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Interested in the meaning behind particular gemstones?
As far back as the Stone Age, the healing properties of gemstones, their beauty, and magic have been recognized and harnessed. They have always had a protective, as well as a decorative function, guarding the wearer against harm. Gemstones were frequently worn and carried by ancient Egyptians as amulets and charms. Greek mythology frequently refers to gemstones, and many have been discovered, in the tombs of Chinese rulers. Gemstones were used extensively in ceremonies and initiations by the Native Americans, the Mayans, and the Aztecs.
Many gemstones have more than one colour. I’ve become used to recognizing the main healing effects of stones based on their colours as each colour has it’s own vibration.
Chalky white, grey, silver, brown or black coloured stones tend to be useful protectors. They ground the physical body (help us feel more connected) and detoxify negative energies.
Bi-coloured stones excellent integrators, bicoloured crystals harmonize and unify.
Red stones stimulate and strengthen. May activate creativity and revitalize potency.
Pink stones unconditional love, nurturing and comfort, and are excellent for heart healing. They release grief, calm emotions and facilitate acceptance.
Orange stones attract abundance and stimulate creativity.
Yellow stones awaken and organize the mind and energize situations. They rebalance and calm emotions. Great for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Green stones are perfect for environmental healing and the heart; they calm and rebalance.
Blue stones calm and clarify. They facilitate communication and self-expression, They ground spiritual energy, and assist intuition.
Purple, indigo, and lilac stones integrate and align higher energies; assist in spiritual awakening, stimulating service to others.
White and clear stones clarify situations and open intuition; they purify and focus energy and link to the highest realms of being and expanded spiritual consciousness.
Agate Grounding, Nourishment, Stability
Agates are earth stones. Overall, agates are gentle, nourishing, and strengthening, with a lower intensity than many other gemstones. Individual types of agate have their own personal healing properties
Amazonite Truth, Harmony, Peace
Amazonite helps to allow one to see differing points of view by enabling us to see a situation clear without bias. In this way it helps with our individual self-reflections and in our relationships with others. It is good for meditation and inner work to clarify inner conflicts and confusion and discover the truth of self.
Amber Warmth, Wellbeing, Nurturing
Amber carries the energy of the sun, warmth, and wellbeing. It is nurturing and good for people recovering from illness or who are needing comfort. It can transmute negative or stagnate energies into positive energy like a sunny day lifts the spirits. In this way it can be protective, letting you carry around a bubble of sunshine wherever you go
Amethyst Protection, Cleansing, Intuition
Amethyst is a powerhouse stone. It vibrates at a high frequency, creating a bubble of spiritual protection against negative energy. It awakens higher consciousness, assists in wise decision-making free of emotional confusion, and facilitates meditation and intuition. It is helpful at assisting with conquering addictions.
Ametrine Spiritual Clarity, Making Decisions
Ametrine combines the healing properties of Amethyst and Citrine, two of the most powerful healing crystals you can work with. Ametrine helps you find clarity, make decisions, and move forward powerfully in alignment with your spiritual path.
Aquamarine Peace, Balance, Empowerment
Aquamarine cools anger and helps create a calm, centered, relaxed but alert state with balanced energy. It is a stone of the Divine Feminine--teaching a form of power that is yielding and yet resilient, and letting you speak your truth clearly from a place of inner knowing rather than reactivity
Angel Aura Quartz Spiritual Rejuvenation Angel
Aura Quartz is an enhanced version of clear quartz. It has a light, sweet energy that elevates your mood and brings a sense of peace and tranquility.
Aventurine Vitality, Confidence, Optimism
Green aventurine is known as the "Lucky Talisman" or "Stone of Opportunity" for its good luck properties. Its deeper purpose is help you release old habits and patterns so you are ready for new opportunities and growth and can move forward with confidence.
Chrysocolla Gentle Power & Wisdom
There are many forms of power. Chrysocolla empowers the Divine feminine, and the power of true wisdom to teach and transform. By activating the throat and the heart chakras, it supports you to speak the wisdom that lives in the deepest part of you, which may even surprise yourself.
Howlite Surrender, Letting Go, Rest
Howlite is calming because it encourages you to "live and let live", letting go of attachments that are causing stress and encouraging you to enjoy your life as it is without worrying about what others are doing. This in turn promotes true rest, which is why it is known for helping with insomnia.
Jade Abundance & Wellbeing
Green jade carries the energy of the Earth and nature, providing a wholesome, nurturing energy that uplifts and soothes the heart. It draws the abundance of nature into your life, helping you create physical prosperity and wellbeing.
Jasper Grounding, Earth Energy
There are several dozen types of jasper which each have unique properties, but in general jaspers all share the property of connecting the wearer with Earth energy and have a grounding and stabilizing effect
Kyanite Psychic Abilities, Lucid Dreaming
Different colors of kyanite have unique properties. Blue is the most common, and is a stone that enables communication and energy transfer mind-to-mind, between the conscious mind and the dreaming mind (creating lucid dreams), and between the physical and astral body. It creates pathways that heal by bridging blocks and aiding communication between disparate parts of the self, or between people
Lapis Lazuli Vision, Truth, Awareness
Lapis lazuli is a stone with royal energy, in that it helps you uncover and access your inner noble and Divine nature. It activates psychic abilities and intuition, connecting you to spiritual guidance and visionary awareness. It helps you discern and speak the truth, as well as discover your truest inner Self.
Mahogany Obsidian Releasing Limitations & Blocks
Mahogany Obsidian is useful for clearing self-imposed blocks that lurk in your subconscious due to past harmful experiences. If you feel you are not expressing your full potential due to abuse or trauma in your own life, past lives, or your family lineage, wearing Mahogany Obsidian can help you release these limitations & move forward with renewed purpose.
Malachite Protection, Leadership, Confidence
Malachite is a stalwart protector and bolsterer of your strength and willpower. It helps you access your innate power and protects you from negativity as you take action in the world.
Obsidian Protection, Purification, Grounding
Obsidian is an earth-stone, activating the root chakra and grounding you in your connection to the Earth. It clears the aura of negative energy, and can also be used for scrying.
Ocean Jasper Joy, Lightheartedness, Positivity
Ocean Jasper encourages seeing the positive aspects of life, and letting go of the negative. It is helpful for people suffering from depression, as it gently lifts the spirits and helps one appreciate the present moment and the beauty of life. It can also dispel negativity and encourage a healthy atmosphere when in the workplace, or when you are out socializing
Onyx Focus, Discipline, Self-Mastery
Onyx focuses and directs your energy toward your goals, helping you stay the course. It can help you rebuild your vitality after a prolonged illness or period of depletion, and is useful for work that requires disciplined focus and perseverance.
Picture Jasper Visioning & Earth Magic
Picture jasper is a like a window into the Earth. It facilitates inner journeying to specific places or times in the past, and connecting to sacred sites. It is a good stone to use in ceremonies working with Earth energy, especially when you are working with dreams or visioning.
Quartz Manifesting, Amplifying Energy
Clear quartz crystal is the most useful and versatile of gemstones for metaphysical work. It has the unique property of being "programmable", meaning you can infuse it with your intention and then it will amplify it, working on your behalf to manifest it in the world. It also acts to amplify the energies of any other stone you are working with.
Red Jasper Stable Strength
Red jasper is a stabilizing stone that strengthens the root chakra. It is an earth stone that can increase your vital energy, physical strength, stamina, and chi.
Rhodochrosite Emotional Healing, Nurturing, Joy
Rhodochrosite is a powerful stone for emotional healing. It helps you gently revisit painful childhood memories, heal the past, and reclaim the parts of yourself that you may have suppressed or disowned for emotional survival. It is also a stone of joy and nurturing, helping you access the freedom and magic of a child when they feel safe and loved.
Rhodonite Purpose, Generosity, Contribution
Rhodonite helps you understand your gifts, and supports you to use them in the world. This stone is about feeling loved by offering your love through contributing to your community according to your life's purpose. It can also help you decipher inner visions related to your destiny and purpose.
Rose Quartz Love, Trust, Emotional Healing
Rose quartz is the classic stone of love. It helps dissolve old hurts and open the heart to trust in love and have faith in the benevolence of the Universe. It has a melting effect on mistrust and suspicion, and reawakens the heart chakra to abundance of love available to it. It is a great stone to place in your home or workplace to increase the vibration of harmony and love in the environment.
Smoky Quartz Grounding, Clearing, Practical Action
Smoky quartz clears negative energies from the environment by grounding them in the Earth. It also serves as a general grounding stone, helping you integrate insights from higher vibrations by keeping your feet on the ground and helping you handle practical matters.
Tiger Eye Balance, Grounding, Discernment
Tiger eye helps you stay centered and calmly practical despite the ups and downs of life. It helps you balance polarities and accept contradictions, taking life as it comes and responding to the needs of the moment without judgment. It is a helpful stone for protracted difficult situations, as it lends endurance and keeps you in the best state of mind to deal with problems as they come without getting overwhelmed, hopeless, or reactionary.
Turquoise Wholeness, Truth, Communication
Like most blue gemstones, turquoise activates the throat chakra, helping us speak our wisdom and truth. The gift of turquoise is in bringing an awareness that every part of us is an element of our Divine self, to be understood and embraced. The heart of compassion is knowing that darkness and pain is a universal human experience, and only by integrating these aspects of existence can we become whole. Turquoise encourages to accept ourselves, warts and all.
Unakite Healing The Body, Perseverance
Unakite supports the physical body by purging toxicity from old emotional wounds and attachments, anger and resentment, and bad habits like overeating. It gradually supports a healthy alignment of physical, mental, and spiritual bodies, helping the body become a support for higher experiences.
Resources used - The Crystal Companion by Judy Hall and Printable media by Beadage.net
Need to know your correct size?
Position your hand as in the picture above. Using a measuring tape take the measurement of the widest part of your hand that the bangle will need to slide over. Don’t have a measuring tape! No worries! Use a piece of twine, wool, etc. Once you’ve done this, lay the string, or whatever you’ve used flat and take the measurement.
To convert a wrist circumference to a numeric bracelet size, simply add 1/2 inch to the wrist measurement. Or, if you’d like to convert the opposite way, subtract 0.5 inches from the bracelet size to find the wrist circumference. To give an example, a size 8 bracelet equals a wrist circumference of 7.5 inches. A 9-inch wrist circumference would be a size 9-1/2 bracelet.
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