened" to its green hue.
Although emeralds were beneficial to human eyes, other creatures were not so fortunate. If a serpent gazed upon an emerald, it would be blinded. People born in May have emerald for their natal stone and are supposed to wear it set in gold.
All rainbow colors. Important balancer, healer. Opens heart (especially green), throat and 2 highest CTRS for clarity, overview, seeing additional truths/realities. Spleen bones, teeth, lungs, detoxification, anxiety, insomnia. Clear and Purple: Objectivity; clears the way for new things, upliftment, aura cleanse, 3rd eye, eyesight, sinuses; repels colds. Enhances other gems. Green: Stills mind and heart, harmonizes and recharges all CTRS. Blue: Throat, nose, ears, soothing; Karmic impasses resolved, atonement relieved. Yellow: Focus, cooperation, group alignment. Yttrium: Lavendar, well-being, serenity, peace, connection with universe/God/eternal life force. Clusters: lowers work/life stress (helpful on your desk) Double Pyramid: Aligns spirit with physical plane, inner with outer awareness, and 2 sides/brain; crown CTR, illuminating karmic lessons.
(Only clear is used for healing) Use cut and polished. The brighter the better. Red: 1st and 2nd CTRS. Warms, energizes emotionally and physically (arthritus, frostbite, paralysis), grounds. Used by ancient cultures. Exhaustion, low BP, detoxing and strengthening blood, muscles, kidneys, gallstones. Stimulates life force and sexuality, hormone balance, antibodies, fertility, persistence, stamina, passion, confidence (and stubbornness). Yang (avoid if excess anger, impatience, high blood pressure, heat, inflamation, etc.)
According to the Talmud, Noah's ark was illuminated
by a brilliant
garnet. The ancient Greeks also attributed light giving properties to this
glowing gem, which they called the "lamp stone," believing that it enabled its
wearer to see in the dark. Cabochon garnets are known as carbuncles,
which means "glowing coal." One superstition states that dragons' eyes were
made of carbuncles.
Several curative properties were ascribed to the garnet. With other red
and yellow gems, it shared the ability to staunch bleeding and cure blood
ailments. Used as a heart stimulant, it was believed so effective that
people were cautioned not to overuse it, lest they be stricken with
apoplexy. This belief in the stone's potency is perhaps the reason that
certain Asiatic tribes used garnet bullets, thinking them more deadly.
Garnets also were employed to cure "fluxions" of the eyes (tie to
forehead with linen), dissolve tartar in the body, control incontinence, and ward
off the plague. They were worn to drive out nightmares and evil thoughts
and, thereby, to relieve insomnia. January's natal stone, which comes in
a variety of hues - from deep red through orange, yellow, brown, and even
green - should be set in gold for maximum benefit. It is a traditional
symbol of constancy. It is said to assure its wearer riches, good health,
and joy.
Medium brown with tiny coppery glitter. Reported to be a man-made form of sunstone originally created when alchemists were working towards creating gold. Gently uplifting, mildly helpful to solar plexus CTR, to reduce stomach tension, protect center of body.
This metallic grey mineral has a long history of medicinal use. Tumors on the eyelids were treated with hematite dissolved in egg white or fenugreek. General inflammation of the eyelids only needed a solution of hematite in water. Ground to a powder, it was used to cure blood diseases (3 grains in oil) and to soothe skin ulcerations or burns. Hematite also was used to treat bilious disorders (rub with a moistened whetstone until a red juice is obtained).
A special clear quartz. Shifts brain powerfully into alpha/deep stillness, opening the brow and crown CTRS for a strong, clear channel, psychic readings, meditation, OBEs. May take one too "high"/spacey to wear. The "Dream stone" - in meditation or pillow, it wonderfully enhances visualization, astral travel into the light and dream recall. Amplifies and stores thoughts, energy; use as bridge to stimulate energy flow up through the chakras. Herkimer Diamonds are also believed to be effective for healing, meditation and spiritual purposes. It is thought that the double terminated points allow for multiple locations for energy to enter and exit from the crystal, resulting in a more powerful energy flow. Cleanse often.
Gently absorbs and uplifts stress, tension, anxiety, emotional intensity, etc. Quietly loving, calming. Works with the heart center, bringing greater gentleness, patience, tact. Helps bones, teeth, and other calcium aspects of body.