Gemstone Meanings
All meanings, healing claims and medical information are reputed and should not be used in replacement for medical diagnosis
Birthstones
January ~ Garnet
February ~ Amethyst
March ~ Aquamarine
April ~ Rock Crystal Quartz (alternative to Diamond)
May ~ Chrysoprase & Emerald
June ~ Moonstone & Pearl
July ~ Carnelian & Ruby
August ~ Peridot
September ~ Lapis Lazuli & Sapphire
October ~ Opal & Tourmaline
November ~ Citrine or Topaz
December ~ Turquoise & Tanzanite
Agate
Colours
Muted tones to colourful, commonly dyed to enhance brighter colours
Meanings
Agate is a stone for protection, strength and courage and said to stabilize, balance, compose
Healing
Reputed to help with digestive system
Colours
Milky and pale aqua sometimes with dark marks or lighter flecks
Meanings
Amazonite is a stone for hope, communication and truth which helps build self esteem
Healing
Reputed to reduce stress and good for general body health
Colours
A calming stone
Meanings
A calming stone, said to enhance intuition and physic awareness, protective, energizing, peaceful
Healing
A good all rounder for health issues, Great for reducing anxiety, helping with grief, insomnia, headaches, fatigue, healthy pregnancy, and loads more
Colours
Pale and clear lilac of amethyst with yellow orange flecks from the clear citrine
Meanings
Reduces negative energies
Healing
Has both healing properties of Amethyst & Citrine
Colours
Pale aqua
Meanings
A stone of peace and courage
Healing
Good for intestinal problems, eyes, headaches and fatigue
Colours
Greens, pale reds and blue
Meanings
A stone of prosperity, luck, creativity, friendship and happiness
Healing
Helps with blood issues, headaches, nausea and insomnia
Colours
Brown with bronze flecks
Meanings
A stone of certainty, confidence, decision making
Healing
Helps with muscular tensions and restlessness
Colours
Shades of orange
Meanings
A stone for creativity, luck, courage, and good for confidence
Healing
Helps with kidney related issues, skin and flesh, colds and flu, increasing fertility and an energy booster
Colours
Vivid dark teal green blue
Meanings
A calming stone, reputed to help with tension, worries and clarity of thought
Healing
Said to be good for throat infections, PMT, stress, cramps, blood and liver
Colours
Beautiful shades of pea green
Meanings
Great spring lifting stone, relieves tensions, anxiety, relaxes and encourages happiness
Healing
Reputed to help with fertility issues, stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia
Colours
Clear pale orange and yellows
Meanings
A stone for wealth and success, happiness and confidence
Healing
Good all round healer, great for overcoming trauma, griefs, sleep and heart issues, digestive system and a good negative energy clearer
Colours
Pale Lilac, purples, yellows and greens
Meanings
For decision making and concentration; said to give mental clarity, helps with anxiety and stress and clears the air of negative energies
Healing
Said to relieve enhance mental functions, relieve pain and good all round stone for the body; bones and muscles
Colours
Deep red brown, burgundy
Meanings
Great gemstone for business problems, depression and lack of self esteem
Healing
Said to enhance sexuality, purify blood and reduce toxins in the body
Colours
Dark sparkling blue, Dark sparkling green & copper
Meanings
A man made stone, means learning, wisdom and a stone of ambition
Healing
Said to be good for positive energies and helping one acheive their goals
Colours
Dark shiny grey
Meanings
Grounding and balancing stone, stimulates thoughts
Healing
Said to be good for self esteem and confidence
Colours
Genuine jades are in dark green, black, peaches and oranges
Meanings
A balancing stone, a stone for love, luck, prosperity
Healing
Said to be good for enhancing dreams, energy recharger and emotional healing
Colours
Very varied colours, some dyed, others natural
Meanings
A nurturing stone, calming and relaxing
Healing
Reputed to help de-stress, boost energy & soothes digestive system
Colours
Aqua, blues, greens, teals
Meanings
A stone for meditation, tranquility and calm
Healing
Reputed to help with infections and blood presure
Colours
Grey with blue green shimmer on some stones
Meanings
The magicians stone, said to enhance magical abilities. For stability, wisdom & patience
Healing
Reputed to help with brain functions, good for balancing hormones and relieving stress and pain
Colours
Royal Blue sometimes with gold flecked areas
Meanings
A stone of Gods, royalty and power, said to dispell anger and negativity
Healing
Reputed to help with eyes, throat, communication and creativity
Larvikite (aka Black Labradorite)
Colours
Grey, platinum, with shimmering flecks and black flecks
Meanings
A stone for intellect and grounding; good for connection with earth and nature
Healing
Said to calm the nerves, help with learning disabilities, skin disorders, strokes and brain function
Colours
Usually black
Meanings
Said to promote stability with change in life, a grounding stone
Healing
Reputed to cleanse negativity, helps with communication and creativity
Colours
Purple or pink
Meanings
A stone of peace. Soothes and calms
Healing
Reputed to relieve stress, depression, anxiety and promote sleep, helps with loss and grief
Colours
Deep green with bands and swirls
Meanings
Protective stone, strong negtivity and emotional cleansing stone, wear malachite when you feel positive
Healing
Malachite should not be used for healing too much as it reflects how you feel, however you can keep a piece in your room at night to ward off nightmares, it can also help in childbirth and with cramps
Colours
Milky white stone possibly with blue hues and shimmer, can also be grey and blush/peach coloured
Meanings
The feminine stone, at one with the moon, protective at night, the passion stone... wear during love making
Healing
Perfect for pregnancy, fertility, well woman, reputed to help regulate your cycle and used for insomnia
Colours
Black, browns, golden, rainbow
Meanings
A stone for sensitive and gentle persona
Healing
Reputed to protect against depression and blocking negativity, should be used with caution as it is a strong stone, can also be used for cramps, aiding digestion and joint problems
Colours
Black, sometimes green
Meanings
A stone of protection and inner strength
Healing
Reputed to help with grief, loss, negativity, relationship endings, stressful times
Colours
Milky white usually
Meanings
Water stone, opal is a stone for happiness, faithfulness, confidence and hope
Healing
Reputed to enhance memory and help with the eyes
Colours
Green
Meanings
A stone of lightness, beauty, springtime, morality, purity, rebirth, renewal, protective
Healing
Reputed to help with digestive problems, relatonship stress, and contractions in childbirth
Colours
Light green with black shards
Meanings
The stone of the heart, serene energy, calming
Healing
Reputed to help intuition, physic powers, contacting those in spirit
Colours
Light Gold
Meanings
Good luck stone, energising, protective, good stone to have on the work desk
Healing
Helps with confidence, in the workplace, lung issues, blood issues and male fertility
Colours
Pale pink
Meanings
The stone of love, enhancing love, self love, family love, romantic love
Healing
Reputed to help relieve stress, help anxiety, help self esteem, pregnancy and childbirth, heart issues, headaches
Quartz / Crystal (Clear & Various)
Colours
Various
Meanings
The most common 'crystal' stone on the planet, but powerful, amplifies energy and used as a healing stone
Healing
Use quartz to overcome fatigue, energise, and use with other stones to help heal
Colours
Dusky pink with natural colourings
Meanings
A love stone, calming, inner growth and emotional balance
Healing
Use for relaxation, well being, nervous system, self worth, anxiety, broken heart, immune system
Colours
Deep green with black and ruby red
Meanings
Said to increase vigour, turn negative to positive, stablilizing
Healing
Reputed to help with fertility and reproductive system, energising, grief and loss, immune system, racing hearts and infections
Colours
Light to dark peach
Meanings
Stone of joy, lifts the mood, optimistic,independence and confidence; like the sun
Healing
Said to help with SAD, weight loss and digestive issue
Colours
Multi colours, usually dusky pinks, watermelon greens, dark amber brown
Meanings
Overall a Protecting stone, watermelon tourmaline is good for emotions and compassion, brown tourmaline encourages stability
Healing
Said to be great for detoxification, pink tourmaline for the spine, watermelon tourmaline for the immune system and metabolism
Colours
Turquoise
Meanings
A stone of friendship, for protection and stength. Reputed to bring good fortune, takes on the characteristics of the owner.
Healing
Said to be good for stomach problems and acid,viral infections, alleviates pain and cramps