Power of the Gemstones
What the Ancients believed were the powers and qualities of each gemstone:
Amazonite
The Ancients believed Amazonite aids in truth finding. Helps develop integrity. Enhances love and soothes emotional distress and tension, and reduces ones stress.
Amethyst
The Ancients believed Amethyst to be the “Stone of Spirituality” increasing nobility, spiritual awareness and strength. It aids in healing, renewal, and deep peacefulness.
Angelite
The Ancients believed Angelite aids in dreaming, deep spiriutal growth, and celestial travel. A stone of heightened awareness and peacefulness. It is used to facilitate contact with angels.
Aquamarine
The Ancients believed Aquamarine promotes safe travel in body and spirit, releases hidden anxieties, facilitates communication with others and with the deeper self, and aids in achieving restfulness.
Azurite
The Ancients believed Azurite, know as the "Stone of the Heavens," aids in spiritual communication, reduces anger, promotes the search for wisdom, and increases psychic awareness.
Black Onyx
The Ancients believed Black Onyx aids in wise decision making. Repels negativity in oneself and deflects the negativity of others. Helps with stability in uncertain situations, and helps break bad habits.
Carnelian
The Ancients believed Carnelian is the “Stone of Confidence” aiding the wearer in decision-making abilities. Protects from anger, jealousy and fear of the unknown. Assists in finding one’s soulmate.
Chalcedony
The Ancients believed Chalcedony to be the "Dream Stone" with gentle energy that fosters balance and healing. It protects against bad dreams and encourages positive dreams. It protects against evil and aids in peacefulness and increases a sense of wellbeing.
Connemara Marble
The Ancients believed Connemara Marble brings the wearer serenity, deep peacefulness and connection to ancient Ireland.
Dragon Blood Jasper
The Ancients believed Dragon Blood Jasper increases courage, strength, healing and aids in possessing ones own brave heart. It aids in increasing energy flow spiritual through the heart.
Fluorite
The Ancients believed Fluorite is a protective and stabilizing stone that can aid in harmonizing spiritual energy. Fluorite increases intuitive abilities.
Freshwater Pearl
The Ancients believed Freshwater Pearl promotes sincerity, purity, truthfulness, and steadfast loyalty. Enhances personal integrity and resolve to look beyond oneself and focus attention on others.
Garnet
The Ancients believed Garnet to be the “Stone of Contentment” bringing the wearer love and passion, positive thinking, inspiration, creativity, and renewed self-confidence.
Green Aventurine
The Ancients believed Green Aventurine protects the heart, enhances creativity, and promotes healing. It is a soothing stone and aids in deep purification. Brings joy.
Howlite
The Ancients believed Howlite is the “Stone of Peace and Insight” which relieves stress of all kinds, reduces insomnia, helps the wearer to overcome critical or selfish behavior, and increases self-confidence
Jasper
The Ancients believed Jasper to encourage gentleness, aids in relaxation, enhances the ability to feel tranquility and wholeness.
Kilkenny Marble
In Ireland the City of Kilkenny is often referred to as “The Marble City”. The footpaths of the city streets were paved with the marble which when wet on dark winter nights glistened under street lamps.
Lavender Quartz
The Ancients believed Lavender Quartz reduces stress, calms the senses, and attracts positive energy. Aids in inner healing, dreaming, and increases deep peaceful rest.
Lapis Lazuli
The Ancients believed Lapis Lazuli to be the “Courage Stone” and wards off evil and darkness. It is thought to be the stone that helps ease fear and anxiety of all things unknown.
Mahogany Obsidian
The Ancients called Mahogany Obsidian the “Mirror Stone” because it reflects one’s soul. It is thought to promote a forgiving attitude and releases grievances. It helps stimulate growth of physical, emotional and spiritual centers.
Malachite
The Ancients believed Malachite to be the “Stone of Healing” It is worn to restore vitality, mental awareness, and good health. Malachite brings deep restorative sleep.
Moss Jade
The Ancients believed Moss Jade brings the wearer prosperity, abundance and longevity of life. It aids in creating balance and stability in ones life.
Mother-of-Pearl
The Ancients believed Mother-of-Pearl was a symbol of deep spiritual beauty, and the “otherworld” and all its hidden treasures which were ruled by Cliodna, Celtic goddess of the sea.
Peridot
The Ancients believed Peridot to be the transmitter of healing powers. Helpful in clearing physical and emotional distress, getting rid of negative patterns so growth is possible.
Picture Jasper
The Ancients believed Picture Jasper helps one to be a visionary and encourages wholeness. Aids in development of personal strength and courage. And to “see” into the “other world” of the mystics.
Prehnite
The Ancients believed Prehnite aids in dreaming. It is the “Stone of Protection.” Encourages compassion, forgiveness and acceptance and gives the wearer a clear mind and heart. Bonds relationships, and helps create a feeling of contentment and connection.
Rose Quartz
The Ancients believed Rose Quartz is one of the most powerful healing stones restoring youthful qualities of both body and spirit. It is said to increase self-esteem and confidence.
Sapphire
The Ancients believed Sapphire is “The Stone of Wisdom.” It brings joy and expands intuitive knowledge. Calms and detoxes the body.
Serpentine
The Ancients believed Serpentine aids in rebirth, the constant renewing of ones self. It is said to restore self-confidence, dispel fear and enhance meditation.
Sky Quartz
The Ancients believed Sky Quartz aids in deep, vivid dreaming, finding life’s path, and discovering one’s true desires.
Smoky Quartz
The Ancients believed Smoky Quartz is the “Stone of Protection.” It connects the wearer with the earth bringing emotional stability, helps one to look forward leaving behind that which no longer serves in spiritual growth or emotional well-being.
Turquoise
The Ancients believed Turquoise absorbs negative energies, enhances intuition, allows clarity of vision, and gives its wearer vibrance.
Ulster Marble
Found in the ancient mountains on the Atrim coastline in Northern Ireland, Ulster Marble with its deep cream color is thousands of years old and thought to bring tranquility, peacefulness and good luck.