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Crystal dictionary - lets talk about the A - Z of crystals!

Crystal dictionary - lets talk about the A - Z of crystals!

Agate - Apricot, Black, Blue, Blue Lace, Green, Moss, Purple, Yellow. 

Agate can help stabilizing physical energy. Agate is known in ancient cultures to be a harmonizing agent to balance your chakras and yin and yang energy centres.  It is a soothing and calming stone which works slowly but brings great strength.  It can bring hidden information to light. Agate can help you seek out solutions rather than dwelling on problems. Helps to explore unknown territory and your own creativity. Helps with managing anxiety. 

Agate is an excellent stone for rebalancing and harmonizing body, mind and spirit.  It cleanses and stabilizes the aura, eliminating and transforming negativity.  Agate enhances mental function, improving concentration, perception and analytical abilities.  It soothes and calms, healing inner anger or tension and creates a sense of security and safety. 

Zodiac - GeminiVirgo
Planet - Moon
Element - Earth
Numerical Vibration - Number 7
Typical colors - Clear or milky white, white to grey, light blue, orange to red, black

Amazonite

The Amazonite crystal is nicknamed ‘the stone of hope’. Not only is it beautiful to look at, but Amazonite also inspires powerful healing processes in your heart, mind, body, and soul. 

Amazonite is a gemstone that calls on the spirit of inner strength, magnified intention and a commitment to using that can-do attitude to get what you want. This soulful gemstone has long been used as a talisman of truth and hope. 

The Amazonite stone derives its name from the world-famous river, the Amazon. Its glimmering blue-green tones mimic the serene flow of this mystical South American river. enhance mental clarity and calm. If you are an artistic individual and feel that you have been experiencing a prolonged creative block, Amazonite Amaonzite can assist you in your search for inspiration and creative confidence.

The name of this crystal also speaks to its connection to the water element. When you invite the gentle presence of Amazonite into your life, you inspire an easy flow that welcomes new energy and inspiration into your life. 

Amber

Most Amber is 30 to 90 million years old, though some is slightly less than a million, and the oldest Amber found to date is 320 million years old. Amber heals and supports the emotional body by drawing off the negative energies that steal one’s optimism and drive for life, and replaces them with an empowering frequency conducive to positive change. Amber is a natural purifier, esteemed for its ability to draw pain and dis-ease from the physical body, as well as the mind and spirit, by absorbing negative or stagnant energies and transforming them into clear, positive energy. This stimulates the body’s own mechanisms to heal itself. It increases vitality and aids tissue regeneration.

Amber is ideal for cleansing and reactivating the chakras, particularly the Sacral and Solar Plexus Chakras, and is an excellent tool for clearing the environment in which it rests. 

Bringing balance and stability to one’s life, Amber encourages patience and flexibility. Its warm, bright energy promotes cheerfulness and trust, and strengthens the belief in oneself. 

Amber is a protective stone for children and may be worn as a necklace, bracelet, sewn into an infant’s garment or placed in their environment to ward off negative energies and shield them from harm.

Amethyst

Air and water are the elements for Amethysts. For those seeking the healing powers of Amethysts, this precious crystal is known to: Increase your spiritual well-being & enhance your psychic communication, bestowing a sense of inner peace ✌️. Amethysts can also have positive meditation benefits to balance the mind, relieve feelings of stress. 

Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all types of harm, including geopathic or electromagnetic stress and ill wishes from others. Amethyst is a natural tranquilizer—it relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety. It also alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity.

Amethyst activates spiritual awareness, opens intuition and enhances psychic abilities. It has strong healing and cleansing powers. Amethyst encourages sobriety, having a sobering effect on overindulgence of alcohol, drugs or other addictions. It calms and stimulates the mind, helping you become more focused, enhancing memory and improving motivation. Amethyst assists in remembering and understanding dreams. It relieves insomnia. Encourages selflessness and spiritual wisdom.

Chakras - Third Eye ChakraCrown Chakra
Birthstone - February
Zodiac - VirgoSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces
Planet - Jupiter
Element - Air, Water
Numerical Vibration - Number 3
Typical colors - light slightly-pinkish violet to a deep grape purple

Ametrine 

​Ametrine blends masculine and feminine energy – the masculine energy of citrine, and the feminine energy of amethyst. Ametrine is more amethyst than it is citrine. In amethyst, the color of the violet sectors is caused by the presence of iron. Ametrine can be a positive stone for sexuality, where a balance of masculine and feminine energies is important, remember though masculine and feminine, is not the same as male and female.

Angelite

Apatite

Aquamarine

Aura quartz - Angel

Auralite

Aventurine

Azurite

Bismuth

Black Lava

Bronzite

Calcite - Blue, Green, Clear, Honey, Pink & Orange

Carnelian

Celestine

Chalcedony 

Citrine

Coral

Emerald

Fire and Ice quartz

Fluorite

Fuchchite

Garnet

Hematite - Black, Rainbow

Howlite - Blue, White, Pink, Red

Lolite

Jade - Lemon, Green, Red, Black

Jasper - Dragonsblood, Dalmatian, Leopard, Poppy, Red, Rainforest 

Kunzite

Labradorite

Lapis Lazuli 

Lapis Lazuli is a protection stone that may be carried to guard against psychic attacks. Lapis Lazuli quickly releases stress, bringing deep peace. It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge.

Blue Lapis Lazuli is an ancient stone which exhibits supreme power. It is a stone that promotes honesty and is used to draw out the truth within one’s self and others. It reveals the truth from within your core and will lighten the true path of your spiritual journey. Lapis activates a higher thought process which allows you to reach milestones of enlightenment when you are in meditation 🧘‍♀️

Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, cooling and soothing areas of inflammation. It alleviates insomnia and vertigo, and overcomes depression. Lapis Lazuli benefits the respiratory and nervous systems and the throat, vocal cords, and thyroid, cleanses organs, bone marrow and thymus.

Lavakite

Lepidolite 

Malachite

Moonstone

Morganite

Opal - Black, Green, Pink, Rainbow, White

Pearl

Prehnite

Pyrite

Quartz - clear, rose, smokey, cherry 

Rose 🌹 Quartz purifies and opens the heart at all levels to promote love, self-love, friendship, deep inner healing and feelings of peace. Calming and reassuring, it helps to comfort in times of grief.

Rose 🌹 Quartz dispels negativity and protects against environmental pollution, replacing it with loving vibes. It is the stone of unconditional love.

Rose Quartz is connected to its pink color. Pink represents gentleness, calmness, femininity, compassion and love. The gentle energy it carries supports and rekindles relationships, bringing joy, passion and contentment.

Powerful vibrations that echo into your ambiance is how the rose quartz crystal can benefit your life. Known as the “Heart Stone,'' it is an important crystal that draws new love, keeps family ties together and nurtures friendship. The presence of rose quartz in your home brings emotional, physical and spiritual healing. Delicate in color but strong in presence, the benefits of rose quartz are calming and profound.

Awakening sensual creativity and tender fantasies are well known rose quartz powers. It is an aphrodisiac that encourages passion and intimacy between you and your partners. The emotional healing powers of rose quartz give lasting positive results as it empties suppressed negative emotions. The pink crystal works wonders in your sleep as it not only gives you a calming night's sleep but also helps to blocks nightmares and give you happy carefree dreams!

As a “Seeker Transformer,” rose quartz crystals benefit the way you think by positively directing your thoughts to more positive affirmations and disregarding any disturbances.

Rhodondite

Ruby

Sapphire 

Selenite

“Selene” was the name of the Greek goddess of the moon and so, naming this beautifully pale blue crystal in honour of her seemed a fitting tribute. While having roots in Greek mythology, the word “selenite” has profound spiritual implications too. It evokes the energy of the divine feminine and the deep rejuvenation associated with this ancient archetype. The selenite stone was named after the moon 🌙 by J.G. Wallerius upon its discovery in 1747.

The selenite crystal is oftentimes referred to as “liquid light”. This apt nickname is indicative of the way in which it functions as a gentle yet effective healing ❤️‍🩹 tool and shifter of energies. In clearing out stagnant and heavy energies, selenite allows for a flow of energy – new and joyous energy – that is liquid-like. 

Selenite is a stone of mental clarity 🧘‍♀️enhancing mental flexibility and strengthening decisions. It is also a sweet Angel stone, for angelic guidance.

Tigers Eye

Topaz

Tourmaline

Turqouise