AMETHYST GEMS STONE Healing properties

AMETHYST  GEMS STONE Healing properties

has an extensive history and is a marvellous healing crystal. The Egyptians made Amethyst amulets in the form of animals as early as 2000 B.C. The Hebrews believed that this stone could induce dreams and visions, while the Greeks thought it could prevent drunkenness. Amethyst has the power to control all types of harmful behaviour, sharpen the mind, improve the memory and strengthen the immune system. It is able to calm an overly passionate nature. This stone may also protect soldiers from harm and help hunters find food in the … Continue reading

QUARTZ GEMS STONE Healing properties

QUARTZ GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Hexagonal. Cell salt: Silicon dioxide. Colour: Colourless and transparent (Rock Crystal); clear with rutile inclusions (Rutilated); clear with black inclusions (Tourmalinated Quartz); purple (Amethyst); pink, rose-red (Rose Quartz); clear yellow (Citrine); pale brown to black (Smoky Quartz); milk-white (Milky Quartz); glistening green with mica or hematite inclusions (Aventurine); opalescent with asbestos inclusions (Cat’s Eye); lustrous yellow to brown (Tiger’s Eye). Energy: Electric. Element: Fire and air. Planet/sign: Sagittarius (exact cell salt equivalent); Mercury/Virgo. Uses: Many spiritual practitioners, from traditional shamans to contemporary healers, have the versatile Quartz crystal … Continue reading

PYRITE GEMS STONE Healing properties

PYRITE GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Isometric. Cell salt: Iron disulphide, often with substantial amounts of nickel and cobalt. Colour: Pale to brass-yellow, sometimes tarnished with a brownish film of iron oxide. Energy: Electric. Element: Air. Planet/sign: Mercury/Gemini; Moon/Cancer; Saturn-Uranus/Aquarius. Uses: Polished Pyrite is an excellent divinatory tool. It may also be used to focus the attention, transmit healing energy, or to attract money and good health.

PIPESTONE (CATLINITE)GEMS STONE Healing properties

PIPESTONE (CATLINITE)GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Isometric. Cell salt: Hydrous aluminium silicate. Colour: Brick red. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Earth, air and fire. Planet/sign: Mercury/Gemini; Moon/Cancer; Saturn-Uranus/Aquarius. Uses: Pipestone is used primarily to fashion the sacred pipe, which is always handled with utmost respect. The bowl is filled with canshasha, the red willow bark tobacco, or herbs such as sage or wild cherry bark. Then the pipe is lit and the smoke offered to grandfather sky, grandmother earth and to the four directions. As the pipe is shared among the people, the smokers become one … Continue reading

PERIDOT GEMS STONE Healing properties

PERIDOT GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Orthorhombic. Cell salt: Magnesium iron silicate. Colour: Yellow-green; dark yellow-green (Olivine). Energy: Electric. Element: Earth and fire. Planet/sign: Venus/Taurus; Sun/Leo; Mars-Pluto/ Scorpio. Uses: Peridot is both a receiver and transmitter of healing energy. It is a helpful agent in clearing emotional and physical congestion. There is a connection between Peridot and the digestive, assimilative and eliminatory systems and it may be used to bring light into the dark, hidden regions of the bowel. While Peridot is strong and resistant, it has been known to sustain damage if the … Continue reading

OPAL GEMS STONE Healing properties

OPAL GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Opal is an amorphous stone and not linked with any specific system. Cell salt: Hydrous silica, often with some iron and aluminium. s Colour: White (White Opal); Yellow, red, pink (Fire Opal); brown, green grey, or blue flames in a black field (Black Opal); pale blue, green, orange (Precious Opal); colourless. Energy: Neutral-electric. Planet/sign: All. Uses: The Opal has been gravely misunderstood. It is difficult to wear because it is very fragile and needs special care and conscious attention. If you wear an Opal ring, for example, be … Continue reading

OBSIDIAN GEMS STONE Healing properties

OBSIDIAN GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Obsidian is an amorphous solid of glass substance formed from volcanic lava. Cell salt: Spherulites of feldspar fibres with crystalline silica. Colour: Generally black with smoky, translucent to transparent edges; also black mixed with grey, reddish brown, mahogany, dark green, forming thin bands or marbled. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Earth and fire. Planet/Sign: Saturn; Mars-Pluto. Uses: Round spheres of Obsidian are still sold in Mexico today. Use them in place of clear quartz crystal for divinatory purposes. Obsidian can aid the decision-making process. It is capable of both attracting … Continue reading

NEWBERYITE GEMS STONE Healing properties

NEWBERYITE  GEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Orthorhombic. Cell salt: Magnesium phosphate. Colour: Grey, brown, or colourless. Energy: Electric. Element: Fire. Planet/sign: Sun/Leo (exact cell salt equivalent); Venus-Neptune/Taurus; Mars-Pluto/Scorpio. Uses: Newberyite dissolves old habit patterns and encourages the development of new and constructive thoughts, images and actions. Use this stone to strengthen the heart muscle, improve blood circulation and to relieve pressure on the spine resulting from a back injury.

MOONSTONEGEMS STONE Healing properties

MOONSTONEGEMS STONE Healing properties

Crystal system: Monoclinic. Cell salt: Potassium aluminium silicate, sometimes with large amounts of sodium. Colour: Transparent; opalescent; moon-like, silvery white light. Energy: Magnetic. Element: Water. Planet/sign: Moon; Venus-Neptune/Pisces. Uses: Due to the moving spirit-light inside the stone, moonstone is a trance-inducing gem and may be used for hypnotherapy, scrying and all manner of divinatory work. As in earlier times, the moonstone may be used to instill tender passion in the hearts of lovers. Place moonstone in your mouth during a full moon to read what the future holds for your … Continue reading