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 Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:20 pm
Below is an ever-growing collection of information about Gemstones and Crystals. Ranging from basic to more advanced information, you will likely find something here that will be helpful in creating your own characters. For the sake of convenience, the stones will be organized by colour.
Basic Colour Qualities
Black - Grounding
Brown - Enabling
Red - Energizing
Orange - Releasing
Yellow - Organizing
Blue - Communicating
Indigo - Cooling
Violet - Integrating
Pink - Accepting
White - Cleansing
Clear - Clarifying
Green- Balancing
Crystal Lattice Pattern Qualities
Crystals can remain unchanged for millions of years because their atoms are arranged in a stable, regular pattern called a lattice. This lattice repeats throughout the crystal and ensures that every crystal of the same mineral will show the same geometrical characteristics. This means that the crystal will always have the same number of flat faces always meeting at the same point no matter the size. The external form is simply a reflection of the crystals internal atomic structure. These shapes have a significant influence over the healing and magical properties of a crystal.
The lattices fall into seven major types.
Cubic - Releasing tenstion and encouraging creativity
Tetragonal - Balancing and harmonizing
Orthorhombic - Linking, aiding the flow of information
Trigonal - Energizing and anchoring
Monoclinic - Effects movement and perseption
Hexagonal - Organizing and supporting
Triclinic - Opening and protective
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:46 pm
Black: Grounding
The following is a list of popular black gemstones, and their meanings.
Hematite
System: Trigonal
Keywords: Grounding, Empowering, Energizing
Hematite helps one sort out things in ones own mind, and can be useful for a mental "tune up". It helps memory enhancement, original thinking and technical knowledge.
A calming stone, but also offers support for your hopes, dreams, wishes and desires, by encouraging you to "reach for the sun". Hematite reminds you that the only limitations that exist are those that you place upon yourself.
It helps to balance out the emotions and energies between the body, mind and spirit. Not only does it dissolve negativity, but actually transforms it into positive energy.
Of all the grounding stones, hematite is the most effective at bringing our awareness to the here and now. In a small proportion of people hoever it may have the opposite effect and in these cases, the reflective surface opens awareness to the hidden, magical worlds of spirit. It conveys power and invulnerablility and protects against all harm.
It is said to support the blood and circulatory system and reduces inflammation. It aides in boosting self esteem, grounds and anchors, and energizes all aspects of the mind and body.
Black Tourmaline
System: Trigonal
Keywords: Grounding, Protection, Realigning
Black tourmaline has a strong clear energy, making it particularly effective. When heated, black tourmaline becomes negatvely charged at one end and positive at the other, suggesting the stone's key property of helping us balance the extremes.
Black tourmaline helps to deflect potential harm and is one of the best stones for protection from negative forces. It has a stabalizing and anchoring effect that isd closely related to the root chakra and strong ties to the earth's energy.
Black tourmaline is also effective in religning the body's structures, soothing, and settling bones and muscles, focusing awareness in the present, strengthening ones grip on reality and grounding and protection.
Obsidian
System: Amorphous
Keywords: Revealing, Cleansing, Transforming
Obsidian is a stone that was traditionally polished and used as a scrying tool, often made into a smooth disk or polished sphere and used as a mirror to aide in clairvoyance, as it is effective in reavealing what is hidden or lost.
It is able to bring hidden issues, emotions and traumas to the surface, breaks down outworn patterns in ones life as well as grounds and protects.
Onyx
System: Trigonal
Keywords: Calming, Distancing, Quieting
This stone has a calming effect which can quickly balance excitability and a quick temper. It can also increase introspection but in contrast runs the risk of causing inertia and withdrawl from everyday activities in some people.
It is effective in making the wearer less noticable to others if desired as well as grounds and concentrates energies while helping to cleanse and purify. It helps to quiet extreme emotions and reveals the underlying cause of situations.
Lodestone/Magnetite
System: Cubic
Keywords: Aligning, Grounding, Directing
Magnetite is a stone that can help us remain in harmony with the planet. The earliest compasses incorporated pieces of magnetite, and in healing it helps us avoid loss of direction.
Magnetite is highly effective in showing us the right path, and turning adverse situations around.
It also helps in aligning the chakras, releasing stress, grounding, energizing, and realigning the body with the electromagnetic field of the planet.
Jet
System: Amorphus
Keywords: Stability, Calm, Perspective
Jet is a calm, cool and balanced stone formed from prehistoric wood that sat in the seas pressure for many years. It allows us to see beyond the present moment and perceive hidden things. Highly polished Jet can be used as a tool for scrying and divination.
Jet is effective in lifting feelings of depression, calms the mind, and helps bring feelings of being safe, comforted and protected.
Meteorite
System: Variable
Keywords: Perception, New horizons, Awakening
Meteorite is said to have the potential to open up new levels of awareness, and was traditionally used and highly prized for use in forging magical jewelry and weapons.
Meteorite is effective in boosting strength and resiliance as well as activating creative mental skills such as intuition, imagination and inspiration. Meteorite can also aid in broadening perception, and will amplify the processes begun by other stones.
Flint
System: Triclinic
Keywords: Repair, Knowledge, Confidence
Traditionallybelieved to divert harm, prevent nightmares and increase our knowledge of the Earth.
It is also effective in helping the body to absorb nutrients and accelerates the healing of broken bones. Flint enables the assimilation of information and enlivens the chakras.
Silver
System: Cubic
Keywords: Easing, Serenity, Flow
Silver can be used to cool overactive energetic states, as it helps to create flow and movement. It helps to ease the flow of energy in the body and clears it of impurities and eases any difficulties with movement. It helps to prevent infections and aids in mental balance and encourages clear insight and intuition.
Tektite
System: Amorphous
Keywords: Containing, Amalgamating, Transforming
Tektite is highly effective in defusing volatile situations and encourages intigration of disparate energies, with a practical focus. It aids in neutralizing over-emotional states and helps us to find solutions to problems. It brings us back to the real world after flights of fancy. Meditating with Tektite encourages new perspectives, new ideas and new ways to express personal creativity.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:47 pm
Brown: Enabling
The following is a list of popular brown gemstones, and their meanings.
Smokey Quartz
System: Triclinic
Keywords: Potential, Beginnings, Stability
Smokey quartz generally has a more gentle effect than clear quartz, which can be more effective in sensitive people. It can feel peacefully radiant, absorbing, earthy and mysterious. With perfectly black facets, it absorbs attention in a way clear quartz can rarely achieve. Within it, one can sense the depths of space and the potential of new creation and memory of ancient events.
Smokey quartz concentrates energy (where clear will expand) and provides a focus for meditation as it calms the mind and focuses its thoughts. It is also effective in gently grounding its wearer.
Smokey Quartz helps to set aside willfulness and headstrong behavior. Smokey quartz has the ability to transform negative energy, and is particularly effective in dealing with anger and resentments. It is a stone that helps you be right here, in the moment.
Smokey Quartz stimulates the cooperation of multiple energies toward a common goal. A wonderful stone for relationships, and for people in recovery who are part of a larger group, whether it be work, hobby, a home group, business group, or association.
It is a gentle grounding stone that instills balance and harmony, and can help bring peace to you, enhancing quiet reflection during meditation without the interference of the thinking mind. This is not a quick energy stone, like Clear quartz crystal, but it has intense staying power, to carry you over the long haul.
Tiger's Eye
System: Trigonal
Keywords: Practicality, Sociability, Realism
Tiger's eye is highly effective in protecting against 'the evil eye', demons and witchcraft as it diverts unwanted energies and confuses your opposition.
It helps in realeasing stuck or congested energy paths in the body and soothes both the physical and mental. The stone also helps to boost confidance and encourages contact with others.
Bronzite
System: Orthohombic
Keywords: Security, Intigration, Relaxation
Bronzite helps to deflect negtive energies while promoting creativity and flexible thinking. It creates a warm feeling through the body, encouraging relaxation and releases emotional tension.
Staurolite
System: Orthohombic
Keywords: Focusing, Quieting, Combining
Staurolite has always been used to bring good fortune and protection to its wearer. It is effective in balancing opposites and establishing poise and stability. It encourages us to stick to our convictions in the face of opposing points of view.
It has a gentle grounding ability and setles the body and mind when energies are over active and scattered.
Limonite
System: Orthohombic
Keywords: Attuning, Simplifying, De-cluttering
Limonite stones are formed in oceanic mud and often found around lakesides. Limonite also has a pleasant earthy smell.
Limonite is effective in revealing the underlying structures of complex situations and helps us to come up with straightforward solutions to the problems. It helps to bring hidden issues to the surface and attunes us to nature, nature spirits and spirits of place.
Limonite has a beneficial, clearing effect on the subtle body, creating a sense of well-being and ease as well as boosts physical energy levels.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:50 pm
Red: Energizing
The following is a list of popular red gemstones, and their meanings.
Ruby: The stone of fire and passion.
Colour: Red
Keywords: Spiritual wisdom, health, knowledge, wealth, bliss, transition, change, choices
The energy of Ruby is intense and vivid.
It is the chosen stone of Leaders, Kings and Priests for its ability to guide and help make wise and noble decisions.
It is said that the power of Ruby is in its encouragement to follow your dreams and your bliss, helping you to change your world. Ruby will bring light to the dark places in ones life, bringing a spark of awareness to those places where you might still need work, and giving you the opportunity to clear that path. Ruby also heightens our love for life, giving us motivation and inspiration to choose wisely for ourselves and others.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:51 pm
Orange: Releasing
The following is a list of popular orange gemstones, and their meanings.
Amber: The stone of calm and deliberate actions.
Colour: Yellow, Orange, Red, Green
Keywords: Calming, stimulating, clarifying, warming.
Calms the nerves by releasing anxiety and tension, irritation, and feelings of being overwhelmed. Alleviates depression, and increases clarity of mind. This is a very good stone for someone who is grieving or depressed but needs to make important decisions.
Amber is a very effective protection stone; it serves as a protective shield against taking on others pain in healing sessions. You can easily clear (draw out negative energy) and protect your healing space, room, or office with Amber. Focus your intent on clearing the space of unwanted energies.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:52 pm
Yellow: Organizing
The following is a list of popular yellow gemstones, and their meanings.
Citrine: The stone of success
Colour: Yellow
Keywords: self confidence, self-discipline, personal power, abundance, prosperity, generosity, creativity, physical strength, confidence, stability, energy, comfort, career success, life enjoyment. Mental and emotional clarity, problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism
Citrine brings happiness, joy and optimism into your life. One of only two minerals on the planet which do not hold or accumulate negative energy, but dispels and transforms it.
You don't ever have to cleanse Citrine, because it doesn't hold any negativity! Citrine energizes, and invigorates, promotes warmth, comfort, and energy. Aids in matters of daily living. It is said citrine will open the mind to new thoughts. Often used by healers to increase self esteem.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:53 pm
Blue: Communicating
The following is a list of popular blue gemstones, and their meanings.
Aquamarine: Stone of courage and serenity.
Colours: Light blue veriety of Beryl
Keywords: Calm, Soothing, Communication, Balance
Aquamarine is a stone of courage. It accelerates the intellectual reasoning process and makes on unconquerable thru learning - not only of knowledge passed thru teachers of the past and present, but of oneself.
Aquamarine blue is a divine and eternal color, since it is, after all, the color of the skies. Aquamarine is also the color of water, with its life-giving properties. This stone is attuned to the ocean and helps us to get in touch with the nature spirits of the sea. Take some time, close your eyes, breath deep and remember sitting on the beach at dusk, the water coming in, the cool breeze. This is Aquamarines gift to you.
According to legend it has its origin in the treasure chest of the mermaids, and has for ages been reputed to be a lucky stone for sailors. Very good stone to take on vacations and cruises.
Lapis Lazuli Stone of friendship and truth.
Colours: Royal Blue with gold flecks of pyrite
Keywords: Love, Protection, Power, Healing, Creative Expression
Element: Water
Lapis lazuli is an ancient gem, and as such, has a storied history. Egyptian cultures made a practice of burying a lapis lazuli scarab with their dead, and believed it to offer protection. The very earliest cultures valued lapis lazuli more highly than gold.
When working or meditating with Lapis Lazuli, it can bring matters more clearly to the mind. It is one of the most powerful stones and should be used with care.
This stone is also considered strengthening to mind and body. Lapis lazuli allows us to tap our own inner power while purifying the soul and the thoughts. Attributes of the night sky with golden stars.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:54 pm
Indigo: Cooling
The following is a list of popular indigo gemstones, and their meanings.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:55 pm
Violet: Integrating
The following is a list of popular violet gemstones, and their meanings.
Amethyst: The stone of spirituality.
Colours: Violet, purple, indigo
A member of the quartz family.
Keywords: Protection, Spirituality, Intuition
Amethyst is a stone of the mind. It helps to bring calmness and clarity where there is anxiety and confusion. Wear Amethyst if you want to get in touch with your intuition, your feelings, or your values. Amethyst helps one learn of all things spiritual, mystic and psychic. Especially aids sobriety; alcohol, food, sex, and other addictions.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:56 pm
Pink: Accepting
The following is a list of popular pink gemstones, and their meanings.
Rose Quartz: The stone of universal love.
Colour: pink
Keywords: Self-acceptance, love, kindness, attraction
As Amethyst is to the Spirit, so Rose Quartz is to the Heart.
This is a stone of warmth and love, as it heals emotional wounds and pain with it's gentle calming salve. Opens the heart to the beauty within and all around us, and will begin its healing by reducing resentments.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:57 pm
White: Cleansing
The following is a list of popular white gemstones, and their meanings.
Moonstone Stone of Emotional Balance
Colour: White, usually milky with a bluish or yellowish tint. Translucent with white, pink, yellow, soft sheen.
Keywords: happiness, gracefulness, good fortune, hope, spiritual insight, easy childbirth, safe travel on water, new beginnings and adjusting to changes , abundance and ancient wisdom. Motherly love, support, encouragement
This stone gets us in touch with our feelings and is linked with the moon.
Moon stone helps to soothe and balance the emotions. They assist in the master of your emotions by bringing them under control of your will, instead of repressing or expressing them.
Some people think that Moonstone is strictly a feminine stone, because it is associated with a woman's monthly cycle. But nurturing, gentle care, and unselfish humanitarian service is not simply a female attribute.
Moonstone can unblock those feelings in both men AND women who are afraid to acknowledge or experience consciously how they feel on a personal and internal level.
In the Eastern cultures, Moonstone was favored for love. They believed that wearing or carrying a moonstone would bring a new love into your life. They also believe that holding a piece of moonstone over their hearts after a quarrel, and then exchanging the stones with each other, would bring you back together.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:58 pm
Clear: Clarifying
The following is a list of popular clear gemstones, and their meanings.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:08 pm
Green: Balancing
The following is a list of popular green gemstones, and their meanings.
Amazonite: A green or blue green member of the Feldspar clan
Colours: Green or teal
Keywords: Confidence, creativity, calm, communication
Amazonite creates a feeling of power. It inspires truth, sincerity, honor, self love, communication, eloquence, integrity, trust, clairvoyance, clarity, prophecy and openness. Held to the third eye (middle of forehead), Amazonite unlocks psychic vision.
Helps one to analyze and sort out information and combine this process with intuitive wisdom. It helps you to manifest and retain the pure energy of Universal Love.
Jade: The stone of fidelity
Colour: Green
Keywords: Healing, Hope
Good luck stone, prosperity, deep wisdom, compassion, peace, balancing of male/female energies, courage, wisdom, justice, mercy, emotional balance, stamina, love, fidelity, humility, generosity, peace, harmony, longevity, fertility, serenity, wisdom, practicality, tranquility, balance, peace, harmony, moderation, perspective, equilibrium and stability, knowledge, compassion, wealth
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