Since ancient times, semiprecious stones and other natural materials
have held deep symbolic meaning, and many have been thought

to possess healing and spiritual properties.

 

Crystals and gemstones have been worn as jewelry for

thousands of years specifically for these special energies.

 

Below are the properties traditionally associated with the materials

we most commonly work with.

 

Agate... strength, courage, longevity, truth, love, healing, protection

 

Amazonite... success, money, luck, balance, calm, focus, clarity

 

Amber... luck, healing, love, strength, protection, beauty

 

Amethyst... healing, love, peace, protection, courage, happiness, spirituality,

psychism, mental powers, tranquility, peaceful sleep, healing dreams

 

Aquamarine... courage, joy, peace, psychism, purification

 

Aventurine... luck, money, mental powers, eyesight, peace, healing; promotes physical, mental and emotional

wellbeing; enhances creativity and originality; stress-relieving; soothing

 

Blue Calcite... healing

 

Blue Lace Agate... peace, calm, happiness

 

Blue Topaz... love, protection, healing, money

 

Brazilian Agate... strength, courage, success, truth, love, healing, protection

 

Carnelian... grounding energy, protection, courage, healing, peace, eloquence, self-confidence, sexual energy

 

Citrine... used for its warming, comforting, light and energizing qualities; believed to dissipate negative energy, raise self-esteem and attract abundance. Citrine has been used for protection, to prevent nightmares and to ensure a good night's sleep. Citrine has also been worn to facilitate psychic awareness.

 

Copper... energy direction, healing, luck, love, protection, money

 

Coral... healing, protection, peace, wisdom

 

Fluorite... mental powers; soothes anger and depression

 

Freshwater Pearl... love, money, protection, luck

 

Garnet... healing, strength, protection

 

Jade... love, healing, longevity, wisdom, protection, prosperity

 

Jasper... health, healing, beauty, grace, protection

 

Moonstone... love, divination, psychism, sleep, gardening, protection, youth, dieting

 

Mother of Pearl... protection, wealth

 

Onyx... protection, defense

 

Opal... psychism, astral projection, beauty, money, luck, power

 

Peridot... protection, health, wealth, sleep, tranquility

 

Pyrite... money, divination, luck

 

Quartz Crystal... protection, healing, psychism, power

 

Rhodonite... peace, anti-confusion

 

Rose Quartz... love, peace, happiness, fidelity, healing

 

Serpentine... protection

 

Shells... have been used as amulets and religious objects as far back as 20,000 B.C.  Throughout the Mediterranean civilizations,

the Middle East, and the Pacific, shells were used both as a Goddess symbol and to work magic for healing, fertility, rebirth and

good luck.
 

Silver... invocation, love, psychism, dreams, peace, protection, travel, money

 

Smoky Quartz... mood elevation, grounding; helps to overcome depression and other negative emotions

 

Tiger Eye... wealth, protection, courage, energy, luck, confidence, divination

 

Turquoise... protection, courage, money, love, friendship, healing, luck

 

Source: Scott Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic