by
Warren Feld blog.landofodds.com
TIPS AND TRICKS
by
Warren Feld
blog.landofodds.com
Occasional insights into beading, jewelry making, and business…
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MAGICAL MEANINGS OF GEMSTONES:
To get a visual idea of what these stones look like,
visit Land of Odds
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Astral Projection: quartz, tourmalated quartz
Beauty: amber, cat's eye, jasper, opal, zircon
Business Success: bloodstone, malachite, green tourmaline, zircon
Centering: calcite, zircon
Childbirth: geodes, pumice, sand
Courage: agate, amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, carnelian, diamond, lapis, sardonyx, tigereye, red tourmaline, turquoise
Defensive Magic: lava, onyx, sapphire
Dieting: moonstone, topaz
Divination: azurite, flint, hematite, jet, moonstone, obsidian, tigereye
Dreams: amethyst, azurite
Eloquence: carnelian, celestite, sardonyx
Friendship: chrysoprase, pink tourmaline, turquoise
Gambling: amazonite, aventurine, cat's eye
Grounding: hematite, kunzite, moonstone, obsidian, salt, black tourmaline
Happiness: amethyst, chrysoprase, zircon
Healing/Health: (all stones have healing and health properties)
Longevity: agate, fossils, jade, petrified wood
Love: agate, alexandrite, amber, amethyst, beryl, calcite, chrysocolla, emerald, jade, lapis, lepidolite, malachite, olivine, pearl, rhodochrosite, sapphire, topaz, pink tourmaline, turquoise
Luck: alexandrite, amber, apache tear, aventurine, chalcedony, chrysoprase, any stone in shape of cross, jet, lepidolite, olivine, opal, pearl, sardonyx, tigereye, turquoise
Magical Power: bloodstone, quartz, malachite, opal, ruby
Meditation: geodes, sapphire, sodalite
Mental Powers: aventurine, emerald, fluorite, zircon
Money, Wealth, Prosperity: aventurine, bloodstone, calcite, cat's eye, chrysoprase, coal, emerald, jade, mother of pearl, olivine, opal, pearl, peridot, ruby, salt, sapphire, staurolite, tigereye, topaz, green tourmaline, zircon
[To halt] Nightmares: chalcedony, citrine, jet, lepidolite, ruby
Peace: amethyst, aquamarine, aventurine, calcite, carnelian, chalcedony, chrysocolla, coral, diamond, kunzite, lepidolite, malachite, obsidian, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, sapphire, sardonyx, sodalite, tourmaline
Physical Energy: beryl, calcite, rhodochrosite, selenite, sunstone, tigereye, tourmaline, zircon
Protection: (all stones have protective powers)
Purification: aquamarine, calcite, salt
Reconciliation: diamond, selenite
Sexual Energy: carnelian, sunstone, zircon
Sleep: moonstone, peridot, tourmaline
Spirituality: amethyst, calcite, diamond, lepidolite, sugilite
Success: amazonite, chrysoprase, marble
Travel: chalcedony, zircon
Wisdom: chrysocolla, coral, jade, sodalite, sugilite
For more information, please read Cunningham,
Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic.
St.Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.