The men of wisdom and intellectuals throughout the ages knew how to recognize the unique virtues of the crystals. They used them, healed with their help, and developed their wisdom and spirit. The crystals have been used to treat body and mind problems, for protection, for magic, and for connecting to higher spiritual levels.
Abalone – Gives a sense of happiness, joy and fun. Connects to sources of power in difficult times. The origin of the abalone is water and therefore it envelops you in a feeling of flow, softness, freshness and relaxation and yet encourages activity, invigorates, strengthens, and revives the body.
Agate – One of the twelve breastplate stones. It strengthens the body’s defense systems and one’s self confidence. Provides strength and courage. It relieves anxieties and fears, and is a powerful healing stone.
Blue agate – protects and repels negative energies
Fire Agate – Causes you look inward and find the power and strength you have within. Inspires and helps a person move forward in his own unique way. A grounding stone which provides a sense of stability.
Botswana Agate – Purifies negative energies from the body and spirit. Absorbs and deflects the (evil) eye from the person carrying it. Strengthens and provides emotional stability. Facilitates the release of emotions and helps to flow with them.
Blue Lace Agate – Helps to find the way and reach inner peace. Neutralizes feelings of anger and frustration. Strengthens the throat chakra and therefore increases the ability to express oneself clearly. Strengthens the thyroid gland.
Geode Agate – A round, hollow cave. Nature’s interpretation of “don’t judge a book by its cover” – represents the inner beauty that is within each of us and helps bring it out. Strengthens the ability to make decisions, while making it easier to see the whole picture.
Dendritic Agate – Helps move easily and confidently along the path life sets you in. Increases abundance and prosperity in all walks of life. Good for people who do several things at the same time. Strengthens the nervous system and the bones.
Turritella Agate – Gives a sense of power and ability to cope. Releases money-related fears and obstacles, thereby allowing material success to reach us. Facilitates finding a job and getting promoted. Provides protection and strengthens the body.
Moss Agate – Strengthens, enhances and highlights the positive qualities that are found in every person and can also help people who have low self-esteem in achieving emotional balance, joy and peace.
Obsidian – Helps to look at the “full half of the glass” in any situation and therefore brings optimism, lightness and joy to life. Connects the crown chakra to the base chakra.
Snowflake Obsidian – helps to see the light in the dark. Promotes purity of thought and emotion.
Aventurine – This stone protects the heart, supports and comforts. A general healing stone that has the ability to soothe, heal and balance. It helps maintain inner balance and harmony. Its green extract can penetrate any problem and provide, with its vibrations, calmness, tenderness, and healing to any pain.
Combined with rose quartz, it unites the heart chakra with the rest of the chakras.
Onyx – One of the twelve breastplate stones. Strengthens self-control and encourages the power to make decisions. Balances and strengthens the first energy center and thereby grounds and gives a sense of stability.
Azurite – Illuminates the darkness and opens the third eye. Helps in renewing faith in ourselves. Strengthens and empowers spiritual and intellectual abilities. Helps to clearly express thoughts and feelings. Good for treating all types of problems.
Mother of Pearl – The shell in which the pearl crystallizes. Envelops you in a sense of motherly love, preserves and protects our aura from negative energies. Wherever placed, it will spread a sense of peace and tranquility.
Ammonite – A fossil of a shellfish that existed millions of years ago. Provides internal reinforcement, grounding and strengthening and a connection to the primal instincts of its user. Any healing energy employed during the healing processes will flow in a spiral way outward.
Amazonite – Balances the emotions and is important for spiritual growth. Gives joy and increases communication related to love and directing love towards others. Great for treating anxieties and fears. Encourages hope and faith in every situation we are in.
Amethyst – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. The soul stone- connects us to the serenity that is deep within us. Stimulates in us and wherever it is placed harmony and a sense of patience. One of the best stones for healing stress and headaches.
Emerald – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. “The intensity of the heart” allows for deep emotional sincerity that helps build a relationship of trust and love. Helps develop feelings of brotherhood and unconditional love. Helps cure inflammation, heart problems, and can ease diabetes.
Apophylite – Very suitable for people who are engaged in healing and spiritual development. Arouses a desire for improvement and a desire for excellence. Strengthens intuition. Softens, soothes and purifies. Helps relieve anger and pain.
Apatite – Relaxes and relieves stress, eases acceptance and understanding of life. Balances a feeling of hunger and can help those who eat too much and also those who eat too little. Helps increase creativity and achieve a sense of harmony and balance between the yin and yang.
Aquamarine – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. Like seawater, this stone will wash away unnecessary thoughts and feelings and create better flow in your life. Helps with clarity, speech, language skills and inspiration. It can relieve those suffering from respiratory problems.
Bloodstone – Improves blood circulation and is effective against disorders related to blood and blood vessels. Strengthens physical strength, and strengthens courage. Has very strong healing properties. Can give a wonderful sense of power and provide vitality and energy in times of difficulty. For women, it can relieve pain and discomfort caused by the menstrual cycle.
Garnet – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. Inspiring, creative and motivating. A stone of joy and optimism, raises confidence and a sense of self-worth. Stimulates and strengthens the flow of “life energy” in the body or wherever it is placed. Purifies and gives renewed energy to the body and the circulatory system. Strengthens the reproductive system and improves fertility.
Jade – Purifies and stimulates the blood while instilling peace of mind. Brings the body to a sufficiently relaxed state where it can heal itself. Balances hypersensitivity. Strengthens self-discipline, the immune system, the kidneys and heart.
Jasper – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. All jasper stones can help conserve a person’s energy at a high level.
Red jasper – good for “dreamers”, is used as a first aid measure to stop blood flowing from an injury or incision.
Picture Jasper – strengthens the immune system and encourages continuity and growth for creative activity.
Brown Jasper – helps a person adjust to new situations. Helps with a variety of digestive problems. Dalmatian Jasper – Smiles, cheerfulness and joy.
Rainforest Jasper – provides inner peace.
Desert Rose – A combination of quartz and sand. Covered in the desert. Connected to the ground and the base chakra and therefore good for grounding and balancing. Encourages growth, originality and creativity. Good for people who do several things at once. Purifies thought and inner vision.
Dumortierite – This stone will help you stand on your own. Encourages patience and forbearance. Good for communication and facilitates the expression of spiritual ideas. Provides the ability to deal with difficult situations. Works on the throat and head areas.
Hematite – Iron exposed to oxygen. Iron strengthens the blood and is an essential mineral for people, especially women. An excellent healing stone for all blood diseases. Maintains good overall health. Strengthens the primary energy center and thereby strengthens self-confidence and resilience.
Topaz – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate.
Imperial Topaz- gives energy and vigor, attracts abundance and strengthens the intellect.
Blue Topaz- calms and purifies the mind. Inspires and improves communication.
Tourmaline –
Black – creates a sense of protection and emotional and physical security. Protects from other people’s negative and unhealthy energies.
Green – helps to stick to the goals we have set for ourselves and not get hurt and take to heart. Balances emotions and soothes anxieties and fears.
Pink – teaches how to enjoy and flow with life, wherever it may take you.
Watermelon – combines the green and pink.
Turquoise – In Scripture, it is known as a stone that “does not attract the evil eye” and is therefore good for guarding and protecting. Stimulates inner strength, serenity and courage. Gives peace of mind and balances the emotions. Eases breathing and is therefore good for asthmatics.
Tektite – A meteor. A strong protection stone that functions by strengthening the person’s energy field and balancing the chakras. Strengthens physically and mentally. Balances the yin and yang. Balances the hormonal and circulatory systems.
Unakite – Builds and balances emotional stability, strengthens self-love and love for others while creating healthy boundaries between the person and his environment. Relieves distress. In the physical body, it has the ability to help in cases of eating disorders.
Green Calcite – Allows the green healing power to facilitate the release of the old and the acceptance of the new. Heals and is a good friend in times of change. Good for use in cases of arthritis, rheumatism, spinal cord, muscle or cartilage problems.
Yellow Calcite – Helps remain optimistic in stressful situations. Due to its yellow color, it is especially associated with the solar plexus chakra and therefore has the ability to strengthen willpower and personal strength. Helps with joint, bone and muscle problems.
Light Blue Calcite – Improves memory due to the connection it makes between the mind and emotion. Stimulates communication skills and encourages the ability to express oneself. Relieves traumatic situations and helps ease going through changes.
Leopard Skin – A powerful balancer of the heart. Strengthens intuition, and, at the same time, grounds and instills a sense of stability and security. Relieves people in desperate situations. Helps deal with fears and anxieties. Good for treating skin problems, scars and allergies.
Lapis Lazuli – The gem of truth and self-loyalty. The stone absorbs pain, especially in the throat chakra area (nose, ear, throat). Strengthens the body during spiritual awakening and expands the mind. Releases pressure, and provides strength.
Labradorite – “Hall of Stars”. Encourages us to radiate the beautiful truth within us, and accept ourselves as we are. Helps reach inner peace, tranquility and true happiness. Relieves stress and pressure. Sharpens and strengthens the mind, And brings clarity and accuracy to thought. Protects and balances the aura.
Lepidolite – Provides a sense of calm and serenity. With its help, you can relieve stress and worries. Gives a deep sense of peace, and relieves people suffering from sleep problems. Increases patience and tolerance and thus helps in relieving stress. Stimulates the joy and optimism that exists within each of us.
Larimar – This stone envelops you in a sense of deep calm and serenity. Encourages us to live in joy, love and emotional harmony. Stimulates inner wisdom, and allows its expression in a practical, real life way.
Moonstone – The stone for true and true pairing. A stone for renewing and rejuvenating the relationship between spouses; brings harmony to married life. Increases intuition and therefore facilitates the right choice of partner.
Moonstone Rainbow – full of sparks of powerful and yet soft, delicate and caressing femininity.
Malachite – Expresses the healing green color that exists in nature. It is dense and opaque and does not transmit energy but ratherabsorbs it, so it is good to place it on sick and painful organs to pull out the negative energies. It is vital to cleanse the stone after each use! Guards and protects from traffic accidents.
Sunstone – Transmits solar energy in a small scale. Brings the healing energy of light to unbalanced places in our bodies. Helps eliminate fears and anxieties and relieves depression, stress and pressure. Good for various intestinal and stomach problems.
Sodalite – Connects the mind with the emotion in a balanced way, and thereby allows for deeper and calmer thinking. Belongs to the throat chakra, and therefore improves communication and balances the thyroid gland.
Citrine – One of the twelve breastplate stones. The stone of abundance and success. Like the sun, the energy of the citrine recharges, warms and revives. Strengthens self-confidence and confidence in personal and material success. Heals and strengthens the digestive system, bladder, and kidneys.
Smokey-Quartz – Allows a person to be filled with light by teaching him to get rid of the things he no longer needs in order to grow. Because of its dark color, it belongs to the lower energy centers. It gives stability and strengthens the person, his acceptance and love for the world and for himself.
Sapphire – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. The gem of truth, purity of thought and wisdom.
Accompanies the person on the path to fulfilling his destiny by strengthening determination, ambition and the need for self-fulfillment. Excellent for strengthening spirituality and developing the ability of self-expression. Brings peace to the soul. Especially helpful regarding the health of the eyes.
Serpentine – An uplifting stone that brings joy and a sense of transcendence. Strengthens optimism and is used to improve the mood. Releases fears. Works on the heart while providing relaxing energies to that area. Stimulates the body’s metabolism.
Cat’s Eye – Encourages inner strength. Strengthens a person’s confidence in his ability to achieve his goals and recognize his inner wealth. Increases concentration. In Midrash Talpiot it is written that he who carries it does not know poverty, that instead of poverty, he will come to wealth… and it is accepted that anyone who carries it will not be harmed by the evil eye.
Tiger’s Eye (Gold) – Improves the ability to concentrate – stabilizes, consolidates, and unifies thoughts. Helps focus physical energy on tasks and challenges.
Hawk’s eye (blue) – helps to see life from a different perspective.
Bull’s Eye (red) – encourages self-fulfillment and grounds the person in a positive way.
Amber – Uplifting and encouraging and teaches to walk lightly on life’s paths. Helps to take life with more humor and find happiness at every step of the way. Amber has the ability to pull diseases from the body, it can absorb negative energy and help the body heal itself.
Petrified Wood – The strength of the stone stems from it being fossilized wood. It gives strength and courage, and can help us evolve and send many branches out towards success and self-fulfillment. Gives a sense of stability and connection to the earth. Helps strengthen the body’s skeletal system.
Pyrite – The stone of joy! Look at it closely and you will feel the happiness within it. When a person is fundamentally happy, but there are obstacles preventing his happiness, the pyrite will help him to reconnect and rediscover his joy. Encourages courage and thus helps us bring to light all our inner goals. Strengthens energy in man and other stones.
Peacock Copper – It can bring freshness and renewal to life. Allows to look at painful situations while recognizing and accepting that changes happen. Teaches to enjoy the happiness of the moment while conveying a message that life is a fun and positive experience. Do not place in water or salt.
Fluorite – The stone of the future. Helps fulfill dreams and ideas. Helps develop spiritual awareness. It is composed of calcium and fluorine, and is therefore good for bones that are the basis of the body and life. It is recommended to place it on a computer and / or microwave to absorb the emitted radiation.
Pearl – Represents purity, innocence and faith. Gives a feeling of inner peace and tranquility and makes the wearer feel an inner beauty that is projected outwards. It provides the essence of inner strength. Helps to overcome feelings of depression, grief and pain.
Peridot – The stone of hope. It is so named because it gives a person a warm and inviting energy that creates hope. Helps heal a damaged “ego” by weakening anger and jealousy. Inspires happiness within the “me”. Great for strengthening the heart and lungs.
Carnelian – Gives vigor, energy and joy. Provides courage and strength to move forward. Creates an emotional balance that helps experience emotions. Good for those who tend to give to others but find it hard to take for themselves. Effective for distracted or confused people. Helps cleanse the blood and liver, helps treat spleen, pancreas, kidney and gallbladder problems.
Coral – Provides general protection against any kind of negativity. Leaves within you only the positive and what is good for you, and “releases” everything else.
Red – a stone of joy, vitality and vigor.
Pink – strengthens caring, love and compassion towards other people.
White – balances all seven chakras.
Quartz – Vibrates the white light that contains all colors and therefore balances all the chakras, increases energy, and gives purity to thought and emotion. It radiates a divine white light which strengthens the overall energy of the body. Cleanses the aura and protects the person from disease. One of the good stones to use during the meditation process as it enhances spiritual development.
Kyanite – Envelops one in a sense of peace and deep silence. Relieves anger and frustration. Increases communication and spiritual awareness. Because of its blue color, it is particularly related to the throat chakra and has the ability to help with thyroid problems.
Chalcedony – Emotionally relaxing, mentally and physically. Strengthens goodwill and brings happiness and joy. Stimulates a sense of goodwill and willingness to help. Purifies the thoughts and encourages peaceful and calm communication.
Chrysoprase – “The Stone of Forgiveness”. Reduces critical attitudes and teaches us to forgive. Increases acceptance and self-love. Gives a sense of health and emotional, mental and physical freshness. Imparts energy to the heart chakra.
Chrysocolla – Calms the mind and heart. Creates internal processes of peace and relaxation because peace can only come when the soul is peaceful. A female stone symbolizing water, winter, and the moon. Helps develop traits such as tenderness, compassion, patience, forbearance and modesty. Suitable for curing female problems and it helps women who suffer from discomfort during the menstrual period.
Ruby – One of the twelve stones of the breastplate. Imbues vigor, vitality, strength and energy. Strengthens and revitalizes the body and is therefore recommended for people suffering from lack of energy and weakness. “A woman carrying the ruby – does not miscarry, and her birth is easy upon her.”
Rhodonite – An important stone for the heart chakra. Grounds, establishes, and helps to realize love.
It relieves anxiety and releases heavy energies that can build up in the chest area. Connects the base chakra to the center of the chest and therefore combines love with stability and confidence.
Rhodochrosite – A stone of self-acceptance and opening the heart. By so doing it helps to release from self-criticism and destructive self-anger. The stone’s colors are full of vitality and very soothing. Can be used to treat breathing, lung and asthma problems.
Rose-Quartz – The stone of love. Floods the body with energy which is essential for self-fulfillment and inner peace. The stone slowly penetrates the heart chakra, nourishing, calming and teaching to give and receive love. It gently envelops us in soft and soothing energies and teaches that the source of infinite love comes from within. (More information in the article “Rose Quartz Stone”).
Rutilated Quartz – The stone stabilizes relationships, marriages, and mental processes. Helps to get to the root of the problem, and thus resolve the issue. Turns on all the chakras and charges them with plenty of light. Good for concentration and greatly improves the ability to express oneself orally and in writing.
Please note that the above information is a recommendation only and is not a substitute for physical or mental medical treatment.
