the library: crystal and gemstone correspondences
This is by no means a complete list of crystals and gemstones and their meanings. There are many stones available, but these are some of the most common and easy to find.
AMBER: Related to the Element of Fire and the Sun, this stone cleanses negative energies, instills positive energy, brings wisdom, balance, and patience. It can promote self-healing, impart revitalization, and stimulate happiness. It is a stone of protection, luck, healing and strength.
AMETHYST: Related to the Crown Chakra and the Element of Water, this stone is receptive, can increase psychic awareness, enhance meditation and visualization, calm fears, aid in healing and manifesting dreams, and promote peace, love, happiness and protection. It can be a useful aid in overcoming addictions of all types and can provide protection from negativity. It is a stone of spirituality and contentment.
CAT'S EYE: Related to the Element of Fire and the Sun, this stone stimulates awareness and intuition, helps find balance, and is believed to bring supreme happiness. It can dispel unwanted energy and provide protection. It is a stone of protection, balance, happiness, good fortune, money, strength, success.
EMERALD:This stone can open the Heart Chakra, and bring with it harmony, sensitivity, and loyalty. It can aid in creating a feeling of bliss and bring stability. It can be a powerful when used in wealth magick and can be used to strengthen the memory.
GARNET: Related to the Root Chakra, this is a stone of vital power and energy and can lend vitality and strength. It can aid in increasing sensuality. Given as a gift, it symbolizes unconditional love and devotion. It can invoke and release ones creative ability and inner fire.
JADE, GREEN: This stone can bring good luck and money.
LAPIS: Related to the Element of Water, this stone can be used to stimulate the throat and Third Eye Chakra. It can aid in past life recall and can be used to bring old emotional wounds to the surface for healing. This is a stone of courage, wisdom, insight, strength, clarity and compassion, and can enhance those qualities in the wearer. It provides protection and attracts spiritual love.
MALACHITE: This stone can be a powerful healing stone that can be used to heal the heart as well as the body. It can be used to draw money, love, and to obtain balance. Nurturing, it can bring prosperity and open your heart to others. It can be used to clear and activate all Chakras. It is a stone for increasing the ability to concentrate and is very beneficial to physical and psychic well being.
MOONSTONE: Related to the Moon and the energies of the Goddess, this stone is good for balance, introspection, and relection. It promotes emotional well being and joy, stimulates intuitive recognition, alleviates emotional tension, and promotes good fortune. It is a stone of inner balance, protection and new beginnings.
ONYX: Related to the Element of Earth, this stone promotes inspiration and balances the male and female. It can help overcome negative spirits and problems of the past. It can protect against negative magick and aids communication with spirits.
OPAL: Related to the Element of Fire, this beautiful stone amplifies positive emotional states by connecting with joy and releasing old wounds. It can aid in clearing the emotional body, bring out inner beauty, loyalty, and spontaneity.
QUARTZ CRYSTAL (CLEAR): Ruled by the Moon, this stone is excellent for meditation and communication with spirit guides, telepathy, clairvoyance, and visualization.
QUARTZ CRYSTAL (ROSE): This stone brings love. It can aid in overcoming loss, grief, sadness, and depression. It can aid in learning to love oneself.
QUARTZ CRYSTAL (SMOKEY): Related to the Element of Earth, this is a stone associated with anchoring energies. This stone is a good choice to aid in the desire to become closer to Nature and to achieve a greater concern for the environment.
RUBY: Related to the Element of Fire, this stone shields against psychic attack, aids in retaining wealth and passion, assures restful sleep, and guards against negativity. It can aid in finding courage, and can impart power and joy.
SAPPHIRE: Related to the Element of Water, this stone can help relax, focus and calm the mind. It can aid in restoring balance within the body, release depression and spiritual confusion, aid in achieving self discipline, and enhance psychic energy. It is a stone of meditation, healing, and peace and can be used in defensive magick.
TIGER'S EYE: This stone brings the wearer money, protection, courage and luck.
TOPAZ: This stone is used for protective purposes, specifically against envy, jealousy, intrigue, disease, death, negativity and insanity. Wearing this stone can bring friendship, enhance and deepen relationships, and increase the ability to give and receive love.
TURQUOISE: Related to the Element of Earth, this stone aids in healing and brings luck, protection, and courage to those who wear it. It can also be used to attract both wealth and love.