crystal meanings
Amethyst
Amethyst is an extremely powerful and protective stone with a high spiritual vibration. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love. A natural tranquilizer, Amethyst blocks geopathic stress and negative environment energies. Its serenity enhances higher states of consciousness and meditation.
Source - United States, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, East Africa, Siberia, India
Carnelian
Carnelian grounds and anchors you in the present reality. A stabilizing stone with high energy, it is excellent for restoring vitality and motivation, and for stimulating creativity. It is useful for dramatic pursuits. Carnelian has the ability to cleanse other stones.
Source - Britain, India, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Peru, Iceland, Romania
Citrine
Citrine is a powerful cleanser and regenerator. Carrying the power of the sun, this is an exceedingly beneficial stone. It is warming, energizing, and highly creative. This is one of the crystals that never needs cleansing. It absorbs, transmutes, dissipates, and grounds negative energy and is therefore extremely protective for the environment. Citrine energizes every level of life.
Source - Brazil, Russia, France, Madagascar, Britain, United States
Howlite
Howlite is an extremely calming stone. Placed under the pillow, it is an excellent antidote to insomnia, especially when this is caused by and overactive mind. It can also be used as an elixir and sipped for and hour or so before going to bed.
Source - United States
Labradorite
Iridescent Labradorite is a highky mystical and protective stone , a bringer of light. It raises consciousness and connects with universal energies. Labradorite deflects unwanted energies from the aura and prevents energy leakage. It forms a barrier to negative energies shed during therapy. It can take you into another world or into other lives.
Source - Italy, Greenland, Finland, Russia, Canada, Scandinavia
Moonstone
Moonstone is a “stone of new beginnings.” As its name suggests, it is strongly connected to moon and to the intuition. Like the moon, the stone is reflective and reminds us that, as the moon waxes and wanes, so everything is part of a cycle of change. Its most powerful effect is that of calming the emotions.
Source - India, Sri Lanka, Australia
Obsidian
Obsidian is molten lava that cooled so quickly it had no time to crystalize. Obsidian is a stone without boundaries or limitations. As a result, it works extremely fast and with great power. Its truth-enhancing, reflective qualities are merciless in exposing flaws, weaknesses, and blockages.
Source - Mexico and worldwide
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite is an excellent energy shield. It blocks out negative energy and pollutants at all levels including infectious diseases. Worn around the neck, it protects all the subtle* and physical bodies*, deflecting harm and danger.
Source - Britain, North America, Chile, Peru
Quartz
Quartz is the most powerful healing and energy amplifier on the planet because of its unique helical spiral crystalline form. Found worldwide, it absorbs, stores, releases, and regulates energy and is excellent for unblocking it. When acupuncture needles are coated in Quartz, the effects increase by ten percent.
Source - Worldwide
Selenite
Translucent Selenite has a very fine vibration and brings clarity of mind, opening the crown and higher crown chakras* and accessing angelic consciousness and higher guidance. Pure Selenite is a link to the light body*, helping to anchor it in the earth vibration.
Source - United States, Mexico, Russia, Austria, Greece, Poland, Germany, France, England
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz is one of the most efficient grounding and anchoring stones and at the same time raises vibrations during meditation. This protective stone has a strong link with the earth and the base chakras, promoting a concern for the environment and ecological solutions. This stone is a superb antidote to stress.
Source - Worldwide
Sodalite
Sodalite unites logic with intuition and opens spiritual perception, bringing information from the higher mind down to the physical level. This stone stimulates the pineal gland and the third eye and deepens meditation.
Source - North America, France, Brazil, Greenland, Russia, Myanmar, Romania
Tourmaline
Tourmaline cleanses, purifies, and transforms dense energy into a lighter vibration. It grounds spiritual energy, clears and balances all the chakras*, and forms a protective shield around the body.
Source - Sri Lanka, Brazil, Africa, United States, Western Australia, Afghanistan, Italy
All information on this page is from The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall