Red Jasper - is another member of the Jasper family and is a 4th (heart) chakra gemstone. It has been used to assist one in rectifying unjust circumstances; meditation with this mineral can provide insight to the method of amelioration. It can also assist in providing for rescue in situations of danger. It facilitates the reiteration of dreams to allow the dreamer to remember the aspects which could be consequential in ones life. It seems to replicate the dream on a video-type mechanism for access during states of meditation. It can also be used to prevent "set-backs" in disorders and to help one learn to progress, and to eliminate the aspects of digression.
Rhodonite - (pronounced Row-don-ite) is called a "stone of love", it helps one to achieve his/her greatest potential and is a 4th (heart) chakra gemstone. It activates and energizes the heart chakra and conveys the resonance of unconditional love to the physical plane. It can create a clear path to balance the yin-yang energy and can help one attain calm assurance in all activities. It dispels anxiety and promotes coherence, bringing the user an observant nature and facilitating attention to details and interrelationships.
Rose Quartz - is the pink variety of Quartz and is the alternate birthstone for the month of January, as well as a 4th (heart) chakra gemstone. Known as "the stone of love", "the stone of gentle love", or simply the "love stone", it emits a calming, cooling energy which can work on all of the chakras to gently remove negativity and to reinstate the loving, gentle forces of self love. It is known to bring calmness and clarity to the emotions and restores the mind to harmony after chaotic or crisis situations. It has an excellent energy for healing emotional "wounds". Placement of the crystal in ones environment, wearing or carrying the crystal, all stimulate the true life force - love.
Ruby - is a member of the Corundum family, which also includes Sapphire. Ruby is the red variety of Corundum and is sometimes referred to as "Red Sapphire" and is a 4th (heart) chakra gemstone. It is known as a "stone of nobility" and is the birthstone for the month of July and the zodiac stone for those born under the astrological sign of Capricorn. It stimulates the heart chakra and assists one in the selections and attainment of ones ultimate vales. It further stimulates the loving emotional side toward nurturing, bringing spiritual wisdom, health, knowledge and wealth. It has been used to induce stability in ones economic status; it has been said that as long as one retains a bit of ruby, wealth will never depart. It is also said to have been used to protect the wearer/carrier against unhappiness, distressing dreams, and lightning. Ruby encourages one to follow bliss and is said to light the darkness of ones life.
Rutilated Quartz - is a powerful combination of Clear/Crystal Quartz with thin Rutile needles growing through it, which intensifies the power of the Quartz crystal. It can be applied to any chakra. It assists one in getting to the root of a problem and provides access to the reason for a disease or discomfort, so that one can remedy the situation. The Rutile needles represent both the lovely hair of Venus and the "sweet" tipped arrows of love. Rutile is used for healing and balancing the aura via repelling negative energy. It brings strength with love, ease in transition, growth in all avenues of ones development, and calm, reason, and order. It is also used to stabilize relationships, marriages, mental processes and emotional, and physical imbalances. It allows for the realization that each person shares the powers of the universe, the passions of the planets, and the understanding from the advanced worlds.
Siberian Blue Quartz - is a laboratory-grown crystal, which is made in Russia. It is created by a process in which natural Quartz is broken down and re-grown with Cobalt which is the source of the beautiful deep blue color. Is it said that Siberian Blue Quartz can help to activate the 5th (throat) and 6th (brown/third-eye) chakras, the energy centers of communication and inner vision and help one to communicate with angelic clarity. It can be used to enhance one’s psychic abilities, such as clairvoyance and telepathy, and to increase visionary experience. This stone is a valuable ally when one wishes to access higher guidance or instruction, and it aids one in connecting with latent knowledge and information stored within the cellular structure of the brain, as well as facilitating the recall and use of information from alternate lifetimes. The combination of Quartz grown with Cobalt can be helpful in developing and furthering creative endeavors, bringing the forces of creativity to their zenith. It is said to be quite uplifting to ones emotional experiences.
Smokey Quartz - is the brown variety of Quartz and is known as the "stone of cooperation". It stimulates the unification of energies directed toward the same goal and is a 1st (base/root) chakra gemstone. It can be used to gently dissolve negative energies and emotional blockages, to initiate a powerful force field which will absorb many forms of negativity, both from within oneself and from outer sources. It is an excellent grounding stone, enhancing attentiveness to the moment and producing the grounding aspects necessary during the meditative state in order to stimulate higher awareness. It activates survival instincts and acts to improve ones intuition in matters of responsibilities and in those activities which would be considered to be "challenging". It promotes personal pride and joy in living. Use to regulate creativity in business and encourages astute-ness in purchasing.
Snowflake Obsidian - is a form of volcanic glass. Known as the "stone of purity", bringing both purity and balance to the body, mind, and spirit. It is an excellent grounding stone, it is said to assist in the reflection of ones flaws and to promote a clear picture of the changes which are necessary to eliminate the flaws. It acts to bring automatic grounding during meditation, to open the crown chakra, to stabilize the movement of the Kundlaini, and to enhance ones energy fields. It provides a shield against negativity, transforming negative vibrations within an environment. Carrying/wearing Obsidian further disperses those unloving thoughts which arise from within the self or are directed toward one physical form. It produces softness to ones activities and to one communication to the self and others.
Soapstone - is the common name for the mineral Steatite. It provides for both the movement and widening of ones horizons and assists in fashioning and instilling positive characteristics within the environment in which it is a member. It emits a calming energy, both stimulating one to action and providing for peace at the center of the being. It allows one to release old routines and to create new loving environments. It also assists one in "changing with the tides", being ever ready for new situations and new challenges.
Sodalite - (pronounced Soda-light) provides for the ability to arrive at logical conclusions via rational mental processes and is a 6th (brow/third-eye) chakra gemstone. It helps to eliminate confusion and to both equalize and stimulate ones intellect to be compatible with each situation. It is an excellent stone for use in groups; it provides for fellowship, solidarity, and a commonality of goal and purpose, within the group. It can be used to enhance truthfulness in emotions, allowing one to both recognize and verbalize the true feelings.
Sunstone - is a member of the Feldspar family and a 3rd (solar plexus) chakra gemstone. It is used to both clear and energize the chakras, and also provide a brightening of the chakras, allowing one to exhibit a floral freshness and a feeling of being "squeaky" clean. In ancient India, it was believed to provide protection from the destructive forces of the other realms. It can be used to dissipate fearfulness, to alleviate stress and to increase vitality. It has been used to encourage independence and originality and to provide "luck" in games.
Tiger Eye - is a Quartz replacement of Crocidolite. Chakra application depends upon the stone’s color. This mineral brings together the vibrations of sand and sunlight, synthesizing the energies of the Sun and the Earth. It is helpful for individuals seeking clarity and for those who must deal intelligently with the scattered details which must be brought together into some pattern. It can be used to enhance psychic abilities and assist in the gentle attunement of the third eye activity - this stone being best suited for "earthy" people. It brings awareness of ones personal needs as well as the needs of others and has been used to stimulate wealth and to enhance the stability required to maintain wealth.
Tiger Iron - is comprised of golden Tiger Eye, Red Jasper and Hematite, combining the qualities of all three stones and is a 1st (base/root), 2nd (sacral/navel) and 3rd (solar plexus) chakra gemstone. It can be used to assist in creative endeavors, prompting artistic abilities, revealing the ultimate in balance and mathematical exactitude. It helps one to find havens of refuge when danger is perceived. It also stimulates the physical vitality to "put a tiger in your tank". It has been used to promote the assimilation of the B-complex vitamins, to increase the white/red blood cell count and to strengthen muscular structure.
Topaz - is known as a "stone of true love and success in all endeavors". Chakra application depends upon the stone’s color. It can promote individuality and creativity, while providing for confidence in trusting ones decisions. Topaz is also the birthstone for the month of November and the zodiac stone for those born under the astrological sign of Sagittarius. It replaces negativity with love and joyfulness. It promotes the expression of ideas and instills a trust in the universe such that one may feel comfortable with the potential outcome of a situation without "doing". It is the "crystal of potency", being quite instrumental in visualization, in meditation and in projection. It helps one to absorb which is needed from the universe, prompting receptivity and willingness to act. It can be used to manifest health and to correct disorders within the body.
Tourmalinated Quartz - is a member of the Quartz family and is a combination of Clear/Crystal Quartz and Tourmaline, usually Black Tourmaline. Tourmalinated Quartz occurs when Tourmaline needles grow within Clear/Crystal Quartz. Tourmalinated Quartz can be worn as both an alternate birthstone for the month of April and/or as the birthstone for the month of October because Clear/Crystal Quartz is the alternate birthstone for the month of April and Black Tourmaline is the birthstone for the month of October. It provides humanity with a tool which produces a "solving atmosphere". It aids in eliminating many "crystallized" patterns which are, or have been, destructive in nature and in ones own life. It also aids in adjusting imbalances throughout the bodies.
Tourmaline - is the traditional birthstone for the month of October, with Opal being the modern birthstone. Chakra application depends upon the stone’s color. The name Tourmaline comes for the Singhalese words "turamali", which loosely translates to "stone with mixed colors". Tourmaline comes in every color of the rainbow and according to an old Egyptian legend, tourmaline, on its long journey up from the center of the Earth, it passed over a rainbow and it assumed all the colors of the rainbow. Its energy relates to each of the chakras. It acts to clear, to maintain and to stimulate each of the energy centers of the body. It can be used to attract inspiration, to diminish fear by promoting understanding, and to encourage self confidence. It provides a balancing of the male/female energies within the body and further provides for balancing of the mind. It is thought to bring healing powers to the user and to provide protection from all dangers occurring on the physical plane.
Turquoise - is another gift from the Earth, bringing the blue of Father Sky to the Earth and melding together the energies of the heavens with the consciousness of Mother Earth. Turquoise is one of the alternate birthstones for the month of December (the other and newest addition being Tanzanite) and is a 5th (throat) chakra gemstone. It strengthens and aligns all chakras, meridians, and subtle bodies, and can bring them all to a higher level. It primarily stimulates the throat, heart, and naval chakras, bringing communication skills to emotional issues, to creativity, and to intuition, while allowing for the application of love in all issues. It has been said that Turquoise changes color to warn of impending danger and/or to indicate infidelity in thought or action. It acts to improve meditation and to further peace of mind.
Unakite - is a combination of mainly, Pink Feldspar, Green Epidote and Quartz and is a 4th (heart) chakra gemstone. It can be used to enhance visions on the ethereal plane and to bring ones consciousness to the present, allowing those "easy" times of unconscious action to dissipate. It further acts to balance the emotional body, bringing it into alignment with the higher forces of spirituality. It provides for a gentle release of those conditions which have been inhibiting ones growth. It can be used to help one to go "beneath" the physical symptoms of disease and to allow for the determination of the root cause underlying the condition; the cause becoming apparent in the cases of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual planes of existence. It can be used in the treatment of the reproductive system, and to stimulate healthy pregnancies while facilitating the health of the unborn.
Watermelon Tourmaline - is a configuration of Tourmaline which exhibits a green or blue rind and a pink or red core. This is not the same as Tourmaline which is bi-colored, exhibiting both the pink and green or pink and blue colors. Tourmaline is the traditional birthstone for the month of October and chakra application depends upon the stone’s color. Watermelon Tourmaline is the “super activator” of the heart chakra; providing stimulation, energizing and connection with the heart chakra of the higher-self. It encourages one to look past the seriousness of an experience or a situation and to recognize both the benefit of, and the humor in, the experience/situation. It helps on to allow oneself the experience of the beauty of nature, while diminishing emotionalism. It also enhances cooperative efforts and inspires tact in all situations.
Wonderstone Jasper - is a member of the Jasper family used to facilitate and to reinforce the state of tranquility. It can be helpful in eliminating worries, allowing one to recognize that "worry" does not change a situation and that appropriate action can modify results; it also assists one in gaining insight to beneficial action, eliminating distress and depression and increasing ones feeling of well-being. It is an excellent stone for bringing mental clarity to any predicament. It also stimulates the imagination and furthers faith in, and acceptance, of ones basic impulses and intuitive energies.
