Stone symbols and meanings

Moss Agate  has long been thought to be helpful to farmers. Worn when planting, it ensures a good crop. It is often called the “gardener’s stone.” It is associated with prosperity, success, abundance, congeniality, compatibility, healing, rain, restoration, and fertility of plants, protection of the earth, creativity, confidence and strength. This stone is helpful when starting new friendships or when seeking a compatible lover. Moss agate also helps us communicate directly with animals and plants.

Tree Agate is said to assist with introspection and relieve tension. It also believed to bring plentiful crops.

Amazonite is thought to bestow truth, integrity and honor to its wearer, enhance love, and soothe tense, aggravated emotions and situations.

Baltic Amber is said to bring romantic love, purification, wisdom, energy and balance. It is also believed to enhance patience, and remembrance of past lives and ancient knowledge.

Amethyst is associated with increased nobility and spiritual awareness.

Ametrine is said to aid in meditation, relieve tension, disperse negativity and help to eliminate prejudice.

Apatite is said to enhance intellect, focus, learning, clarity of concentration, and ideas. It is also said to foster unconditional love.

Aquamarine is said to promote safe travel on water, release anxiety, fear and restlessness. It is said to create a peaceful stillness like the flow of a forest stream.

Carnelian is believed to remind us to be “in the moment.” It is said to be a stone of protection particularly from anger, jealousy and fear. It is also believed to assist one in finding the right mate. This stone calms fears about death and rebirth, bringing serenity and acceptance of the great cycle of life.

Cat’s Eye Quartz (Hawks Eye) is believed to foster serenity, peace, perspective, discernment, abundance, prosperity, healing riches and love of nature.

Citrine is said to be especially useful in stimulating one’s mental capacities, enhancing creativity and intuition and strengthening self confidence. It is also said to give emotional control while making one more alert. It can be very helpful in assisting, acquiring and maintaining wealth.

Coral is said to provide protection and guard against violence, accidents and theft, calm emotions and restore harmony. Believed to help with fever, colds, asthma and digestive problems.

Rainbow Fluorite was often used in carvings. The ancient Romans, who admired purple, carved vases and figures from this stone and considered them valuable treasures. Since fluorite cleaves when struck, forming distinct four-sided pyramids, it has long been associated with psychic energy.

Garnet is considered to be the stone of devotion both to others and to one’s self. It is said to inspire romantic love, passion, sensuality, sexuality, intimacy, positive thoughts, and inspiration, past life recall, career success, social popularity and self-confidence.

Rhodolite Garnet is said to facilitate meditation, enhance intuition and inspire love.

Goldstone was invented by accident in the 19^th century. It is said an Italian monk slipped while carrying a pan of copper shavings and the shaving fell into a vat of molten tinted glass. When the glass cooled, the embedded shavings shimmered like gold.

Howlite is believed to allow one to express emotions calmly, allowing oneself to say what is necessary in a manner that is non-offensive to the listener.

Iolite is known as a stone of power. It is believed to enhance leadership ability, power, inner strength, and self-confidence and executive ability. Many people wear iolite to bed believing that it increases dreams and the ability to remember dreams. It is also used as an aid to intuition.

Jade: The Chinese believe jade not only brings prosperity but also allows you to hold onto your money rather than have it slip through your fingers. All jade is believed to produce longevity, fertility, serenity, wisdom, balance, moderation, perspective and stability.

Autumn Jasper is believed to protect oneself from negative energy. It is thought to be very strengthening.

Brecciated Jasper is believed to enhance organization abilities, relaxation and a sense of wholeness. It is said to encourage attunement and communication with animals and may help with animal allergies. It is said to bring happiness, create a good outlook on life and ease stress.

Dalmatian Jasper is thought to increase patience, remove disillusionment and increase loyalty to one’s partner, making it beneficial for long term relationships.

Fancy Jasper is believed to be a stone of gentleness and relaxation. It may enhance one’s ability to relax by bringing tranquility, comfort and wholeness. It is sometimes called the nurturing stone for its nurturing and protective energies. Think of them as helping us to cease overanalyzing everything and to increase our enjoyment of life.

Leopardskin Jasper is said to assist and protect during physical and spiritual travel. It is also believed to make it easier for one to take responsibility properly.

Ocean Jasper is thought to promote balance of physical, intellectual, and emotional bodies.

Red Jasper is believed to facilitate the remembering of dreams, aid in the assistance in rescue from danger and to help balance out unfair situations.

Labradorite is said to help provide clarity and insight into your destiny. It is also said to be especially helpful for dream recall and finding ways to use dreams in daily life. It is also valued as a connection on the path to love.

Lapis Lazuli has been valued through the ages as a link to the all-knowing sources of knowledge and for invoking wisdom. It has traditionally been a stone for royalty.

Malachite: As the color “green” has long been seen as the color of life, malachite has been seen as the restorer of life. This is interpreted as assisting the body in its natural healing process. It is said that by using this stone, one can counteract self-destructive romantic tendencies and help encourage true, pure love.

Moonstone has been honored as the sacred stone of the moon goddess and as an aid to the traveler- by opening us up to the experiences of people and new places. It is also said to create joy and peace in our homes. It is believed to help calm responses, avoid overreaction and enhance femininity, intuition and psychic abilities.

Mother-of-Pearl has been known as a “stone of sincerity,” brining truth to situations and loyalty to a “cause”. Traditionally for centuries it has signified faith, charity and innocence. It is believed to enhance personal integrity and help to provide focus to ones attention. It has been used to inhibit boisterous behavior and to provide a reflection of the self such that one may see the manner in which one appears to others.

Mahogany Obsidian is called the “mirror Stone” because it reflects one’s personal shortcomings, allowing these shortcomings to come to one’s consciousness to be dealt with, then let go of. It is believed to stimulate growth of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual centers to provide strength in times of need. It is also said to help promote a forgiving attitude and release of grievances.

Snowflake Obsidian. Those who appreciate the powers of obsidian often carry a piece with them. Whether in the raw or formed state, obsidian helps with the integration of mental balance between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. It also assists in physical balance and with physical safety. Specifically, snowflake obsidian is believed to be a stone of purity helping one to recognize unnecessary patterns in one’s life.

Black Onyx has been believed for centuries to repel negativity and deflect the negativity of others, keeping one safe from harm It aids in grounding so that the person is not so flighty and can think and at in a more rational manner which will help stimulate the power of wise decision making. It is also believed to help overcome feeling of loneliness and alienation and to add comfort in unfamiliar surroundings.

Fire Opal is a stone of inspiration, which enhances imagination and creativity. It helps one release inhibitions and enhances memory.

Pearls: Promotes sincerity, truth and loyalty. Enhances personal integrity,soothes, calms, yet focuses attention.

Peridot is said to help one find happiness within one’s self and to overcome anger and jealousy.

Pietersite has attributes that include physical protections, especially for the eyes. It also focuses the inner eye, enabling the wearer to explore himself or herself emotionally and to help one see beyond the immediate to beauty in the “All”. Spiritually and psychically, pietersite helps in working with angels, experiencing visions, and precognition, relating to feminine or goddess energy.

Quartz Crystal has for centuries been recognized for harmony and has been used as a “stone of power”, being able to bring the energy of the stars into the soul. It stimulates brain function, aids clarity of mind, dispels negativity in one’s environment and is a very powerful healer

Rose Quartz is believed to restore youthful qualities, particularly of the skin and self-esteem. Those who wear it experience the joy of each new day and each new experience. They are able to appreciate the innate beauty of people and objects. Everything symbolic regarding rose quartz always returns to love and beauty.

Smoky Quartz is said to alleviate stress and transform fear, anger and other negative emotions into positive energies, thus having a comforting and calming effect. It is also said to provide clarity of thought, improve intuition, enhance survival instincts and stimulate higher awareness in meditative states.

Rhodonite is believed to stabilize one’s thinking into what is true for oneself. It helps in making fine distinctions in people. Rather than black-and-white judgments like “good” or “bad”, the wearer sees others as brothers and sisters, with all their complexities, worthy of love. It brings love around you and helps you remain centered when you are in the love state. When carried or worn, it allows you to see the love in all of life’s experiences, even in the simplest of daily chores.

Sodalite assisted ancient truth seekers. Its presence helps call out the inner truths in ourselves from those around us, and helps one let go of control and be in a peaceful state. Sodalite clears the mind for deeper and wiser thinking by aiding the shift from emotional to rational thinking.

Sunstone evokes learning, stretching and evolving qualities in order to meet our greatest potential.

Tigereye is dramatized with movement as the chatoyant effect of the contrasting golden and brown bands.

Red Tigereye is an excellent stone for public speaking and presentations. The qualities of this stone enhance the confidence in oneself and the subject being presented. It allows the clarity of thought to be projected with profound sensitivity to the needs of the audience.

Tiger Iron is believed that the metaphysical power it has is more immediate and obvious than that of any other stone.

Tourmaline Those of us who seek to know our inner truths value tourmaline. The quest is without fear; the direction is obvious. But the natural inertia we often feel is overcome by a new-born peace. Keep tourmaline available for those times you need it the most to get motivated.

Turquoise is a sacred stone of Native Americans, and is said to absorb negative energies, enhance intuition, and give the wearer vibrancy. This is a stone of vision, integration and clarity.

Unakite is said to bring unconditional love of humanity, connection and reunion. It can help with healing of abandonment and separation issues..

Ruby with Zoisite Many artists, who see their art as an extension of their individual spiritual natures value zoisite. When you need a creativity boost, use zoisite as a touchtone.