Gemstones - Fact, Fiction, & Powers
- Agate (variety of colours)
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Powers include strength, courage, longevity, gardening, love,
healing, and protection. Worn on the arm or carried while gardening,
the agate increases fertility and ensures a bountiful harvest.
- Amber (golden yellow or brown)
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This is actually fossilized tree sap, not a stone. Its powers include
luck, healing, strenghth protection, and love. Amber is believed to
give magicians more power, and it symbolizes life since insects and
other small animals that were caught in it for all time can often be
found in it.
- Amethyst (purple)
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Makes the wearer geode and amiable. Its powers include: dreams,
overcoming alcoholism, healing, psychism, peace, love, protection
against thieves, courage, and happiness.
- Aquamarine (blue)
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Calms nerves and relaxes the body; aids eyesight and reduces fluid
retention. Purifies. Ensures safety when traveling over sea.
- Aventurine (green)
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Worn to strengthen the eyes, stimulate creativity, and enhance
intelligence. Its powers include: mental powers, eyesight, gambling,
money, peace, healing, and luck.
- Carnelian (deep red or orange)
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Worn on the hand in ancient Egypt to still anger, jealousy, envy, and
hatred. It also promotes peace and harmony, and dispels depression.
Its powers include: protection, peace, eloquence, healing, courage,
and sexual energy.
- Citrine (yellow)
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Its powers include anti-nightmares, protection, and psychism. It is
worn at night to remove fear, prevent nightmares, and to ensure a
good night's sleep. It also facilitates psychic awareness.
- Coral (various colours)
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For safety when traveling. Balances physical energy and cools
tempers. Helps protect against upper respiratory infections and
increases physical stamina.
- Crystal Quartz (clear, variety of colours)
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Its powers include healing, protection, and psychism. It is symbolic
of the intellect of human beings. It was called the "glass of heaven"
by the American Indians.
- Fluorite (purple)
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Works with the conscious mind, and is useful for straightening out
thoughts, and reducing emotional involvement in a situation in order
to gain a more accurate perspective. It strengthens the wearer's
analytical mind.
- Garnet (deep red)
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Its powers include healing, protection, and strength. A healing
stone, it is often worn to relieve skin conditions, especially
inflammations. It also regulates heart and blood. In the past,
garnets were exchanged between parting friends to symbolize their
affection, and to ensure they meet again.
- Gold
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Its powers include: healing, protection, wisdom, money, and success.
When worn it promotes your personal power. Stimulates and activates.
- Hematite (silvery gray)
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Believed to be powerful in drawing illness from the body. Also said
to make the wearer alert and ensure sexual impulse.
- Iolite (blue/purple)
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Intensifies the thinking process and mental powers.
- Jade (green and yellow)
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Jade is an ancient love-attracting stone. Wearing the stone is
believed to help kidney, heart, and stomach problerns. The Chinese
believed jade prolonged live.
- Jasper (red, brown, green)
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It's powers include healing, protection, health, and beauty. American
Indians used it in rain ceremonies. Worn to promote mental processes
and restrain dangerous desires.
- Limestone (off white though sometimes dyed different colours)
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Sometimes referred to as a fossil stone, limestone is made up of in
accumulation of fossils, because it contains the remains of ancient
sea creatures. It is believed to have the powers of protection and
longevity.
- Labradorite (opalesent)
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For deep thought and inspiration ideas. Revives and clears the mind.
- Lapis Lazuli (blue)
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Strengthens the physical body during spiritual awakening. Intensifies
creativity, wisdom, insight and truthfulness.
- Malachite (shade of gray)
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It's powers include: power, protection, love, peace, and business
success. Worn to detect impending danger, and breaks into pieces
when danger approaches. It is the traveler's guardian stone.
- Moonstone (varies)
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Lifts spirits, refines the senses and clears the mind of confusion.
Reunites lovers and enhances compassion.
- Obsidian (streaks of black, gray & white)
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It's powers include protection and peace. It is made of lava that
cooled so fast, the minerals contained inside did not have time to
form, so it is a naturally occurring glass.
- Onyx (black, green)
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Its powers include protection. It was often worn in ancient battles
to protect against danger.
- Pearl (white, pink, beige)
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Cultured or Freshwater Pearls have the powers of love, money,
protection, and luck. Pearls were dedicated by the Romans to Isis and
they were worn to obtain her favor. In early Chinese myths, pearls
fell from the sky when dragons fought among the clouds.
- Peridot (green)
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Its powers include protection, health, wealth, and deep. Used to mt
love and calm anger. It also soothes nerves, and dispels negative
emotion.
- Quartz (varies)
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Rejuvenates. Revitalizes the skin and helps cure bad habits. Reduces
fevers and glandular swelling and relieves pain. Generates positive
energy in the self and increases endurance.
- Rhodonite (reddish stone, with viens of black)
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Worn to calm, and cast off doubt, confusion, and incoherency.
- Serpentine (milky coloured)
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Seals made of serpentine were carried in ancient Assyria so the gods
and goddess would send double blessings. Worn around the neck by
nursing women to regulate their milk supply. Guards against poisonous
creatures.
- Sodalite (blue)
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It's powers include healing, peace, meditation, and wisdom. Used to
heal emotionally related diseases or those caused by stress,
nervousness, anger or fear. Worn to relax the body and mind.
- Silver
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Its powers include: love, dreams, peace, protection, travel, and
money. It is the Moon's metal. Silver is the metal of emotions, the
psychic mind, love, and healing. Encourages self improvement.
Stabilizes and secures.
- Tiger's-Eye (streaks of brown, black and gold)
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Its powers include money, protection, courage, energy, and IucL Roman
soldiers wore tiger's-eye for protection in battle.
- Topaz (light blue)
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Believed to protect and heal the wearer, help with weight loss, and
bring money & love.
- Tourmaline (varies)
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Induces tranquil sleep. Brings success, love and new friends.
Transfers energy between individuals who are important to each
other.
- Turquoise (shades of blues and greens)
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Its powers include: protection, courage, money, love, friendship,
healing, and luck. Placed in Native American tombs to guard the
dead. Some tied turquoise to bows to ensure accurate shots.
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