Glossary of Stones & Beads
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T-Z
The affinities and symbolism associated with healing jewelry and stones and metals are derived from traditional knowledge and intuitive perception. For more information, please review the references and disclaimer at the bottom of this page.
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Amethyst
Amethyst represents the principle of complete metamorphosis, changing negative tendencies and energies into the positive, spiritual energy of love. Amethyst is one of the most spiritual stones, promoting the love of the divine. This stone can bring clarity and emotional balance to the decision-making process. Combining common sense and spiritual guidance, this is a stone of wholeness.
Amethyst is very beneficial to the mind. It enhances visualization and intuition. It increases the ability to focus and think clearly. This stone helps in the decision-making process. It helps bring new ideas to fruition.
Jewelry Items with Amethyst
Abundance Bracelet with Carnelian - Memory Wire
Abundance Necklace with Carnelian - Dangle Style
Abundance Earrings with Carnelian - Simple Circles
Attraction Bracelet with Amazonite - Memory Wire
Attraction Necklace with Amazonite - Dangle Style
Attraction Earrings with Aventurine & Amethyst - Spiral
Creativity Bracelet with Amethyst - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Amethyst - Dangle Style
Energy Bracelet with Blue Lace Agate - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Blue Lace Agate - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Neckalce - Dangle Style
Amazonite
Amazonite is an extremely soothing stone, dissipating negative energy. It enhances pleasant and loving communication. This stone attunes us to spiritual realms, removing the chaotic effects of everyday life. It acts as a balancing influence on all aspects one’s personality. Amazonite helps us to manifest and retain the pure energy of universal love.
It calms the brain and nervous system. It facilitates the ability to see different points of view. It can soothe the emotions, relieving worries and fears. It enhances communication concerning love.
Amazonite can balance the metabolic deficiencies associated with bone loss, tooth decay and calcium absorption and deposits. It can relieve emotional stress and remove fear. Amazonite’s soothing energy brings harmony and spiritual balance to those areas of our lives affected by chaos.
Jewelry Items with Amazonite
Attraction Bracelet with Amazonite - Memory Wire
Attraction Necklace with Amazonite - Dangle Style
Creativity Bracelet with Green Aventurine - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Green Aventurine - Dangle Style
Creativity Earrings with Russian Amazonite - Loop-the-Loop
Angelite
Angelite facilitates conscious contact with the angelic realm. It enhances intuition while maintaining balance in every day reality. It brings out the qualities of truthfulness and compassion. It is a “stone of awareness” representing peace and fellowship.
Jewelry Items with Angelite
Energy Bracelet with Blue Lace Agate - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Blue Lace Agate - Dangle Style
Aventurine
Aventurine a stone of prosperity, nurturing a positive attitude and adventuring spirit. It enhances leadership qualities and decision-making abilities. Balancing emotion and rationality, it spurs creativity in thought and action. It promotes compassion and empathy. This stone opens the mind to alternative solutions and to the contributions of others.
Aventurine spurs creativity in thought and action. It nurtures a positive attitude and adventuring spirit. Aventurine brings intellect and emotion together, creating harmony. It enables you to live within your own heart. It promotes a feeling of well being and emotional calm. Aventurine balances our own male/female energies, enhancing creativity and the intellect. This stone augments leadership qualities and personal magnetism.
This stone can generate a robust, healthy state of mind and body. It acts as a balancing influence for mind, body and spirit. It can normalize blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and stimulate the metabolism.
Jewelry Items with Green Aventurine
Abundance Bracelet with Moss Agate - Memory Wire
Abundance Earrings with Moss Agate - Charm
Abundance Earrings with Moss Agate - Simple Circles
Abundance Necklace with Moss Agate - Dangle Style
Attraction Bracelet with Amazonite - Memory Wire
Attraction Earrings with Aventurine & Amethyst - Spiral
Attraction Necklace with Amazonite - Dangle Style
Creativity Bracelet with Green Aventurine - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Green Aventurine - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Bracelet with Rhodonite - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Necklace with Rhodonite - Dangle Style
Jewelry Items with Red Aventurine
Creativity Bracelet with Amethyst - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Amethyst - Dangle Style
Energy Bracelet with Red Jasper - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Red Jasper - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Bracelet with Rhodonite - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Necklace with Rhodonite - Dangle Style
Azurite-Malachite
This stone can open new ideas and perspectives. I can give insights into the effect of mind and the emotions on the body. It enhances creativity and mellows the intellect with love. This stone can help focus directed thought to remove barriers in your life path.
Jewelry Items with Azurite Malachite
Creativity Bracelet with Green Aventurine - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Green Aventurine - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
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Blue Lace Agate
This stone is characterized by a peaceful, pervading energy. It calms and creates emotional balance. It dissolves blocks and opens channels to self expression. This stone brings peace of mind and alignment with the higher spiritual energies of the source of creation.
Jewelry Items with Blue Lace Agate
Energy Bracelet with Blue Lace Agate - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Blue Lace Agate - Dangle Style
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Carnelian
Carnelian enlivens the capacity for analytical thought and attention to detail. It can enhance and uncover natural talents and skills. This stone engenders positive attitudes and motivation, vital qualities for success in business. A stone of stability combined with high energy. This stone can uncover our hidden talents. It provides protection from envy, anger and fear. It can calm anger and replaces negative feelings with a zest and joy for living.
Jewelry Items with Carnelian
Abundance Bracelet with Carnelian - Memory Wire
Abundance Earrings with Carnelian - Simple Circles
Abundance Necklace with Carnelian - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla eases muscle spasms and arthritis pain. It ha a beneficial effect on the lungs and digestive tract, it detoxifies the liver, kidneys, and intestines. It reoxygenates the blood and can regenerate the pancreas, affecting insulin and blood sugar regulation. The stone strengthens muscles. It can heal infections, particularly those associated with the throat. It can stimulate the metabolism. This stone can help us become vibrationally in tune with the perfection of the universe and this perfection can be mirrored in our own physical health.
Jewelry Items with Chrysocolla
Healthy Bracelet with Chrysocolla - Memory Wire
Healthy Necklace with Chrysocolla - Dangle Style
Citrine
One of the stones of abundance, Citrine attracts wealth and prosperity. It encourages a generous and giving nature, based on the principle that an abundant universe has enough for all. Citrine stimulates creativity and self-expression. It enhances concentration and mental clarity. This stone provides a cushion against criticism and promotes a sunny outlook on life.
Jewelry Items with Citrine
Abundance Bracelet with Carnelian - Memory Wire
Abundance Earrings with Carnelian - Simple Circles
Abundance Necklace with Carnelian - Dangle Style
Creativity Bracelet with Green Aventurine - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Green Aventurine - Dangle Style
Coral
Coral enhances creativity, intuition, and imagination. It maintains emotional balance by tapping into the inner peace of our spiritual selves. It can help in the understanding and development of psychic abilities. This stone balances material concerns with spiritual understanding.
Jewelry Items with Coral
Creativity Bracelet with Amethyst - Memory Wire
Creativity Necklace with Amethyst - Dangle Style
Envision Bracelet with Sodalite - Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Sodalite - Dangle Style
Zen Bracelet with Coral - Memory Wire
Zen Necklace with Coral - Dangle Style
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Fluorite
Fluorite grounds and integrates spiritual energy. It enhances clear thinking and heightens intuitive perception. This stone dissolves fixed patterns and gently opens the door to new ideas. It enhances organizational skills and cognitive thinking. Creativity combines with objectivity to help bring new ideas to manifestation.
This stone reflects the ideal of mental, physical and spiritual health. Through Fluorite, universal energies can activate the nourishing energies of the body. If we tap into the perfection that is the source of the universe, we can manifest healthy conditions in our own body. Fluorite can strengthen bones and teeth, aid in DNA repair, and regenerate the respiratory tract and skin.
Jewelry Items with Fluorite
Healthy Bracelet with Chrysocolla - Memory Wire
Healthy Necklace with Chrysocolla - Dangle Style
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Howlite
Howlite can remove pain, stress and anger. It dissolves the tendency to criticize and other selfish behavior. This stone can encourage tactfulness and decency. It can calm turbulent emotions and guide us to spiritual wisdom.
Jewelry Items with Howlite
Attraction Bracelet with Rose Quartz - Memory Wire
Attraction Necklace with Rose Quartz - Dangle Style
Envision Bracelet with Snowflake Obsidian - Memory Wire
Envision Earrings with Snowflake Obsidian - Simple Circles
Envision Necklace with Snowflake Obsidian - Dangle Style
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Jasper (Red, Poppy, Ocean, Fancy, Honey, and Picture)
This is a stone of health. It can be a stabilizing and energizing influence when we are ill, or our physical energy is low. Mentally, jasper can enhance quick-thinking and stamina to see projects to completion. It encourages imaginative thinking. Spiritually, this stone can give protection from negativity and can ground us to the stabilizing energies of the earth.
Jasper aids in quick-thinking and promotes organizational skills. This stone brings determination and courage to resolve problems. It sustains us through stressful periods and brings tranquility and wholeness.
Jewelry Items with Jasper
Abundance Bracelet with Moss Agate - Memory Wire
Abundance Earrings with Moss Agate - Simple Circles
Abundance Necklace with Moss Agate - Dangle Style
Energy Bracelet with Red Jasper - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Red Jasper - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
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Kyanite
This tranquil stone is a powerful transmitter and amplifier of high frequency energies, stimulating intuition. Kyanite can help spiritual energy manifest in thought. It facilitates dream recall. It can clear mental confusion and illuminate true perception. This stone can facilitate connection to our higher selves.
Jewelry Items with Kyanite
Energy Bracelet with Blue Lace Agate - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Blue Lace Agate - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
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Moss Agate
A stone of wealth, Moss Agate attracts abundance. It can strengthen self-esteem and awaken hidden talents. It casts aside fear and stagnant thought patterns. This stone can help stimulate analytical thinking and the ability to communicate clearly. It can bring new ideas as well as the strength of character necessary to put these ideas into motion.
Jewelry Items with Moss Agate
Abundance Bracelet with Moss Agate - Memory Wire
Abundance Earrings with Moss Agate - Charm
Abundance Earrings with Moss Agate - Simple Circles
Abundance Necklace with Moss Agate - Dangle Style
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Onyx
Onyx provides strength both in terms of physical stamina and of emotional and mental clarity in times of stress. It gives self-control and the ability to guide our own destinies. It can hold physical memories, providing avenues for healing old mental wounds. It helps us integrate and balance dualities that exist within ourselves. Onyx balances the yin and yang energies of the body. It can tap into universal energies for healing and support.
Jewelry Items with Onyx
Envision Bracelet with Snowflake Obsidian- Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Snowflake Obsidian- Dangle Style
Envision Earrings with Snowflake Obsidian- Simple Circles
Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
Zen Bracelet with Coral - Memory Wire
Zen Necklace with Coral - Dangle Style
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Quartz Crystal
This is the most powerful healing and energy amplifier there is. This crystal raises energy to the highest, purest levels. As higher vibrations replace lower ones, problems solve themselves. It is said that quartz can bring the energy of the stars into the soul.
Jewelry Items with Quartz Crystal
Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
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Rose Quartz
This is the stone of unconditional love and serenity. It brings peace, teaching the true essence of love. It can remove negativity and encourage self-love and inner healing. If we do not love ourselves, then no love can truly come to us. This stone gently transmutes heartache and unexpressed emotion into self-forgiveness and acceptance. This is the stone of romantic relationships. It promotes appreciation of art, music and literature. It can draw love and relationships to you and restore trust and harmony in existing relationships.
Jewelry Items with Rose Quartz
Attraction Bracelet with Rose Quartz - Memory Wire
Attraction Earrings with Rose Quartz - Charm
Attraction Necklace with Rose Quartz - Dangle Style
Rhodonite
Rhodonite represents compassion and love in the broadest, universal sense. It can provide a balancing influence to clear out old mental processes and open our awareness to higher spiritual awareness. It can gently and quickly balance our emotions. This stone engenders a positive and dynamic outlook. It is an excellent stone for the soothing of the heart and development of relationships.
Jewelry Items with Rhodonite
Attraction Bracelet with Rose Quartz - Memory Wire
Attraction Necklace with Rose Quartz - Dangle Style
Lotus Bracelet with Rhodonite - Memory Wire
Lotus Necklace with Rhodonite - Dangle Style
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Sardonyx
Sardonyx is a type of Onyx that contains bands of Carnelian. It can appear as a black stone with white and brown banding or as a red stone with white bading. Red and black sardonyx are beautiful natural colored stones. Sardonyx combines the characteristics of both Onyx and Carnelian.
Sardonyx evokes integrity and personal strength. It brings harmony to frienship and marriage. It is a stone of prosperity and good fortune. Physically, sardonyx strengthens the immune system and helps regulate cell metabolism to enhance physical health
Jewelry Items with Sardonyx
Envision Bracelet with Snowflake Obsidian- Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Snowflake Obsidian- Dangle Style
Envision Earrings with Snowflake Obsidian- Simple Circles
Zen Bracelet with Coral - Memory Wire
Zen Necklace with Coral - Dangle Style
Serpentine (Olive)
Serpentine is beneficial in the treatment of all disorders of the body. It can guide us to resolution of emotional imbalances and mental confusion. We need to participate in the process by directing attention to the healing (not the problem) that we desire.
Jewelry Items with Serpentine
Healthy Bracelet with Chrysocolla - Memory Wire
Healthy Necklace with Chrysocolla - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Bracelet with Rhodonite - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Lotus Necklace with Rhodonite - Dangle Style
Snowflake Obsidian
Snowflake Obsidian is a stone of purity. It’s black form can be overpowering, but snowflake obsidian has a softer energy for more gentle transitions. It focuses our inner vision so that we may clearly see the path of improvement. The stone enhances the meditative process and promotes a sensitivity to the universal aspects of love and beauty.
Jewelry Items with Snowflake Obsidian
Envision Bracelet with Snowflake Obsidian- Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Snowflake Obsidian- Dangle Style
Sodalite
Sodalite brings idealism and clear purpose. It can clear the mental cobwebs and stimulates the intellect. This stone can help build self-esteem. It provides an avenue for the expression of truth. This stone can provide access to the sacred laws of the universe, stimulating new ideas and energy.
Jewelry Items with Sodalite
Energy Bracelet with Blue Lace Agate - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Blue Lace Agate - Dangle Style
Envision Bracelet with Sodalite - Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Sodalite - Dangle Style
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Tiger Eye (Red)
Tiger eye draws spiritual energies to the earth by creating a grounded connection between the energies of the earth and sun. This spiritually based grounding can help us bring our inner resources out to accomplish our goals. it helps us gather information from numerous sources and synthesize it into meaningful patterns. It has a soothing effect which can give us a calm, cheerful outlook. It can overcome the blues and apathy. It can contribute to healing and can speed up the body’s metabolism.
Jewelry Items with Tiger Eye
Energy Bracelet with Red Jasper - Memory Wire
Energy Necklace with Red Jasper - Dangle Style
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Bracelet with Quartz Crystal - Memory Wire
Spiritual Traditions: Chakra Necklace with Quartz Crystal - Dangle Style
Turquoise
Turquoise is a wonderful healing stone for both mind and body. Turquoise radiates spiritual attunement and enhanced communication with higher realms. It enhances intuition and releases us from old perspectives. It balances and aligns the chakras, linking our spiritual and physical selves. It protects the body by enhancing the immune system. It is beneficial to vision. Turquoise is also said to offer protection against stress and elecrtomagnetic and environmental pollution. This stone has anitinflamatory and detoxifying properties that help our bodies regain strength and balance.
Jewelry Items with Turquoise
Envision Bracelet with Sodalite - Memory Wire
Envision Necklace with Sodalite - Dangle Style
Envision Earrings with Sodalite - Simple Circles
References
Melody. Love is in the Earth. Wheatridge, Colorado: Earth-Love Publishing House. 1995-2004.
Hall, Judy. The Crystal Bible. Cincinnati: Walking Stick Press. 2004.
Kunz, George Frederick. The Curious Lore of Precious Stones. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1971.
Hall, Cathy. Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks). Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 2002.
Disclaimer
While it is not recommended that the use of stones replace the advice of your physician or professional counselor, many people find that the use of healing stones can improve their overall well being, and bring about a generally healthier state of mind, body and spirit. Our goal is to provide beautiful jewelry that enlivens and inspires.
