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JUMP LINKS: African Jade | Agate | Agate Mineral | Blue Lace Agate | Botswana Agate | Crazy Lace Agate | Fire Agate | Flame Agate | Moss Agate | White Lace Agate | Alexandrite | Amazonite | Amber | Amethyst | Aventurine | Green Aventurine | Peach Aventurine | Red Aventurine | Aquamarine | Beryl | Pink Beryl (Morganite) | Red Beryl (Bixbite) | White Beryl (Goshenite) | Yellow or Golden Beryl (Heliodor) | Carnelian | Citrine | Clear Quartz | Coconut Beads | Coral | Blue Coral | Red Coral | Pink Coral | Cherry Quartz | Chrysoprase | Lemon Chrysoprase | Czech Glass Beads | Emerald | Fluorite | Garnet | Gold Filled (Gold Plated) | Goldstone | Blue Goldstone | Gunmetal Alloys | Hematite | Howlite | Jade | Lavender Jade | Orange Jade | Blue Jade | Mauve Jade | Jasper | Black Jasper (Blackstone) | Green Jasper | Leopard Skin Jasper | Ocean Jasper | Rainbow Jasper | Red Jasper | Yellow Jasper | Labradorite | Lapis Lazuli | Lucite | Malachite | Moonstone | Mother of Pearl | Onyx | Black Onyx | Green Onyx | Opal | Blue Peruvian Opal (Blue Andean Opal) | Fire Opal | Mexican Fire Opal | Mexican Water Opal | Pink Peruvian Opal (Pink Andean Opal) | Pearls | Peridot | Rock Crystal | Rhodonite | Rose Quartz | Ruby | Rudraksha | Sandalwood | Sapphire | Sea Shell Pendants | Silver | Smoky Quartz | Sterling Silver | Tiger Eye | Blue Tiger Eye | Red Tiger Eye | Topaz | Blue Topaz | Silver Topaz (or White Topaz) | Smoky Topaz | Yellow Topaz | Tourmaline | Black Tourmaline (or Schorl) | Blue Tourmaline (Indicolite) | Red Tourmaline (Rubellite) | Turquoise
African Jade is considered a gemstone of general healing and for improving relaxation. This gemstone is also considered important for business partnerships and to improve the solidity of long distance partnerships (personal, business, and/or political). It also brings good luck, wealth and improves response during crises.
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Agate is a variety of Chalcedony. Agate is a talisman for vulnerable feelings as well as an excellent stone for rebalancing & harmonizing body, mind & spirit. It cleanses & stabilizes the aura, eliminating & transforming negativity. Agate also enhances mental function, improving concentration, perception & analytical abilities. It soothes & calms, healing inner anger or tension & creates a sense of security and safety.
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Agate Mineral is said to have mystical powers to guard one against danger, to cure insomnia, and to help with clarity enabling one to see the world through a broader perspective. It attracts good fortune, increases concentration and promotes good will. Agate is believed to eliminate bad luck. Artists and writers use agate to enhance creativity.
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Blue Lace Agate is known for its calming influences as well as for bringing tranquility as it helps us clarify what we think & feel. The stone is used to assist in self expression & communication. Blue lace agate relates to the throat chakra & the color of this gemstone often relates to its energies, e.g., if the color is softer then the energies it creates will be softer. Use blue lace agate when communication stops and anger grows. Blue lace agate has calming influences.
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Botswana Agate is also known as Eye Agate when the rings/bands in the gemstone forms a shape like an eye. This stone is used to ward off the 'evil eye'. Further, Botswana agate promotes protection, sensuality, fertility, sexuality, emotional comfort, passion & artistic expression.
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Crazy Lace Agate is great for low energy as it helps relieve & ease emotional pain. This stone is known to clear energy blockages & bring vitality to the major organs especially the heart. It is attuned with the 3rd chakra - the throat chakra.
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Fire Agate is a great healer. This stone has grounding & balancing qualities as well as protection properties. Fire agate has a deep calming energy which is known to bring security & safety to the wearer. Fire agate is linked with the element of fire - therefore it aids sexual activity & opens the root chakra. Further, it also aids with the nervous system & the endocrine systems.
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Flame Agate helps stimulate attentiveness & diligence. This stone is known to help us become comfortable with our own bodies as well as renew passion & enhance vitality. Flame agate also aids in relieving pain and burns. Flame agate energizes your awareness. Flame agate helps with physical vitality. Flame agate helps with clarity during periods of change or unrest. Flame agate encourages us to see the light. Flame agate is good for helping us deal with the here and now.
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Moss Agate is sometimes called the "gardener's stone" due to its mystical properties of helping ensure a full crop. In addition to a full crop, moss agate is said to bring general abundance, success, & prosperity. It is also said to help one gain peace with extreme or excessive duties in life as well as brings self-confidence & higher self-esteem. Moss agate is also said to be a metaphysically protective stone, as are all agates. It is said to reduce the difficulties associated with overcoming addictive behaviors. Moss agate is associated with the heart chakra, which indicates stone of compatibility & friendship. It is also believed in crystal healing to help improve circulation, enhance healing of all types, overcome digestive or intestinal disorders.
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White Lace Agate helps to ease despair & depression. This stone is also known as 'the happy lace' -because it supports optimism & elevates thoughts.
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Alexandrite is the best known & most widely used variety of chrysoberyl because of its great power of absorption of certain colors, alexandrite looks green in daylight & reddish purple in artificial light. Alexandrite is a stone of good omen & can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, & increasing ones ability to experience joy. This stone helps fight low self-esteem as well as improves central nervous system disorders. Alexandrite relieves spleen & pancreas problems.
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Amazonite is a soothing stone. It calms the brain & nervous system & aids in maintaining optimum health. This stone is known to also help one to analyze different points of view i.e., see both sides of a problem. It also soothes emotional trauma, alleviating worry & fear; while dispelling negative energy, aggravation & blockages within the nervous system. Amazonite assists in manifesting universal love.
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Amber is said to enhance success, abundance, unconditional love, as well as absorb & transmute negative energy into positive energy. It stimulates the intellect & opens the crown chakra. It also aligns the ethereal energies to the physical, mental, & emotional bodies, providing for an even flow of perfect order to the requirements of the Earth plane while balancing the electro-magnetics of the physical body.
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Amethyst is the stone of spirituality & contentment. It bestows stability, strength, invigoration, & peace. It is warm & cuddly as well as regal & ruling. It has been used to encourage & support sobriety. It is also an excellent stone that has calming, protective, & healing qualities as well as encourages divine love & inspiration. Lastly, an amethyst is also known to enhance one's psychic and creative abilities.
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Aventurine is a stone of prosperity. It reinforces leadership qualities & decisiveness as well as promotes compassion, empathy, and encourages perseverance. This stone is known to stabilize one's state of mind, stimulate perception & enhances creativity. It also calms anger & irritation & promotes feelings of well being.
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Green Aventurine is said to benefit one in all areas of creativity, & imagination, as well as intellect & mental clarity. Lore says that it enhances prosperity & brings career success. It is a gentle stone energetically that gives a sense of calm & balance & enhances happiness. It also helps one to see alternatives & potentials in all situations, giving a positive outlook, courage & inner strength. It is also a great all round healing stone and is known as a comforter & heart healer. It neutralizes all sources of electromagnetic pollution, blocking out emanations from computers, television & other electronic equipment. Further this stone is a good all-round healer.
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Peach Aventurine gently increases the energy of the sacral chakra. It helps with decision making & can boost creativity. Physically it is beneficial for the lungs, heart, adrenal glands and urogenital system.
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Red Aventurine has the properties of aventurine, plus more because of its color & composition. Red aventurine enhances creativity & ability to see possibilities. It can heal the reproductive system, & sometimes reverse diseases. It also can bring prosperity & lessen negativity. Red aventurine is associated with the sacral & root chakras.
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Aquamarine, a form of beryl, is a good meditation gemstone - most powerful when used in this way, because it brings greater peace & serenity. This stone is known to assist one with getting in touch with their spiritual being. It also promotes friendship, harmony & trust. This stone is said to cure insomnia as well as aid with seasickness. In ancient times, aquamarine was used by the Romans for disease of the stomach, & it was believed to cure liver & throat troubles.
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Beryl stones represent a group of minerals, which include aquamarine, bixbite, emerald, heliodor & morganite. Beryl assists its possessor in learning how to filter out distractions & unnecessary stimulation. This stone is good for relieving stress & calming the mind. Beryl works with the particular color in relation to each Chakra center. This stone is known to stimulate communication (blue), acceptance & healing (green), reawakens the love of married people (pink), supports spiritual growth (gold & white) as well as gives us strength & power (yellow).
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Pink Beryl (Morganite) is known both as an angel & a heart stone. It can bring love to one's life or rekindle old love. As an angel stone, it is known to help with communicating with angels. This stone also brings compassion, empathy, self-control, & patience. It can balance emotions & ease the pain of separation. It has been said to be one of the highest frequency stones available. Physically, red beryl is used for healing emphysema, tuberculosis, heart disease, breathing problems, & throat problems. It is associated primarily with the heart chakra, & can open, balance as well as clear this chakra.
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Red Beryl (Bixbite) is known metaphysically as a stone of soothing & healing. It is used by mystics to bring harmony to relationships & enhance compatibility. It is also said to be helpful to heal grief & depression. Bixbite is also used to strengthen creativity energy. Physically, intuitive sources say that bixbite is good for healing problems with the physical heart, liver, lungs, mouth, throat, stomach, physical energy level, & digestive system. Bixbite is related to the heart & sacral chakras.
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White Beryl (Goshenite) is a stone of truthfulness that encourages truth in all actions. White Beryl brings self-control, creativity, & originality. It makes communication easier & can stabilize relationships. This stone is used for healing the leg muscles.
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Yellow or Golden Beryl (Heliodor) has strong energies to bring will power & personal power to face any challenge. This stone is used to remove emotional debris & toxins. Yellow Beryl is also used in folk & crystal healing to remove toxins from the body, & treat the spleen, liver, & pancreas. This stone is primarily associated with the solar plexus chakra & can be used to activate it.
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Carnelian is a powerful motivation stone and some have called it the "Self-Esteem Stone." Carnelian is, among other things, believed to remind us to be "in the moment" and is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage. It can aid memory and assist one in finding the right mate. It is also a stone of protection in general and from anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation of one's desires, and brings good luck. It is sometimes called the "actor's stone".
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Citrine is a great stone for eliminating negative energy. This stone is known to help open the lines of communication as well as aid the mind & give clarity of thought. Citrine also helps bring love & joy to life. Citrine is also known as the lucky "Merchants Stone". Citrine relates to the 3rd chakra - navel chakra, which deals with self-esteem, the use of personal power & abundance.
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Clear Quartz is a great gemstone for meditation. This stone enhances & focuses images when placed upon the third eye. It is also known to aid with emotional healing. Clear quartz balances thinking in both halves of the brain as well as helps in recollecting forgotten memories. This stone also alleviates anger & aligns & harmonizes human energies with the energies of the cosmos. Lastly, this stone is known to be one of the powerful healing gemstones. That aids in elevating digestive troubles, nausea, cold, numbness, diarrhea as well as aids in the stimulation of the thyroid & the elimination of vertigo.
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Coconut Beads are normally made from brown, fully mature coconut nuts. These coconut beads are sometimes dyed black, blond, or ivory white. Since time immemorial Coconut trees have been revered as a source of food, oil, medicine, fiber and jewelry.
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Coral is a stone of organic origin. In ancient China, Coral, worn by Chinese Kings & Queens, symbolized wealth & status; while in Buddhist beliefs, it is a treasure to protect you from evil spirits. In addition to attracting love, prosperity, creativity & optimism, Coral brings inner peace, strength, & understanding of purpose. Physically coral is used for general healing, as well as to relieve illnesses that sporadically return or are made worse by climate changes.
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Blue Coral facilitates intuition, imagination & visualization as well as helps one to both understand & use the qualities of the mystic. It is also known as the stone of fishermen, sailors, & ferry workers. It is used to relieve illnesses that sporadically return or are made worse by climate as well as to treat orthopedic conditions and help soothe skin inflammations, burns, & rashes.
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Red Coral provides vitality & wisdom. It helps the wearer become courageous & is also known to help in curing blood related & heart diseases. This stone strengthens the memory, calms emotions & anger as well as increases peace of mind by eliminating tensions.
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Pink Coral in particular is also associated with love and friendship; while increasing emotions such as sensitivity & compassion. This stone is also known to restore harmony to the heart.
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Cherry Quartz is not a natural gemstone, but is a specially processed glass with optical properties to quartz. Properties believed to be associated with Cherry Quartz are related to its color which can lift energy and spirits. Further, this stone is believed to be a healer for emotional wounds and is known to dissipate anger & tension.
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Chrysoprase is used as a shield or protector from negative energy. This stone allows the wearer to work through issues without outside influences. It also soothes heartache and loneliness, & fosters emotional balance, conflict resolution, inner peace, inner strength & provides courage in facing real emotions.
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Lemon Chrysoprase is the stone of the heart and encourages compassion, loving acceptance & kindness. This stone is known to enhance perception, encourage feelings of trust & security, as well as help to instill wisdom & self-confidence. Lemon Chrysoprase also helps to relieve depression, emotional tension & stress. This gemstone is good for detoxification as well as for soothing the digestive system & helping to increase fertility.
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Czech Glass Beads are renowned for their excellent craftsmanship dating back to the 11th Century. Made of quality glass, the vivid colors rarely fade and are consistent throughout the line. Available in a wide variety of shapes and colors with stunning finishes, these beads are a cost effective alternative to swarovski beads.
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Emerald is a stone of love & romance, & is reputed to bring both passion & domestic bliss. It brings & enhances harmony, joy, cleansing, clairvoyance, memory, & faith. It also benefits intuition, intellect, communication, decision making, & promotes truthfulness & honesty. Emerald is used to enhance intuitive awareness & to bring forth manifestation. It is a stone of protection. Emotionally emerald is used to help with emotional traumas. Physically, emerald is said to be helpful for adrenal glands, diabetes, fibromyalgia, headaches, heart issues, insomnia, muscle problems, nervous system ailments. Emerald is associated with the heart chakra.
Fluorite is considered one of nature's most powerful mental healers by many crystal healers. Those who have experienced the power of Fluorite have labeled it the "Genius Stone" since this stone has the ability to influence the activities that occur on the mental plane of consciousness and amplifies focus and creates new pathways for the mind. This stone is known to aid in increasing concentration, discernment of truth and decision-making. Other properties include increasing objectivity, enhancing creativity, curing mental disorders, and easing meditation. Fluorite is associated primarily with the Third Eye or the Brow Chakra.
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Garnet helps with self-esteem. This stone symbolizes faith, courage, fire, honesty, fidelity, grace & compassion. Garnets aid in combating depression & laziness. It is believed that garnets attract love & enhance creativity. This stone is associated with the 1st chakra - root chakra. Garnet is believed to be the 'gemstone of health' - balancing energy & providing protection & a calming stable vitality.
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Gold Filled (Gold Plated) While the gold filled jewelry is not solid gold, the gold in the gold filled silver can still have an energetic impact. Gold filled is not a base metal filled with gold, contrary to popular belief! It is gold bonded to the outside of a base metal, so all that you see and that touches your skin is gold. Traditional folklore & crystal healing metaphysical lore say the following: gold can balance energy fields, & is beneficial for opening & balancing the third eye & crown chakras. It can also balance the heart chakra. It can remove negative energy from the chakras & bring in the positive from the stones it is with. It has been used to bring wealth, happiness & good feelings. Gold is a mineral of spirituality, understanding, & attunement to nature. It attracts positive energy & is a great healing mineral.
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Goldstone is a gently uplifting stone that symbolizes human ingenuity to improve life. This stone is a mood stabilizer & it aids in renewing strength, balancing energy, encouraging faith as well as inducing happy thoughts. Goldstone activates the root & sacral chakras.
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Blue Goldstone is great for providing composure & it aids in transformation of thoughts as well as stabilizing emotions. Blue goldstone is the gemstone of wisdom & science. It is know to aid in eliminating depression & anxiety as well as with pain & inflammation e.g. easing pain of arthritis, rheumatism & other aches & pains.
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Gunmetal Alloys of copper with tin & zinc have been used for at least 2000 years due to their ease of casting & good strength as well as corrosion resistance. Early uses were for brooches, mirror cases, church doors & statues. The term 'gunmetal' is applied to a family of copper-based casting alloys containing between 2-11% tin & 1-10% zinc. Given its ease of casting, in the modern era, Gunmetal is the predominant material of choice for statues; e.g. (i) Nelson Mandela Statue in London in the Parliament Square; (ii) The Meeting Place in St. Pancras International Station, London.
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Hematite inspires peace in people. This stone is known to bring balance as well as give a sense of clarity. It aids in developing the psychic mind and increasing intuition. Hematite is good for blood & kidney disorders. It also helps to energize the spleen.
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Howlite is used to facilitate awareness and to encourage emotional expression. It is also known as the "super calming stone" and is used to relieve stress as well as deflect anger & discernment; while increasing patience & tact. Howlite is also known to stimulate the imagination, encourage reasoning & increase observation.
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Jade has been used as a sacred stone for centuries & is universally thought to bring good fortune, longevity, good health & love. The Chinese consider this stone to be "the essence of heaven & earth" & it represents wisdom, balance, all things associated with the best of spiritual practices. The Chinese also believe that the jade symbolizes the five highest virtues: benignity, lucidity, resonance, immutability & purity. According to followers of the New Age, Jade encourages practicality, wisdom, mental peace and tolerance of others. They also believe it can rejuvenate during periods of stress, reduce fears, banish negative thoughts and increase a person's capacity for giving and receiving love. Jade makes a good worry stone and is often used in rosaries. Lastly, Jade can help you realize your full potential & attain purposeful goals.
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Blue Jade helps the mind, & promotes ideas & imagination.
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Lavender Jade radiates love, beauty & security. This stone is also known to help with emotional & mental problems.
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Mauve Jade helps with the wearers spiritual needs - it has a delicate vibration that is especially helpful when worn as a necklace.
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Orange Jade is known to give energy.
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Jasper is known to aid the user in gaining personal independence. This stone also aids in relieving stress & is an emotionally calming gemstone. Jasper is an excellent gemstone for either those who are hypersensitive to crystalline energy & find it difficult to work with, or for those who like change to be a gradual, unfolding process.
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Black Jasper (Blackstone) is a stone that in addition to possessing the general properties of jasper is said to have highly protective & healing energy. This stone is said to bring good luck to the bearer in a fight, be it mental, political, legal, or any other type of fight. It is also used for protection against lightning. Physically, black jasper is said to be helpful for relieving pain, stomach ailments & foot problems. Black jasper is related to the root chakra.
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Green Jasper is known as the balancer of imbalance, this stone connects ones' physical side with their spiritual side.
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Leopard Skin Jasper is said to enhance total vibration and stabilizes ones' heart. The name for this stone comes from its resemblance to the fur of a leopard, i.e., black rings sporadically throughout this stone.
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Ocean Jasper aids breathing during meditation & stimulates the solar plexus, heart & throat chakras. This stone helps with relaxation & co-operation at home or at work as it aids in eliminating negativity & gently bringing the positive aspects of one's life into focus. Ocean Jasper has positive vibrations which makes it a gemstone of joy.
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Rainbow Jasper is a strong securing gemstone. The user of this stone feels relaxed & secure.
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Red Jasper is known to protect against hazards of the night and is a strong protection gemstone. This stone is known to provide stability, protection against things that are not good for you as well as ease
emotional stresses. It also helps with the sense of smell and promotes physical energy.
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Yellow Jasper has characteristics of helping one be strong & balanced in the social arenas & protects one's social welfare. It is associated with the solar plexus (belly) chakra. Yellow jasper is a protective stone that particularly gives protection during travel, both physical & spiritual. It also shields one from negativity, & can protect from depression.
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Labradorite helps to bring clarity of thought. This stone helps people to develop their aura seeing skills. Labradorite is good for patience - especially when in an exam etc because it helps with concentration and focus. It is believed that this stone helps to detoxify the body & slow the aging process. Lastly, Labradorite can be used to physically motivate the wearer & is also used to treat gout, colds, rheumatic fever, colds, & lower blood pressure
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Lapis Lazuli is known as "The stone of Royalty". This stone energizes the throat chakra as well as augments strength, vitality, virility, mental clarity, illumination & enhances psychic abilities. It has also been used as a protective stone, sheltering the wearer/carrier from physical danger. Lapis Lazuli is a "stone of total awareness", helping to expand awareness & intellectual capacity, & allowing for conscious atonement to the intuitive & psychic aspects of ones nature.
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Lucite, a plastic, was first introduced by the DuPont Chemical Company in 1937. It was marketed as an alternative to Bakelite, then a very popular material for making costume jewelry. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, new colors and styles of Lucite beads were created including marbleized, jewel tones, transparent & stripes. The highest quality vintage Lucite beads are "lathe turned", meaning that they are very finely finished on a lathe, & will not show any seams. Lucite beads are a wonderfully versatile addition to gemstone & crystal beads because of their whimsical shapes & deep, rich colors.
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Malachite is a fantastic stone for creativity. Malachite is a stone of transformation & soothes & balances the mind. This stone absorbs negative energy & promotes inner peace, calmness, endurance & spiritual development. Malachite is great for increasing ones concentration skills & it is believed to manifest prosperity. It is also known to help reduce feelings of guilt & clear the past. Malachite is a powerful healing stone that works to heal the heart as well as the body. It is said to help with vertigo & aids functions of pancreas & spleen.
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Moonstone is worn as an amulet to bring good emotions to the wearer. This stone offers protection on land & at sea & is used as a good luck charm. Moonstone enhances intuition, perception & judgment. It is believed to bring good fortune & success in love as well as business matters. Moonstone stimulates the functioning of the pineal gland & is said to align the spine as well as help when healing reproductive disorders.
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Mother of Pearl gets its name from the fact that it is the iridescent lining of the shell, where pearls can grow. Mother of Pearl has both traditional & New Age metaphysical & healing lore. It is said to attract prosperity. It is used in mystical work & lore to heighten intuition, psychic sensitivity, & imagination. It is purported to protect from negative influence, & transmute negative energy. This stone is also said to be highly protective & a particularly potent stone of protection for children. A traditional lore use of Mother of Pearl is to purify environments. Crystal healing & folklore say that Mother of Pearl is helpful for high blood pressure, dizziness, improving vision, cataracts, & wound healing.
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Onyx is associated primarily with the root chakra. It assists with challenges in life, especially those caused by a drain of energy. It also helps with grounding & controlling or eliminating excess or unwanted energies. It has been used for wound healing, childbirth & to increase stamina & self-control. Black onyx & red onyx are associated with the base (root, first) chakra; while white onyx is associated with linking the base & crown chakras to have balanced energy throughout the chakra system.
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Black Onyx is the stone of spirituality & contentment. An excellent stone for centering and grounding, as it can help bring one back to situations. It bestows stability, strength, invigoration, & peace. It has been used to encourage & support sobriety as well as relieve stress. In India, this stone is used to ward off ''the evil eye"; while in the Middle East, this stone is used to relieve worries and sooth the "roll-a-coaster of emotions".
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Green Onyx imparts self-confidence as well as banishes grief & stimulates the power of wise decision-making. It encourages happiness and good fortune. Green Onyx in particular is associated with the heart chakra & therefore helps with unconditional love, acceptance, transformation & powerful healing.
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Opal allows for true & spontaneous actions. This stone helps to awaken the psychic or mystical attributes that lie within. Opal is good for communication & helps to release pent up feelings & emotions. Opals are a good choice for metabolic problems & fatigue.
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Blue Peruvian Opal (Blue Andean Opal) is mystically known as a stone of courage & ingenuity. It is said to improve self-esteem & self-love as well as aid creativity & communication. This stone is also said to help with stress reduction, fatigue, & weight loss. Crystal healing lore reputes that Peruvian (Andean) blue opal is physically healing for fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, metabolic balance issues, iron absorption, dizziness, & brain disorders. Blue Peruvian opal is associated primarily with the throat chakra.
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Fire Opal brings out spontaneous action & initiates new ideas as well as stimulates enthusiasm. This stone acts as a magnet to draw in money or customers to a business. Fire opal helps relieve energy deficiencies; stimulates sexual organs & the adrenal glands.
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Mexican Fire Opal shares the properties of all opals & also has its own personality & energies. Mexican fire opal brings vitality & a creative energy to endeavors. This stone is also known for sensuality & sexuality, & its powers to enhance these energies. It is often used in clairaudience as well. Mexican fire opal is said to help with headache pain.
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Mexican Water Opal shares properties of all opals in addition to its personal energies. Mexican Water Opal has a Yin, receptive energy. It brings a strong motherly energy to activities to support beginnings & learning, especially. It is used for clairvoyance & other intuitive awareness. Mexican water opal is reputed to help with feminine health problems, lungs, as well as throat illness. It is commonly associated with the higher chakras.
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Pink Peruvian Opal (Pink Andean Opal) is a stone of love & gentleness. It brings energies of gentle love & kindness to both romantic relationships as well as relationships of other kinds. As with other opals, it also brings inspiration, imagination & creativity. It can help release inhibitions & brings happy dreams. It also eases the process of change. Physically, pink Peruvian opal is helpful for eyesight, heart disease & injury, Parkinson's disease. Pink Peruvian opal is associated primarily with the heart chakra.
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Pearls have a soothing influence & represent purity, innocence & integrity. They have long been considered ideal wedding gifts because they symbolize purity & innocence. In India, pearls are believed to give peace of mind & strength of body & soul. Further, it is believed that Pearls also aid in digestion & may reduce the chance of developing ulcers. If used properly, Pearls are said to lessen stress related maladies (hypertension, headaches, and exhaustion).
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Peridot is also known as Olivine. It is believed to have the ability to bring healing & vitality to the whole body. Peridot is said to increase patience, confidence & assertiveness. This stone also emits a warm friendly energy. It is known to provide a shield of protection around the body; help one find happiness within ones self by over coming anger & jealousy.
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Rock Crystal is known as the "master healer" & will amplify energy and thought, as well as the effect of other crystals. It absorbs, stores, releases & regulates energy. This stone draws off negative energy of all kinds, neutralizing background radiation, including electromagnetic smog or petrochemical emanationsis.
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Rhodonite is a stone of grace & elegance. It decreases anxiety while increasing attention to detail. This stone works beneficially on the heart chakra, opening one to unconditional love & increased service to mankind. It is a stone of inner growth as well, & helps with self-love. Rhodonite is also a calming stone, with energies used for easing anger. It is said to bring emotional balance, & as such bring confidence in one's life in many areas. Rhodonite is also a stone of contrasts. The bright pinks indicate energy that enhances passionate love, & is used in metaphysics to attract a good mate. This stone can help one have a passionate love that is also grounded, or help mend a broken heart. Physically it has been said to help with emphysema, joint inflammation, ears, healing, immune system, the pituitary gland, thyroid, light sensitivity, strep throat and heart disorders.
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Rose Quartz emits a calming, cooling energy which can work on all charkas to gently remove negativity & to reinstate the loving, gentle forces of self love. It is good to wear in a chaotic or crisis situation. Rose Quartz is known as "the stone of gentle love" which brings peace & calmness in relationships. It is a rejuvenating agent for both physical body & emotions as well as an excellent energy source for healing emotional "wounds". Lastly, it is an excellent stone to express friendship.
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Ruby brings integrity, devotion and happiness. It also enhances generosity & brings prosperity. Ruby brings & increases romantic love. It is a stone that has been known to be very protective of home, worldly possession, children, & psychic protection. Ruby is a stone of high energy & power that promotes healing on all levels. Ruby is associated with the root chakra.
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Rudraksha is the dried fruit of Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, which grows mostly in Indonesia.. Rudraksa literally translates to: Rudra i.e., Shiva + aksha i.e., eye, meaning that it is pleasing to the eye of Lord Shiva. Sometimes it is referred to as "Tears of Shiva". Hindu holy literature has it that Rudraksha beads, also known as Rudraksa, have many special powers, including curing all types of ailments & absolving all kinds of sins. The number of facets each bead has changes the number & types of sins that the seed can absolve. Altogether, Rudraksha is a powerful healing & absolution component according to traditional Hinduism. The beneficial powers of Rudraksha are by virtue of its Electrical & Magnetic Properties. Rudraksha beads act as a stabilizing anchor.
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Sandalwood is a sacred wood with a lovely aromatic scent. It is used extensively in modern times for incense, aromatherapy, carvings, malas (prayer beads), Ayurvedic medicine, perfumes, & essential oils, where it is said to bring one closer to the Divine. In ancient India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome it has been used for over 4000 years for purposes as diverse as building Hindu temples, & embalming. Sandalwood's scent is both excellent for staying present & alert during meditation, which makes it wonderful for ritual & spiritual practice. Its scent is said to transform desires, & also to bring emotional balance. In alternative healing, sandalwood is used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat anxiety, insomnia, neuralgia, sciatica, depression, urinary tract infections, coughs, nausea, dry skin, cardiac tonic, inflammations, fevers, antiseptic, dysentery, & stress-related disorders.
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Sapphire is a stone of creative expression, intuition, & meditation, & enhances all those things. Sapphire is corundum, and comes in virtually any color of the rainbow including blue, pink, purple, orange (Padparadsha), green, colorless, & red (known as ruby). Sapphire is beneficial for mental clarity & depression. Physically it is good for lowering fevers & inflammation, hearing problems, cancer, & burns. Sapphire is associated with the brow chakra. Various colors of sapphire have properties in addition to the general sapphire properties.
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Sea Shell Pendants are made from a hard, protective outer layer that is created by a sea creature, a marine organism. This sea shell pendant is natural and was found in beach drift, which is natural detritus deposited along strandlines on beaches by the waves and the tides.
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Silver is a mineral that is said to mirror the soul, strengthen the connection between astral & physical bodies, & enhance intuitive & psychic energies. Silver is mystically considered to improve speech, bring eloquence. It is also purported to attract, enhance & store the energies of gemstones, as well as draw out negative energies. Silver is related to the moon, & moon energies. Physically, crystal healing lore indicates that silver has been traditionally used to aid hepatitis treatments, eliminate toxins, expel toxins through the pores, headache, rheumatic pain, nausea & gastritis, obesity, diabetes, & increase assimilation of vitamins A and E.
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Smoky Quartz is a grounding & stabilizing stone. It brings calm & centering, lifts depression, enhances practicality, & generally removes negative energies, bringing happiness. Smoky quartz is also a good luck stone. It can assist in tapping subconscious wisdom. Smoky quartz is a protective stone, particularly for physical protection, protection from negativity, & psychic protection. Physically, smoky quartz is helpful for kidneys, abdomen, pancreas, reproductive organs, menstrual cramps, fertility issues, water retention. Smoky quartz is associated with the root chakra.
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Sterling Silver is an alloy of the minerals Silver & Copper with other trace elements. It is primarily silver, which brings mainly the energies of silver to this metal, with copper energies to back it up.
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Tiger Eye is a stone of protection & was traditionally carried as a talisman against ill wishes & curses. It is both a grounding as well as an uplifting stone & encourages feelings of self-worth & confidence in ones abilities. Further, it is universally thought to bring good fortune & to protect activity. It produces soothing vibrations, generates calmness to unsettled turmoil. Tiger eye is also used to enhance self empowerment. The golden brown Tiger eye is thought to be ruled by the Sun & therefore it is believed to bring courage during dark times. Lastly, Tiger's eye is a very protective stone especially during travel.
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Blue Tiger Eye is thought to bring good fortune & to protect from the "Evil Eye". Blue Tiger Eye is said to give the wearer the ability to see the complete truth & forgive without the crippling effect of emotion. Further, it is known to enhance integrity of communication. This stone helps find courage to recognize thoughts & ideas, as well as the willpower to carry them into the physical realm. Blue tiger eye can be used for protection, especially of the upper chakras. It is also said to bring good luck to one who wears or carries it. Blue tiger eye is associated primarily with the throat chakra.
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Red Tiger Eye is also known as "Dragon's Eye" or "Ox Eye", brings energies of vibrance & vitality, & of enhancing integrity of self. It can help one have the practicality & willpower to take care of oneself fully. This is a survival stone & helps with the correct use of power for survival in difficult times. It promotes energies of health & vibrancy of those who wear it & is said to bring good luck.
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Topaz soothes, heals, stimulates, recharges, remotivates & aligns the meridians of the body - directing energy to where it is needed most. It promotes truth & forgiveness and is known to bring joy, generosity, abundance & good health. It is also known as a stone of love & good fortune. Further, Topaz was dedicated to Apollo, the Sun deity, in ancient cultures. It acts to initiate faith & to further the quest for the enlightened state. It is known to attract people towards one for friendship &/or business.
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Blue Topaz is known to aid in clear communication. This stone helps one recognize truth & wisdom. It aids in accomplishing a clear vision which in turn allows the user to have inner peace. Further, Blue Topaz is known to be good for artists as it gives one access to their artistic creativity, & increases one's appreciation of beauty.
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Silver Topaz (White Topaz) is a stone of success & manifestation when directed toward the highest good of all. It promotes creativity & individuality. It replaces negativity with love & joy. This stone enhances healing & visualization, & aids in the healing of depression, wounds, & skin problems. Silver topaz is associated with the crown chakra, but will work with all chakras.
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Smoky Topaz is considered a stone of purity, as it calms the mind, lifts depression, dissolves negative energies & emotional blockages as well as eliminates jealousy, fear & anger. It attracts people towards the wearer for friendship &/or business. It is used to treat disorders of the liver & gall bladder.
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Yellow Topaz strengthens faith & optimism. It assists in recognizing your own abilities, instills a drive toward recognition & attracts helpful people; while bestowing charisma & confidence with pride in abilities. Yellow Topaz regenerates cellular structures & is beneficial for nervous exhaustion & insufficient combustion of nutrients. It treats the liver, gall bladder & the endocrine glands.
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Tourmaline captivates the imagination of the wearer due to its multi-colored hues. These almost give it a navratna (sacred gem) quality. Tourmalines come in many colors, the most common being black. It also comes in pink to red, blues, yellows, browns, greens, oranges & then a combination of two or more of these colors. The energy of the tourmaline relates to each of the chakras. Tourmaline is worn as the bringer of wealth and in particular as a good luck charm.
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Black Tourmaline (Schorl) is associated with the root or base chakra, & is excellent for grounding excess energy. It is well known as a purifying stone that deflects & transforms negative energy, & thus is very protective. It can transform & remove negativity from an individual or an environment. It is often used as an aura cleanser, & can help one attain higher levels of awareness. Black tourmaline is also used for repelling & protecting one from black magic, and is often said to return the negative spell to the sender. Some claim that black tourmaline deflects all kinds of energy, but my personal experience is that it's not so. It is possible that the black tourmaline's effect of grounding excess energy gives this impression. Black tourmaline has also been used to deflect radiation energy from tv's and computer monitors. Emotionally, black tourmaline is excellent for dispelling fears, obsessions, and neuroses, bringing emotional stability. Physically, black tourmaline is said in crystal healing to strengthen the immune system, help with heart disease, arthritis, and gout.
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Blue Tourmaline (Indicolite) also known as Indicolite is probably the rarest form of tourmaline. This stone corresponds to all chakras in terms of clearing, but particularly to the throat & third eye chakras. It is said to aid in the quest for spiritual growth & to increase psychic awareness & healing powers. Blue Tourmaline is said to bring happiness & laughter to your life. It also promotes inspiration & lessens fear. This is a protective stone that can dispel curses & protect from all dangers. In the physical realm, blue tourmaline is said to benefit the lungs, larynx, thyroid, heart, internal organs, & parasympathetic nerves.
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Red Tourmaline (Rubellite) is also known as rubellite & comes in shades of pink to red. It is a stone of balance & calm. Emotionally, red tourmaline helps bring emotional balance as well as aids to open up, relax, & detach from personal pain. It can be used with lepidolite as a super-powerful energy for calming people in distress. As prosperity is a natural effect of a life in balance, red tourmaline also brings abundance. This stone is known as a stone of passion, bringing passionate energy & love. Physically, red tourmaline balances the body's electrochemical system, strengthens immune system, heals backaches & reproductive system disorders, detoxifies the blood, assists with recovery, & eases the effects of radiation poisoning. Red Tourmaline is associated with the sacral and root chakras, as well as the heart chakra.
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Turquoise is sacred to both Native American & Oriental traditions. This is a stone of peace, serenity & tranquility. Turquoise is known to enhance creative expression, peace of mind, emotional balance, communication, friendship, & loyalty. This stone is also helpful in expanding awareness while still maintaining practicality. Turquoise is wonderful for drawing out negative vibrations from a person. It is also a good stone for helping one to bond with the spiritual. This stone also helps open the heart chakra for giving & receiving & in ancient times, the turquoise was utilized to gain wealth.