Amber

Typical coloring: gold
Related chakras: solar plexus

Amber is a fossilized resin of pine trees. Absorbs negative energy and transmutes it into positive energy. Stimulates the intellect. Encourages self-confidence, spontaneity and creativity. Recognized as a tonic for disease and infection.

Recognized as a tonic for disease and infection.

Amethyst

Typical coloring: purple
Related chakras: crown, third eye

Amethyst is the stone of spirituality and self awareness. It helps us to connect to our "higher" self. Encourages mental calmness and clarity. Helps to eliminate addictive behaviors like excessive drinking or overeating. Used to release tension, anxiety. Helps relieve headaches, colds and sinus problems.

Can be programmed for protection or any other purpose. Doesn't absorb negative energy, doesn't need to be cleared.

Aventurine

Aventurine
Typical coloring: light green
Related chakras: heart, solar plexus

Enhances relaxation and promotes recovery of the physical body. Protects the wearer from others tapping into his/her psychic energy.
Well known for its healing properties and used generically to stimulate healing for virtually all ailments.

Black Onyx

Typical coloring: black
Related chakras: root

Excellent stone for centering and grounding. Used to enhance self-control and aid in wise decision-making. Balances yin and yang energies. Helps to banish grief and to separate us from unhealthy relationships.

It has been used in disorders of the skeletal system and of the feet.

Black Tourmaline

Typical coloring: black
Related chakras: root

A strong protective stone often used to deflect negativity. Provides vitality, mental clarity and emotional stability.

Combats stress and anxiety. Has also been used to stimulate and balance the adrenal glands.

Carnelian

Typical coloring: orange to red
Related chakras: sacral, root

Protects against envy, fear and rage. Increases physical energy and personal power. Promotes courage and creativity. Helps with decision making.

Commonly used to help with female problems and to speed the healing of cuts and abrasions.

Citrine

Typical coloring: yellow to gold
Related chakras: solar plexus, sacral

Encourages individuality, self-confidence and self-expression. Helps in the realization of your untapped potential and is often associated with success and the accumulation of wealth.

Said to stimulate digestion and promote overall digestive health.

Clear Quartz

Typical coloring: clear
Related chakras: all

Encourages clarity and neutrality, thereby improving perception and understanding. Supplies, stores, amplifies and transmits energy.

Generally used with other stones to amplify their effect.

Fluorite

Typical coloring: purple, green, blue
Related chakras: third eye, heart, throat

Helps to balance the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of ones life. Assists the person to move through challenging situations with ease. Used in treatment of sinus problem, colds and flu.

Purple fluorite: Helps the intuition to connect to the rational mind.
Green fluorite: Harmonizes and recharges all chakras.
Blue fluorite: Stimulates clear communication.

Garnet

Typical coloring: deep red
Related chakras: root

Eliminates blockages. Energizes, motivates and helps provide a deep-rooted connection to your inner self. Provides the foundation for both spiritual and material prosperity.

Supports the bodies own healing systems by cleansing and removing blockages and impurities.

Howlite

Typical coloring: white with gray marbling
Related chakras:crown

Aids calm communication, helps to eliminate stress. Facilitates awareness, dispels criticalness and selfishness.

Used for balancing calcium levels in the body, for disorders of teeth and bone structure.

Hematite

Typical coloring: silver
Related chakras: sacral, root

Dissolves negative energy. Promotes strength and vitality and brings ease to making confident decisions.

Used in meditations as well as for the treatment of insomnia, cramps and nervous disorders.

Kyanite

Typical coloring: sky blue with clear crystals
Related chakras: throat, third eye

One of the best stones for attuning and aligning all the chakras. Stimulates communication and psychic awareness. Dispels anger and frustration. Enhances mental clarity, eliminates confusion. Excellent meditation stone. It has been used in the treatment of many muscular and glandular disorders.

Kyanite does not retain negative energy and never needs to be cleared.

Labradorite

Typical coloring: gray with flares of blue, red and gold
Related chakras: sacral, root

Labradorite assist us with understanding our destiny. Provides clarity to the inner sight. Helps to relive insecurity and apprehension. Balances and protects the aura.

Lapis Lazuli

Typical coloring: deep blue with traces of pyrite, calcite or gold
Related chakras: throat, third eye

Lapis lazuli is the stone of total awareness. Enhances intuition and wisdom and good judgment. Stimulates mental and emotional clarity. Promotes serenity and self acceptance. Protects the wearer from others tapping into his/her psychic energy.

Malachite

Typical coloring: green
Related chakras: heart

Malachite is an equalizing and balancing agent. Assists with change. Penetrates the surface, getting to the root of physical and emotional problems. Allows suppressed feelings and old pain to be consciously healed.

Promotes powerful healing on all levels.

Mookaite Jasper

Typical coloring: yellow with brown marking
Related chakras: solar plexus

Great for decision making in times of dilemma; brings the best possible decision between opposing sides. Mookaite is a very protective stone, and is particularly good as an emotional protector.

Helps to stabilize health and fortifies the immune system. Use for disorders of stomach.

Obsidian

Typical coloring: black
Related chakras: root

Excellent grounding and protective stone. Absorbs negativity, dissolves anger and fear. Pulls out old energy patterns that are no longer useful. When used in healing it helps to provide insight into the nature of the problem.

Red Jasper

Typical coloring: red
Related chakras: sacral, root

Stimulates the imagination and helps transform ideas into action. Energizes the body and the mind.

Protects from danger and has been used to help prevent relapses in various disorders.

Rhodochrosite

Typical coloring: deep pink
Related chakras: heart, solar plexus

Integrates physical and spiritual energies, stimulating love and compassion while energizing the soul.

Promotes good circulation and believed to have strong healing properties in this area.

Rhodonite

Typical coloring: pink with black
Related chakras: heart

A stone of love, rhodonite helps to activate and energize the heart. Can also help to bring clarity in times of chaos, dispelling anxiety and promoting coherence.

In addition to ailments of the heart, it has been used to promote healthy joints.

Rose Quartz

Typical coloring: pink
Related chakras: heart

Rose quartz symbolizes love, peace and harmony. Encourages compassion, self-love and self-acceptance. Balances emotions and heals emotional wounds. Rejuvenates the body, improves circulation.

It can be used on all chakras to remove negativity and install harmony. It can attune each chakra to the proper frequency.

Shiva Lingam

Typical coloring: gray and brown
Related chakras: sacral

Represents the unification and balance of male and female energies. Brings empowerment through balance. Embodies raw masculine power with feminine knowledge and wisdom.

Used as a sexual tonic and to increase fertility.

Smoky Quartz

Typical coloring: brown, gray

Smoky Quartz is said to alleviate stress. Transform fear, anger and other negative emotions into positive energies, thus having a comforting and calming effect. It is also said to provide clarity of thought, improve intuition and enhance survival instincts, and to stimulate higher awareness in meditative states.

Snowflake Obsidian

Typical coloring: black with white specks
Related chakras: root

Used for grounding and protecting, this stone helps us to recognize and reprogram unnecessary patterned responses.

It has been used to smooth the skin and clear the eyes.

Sodalite

Typical coloring: deep blue with white/gray markings
Related chakras: throat, third eye

Provides a bridge between the subconscious and the conscious mind. Connects the thoughts with feelings. Helps you to recognize and verbalize true feelings. Helps to eliminate guilt and fear. Calms the mind, dispels insomnia. Used in the treatment of digestive disorders and sinus problems.

Sugalite

Typical coloring: purple
Related chakras: third eye

Brings harmony to the body and mind, opening the chakras and providing a pathway for the Kundalini.

Excellent comforting properties for combating discouragement and despair.

Tiger-eye

Typical coloring: deep gold to rust
Related chakras: solar plexus, sacral, root

Sharpens the senses and stimulates courage and trust. Calms a hyperactive mind. Helps to eliminate the "blues" and brings brightness and optimism.

Has been used for treatment of the eyes and to aid in night vision. Aids the reproductive system.

Turquoise

Typical coloring: light blue to green
Related chakras: throat

Promotes independent thinking and expression, enhancing communication skills and creativity. Keeps you calm, collected and connected.
Frequently used to speed the healing process, especially for ailments related to the throat.