metaphysical properties of gemstones

Minerals and gems have been used for many different purposes throughout the ages.  Different traditions ascribe different traits to them - this is a general list of gemstones, their history and composition, and their metaphysical properties.

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	Adventurine (Aventurine) - A good luck stone, especially in financial matters. Stimulates creativity, intelligence and perception. A great healing stone, it gives a sense of mental and emotional well-being.
	Agate - general protection and healing, increases courage, self-confidence, and energy and promotes longevity. Also good for gardening.
	Alexandrite - renewal and regeneration, openness to higher self. Brings love, joy, and luck.
	Amazonite - helps clarify and improve thinking.
	Amber - healing, protection from negativity, attractiveness and energy.
	Amethyst - increases vivid dreams, relieves depression, promotes calm, serenity, and spirituality. Helps with addiction and stress.
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	Apatite - helps stuttering and hypertension. Rids one of guilt and grief.
	Aquamarine - improves sight, sharpens the mind, calms and clarifies emotions. More about Aquamarine
	Aragonite - grounding and centering, facing truth and reality.
	Azurite - increases psychic ability and aids in meditation. Relieves arthritis and joint pain.
	Bloodstone - healing, especially related to the blood. Increases courage and charitability.
	Carnelian - general healing stone. Restores the natural energy flows of your body.
	Chrysocolla - soothes nervous tension.
	Chrysoprase - soothes heartache and helps depression, promotes emotional balance, wisdom, and peace.
	Citrine - helps digestion and aids in mental and intellectual functions. Increases self-esteem and energy. Balances and dissipates negative energy.
	Coral - helps in childbirth and adoption. Wards off bad thoughts from others and promotes general well-being.
	Diamond - manifests abundance. Used in conjunction, it strengthens the properties of other stones.
	Emerald - a mind stone. Enhances memory, promotes clear and quick thinking, and right action stemming from right thought.
	Flourite (multicolor) - enhances spiritual energy work, focuses the will and balances the psyche.

	Garnet - balances your natural energy. A highly protective stone. Increases confidence and security.
	Goldstone - uplifting, reduces tension and stomach problems.
	Hematite - great stone for grounding. Calms and soothes, reducing stress and blood pressure.
	Howlite - Howlite - reduces stress and anxiety. Quietly soothes and calms to bring gentleness and patience.
	Jade - Jade - wisdom, mercy, humility, generosity, peace, and harmony. Protective and lucky when worn as jewelry. Place a bit under your pillow at night for restorative dreams.
	Jasper - calms a troubled mind. Helps with digestive problems and other ills.
	Red Jasper - helps with conflict and aggression. Promotes grace and perserverence. Leopard Skin Jasper - aids in finding and achieving life's goals. Picture Jasper - stabilizing, balancing stone. Aids in visualization and meditation.
	Labradorite - strengthens the will and inner strength and convictions. Aids in combatting addictions.
	Lapis Lazuli - emotional healing and stability. High intensity stone which cleanses the spirit to bring out inner truth and peace.

	Malachite - strong stone which helps release negative emotions and protect from psychic attack.
	Moonstone - helpful in psychic work. Opens the spirit to the feminine aspect. Draws love and helps in interpersonal relationships.
	Morganite - love, empathy, patience and compassion. Heals the emotional self.
	Onyx - good protective stone. Also releases old relationships and keeps away general negativity.
	Opal - Awakens and helps understanding of psychic intuition and mysticism. Encourages living authentically in feeling and action, with faithfullness and loyalty. Helpful for eyesight and during childbirth.
	Peridot - balances your emotional mind and calms emotional storms. Aids digestion and insomnia and increases psychic powers.
	Quartz - the greatest of all healing stones. Acts as an amplifier for psychic energy and aids meditation and visualization.
	Rose Quartz - great for attracting love. Promotes self-loving and heals emotional wounds as well as promoting peace, forgiveness, and nurturing. Smoky Quartz - a grounding stone which helps reduce depression and negative emotions.
	Rhodochrosite - love drawing stone. Helps release past psychological issues. Helps eyesight.
	Rhodonite - self-affirmation and self-love. Fosters ability to remain calm in arguments and resolve disagreements in a loving way.
	Ruby - stimulates nurturing emotions and economic stability. Excellent for shielding from psychic attacks and gathering and amplifying energy. Helpful for blood-related health issues, such as anemia, menstrual issues, and poor circulation.
	Sapphire - promotes light, pure emotions - purity of mind, serenity, joy, and peace. Opens the mind to beauty and love. Clears the mind of unwanted thoughts.
	Sardonyx - encourages self-control and courage in public speaking. Relieves anxiety and grief. Protection, luck, and peace.
	Snowflake Obsidian - protects against nightmares and emotional draining.
	Sodalite - purifies your aura and protects you from negative energy from people around you.

	Tanzanite - increases psychic abilities and enhances spiritual connectedness.
	Tiger's Eye - clear thinking, helps in manifesting will, courage, and confidence.
	Topaz - soothes physical pain, promotes peace and calms emotions, as well as promoting forgiveness. Promotes individuality, self-confidence, and creativity. Counteracts negative emotions.
	Tourmaline (multicolor) - calm, protection, focus, and balance. Promotes self-assurance and goodwill.
	Black - strong protection from negative energies. Reduces fears, obsessions, neurosis, and panic with a calm rootedness. Pink - promotes compassion, love and healing of emotional pain. Green - cleanses and detoxifies the spirit, brings prosperity. Blue - helpful with verbal, speech, and throat problems. Mental peace and patience. Watermelon - heals old emotional pains and brings emotional understanding.
	Turquoise - healing stone. Attracts friendships, luck, and happiness. Releases shame and guilt.
	Unakite - promotes balance and emotional stability. Transforms negative emotions into positive ones. A grounding stone.