Agate - Green Moss

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Moss Agate is a birthing crystal with strong connections to nature, it releases you from spiritual blockages and encourages new beginnings.  It helps you access intuative feelings, has positives affects on self esteem and releases you from your stresses and fears.

Helpful for anyone suffering from depression, promotes self expression and communication with others.

Amethyst

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Amethyst is said to boost the production of hormones balance the metabolism and cleanses the immune system.  Relieves emotional physical and psychological stress.  Helps with headaces and tension.  It also treats insomnia and aids restful sleep, for insomnia or nightmares place beneath your pillow.  Amethyst is a positive stone for the throat and heart chakra's.

Amethyst should not be used for paranoia or schizophrenia.

Bloodstone

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Bloodstone is an energy cleanser which can help to stimulate the immune system, relieves stomach and bowel pain, strengthens blood purifying organs and improves blood circulation. It can help in reducing irritability, impatience and aggressiveness.  Cleanses the lower chakra's and realigns their energy. 

Calcite - Blue

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Blue Calcite is a stone for relaxation and recouperation, soothes the nerves and anxieties.  Lowers blood pressure and aids pain relief on all levels.

Used on the throat chakra it aids clear communication.  Blue Calcite can absorb energy, clean and filter it back to the sender.

Calcite - Orange

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Orange Calcite is used to balance emotions, is a useful stone for overcoming depression.  Calcite as a whole is a powerful amplifier of energy and is linked to higher consciousness and excelletares spiritual development.  Calcite is a positive stone, linked with hope and self motivation.  Has strong links to the Solar Plexus chakra.

Carnelian

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Carnelian grounds you, anchoring you in the present.  It is believed to restore vitality and motivation and is an excellent stone for cleansing other stones.

Stimulates the metabolism, influences female reporductive organs.  Helps with lower back problems, rheumatism, nuralgia, arthritis and depression.

Accelerates healing in bones and ligaments.. Carnelian activates the Base Chakra.

Citrine

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Citrine is connected to the sun, stimulates energy and creativity, it is a crystal that never needs cleansing, absorbing negative energy.  Has the ability to cleanse the chakras and associated witht he Solar Plexas and naval Chakras.  When used in conjunction with the crown chakra, it stimulate intuition.

Gets rid of destructive tendancies, allows you to let go of the past.  Can encourage you to be less sensitive to critisism.

Helpful for menstrual and menopausal smptoms, activates the thymus and balances the thyroid.

Hematite

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Hematite dispels negativity and can impart confidence and boost self esteem.  Helps you accept your mistakes and removes self limitations.

Can be used for anxiety, to relieve insomnia and relieve circulatory problems.  Stimulates concentration and focus.

Good stone for earthing/grounding/projecting.

Iron Pyrite

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Iron Pyrite can help tap into your potential and stimulate your abilities to increase the flow of ideas.  Promotes diplomacy while blocking negativity, helping you to see through fascades.  Associated with memory and recall can help you balance analysis and creativity, instinct with intuition.

Strengths the digestive tract and has positive affect of the circulatory and respiratory system.

Jasper - Red

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Jasper in general is a nurturing stone bringing about tranquility and unity, can be used to align chkara's bringing about balance.  Will impart determination, courage and honesty.

Red Jasper brings insight into difficult circumstances, stimulates the base chakra associated with health giving properties, particularly detoxifying the blood.

Jasper - Yellow

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Jasper in general is a nurturing stone bringing about tranquility and unity, can be used to align chkara's bringing about balance.  Will impart determination, courage and honesty.

Yellow Jasper makes you feel physically better, can help you channel positive energy.  Releases toxins, aids digestion.

Is strongly associated with the Solar Plexus chakra.

Obsidian - Apache Tear

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Black obsidian is a powerful meditation stone. The purpose of this gemstone is to bring to light that which is hidden from the conscious mind. It dissolves suppressed negative patterns and purifies them. It can create a somewhat radical behavior change as new positive attitudes replace old, negative, egocentric patterns.

 

Quartz - Clear

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Quartz can absorb, store, regulate and release energy.  It is the most powerful healing stone.  Used in conjunction with meditation quartz can help filer distractions, aid concentration and unlock memory.  Harmonizes chakras, can be used for any condition, stimulating balance.

Quartz - Rose

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Rose Quartz signifies unconditional, bringing inner peace, calm and self love. 

Helps with chest and lung problems, increases fertility and is reputed to aleviate vertigo.

Used for the Heart chakra.

Quartz - Smokey

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Smokey Quartz is a grounding/anchoring stone.

Helps with headaches, benefits the reproductive system, releaves fear and depression, good for alleviating nightmares, counteracting negative emotions.

Used for the base chakra. 

Serpentine (Bowenite)

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Serpantine has been heralded as 'the new Jade' on it's own merits it can help you take control of your own life while balancing emotions, good for cleansing and detoxifying and is associated with longevity.

Used for clearing the chakras and stimulating the Crown chakra.

Sodalite

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Sodalite can be used to deepen meditation, bring harmony and solidarity between companions.  Encourages rational though balanced with intuative perception and can encourage clear communication.  Enhances self-acceptance and self-esteem.

Helps metabolism, boost the immune system, counteracts insomnia.

Used for the Throat chakra.

Sunstone

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Sunstone is sometimes associated with luck and good fortune.  Is reputed to nurture and has a profound conneciton to the regenerative power of the sun.  Lifts dark moods while promoting self-empowerment.

Lifts moods, removes inhibitions, encourages optimism, helps with SAD Syndrom (seasonal affecticve disorder)

Topaz - Silver

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Attributed to being a mellow stone, is soothes and remotivates.  Brings about trust in the divine and bringing about sucess in your goals.

Traditionally the stone of love and good fortune, makes you receptive to love.  Topaz in general helps with stimpulating the digestion and all round good health.

Used for the Solar Plexus and Brow chakras.

Turquoise - Natural

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Natural Turquoise promotes well being in body and spirit, is a protective stone traditionally used for talismans and amulets. Releases inhibitions, dispels negative energy and is an all round stone for balancing.

Good for healing the whole body, particularly the eyes.

Used for the Throat Chakra.