Natural Crystal Gemstone Properties

Gemstone Properties

Gemstones have a long history of use in ornamentation, and have been attributed metaphysical & healing properties. Below is a summary of the properties for each gemstone found in Joanna Whitehurst jewellery. You will find a booklet enclosed with each item of jewellery you buy, detailing the individual properties of each of the gems used in the piece.

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Gemstones are also widely known as Crystals and can be very effective tools for releasing emotional stress and returning us to a calm relaxed state. Crystals can be thought of as natural energy resonators and being the most stable and also the simplest solid matter in the universe are used in some of our most impressive technological developments. People have been using crystals and minerals as healing tools for thousands of years, in our oldest traditions, crystals are often connected to the spiritual world. As Philip Permutt from iSiS Crystals quotes "They can increase your focus and boost creativity. In fact, I cannot think of anything that crystals cannot help with."

For some fascinating insights into how it all works, see What is a Crystal? at iSiS Crystals.

Amazonite
Amazonite (the hope stone) is said to have a soothing effect on the nervous system, therefore calming tense and aggravated situations and enhancing love. Also believed to detoxify the body and bestow truth, honour and integrity to its wearer.

Amethyst
Amethyst is said to relieve hangovers, or cure drunkenness. Also believed to increase spiritual awareness, bestow stability, strength, invigoration, and peace. The stone is thought to help find freedom from addictive personalities (oneself or another). Amethyst is used to treat insomnia, relieve headaches, sugar imbalances and general restlessness, creating spiritual balance.

Aragonite
Aragonite is said to foster truth, understanding and clear perception. Aragonite is believed to be a nurturing stone, lifting your feelings into freedom.

Black Tourmaline
Black Tourmaline is believed to protect against negativity and encourage intellectual thought and vitality. Corresponds to the root chakra.

Blackstone
Blackstone is a trade name for a variety of abundant black stones.

Botswana Agate
Botswana Agate in particular, has been used traditionally to sustain attentiveness to detail. Agates were used in ancient times as talismans to protect the wearer from storms, to quench thirst and to bring good luck. They are also believed to foster love, create an appreciation of nature, provide abundance and help relieve stress.

Brecciated Jasper
Brecciated Jasper is believed to heal mental stress by facilitating awareness and bringing clear-headedness.

Carnelian
Carnelian is said to protect against envy, fear and rage. The stone is also believed to ground the base chakra, give the wearer fluency in speech and encourage love between family.

Fancy Jasper
Fancy Jasper (the party stone) is thought to give a sense of well-being and encourage people to lighten up and enjoy themselves. The stone is also believed to be especially helpful for people whose male energies are extreme.

Frosted Quartz
As quartz crystal, frosted quartz known as a stone of power, is believed to bring harmony, incite brain function, aid clarity of mind and dispel negativity. The stone is also believed to be a powerful healer.

Garnet
Garnet is considered insurance for travellers against misfortune. Also believed to ward off bad dreams, protect from theft, attract love and soul mates and enhance creativity, vitality and bring courage and emotional balance. Garnet has been associated with the root, or red chakra; imbalances of which are said to be responsible for anxiety, irritable bowel and lack of energy.

Green Aventurine
Green Aventurine is said to reinforce decisiveness and amplify leadership qualities and instinctive action. The stone is thought to bestow emotional tranquillity, positive attitudes towards life, independence, health and well being. Believed to heal the heart chakra.

Grey Agate
Grey Agate was, as all agates, used in ancient times as a talisman to protect the wearer from storms, to quench thirst and to bring good luck. Agate is said to foster love, create an appreciation of nature, provide abundance and help stress.

Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli is believed to ward off evil and invoke wisdom. In ancient Egypt, it was powdered and worn around the eyes to improve eyesight. Today, the stone is considered by some to be an aid to balancing the brow chakra (which influences vision and hearing). Imbalances of the brow (or blue) chakra are said to cause headaches, anxiety and disorders of the skin.

Mahogany Obsidian
Mahogany Obsidian (the mirror stone) is believed to stimulate growth of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual awareness. The stone is also said to help encourage a loving outlook, release grievances and give strength.

Malachite
Malachite is believed to help release negative and painful emotions by absorbing them. Malachite is the stone of transformation, it clears the path to your desired goal. Said to have a stabilizing influence, it brings fidelity in love and friendship also tolerance, flexibility and patience.

Mother of Pearl
Mother of Pearl is believed to have calming qualities which reduce stress and relieve tension.

Moukaite
Moukaite is believed to help attune the physical with the spiritual. Moukaite is said to make us more comfortable with our bodies and therefore enable our physical activities toelevate our spirits.

Multi Coloured Tourmaline
Tourmaline (the stone of light) represents opposites and is said to have a calming effect during emotional upheavals or when there are conflicts between people of different temperaments. Tourmaline is associated with the heart chakra and is thought to have healing powers.

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

Olive Jade
Olive Jade, said to have the same spiritual values as all green jade, is thought to enhance physical and emotional well-being by helping the wearer feel more grounded. The stone is also believed to bring inner peace and strength and the ability to deal with situations rationally.

Peach Aventurine
Peach Aventurine is believed to help with decision making and help boost creativity.

Pearl
Pearl is thought to help balance one's bodily rhythms and hormonal levels with lunar cycles. Pearls are said to harmonize one's life with the rhythms of the natural world. Having what appears to be an inward glow, some claim that pearls can be used to help tap inner wisdom and to nurture the growth of love.

Picture Jasper
Picture Jasper has been known as the stone of Global Awareness, it is believed to promote people to work together to save the planet. The stone is also said to enhance affinity between humanity and nature.

Pink Opal
Pink Opal is thought to aid clarity of mind, spiritual awareness and love. This stone is also believed to be good for the lungs, diabetes, soothing the skin and to have a calming effect on the wearer.

Quartz Crystal
Quartz Crystal, known as a stone of power, is believed to bring harmony, incite brain function, aid clarity of mind and dispel negativity. The stone is also believed to be a powerful healer.

Red Jasper
Red Jasper has been used as a stone of protection for thousands of years. This powerful stone is believed to have the ability to help balance aggressive, dynamic energy.

Rhodonite
Rhodonite is believed to balance ying and yang energies and awaken us to the energies of the universe. The stone is also believed to assist the wearer in achieving their greatest potential and attaining unconditional love.

Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz (the love stone) is said to add positive energy to relationships. The stone is also believed to replace negativity with harmony and invoke compassion and forgiveness. Thought to balance the upper four chakras and release stored anger.

Serpentine Jade
Serpentine Jade, said to have the same spiritual values as all green jade, is thought to enhance physical and emotional well-being by helping the wearer feel more grounded. The stone is also believed to bring inner peace and strength and the ability to deal with situations rationally.

Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz is a stone of quietness and is believed to energise the grounding functions of the base chakra. Smoky quartz helps to enlighten us to our self denial, create stability and calm the thought process. It allows us to accept the positive and the negative with in ourselves and do it happily.

Snowflake Obsidian
Snowflake Obsidian is believed to be a stone of purity, helping clense the wearer's life of negative energy. Obsidian is said to have protective qualities, stabilising energies and shielding against negativity. The stone is also believed to be a powerfull healer and assist physical balance and safety. Ancients used it for scrying and mirror magic.

Sodalite
Sodalite is believed to clear the mind for deeper and wiser thinking by aiding the shift from emotional to rational thinking.

Tigereye
Tigereye is believed to stimulate wealth and to improve the stability required to maintain wealth. This stone is thought to produce soothing vibrations, generating calmness and releasing inhibitions. Tigereye is also believed to aid self empowerment and enhance psychic abilities and promote clear-eyed vision.

White Agate
White Agate is thought to give protection, increase courage and attune us to our highest mind. Agates were used in ancient times as talismans to protect the wearer from storms, to quench thirst and to bring good luck. They are also believed to foster love, create an appreciation of nature, provide abundance and help relieve stress.

White Howlite
White Howlite is believed to enhance trust, openness and discipline. The stone is also thought to calm communication, facilitate awareness, and encourage emotional expression.