The secret powers of Your gemstones

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Agate is an excellent stone for rebalancing and harmonising the body, mind and spirit. It cleanses and stabilises the aura, eliminating and transforming negativity.

Colour range: Clear or milky white, white to grey, light blue, orange to red and black.

Amber is not strictly a gemstone, but its fossilised tree resin.

Amber clears depression, stimulates the intellect and promotes self-confidence and creative self-expression.  It encourages decision-making, spontaneity and brings wisdom, balance and patience.

Colour range: Yellow and golden – transparent or translucent

It’s a powerful and protective stone, Amethyst is a natural tranquilliser, it relieves stress and strain. Soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, fear and anxiety.

Colour range: Light pinkish violet to a deep grape purple.

Apatite enhances creativity and intellect. It clears confusion and frustration, reducing irritability and awakening the inner-self. Apatite expands knowledge and truth and eases sorrow, apathy, and anger.

Colour range: Blue, grey, green and yellow (rare).

Aquamarine is a stone of courage. Clarifies perception, sharpens the intellect and clears confusion.  Useful for closure on all levels. Promotes self-expression. Soothes fears and increases sensitivity.  

Colour range: Green and blue.

A stabilising stone, protects against envy, rage and resentment. Calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life.

Colour range: Clear to translucent red brown which may vary from a pale orange to pink, or from grey to an intense grey, almost black!

Coral represents diplomacy and concurrence. It quiets the emotions and brings peace to within the self. Facilitates intuition, imagination and visualisation. Coral expedites and accelerates the transfer of knowledge.

Colour range: Black, pink, red, white and blue.

Howlite strengthens memory and stimulates desire for knowledge. It teaches patience and helps to eliminate rage, pain and stress, a calming stone.

Colour range: Cream or white, with fine grey or black veins in a web-like pattern.

Jasper is known as the “supreme nurturer”. It sustains and supports through times of stress, and brings tranquility and wholeness.  Jasper provides protection and absorbs negative energy.

Colour range: Brown, red, orange, yellow and green.

A stone of protection, it releases stress, bringing deep peace. It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge and encourages self-awareness. It allows self-expression and reveals inner truth, providing qualities of honesty, compassion and morality to the personality.

Colour range: Deep blue flecked with gold.

Larvikite is a protective and grounding stone. It stimulates inner visions and enhances our psychic abilities and it repels negative energy.

Colour range: Dark grey, dark blue to black with a blue or steely coloured flash.

Malachite opens the heart to unconditional love, encourages risk-taking and change. Breaks unwanted ties and outworn routines, and teaches how to take responsibility for one’s actions, thoughts and feelings.

Colour range: Light to dark green banded.

Obsidian is truth-enhancing, a strongly protective stone, it forms a shield against negativity. It absorbs negative energies from the environment. Obsidian draws out mental stress and tension. It stimulates growth on all levels, urging exploration of the unknown and opening new horizons.

Colour range: Black silvery or brown.

Onyx gives strength, promotes vigour, steadfastness and stamina. Imparts self-confidence, helping you to be at ease in your surroundings. Onyx banishes grief, enhances self-control and stimulates the power of wise decision-making. It also encourages happiness and good fortune.

Colour range: Black, grey, white, blue, brown, yellow, red and green.

Pyrite is a powerful protection stone and stimulates the intellect enhancing memory, helping to recall relevant information when needed. Pyrite assists one in seeing behind facades, promoting an understanding of that which lies beneath words and actions.

Colour range: Pale brass-yellow with some black veins.

A stone of protection, Tiger Eye may also bring good luck to the wearer. It has the power to focus the mind, promoting mental clarity, assisting us to resolve problems objectively and unclouded by emotions.  

Colour range: Golden-brown, blue and red.

Tourmaline aids in understanding oneself and others. It promotes self-confidence and diminishes fear. Tourmaline attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance and prosperity.

Colour range: Most commonly black, but can range from brown, violet, green, pink, or in a dual-coloured pink and green (watermelon).

Turquoise is a purification stone. It dispels negative energy and can be worn to protect against outside influences or pollutants in the atmosphere. Turquoise promotes self-realisation and assists creative problem solving. It is a symbol of friendship, and stimulates romantic love.

Colour range: Turquoise, blue, green and yellow-green.