How to choose a particular stone
Use your first impression and your intuition. Allow yourself to choose an imperfect stone if you are drawn to it.
How to cleanse a stone:
- Pack it in salt for one hour to one week.
- Leave it over night in water with sea salt added.
- Leave it an hour or over night under the full moon light.
- Cover with dried pennyroyal herb for a night.
- Wash it under running water.
- Bury it in the earth for an hour to a week.
- Blow a cleansing breath over it.
- Use your imagination for ways that are significant to you.
The following properties are from folklore and should be used in addition to any medical help you might need. All stones and prices are subject to availability.
- Agate
- acceptance, grounding, emotional and physical balance, raises consciousness, strengthens effects of other stones, helps digestion (tumbled Crazy Lace $0.50)
- Blue Lace agate
- peace, happiness, combats laziness, eases stress (out of stock)
- Moss agate
- Self-confidence, security, acceptance, increases psychic abilities, eases depression (tumbled $1.50)
- Amazonite
- soothing, aligns etheric and mental bodies, associated with lesbians, for success in gambling (tumbled $3.00)
- Amber
- protection, calming, balances personality, good for memory, burned to aid birth, cools a fever, helps lungs (bead $0.50)
- Amethyst
- (Greek, without drunkenness) sobriety, assists spiritual, psychic opening in a grounded way, creativity, courage, intuition, self-esteem, calming, wisdom, good dreams (tumbled $0.75 - 1.50, points $2.50 - 4.00, clusters $2.50 - 4.00)
- Apache Tears
- protection, grounding and centering, luck, divination, peace (tumbled $0.50)
- Aquamarine
- (a blue beryl) mental clarity, spiritual inspiration, calming, enhances self-expression, purification, psychic abilities (tumbled $3 - 4.00)
- Aventurine
- joy and peace, mental clarity, calming, positive attitude, healing, attracts money and luck, eyesight (tumbled $1.00)
- Azurite
- activates expansion of consciousness, amplifies healing abilities (out of stock)
- Bloodstone
- vitality, courage, generates higher states of consciousness, helps blood disorders, heart and circulation, success in legal matters, wisdom, protection, prevents deception (tumbled $1 - 2.00)
- Calcite
- aids in astral projection, balances yin\yang qualities, stimulates kidneys (out of stock)
- Carnelian
- protection, courage, strengthening, encourages opening and curiosity, creativity, prosperity, helps lower back problems, sexuality, protects from envy, evil, deception and misfortune (cabochon $1.50)
- Citrine
- unblocks energy, strengthens will, balance, vision, self-confidence, helps let go addictions, discourages nightmares and gives sweet dreams, joy (tumbled $0.50, 1 - 2.00)
- Coral
- protects from evil, balances physical energy, gives power (beads $0.50, 1.50, 3.50)
- Cross stone
- (also called fairy cross), balances energy, protection (mounted on hook $7.00, unmounted $6.00)
- Diamond
- removes blockages and negativity, mental balancer, self-esteem, eases jealousy, mild aphrodisiac, draws toxins from the blood (Herkimer diamonds, a kind of quartz crystal, can be substituted.) (not available)
- Emerald
- love, business, memory, meditation, relaxant, strengthens clairvoyant and psychic abilities, healing for mental illness (small cut $4.00)
- Fluorite
- increases perception, clears air of psychic clutter, eases arthritis (tumbled $0.25)
- Garnet
- energy and vitality, imagination, self-esteem, will power, calms anger, good for circulation, esp. lungs, skin and intestines, promotes heat, assures love and faithfulness (tumbled $1.50, cabochon $1 - 2.00)
- Hematite
- grounding, protection, self-esteem, aids in astral projection, helps blood disorders (tumbled $0.50 - .75)
- Herkimer Diamond
- releases physical stress and tension, cleanses subtle bodies, discharges toxicity, aids in past life memory, clairvoyance, dream work, stores information (small points $1 - 1.50)
- Jade
- divine love, encourages altruistic nature and expression of feelings, strengthens earth connections, protects from accidents, blood cleanser, strengthens immune system and kidneys; Chinese - clarity, modesty, courage, justice, wisdom (cabochon $1.25)
- Jasper, red
- protection, strength, beauty, grace, health and healing, sends negativity back to sender (tumbled $1.50)
- Lapis Lazuli
- prosperity, psychic abilities, opens third eye, increases expression, cleansing, aligns etheric, mental and spiritual bodies, thought amplifier, symbol of truth, harmony, tranquillity, eases sleep and anxiety, cures melancholy (tumbled $5.00)
- Lodestone
- draws love, money, and fidelity, dispels melancholy, improves memory, assists sex when used with iron, can draw away negativity and illness (clean often when used this way) (medium to large natural $1 - 3.00, small red and green $0.75)
- Magnetic sand
- use to “feed” your lodestone (natural $0.50, gold colored $0.75 for 1/2 ounce)
- Malachite
- protection, self expression, visions on all levels, balances right and left brain, detoxes, heals mental illness, protects against radiation, promotes tissue regeneration, success in business and relationships (tumbled $0.50 - 1.00)
- Mercury
- for luck (don’t use. It is poisonous.) Substitute aluminum. (not available)
- Moonstone
- emotional balance, receptivity, sensitivity, intuition, clairvoyance, feminine qualities, good for macho people, physically for all “female” problems, protects travelers and those of a sensitive nature, the Goddess (tumbled $1 - 2.00, cabochon $4 - 5.00)
- Obsidian
- protection, wards off negativity, reduces tension, helps in letting go of an old love, travel, prophesy (arrowheads $0.50)
- Snowflake Obsidian
- the magician’s stone (tumbled $0.75) Onyx - protection, defensive magic, unhexing, grounding, concentration, abstract thought, clairvoyance (out of stock)
- Opal
- protection, enhances cosmic consciousness, intuition, harmony, emotional balance, joy, creativity (cabochon $1, 2, 4.00)
- Peacock Ore
- brings money and prosperity from all directions (small natural $0.50)
- Peridot
- enhances clarity and patience, calming, balancing, positive outlook, clairvoyance, aligns subtle bodies, tissue regeneration (small cabochon $1 - 2.00)
- Pyrite
- money, luck, divination (small tumbled $0.25, cubes $1.00, clusters $2 - 20.00)
- Quartz crystal, clear
- powerful transmitter, amplifies and directs thought forms, healing, promotes clarity, attunes one to higher self, aids breaking of bad habits, concentrates consciousness, slakes thirst (tumbled $0.50, points $1 - 2.00, clusters $2 - 4.00)
- Quartz crystal, rutilated
- breaks old patterns, childhood blockages, eases depression, tissue regeneration, builds immune system (tumbled $1.50)
- Quartz , Rose
- love, peace, happiness, fidelity, opens heart chakra (tumbled $0.50. 1.00, 2.50)
- Quartz, smoky
- creativity, joy, balances emotional energy, grounding, increases fertility, strengthens adrenal and protein assimilation (o/s)
- Rhodochrosite
- cleanses subconscious, strengthens self identity, self love, opening to universal love, comfort, gives confidence, relieves stress, heals (tumbled $0.75, $2.00)
- Ruby
- heart, spiritual balance, confidence, flexibility, energy, vitality, devotion, leadership (cabochon $1.00)
- Salt
- protection, grounding ($0.50 an ounce)
- Sapphire
- elevates moods, clairvoyance, telepathy, feminine qualities, improves expression, communication with one’s spirit guides, enhances glandular function (o/s)
- Sodalite
- healing, harmony, balance, courage, communication, alleviates subconscious fear and guilt, strengthens lymphatic system (tumbled $0.50 - 1.50)
- Sunstone (Feldspar)
- prosperity, healing, creativity (tumbled $1.50)
- Tiger’s eye
- protection, separates false desires from real needs, detoxes (small tumbled yellow $0.50, medium tumbled blue $3.00)
- Topaz
- understanding, balance, creativity, relaxing, helps in letting go of the past, tissue regeneration (tumbled $1 - 2.00)
- Tourmaline
- dispels fear, negativity, and grief, gives healthy environment, tranquil sleep, balance in relationships, self-expression, eases compulsiveness
- Black
- activates base chakra, protects against negativity, helps arthritis, adrenals (tumbled $0.50, natural form $1.00, 6.50)
- Green
- heart chakra, balancer, helps immune system (natural $6.50)
- Pink
- heart balancer, increases depth of insight and perception, creativity, fertility, balances passivity and aggression , substitute watermelon if needed (o/s)
- In Quartz
- crown chakra, attunes to higher self, increases spiritual understanding, promotes peace, transforms negative energy into positive energy (tumbled $1.75 - 2.50)
- Watermelon
- combines and stimulates the qualities of other tourmalines and strengthens their effect, balance, heart, endocrine glands (slices $4, 5, 6.00)
- Turitella
- protection, grounding, shielding (tumbled $1.50)
- Turquoise
- protects from harm, increases psychic and communication skills, strengthens whole body, promotes absorption of nutrients, aligns subtle bodies, tissue regeneration, circulation, protects against environmental pollutants (beads $0.25, tumbled medium $2.00)
| Astrological Sign Stones |
| Aries |
Sardonyx |
| Taurus |
Carnelian |
| Gemini |
Topaz, peridot |
| Cancer |
Chalcedony |
| Leo |
Jasper |
| Virgo |
Emerald, peridot |
| Libra |
Aquamarine, jade |
| Scorpio |
Amethyst |
| Sagittarius |
Sapphire, lapis lazuli |
| Capricorn |
Jet, onyx, chrysoprase |
| Aquarius |
Crystal (clear) |
| Pisces |
Lapis lazuli, sapphire, aquamarine |
| Magical Tools and Stones |
| Wand |
Amethyst, Sapphire, Opal, Agate |
| Sword |
Ruby, red stones |
| Dagger |
Topaz, Chalcedony |
| Pentacle |
Salt, Turitella |
| Cup |
Beryl, Aquamarine |
| Lamp |
Amethyst, Emerald |
