Crystals & Care


  • Crystals are formed inside the crust of the Earth. Their powerful crystalline structure create subtle vibrations imprinted with the evolution of the Earth. They hold wisdom from the Earth over millions of years.

    Through their vibrational resonance crystals are able to absorb, conserve, focus, and emit subtle energies.

    When you a wear crystal or carry them with you, they work to bring balance to different aspects of your energy field. Each crystals’ vibration is unique and relate to different aspects of self on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels of your energy field. Although subtle, shifts in the energy of your field (aura/biofield) can make profound changes in your experience of life.

  • After you acquire a new crystal it should be cleansed, right away. Jewellery should also be cleansed after wearing, or as needed.

    Hold your crystal jewellery under cold running water for several seconds - while doing this have with you the intention of washing away all negativity, leaving the crystal reenergized. Check the next section for more on setting intention. Other methods such as smudging are just as effective.

    After your crystal jewellery has been cleansed may desire to carefully place it in sun or moon light to be charged by their lovely energies. (Be mindful- some crystals like rose quartz, amethyst and citrine will lose their colour in the sun.)

  • Now that your crystals have been cleansed, it is time to set an intention or program them. A general place to start is to dedicate the crystal to be used for the highest good, or used in light and love. Choose the words that feel right for you.

    If you have a specific task you wish to use your crystals for, construct your own intention. Be as clear and specific as possible. When the energy behind your intention is combined with the energy of the crystals it becomes more powerful and amplifies resonance, bringing closer to alignment with what you set out.

    It’s best to choose a crystal with attributes that align with your intention. It can be overwhelming to know what each crystal does at first so I recommend using your intuition and seeing what ones you are naturally drawn to and then learning more information from there.

    So how do you do it. It’s more that just saying the words in your head, its about feeling it in your heart. (cheesy, i know). Once you have a clear intention chosen, follow the steps below.

    Hold the crystals in your hands and take a few deep breaths, sending your breath down to your feet. Ground your energy down into the Earth connecting it to the core of the Earth.

    Next take a few slow breaths into the centre of your chest, feeling the energy moving in and out of your heart.

    Now, feel a feeling of love, gratitude and appreciation. (It may help to conjure up a memory or thought of some one or thing who genuinely makes you feel those things.)

    Next bring to mind your intention and say it in your head or out loud. Along with that begin to feel what it would be like to experience what you have intended, in the present tense.

    And so it is.

Crystal Attributes


  • Amazonite is a opaque stone with an eye-catching Caribbean blue-green colour. It is linked with the third eye, throat and heart chakras, healing and opening to enhance loving communication and intuition.

    This is a powerful filtering crystal. Physically, it blocks and absorbs microwaves and cell phone emanations. Mentally, it filters information combining it with intuition.

    Amazonite is soothing to the brain and nervous system. It balances masculine and feminine energies and helps you see both sides of a problem or different points of view.

    Emotionally, trauma is soothed, alleviating worry and fear. Aggravation and negative energy also clear out.

    Spiritually, it supports the manifestations of universal love.

  • Amethyst is a popular crystal that has a transparent purple colour. It stimulates the third eye and crown chakras allowing for the cleansing and transmuting of negative energy within the aura.

    On a physical level, amethyst is a powerfully protective stone which can be used to block out geopathic stress and negative energies from the environment. It has a sobering effect on overindulgence and releases blockages of all kinds.

    This is emotionally centring stone that balances out highs and lows. It clears out anger, rage, fear, and anxiety allowing relief from sadness and grief. It also offers support of the coming to terms with loss.

    Amethyst is beneficial for the mind, calming or stimulating as needed. It helps rein in scattered thoughts and aids in the decision making process. It does this by incorporating common sense along with spiritual insights. From there realistic goals can be set with the assimilation of cause and effect. Memory is enhanced and motivation improved.

    This stone is highly spiritual and known to enhance the higher states of consciousness. It's vibration promotes the love of the divine and spiritual wisdom which opens intuition and aids in mediation.

  • Apatite is a bright blue stone of manifestation that opens throat chakra and heals the heart.

    This stone acts as an interface linking consciousness and matter, it is attuned to the future, and connects to past lives. It aids in self-expression on all levels.

    Apatite is an inspirational stone that psychologically motives, builds up energy reserves, and increases spiritual gifts and attunement. It brings a state of openness, social ease and extroversion. It clears confusion and helps information to be accessed and used for good.

    On an emotional level apatite heals, reduces irritability, overcomes emotional exhaustion, and eases sorrow, apathy, and anger.

    Blue apatite connects to a high level of guidance from the spiritual realm.

  • Aventurine is a very positive stone that comes in several colours. Most popular green which is associated with the protection of the heart chakra.

    Physically, it promotes a feeling of well being, balances the energy field and regulates growth.

    Emotionally it reduces feelings of anger and irritation, and enables emotional recovery by aligning one with their own heart.

    On a mental level aventurine is stabilizing, bringing understanding on deeper levels and enhances creativity.

    Spiritually this stone protects, comforts, and harmonizes the energy of the heart.

  • Carnelian is a vibrant, firy, red- orange coloured crystal that activate, warms and energizes the base and the second chakra.

    Physically, it stabilizes and anchors your present reality. Its high energy restores vitality, motivates and promotes creativity. Carnelian actually has the ability to cleanse other crystals.

    Emotionally, it protects against envy, rage and resentment directed toward you, from both your self and from others. It gets rid of emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life.

    Mentally, it clarifies perception and improves functions of the analytical mind, making you sharper and dispelling mental lethargy.

    On a spiritual level this stone is used to assist in the acceptance of life cycles and removes the fear of death.

  • Citrine is a yellow transparent crystal that carries the power of the sun. It has the ability to cleanse the chakras, especially the solar and sacral ones. Also it opens the crown chakra and activates intuition.

    This crystal is highly creative and energizes all areas of life. When it comes in contact with negative energy it is absorbed, transmuted, dissipated, and grounded from your aura and the environment providing protection.

    Citrine is the stone of abundance that teaches how to manifest and attract all good things. It is a happy generous stone which encourages sharing what you have, and helps you hold on to your wealth.

    This stone enhances concentrations and revitalizes the mind. It helps mentally to digest information, and analyze situations, enabling you to steer them in a positive direction. Wearing citrine on a pendant helps you verbalize thoughts and feelings.

    Emotionally, deep levels of fear and negative traits are released allowing feelings to flow and promoting joy in life.

  • Gold-Shen Obsidian is a powerful black stone with flashes of gold that shine in the light.

    This stones truth-enhancing qualities have the ability to bring light to flaws, weaknesses and blockages. Its energy is meant to inspire us to grow, lending support throughout the process. Beware, if you are not ready to fully deal with these truths, it may create more stress in your life.

    This stone may be helpful for highly sensitive people. It grounds energy from the base chakra right to the core of the earth. It is extremely protective and can shield against negativity and psychic attacks.

    Spiritually, obsidian vitalizes the souls purpose, stimulating growth and expansion and urges the exploration of the unknown. It helps you connect with who you truely are, bringing you face to face with your shadow side and showing you how to ingrate it.

    Mentally, it brings clarity to the mind, eliminating confusion about what lies behind mental stress and dis-ease. Once this is faced, it allows consciousness to expand into the unknown with confidence.

    Gold-sheen obsidian is specifically effective for seeing what needs to be healed. It can release ego involvement, avoiding conflict of that nature and directing consciousness towards knowing thyself spiritually. It also brings balance to the energy field.

  • Hematite is a solid metallic silver coloured stone that is extremely grounding and protective. Its energy harmonizes the mind, body and spirit.

    Physically, it is connected with the blood. It works to strengthen, restore, and regulate the blood supply. It supports the kidneys and stimulates the absorption of iron and the formation of red blood cells.

    Hematite is a strong stone that boosts self-esteem and enhances willpower and reliability. Hematite boosts confidence, removes self-limiting beliefs and aids expansion.

    It is beneficial for overcoming compulsion and addictions, brings attention to unfulfilled desires that are driving life, and encourages you to come to terms with mistakes and accept them as learning experiences.

    Mentally, hematite enhances concentration, memory and original thought.

    It guards and anchors the soul into the body and dissolves negative energy intending to enter the energy field.

  • Howlite is an extremely calming white stone with grey veining. It is linked with the spiritual knowledge of the third eye chakra.

    Howlite is connected to the spiritual dimensions. It prepares for the attunement of wisdom and receiving of insight.

    This stone teaches patience and aids in eliminating rage and uncontrolled anger of your own or directed at you.

    Howlite stills the mind and is excellent for sleep and meditation. It can calm turbulent emotions and releases ties from old emotions to present life triggers.

  • Kambaba Jasper is green with black swirling patterns throughout. Its strong Earth energy is activating to our root and heart chakras, providing healing.

    Emotionally this stone soothes guilt, jealousy, anger and sadness. It helps to attain emotional balance and keep your cool during times of stress.

    Kambaba Jasper is specially tuned with Mother nature. It enhances meditation especially when done outside and brings about deeper connections to the outside world and the people and things within it.

  • Labradorite is a greyish green stone that has iridescent flashes that range from blue, greeen and purple. As a bringer of light, it raises consciousness and connects universal energies with the crown and third eye chakras.

    This stone protects by deflecting unwanted energies away from the aura and prevents leaks in your energy field. Labradorite raises consciousness, grounds, and aligns spiritual energies into the physical body.

    Stimulating intuition, labradorite enhances psychic gifts bringing messages from the unconscious mind to the surface and facilitates their understanding.

    Labradorite clears out fears and insecurities from previous disappointments and strengthens faith in self. This stone is useful during change, encouraging perseverance and enhancing trust in the universe.

    Mentally it is calming for the overactive mind and energizes the imagination. It brings about contemplation and introspection.

  • Lapis Lazuli is deep blue in colour with flecks of gold. This stone expands the third eye and balances the throat chakra.

    Lapis facilities spiritual and personal power by stimulating enlightenment and enhancing psychic abilities.

    It is a protective stone that connects with spirit guardians and blocks psychic attacks by returning the energy back to its source.

    It teaches the power of the spoken word. It can reverse curses or dis-ease caused by not speaking out in the past.

    Lapis Lazuli brings harmony to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels of being. Its energy is all about taking charge of life. It brings about feelings of deep self knowledge, revealing inner truths and self awareness. It helps you confront such truths and accept what they have to teach you.

    One is better able to express themselves without holding back or compromising. Any repressed anger that has been blocking the throat and communication is released. Qualities like honesty and compassion are brought to the personality.

    In relationship, Lapis aids in expressing ones own opinion, and harmonizes conflict. It also teaches the value of active listening.

    This is a powerful thought amplifier that brings objectivity and clarity to the mind. Creativity is enhanced from a direct connection to source energy.

  • Lepidolite is purple with shiny specks. It opens and activates the throat, heart, third eye and crown chakras.

    This stone insists on being used for the highest good. It has great potential when used for lessening stress and depression. Its crystal composition helps stabilize moods, and overcome emotional and mental dependancy of any kind.

    Lepidolite is one of transformation, helping to release and reorganize old patterns, encouraging independence.

    Mentally, it enhances decision making by increasing focus on what’s important and filtering out distractions.

    Emotionally, this stone allows you to stand strong in your own space, free from the influences of others. It brings calmness to the mind and soothes sleep disturbances.

  • Malachite is a beautifully patterned stone with concentric light and dark banding of green.

    The energies of the chakras are cleared and activated by this stone as it attunes to spiritual guidance.

    Psychic guidance and visualization is enhanced when malachite is placed on the third eye chakra. On the heart it brings balance, harmony and opens to unconditional love. Deep emotional release and healing is brought about when placed on the solar plexus chakra.

    This is a powerful transformative stone, encouraging change and risk taking by showing you what is blocking your spiritual growth.

    Emotionally, this stone has the properties that clear out inhibitions and encourages the expression of feelings. It aids in developing empathy, alleviateing shyness and supports friendship. Malachite teaches you how to take responsibility for your own thoughts, feelings and actions.

    Mentally, it gets to the core of the problem, enhances intuition and insight. It makes you more observant and better able to understand difficult concepts.

    This is a powerful stone with protection properties. Negative energies and pollutants from the environment and body are absorbed by malachite along with the it guards against radiation.

  • Mookaite Jasper has wide variations of colours including deeps reds, pink, yellow to white, and grey. This stone is know to cleanse and align the chakras and aura.

    Jasper is known to be supremely nurturing, aiding in times of stress to bring tranquility and wholeness. It reminds people to help each other.

    This stone provides protection, aligns, balances, and grounds energies on all levels of being. It brings courage to face problems honestly with yourself.

    Mentally it quickens the mind and aids in organization, bringing determination to complete projects and transform new ideas into action.

    Mookaite Jasper is flexible, encourages versatility and imparts a desire for new experiences with a calmness to face them. It provides a useful balance between inner and outer experiences.

  • Most commonly referred to as rainbow moonstone is actually a type of white labradorite with black tourmaline inclusions. Actual moonstone has other properties.

    Rainbow moonstone is great for aligning and activating the energies of the chakras. It is a calm and soothing stone that helps promote mental clarity thought the day.

    This is a stone of transformations that will encourage you to take on new opportunities and to be open to new beginnings.

  • As the name suggest, Moss Agate has mossy green markings in a stone that is translucent or transparent. It is connected strongly with nature.

    Psychologically, this stone strengthens self-esteem and positive personality traits. Personal growth and personal space is expanded. This stone inspires giving it one more try and can birth new ideas after times of stagnation. This stone is one that attracts abundance.

    Mentally, self-expression and communication are enhanced. The ability to get along with others is strengthened, feelings of trust and hope are encouraged and insight is brought to difficult situations.

    Emotions are balanced causing a reduction in stress and in fears that may be deep seated.

  • Network Jasper has variations of grey with black webbing running throughout. It is sometimes referred to as Spiderweb Jasper.

    Jasper is known to be supremely nurturing, aiding in times of stress to bring tranquility and wholeness. It reminds people to help each other.

    This stone provides protection, aligns, balances, and grounds energies on all levels of being. It brings courage to face problems honestly with yourself.

    Mentally it quickens the mind and aids in organization, bringing determination to complete projects and transform new ideas into action.

    Network Jasper connects us to the Universal web of life creating a sense of awareness and soothing assurance.

  • Gold in colour, Iron Pyrite is an amazing shielding stone. It protects from harm and danger, and blocks out negative energy and pollutants at all levels.

    This stone relieves anxiety and frustration, boosts self-worth and confidence, and helps overcome feelings on inadequacy. It allows you to tap into your abilities and potential, simulating a flow of ideas.

    Physically, pyrite increases energy, overcoming fatigue and blocking energy leaks in the body’s energy field. It increases oxygen in the blood and strengthens the circulatory system. This stone holds the ideal of perfect health and is able to bring up the cause of the problem with the ability to get to the root of karmic and psychosomatic dis-ease.

  • Clear Quartz is an amazing amplifier of energy. When held, quartz doubles the sized of your energy field.

    It is a powerful healing crystal with energy that can attune to the specific requirements of the person needing healing or doing spiritual work.

    Quartz raises vibrations to the highest possible level, aligning with the most perfect state of energy before any dis-ease was present. It attunes you to your spiritual purpose, cleanses the subtle bodies and connects the physical dimensions with the mind.

    At the mental level this crystal helps boost concentration. When used in meditation it blocks out distractions.

  • Red Jasper is a rich earthy red stone connected to the base chakra, stimulating and grounding its energy.

    Jasper is known to be supremely nurturing, aiding in times of stress to bring tranquility and wholeness. It reminds people to help each other.

    This stone provides protection, aligns, balances, and grounds energies on all levels of being. It brings courage to face problems honestly with yourself.

    Mentally it quickens the mind and aids in organization, bringing determination to complete projects and transform new ideas into action.

    Red Jasper brings light to problems and assists in rectifying unjust situations. It provides insight and calms emotions such as worry. This stone cleanses and stabilizes energy and strengthens boundaries.

  • Rhodonite is a pink stone with black webbing throughout that provides a grounding energy that brings balance to yin and yang energies.

    This stone is emotionally balancing as it nurtures love and encourages brotherhood within humanity. It also aids in the achievement of ones highest potential.

    During emotional shock or pain, rhodonite lends its supportive energy and assists in clearing away emotional trauma from the past. Rhodonite is able to transmute painful emotions that have festered such as resentment or anger, and has a strong resonance with forgiveness. It also assists with generational healing of betrayal and abandonment. In ways this stone will build up confidence and alleviate confusions.

    Rhodonite will encourage you to love yourself in unselfish ways and allows you to forgive yourself. It also aids in relationships by removing projections that blame others for what is really inside ones self.

  • Rose Quartz is a soft pink coloured quartz that radiate the vibration of unconditional love. It is one of the most important crystals linked to the heart chakra because of how well it purifies and opens the heart centre.

    This stone gives you gentle guidance that brings about inner healings and self love. It is endowed with a calming reassurance that is an excellent aid when working through trauma or crisis.

    Rose quartz is all about love. It attracts it, or if already in a relationship it restores trust, harmony and encourages unconditional love.

    Within self, this crystal strengthens empathy and aids in the acceptance of necessary changes. It teaches you how to love yourself, enhance positive affirmations, and reminds us of our intention.

    Emotionally, rose quartz helps release unexpressed emotions and heartache. By doing so, it also helps transmute emotional conditioning that no longer serves you. It soothes and comforts grief.

  • Smoky Quartz is one of the most effective grounding stone, yet one that raises your vibration at the same time. The link to Earth through the base chakra and grounding cord is protected when using smoky quartz.

    This stone allows you to tolerate stress during difficult times with equanimity and a strong resolve. It teaches you how to let go of what no longer serves you.

    Smoky quartz grounds spiritual energy, neutralizes negative energy, and fills any space with a positive vibration.

    Mentally, it promotes positive thoughts, gives clear insight, promotes concentration, and alleviates difficulties in communication.

    Emotionally, it gently dissolves negative emotions, neutralizes fears of failure, lifts depression and brings calmness.

    Physically, tolerance of stress is much improved.

  • Obsidians truth-enhancing qualities have the ability to bring light to flaws, weaknesses and blockages. Its energy is meant to inspire us to grow, lending support throughout the process. Beware, if you are not ready to fully deal with these truths, it may create more stress in your life.

    This stone may be helpful for highly sensitive people. It grounds energy from the base chakra right to the core of the earth. It is extremely protective and can shield against negativity and psychic attacks.

    Spiritually, obsidian vitalizes the souls purpose, stimulating growth and expansion and urges the exploration of the unknown. It helps you connect with who you truely are, bringing you face to face with your shadow side and showing you how to ingrate it.

    Mentally, it brings clarity to the mind, eliminating confusion about what lies behind mental stress and dis-ease. Once this is faced, it allows consciousness to expand into the unknown with confidence.

    Snowflake Obsidian in particular is gentler in the same effect. It can calm and sooth the mind into a more receptive state allowing for the release of ingrained patterns and behaviours. It allows you to see successes and failures both as valuable.

  • Sodalite is a dark to light blue with white veining throughout. It is linked with the throat and third eye chakras and stimulates the pineal gland.

    During meditation, this stone deepens state of consciousness and brings information from the higher mind into to awareness which can become insight to help you better understand the circumstances you are in. Logic and intuitions are combined, which welcomes in more spiritual perceptions.

    Sodalite is a stone of truth and alignment. It encourages you to stand up for what you believe in and to remain true to yourself.

    In group work, sodalite does wonders to harmonize, stimulate trust, encourage companionship and build solidarity of purpose.

    Mentally it is great at eliminating mental confusion and promotes rational thought, truth, and intuitive perceptions. It clears out old mental conditioning and rigid mindsets to make room for new information and insights.

    Sodalite brings emotional balance and encourages the verbalization of feelings. Its calming effect soothes panic attacks, transforms defensive or oversensitive personalities, and releases core fears or phobias.

    It enhances self trust and acceptance as well as releases old patterns that were holding you back. It brings these qualities forwards to be accepted without judgement.

  • Tiger’s Eye is has stunning yellow-brown golden flashes that represent the energy of the sun and earth in one stone. It grounds and raises your vibration at the same time.

    A powerful stone that will protect you from ill wishes and help you achieve your goals. It brings about integrity by showing you the right use of power and highlighting your inner resources.

    Tiger’s eye has the ability to promote clarity of intention and is excellent for anyone who tends to be spaced out or uncommitted. It helps to ground and facilitate the manifestation of will.

    This stone can mentally enhance your perception making you more aware of your own needs and the needs of others. It is helpful for mental disorder by collecting scattered thoughts and information into coherent whole ideas.

    Issues of self-wroth, self-criticism, even blocked creativity are overcome by recognizing ones talents and abilities and/or, ones own faults that need to be transformed.

*Almost all the information on this page has been source from ‘The Crystal Bible - A Definitive Guide To Crystals’, 2003, Judy Hall.