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Black Obsidian is a strongly protective stone that forms a shield against negativity. It blocks psychic attack and absorbs negative energies from the environment. Obsidian draws out mental stress and tension and stimulates growth on all levels, urging exploration of the unknown and opening new horizons. 

 Apache Tear Obsidian are said to especially relieve grief and sadness as well as assisting in giving and accepting forgiveness. They can help release negative emotions, and lend balance to one's emotional state. They are gentle grounding stones and excellent meditation tools, especially for clarifying issues and gaining insight.  Traditionally, the apache tear is said to be one of the tears shed by Native American women in mourning for their warriors who were driven from a cliff by the U.S. cavalry. It is used for comfort in times of grief, providing insight and acceptance.  

Gold Sheen Obsidian initiates the higher Will. It activates and cleanses the Solar Plexus and also purifies the auric field. This variety of Obsidian really triggers the manifestation channel and can help you to feel more capable of constructing and directing your life. It is also a great ally in helping to bring forward one’s hidden talents. 

Mahogany Obsidian has a gentle energy, resonating with the earth it grounds and protects. It is a stabilizing stone that strengthens a weak aura.

Silver Sheen Obsidian enhances meditation and is great for crystal gazing. This stone provides a mirror of inner being, brings advantages throughout life and imparts patience and perseverance. It is a helpful stone when journeying out of the body, as it connects the astral and physical body, helping to ground and re-integrate back to the physical. 

Snowflake Obsidian is a stone of grounding and perseverance. It assists in finding strength to shift your reality for the better and it helps us to be aware of the guidance that is continuously available through the natural world. It is a stone of the tracker, allowing us to attune to the environment and perceive the flow of Universal energy that forms and supports that environment. Also a great aid for attuning to animal totems and allies.

Ocean Jasper is a stone of Joy and high spirits. Its positive vibrations spread throughout the energy field to everyone nearby. Ocean Jasper reminds us to embrace the physical vehicle and the physical world as temples for the soul and the consciousness of creation.

 Onyx promotes inner strength, reason and discipline. It can help you to control, focus and direct your Will , thus teaching you the appropriate use of power. It helps to keep you on task and encourages discipline and perseverance. 

 Opals act like a prism for the aura, splitting Light into its rainbow frequencies. This is deeply nourishing as this infuses full spectrum energy. Opals are an emotional amplifiers that allow us to identify predominant patterns and shift them if necessary. Once the emotional body has been cleared, the aura is instilled with a frequency of joy.  

  Andean Opal is a stone of peace and tranquility for the aura. It is especially noted for its energies in healing emotions. These stones carry Water energy, and are great for activating the Heart and Throat Chakras. It is particularly useful for healing old emotional wounds, from this life or another, bringing an inner peace to carry one through difficult times. Andean stones promote right action for the highest good and stimulate connection with others and communication from the heart. 

 Boulder opal is a great stone for strengthening and adding Light into the aura. It is a very spiritual stone and has been used by native people in ceremonies and rights of passage. 

 Dendritic Opals are excellent for getting in touch with the environment and for communicating with Nature spirits. They promote growth, both physically and spiritually, and can provide help when needed in entering relationships and group dynamics, allowing one to remain open and approachable in spite of bad experiences. Dendritic Opals serve to heal wounds from the past, or past lives, and bring the ability to approach others without prejudice. They are great for enhancing the achievement of personal goals and bring abundance and prosperity to one’s life. 

Opalite is a beautiful pearlescent manufactured glass. It is created when layers of glass are laid down with metal oxide between the layers and bonded together. The iron oxide causes light hitting the Opalite to diffract and produce the 'opalescence'.

Opalite enchances physic abilities and helps to improve communication on all levels, especially the spiritual.  It clears the chakras and meridians of energy blockages and assists emotionally during transitions of all kinds.  It’s a great aid to curb mood swings!

 Pearl is a stone of innocence. It has been regarded as symbol of pure heart and mind. The energy of pearls is very feminine and is associated with the emotions. Throughout history is has been used for promoting fertility and protection during childbirth. Pearls are a very nurturing stone and represent purity and spiritual balance 

 Peridot is considered a stone of abundance, prosperity, and positive power. It can aid in the increase of joy and emotional well-being as well as increasing one’s receptivity to abundance on various levels.  It can help reestablish and strengthen your sense of self-worth and increase the gratuity in its acceptance. Peridot has a very warm and invigorating energy creating an overall sense of well-being.  

 Picture Jasper  (sometimes also called Landscape Jasper)  is a stone of dream work and vision. It can facilitate deep inner journeys. It helps us reconnect with the energy of the planet and to and to the ancient knowledge of living in balance.

 Pietersite has been called the Tempest stone. It links the mind and the will encouraging fearlessness and overcoming uncertainty. A great stone to use to help you find a new direction and move forward when the way feels blocked. Also, it activates the mind and imagination, stimulating inner vision and inner journeys. 

 Prehnite is a gentle stone that gives off a very nurturing energy. It is known to renew the aura by washing emotional waste from the energy field. This stone helps to quiet worries and encourage a state of inner peace. Prehnite is a stone of unconditional love and enhances inner knowledge, showing the path forward to spiritual growth through attunement to divine energy. 

 Pyrite, often called by its nickname, ‘fool’s gold’ is an exceptional stone for increasing your Will Power. It supports you in taking assertive action and developing the inner warrior. Pyrite is great to use as an aid in manifestation and helps to establish a confident attitude towards anything you set out to accomplish! 

 Pyromorphite is a vibrational cleanser. This stone encourages purging of toxins, both on the physical or emotional levels. Helps eliminate bad habits and negative associations and allows us to be more aware of the processes of assimilation. Also helps us to adapt to a broader range of energies and helps to protect ones energy field from inharmonious energies.  

 Key Quartz is an imprint seen on one or more sides of a Crystal. A key is a natural indentation where there was previously another Crystal joined to this one, and often times you can see the layers inside where it was attached. In addition to the respective properties of the variety of Quartz, a key formation represents unlocking solutions to problems and fresh insight into self-understanding.

 The Laser Wand may appear to be three sided at first glance.  It will gradually taper and decrease in size from the base to the tip. Its energy is laser focused so it is great for use in healing work or other directionally focused uses like crystal grids. Laser Wands can be used to help in relationship work by cutting the emotional cords and in breaking attachments towards people or things.  

 Phantom Quartz are recognized by their "ghost lines" within the crystal. These lines show previous stages of crystalline growth and are often faint in color, if not transparent. This variety of Quartz may be used to get in touch with the inner self for purposes of self-understanding and knowledge.  Work with this crystal to get under your shell and better understand your purpose and what it means to feel fulfilled.

 Scepter Quartz is identified by its crystal formation at the end of a ‘stem’. Great for specifically directing energy.  It has been used in healing ceremonies by shamans and energy healers throughout the ages. Scepter Quartz is a crystal of empowerment, assisting in aligning the will with action, providing protection against controlling influences. It facilitates energetic shifts at the roots of disease, releasing blockages and inertia at its deepest levels.

 Trigonic Quartz is recognized by one or more upside down triangles inscribed into the face of a crystal. Thought to be an exceedingly rare variety, these are considered crystals of transition. It is an ideal stone for seekers, as it offers a wealth of information. Its energy teaches us to remain open to the unknown and the undefined, moving forward while remaining steadfast in absolute trust.

  Rainforest Jasper is a stone that is strongly connected to nature and planetary healing. It is known as a stone of joy and helps us embrace our interconnectedness within the web of life. 

 Rhodochrosite is a wonderful stone of Love and emotional healing.  This beautiful pink stone is a powerful heart healer that helps heal the inner child and encourages us to rediscover our sense of playfulness and creativity. Its energies promote the reclamation of innate talents and abilities that may have been suppressed or lost due to past emotional traumas or emotional wounds.. Rhodochrosite is a soothing stone, with a tender energy, that is comforting to the soul and helps to bring inner peace and self-forgiveness. 

 Rhodonite is highly recognized as an emotional healer and for bringing one back to center during stressful times. Helps to empower one to reach one’s full potential, focusing one’s gifts and energies outward for the betterment of all. It is a stone of purpose, cooperation and community, altruism and generosity of spirit. It is a talisman to further the “brotherhood of humanity.”  

 Rose Quartz is an exemplary stone of Love. Its capacity for love is unlimited and can improve your awareness of it. It helps maintain the focus of Love energy amongst many aspects of your life. Rose quartz can also help clear the emotional body and can calm and cleanse the entire auric field. It encourages the release of tension and stress and can help one feel more open to receiving and sharing compassion and kindness. Rose quartz can also assist in clearing old emotional patterns to make way for higher and finer frequencies of Love and Light. 

 Ruby resonates strongly with the chi, or our life force energy. It vibrates with an enthusiasm for life, that can inspire adventurousness and when needed, a leap of faith. It can help provide the necessary energy, and willingness, to go the extra mile. For this reason, it is regarded as a stone of Courage, and of both inner and outer beauty 

 Rutile is known for increasing the spiritual receptivity of the user. The small needle like formations act like antennae, helping to raise psychic sensitivities. It is an accelerator, making things happen more quickly. Rutile can be used to get things moving when you feel stuck and makes leaps of faith. It assists in learning and knowledge retention and in communication with higher realms. Found in colors of gold, red, black, and silver.

 Rutilated Quartz activates the higher mind and brings a joyful vibration into the energetic field. It is an excellent stone to help boost your spiritual receptivity as the needles of rutile act as antennae, helping to raise psychic sensitivities.  This stone grounds Light energy on a cellular level, helping to bring illumination on many levels of ones being. 

 Found in colors of gold, red, black, and silver within quartz.

 Sapphire is a Stone of Wisdom and considered a royal stone of learning, mental acuity and psychic activation. It brings order and healing to the mind, lending strength and focus, and an ability to see beneath surface appearances to underlying truths and to utilize that knowledge. It stimulates the Throat and Third Eye Chakras, allowing one to access deeper levels of consciousness in order to gain a fuller understanding of self. Great stone for a seeker of spiritual truth. 

 Selenite is known as a spiritual activation stone. It is fast and effective at clearing the auric field from imbalance and can activate connection to the higher consciousness. May be used on any and all chakras and is especially helpful in opening the Third Eye and Crown. Selenite is also known for its clearing and cleansing properties. Place above your door, along windows and amongst your other crystals to help keep your spaces clear. Use along the body for a personal energy reset!

 Septarian stones are composed of Yellow Calcite, Aragonite and Bentonite. They were formed 50 to 70 million years ago when the Gulf of Mexico reached all the way to Southern Utah, where many Septarian Nodules are found.

The energy of the Septarians is said to help in overall healing and health. It is also a good grounding stone. It relates to the Root, Sacral and Solar Plexus Chakras. Septarian Nodule is used to assist in communication with others and to aid in being heard and understood.

 Seraphinite is a high energy stone that represents Healing and Angelic Connection. It is also symbolic to the Divine Feminine. This stone is both centering and energizing. It helps to bring the body into line with Light energy and aids in releasing past negative patterns of imbalance. It helps heal on many levels. Seraphinite connects the physical with the angelic levels of energy to allow healing to the body, mind and spirit. 

 Serpentine is an earthing stone that helps open new pathways for the Kundalini energy.  It aids in meditation and enhances spiritual exploration.  Serpentine assists the retrieval of wisdom, helping to regain memory of past lives.  It clears the chakras and stimulates the crown chakra, opening psychic abilities.  Serpentine assists the conscious direction of healing energy toward problem areas.  It corrects mental and emotional imbalances, helping you to feel more in control of your life. 

 Shiva Lingam is known for providing balance and aid in uniting all sides of the self. Its energy offers a great reminder that perceived opposites are simply different expressions of the whole.  

  Shungite is a rare, noncrystalline carbon mineral that contains virtually all minerals in the periodic table. It is believed that it could have been instrumental in creating life on this planet. It is believed to be at least two billion years old, a period before organic life was established and is found only in northern Russia. 

Shungite works at a deep level to restore the body to balance and is known to have both physical and emotional healing properties. It is often used to make infused water that has antiviral and antibacterial healing properties and is said to also help counteract insomnia and eliminate the effects of stress. It works to purify. It absorbs the negative radicals in our environment and boosts our over-all well-being. Shungite is also known to restore emotional equilibrium and to transmutes stress into a positive, more usable energy. It is recommended to cleanse this stone regularly since it is a rapid absorber of negative energy and pollutants.  

 Smoky Quartz is a very powerful stone for clearing and grounding. It cleanses and clears the aura by drawing out densities and grounding their energy to the Earth for reprocessing - almost like compost! It naturally facilitates negative energies to be clarified so they may become usable and healthy once again.   

  Sodalite stone has a strong vibration that will bring your attention to the qualities of idealism and truth. Sodalite is a stone of truth, it brings this to all communications. Sodalite is particularly useful for honesty of emotions.  It increases intelligence, knowledge and learning and will unite the logical with the spiritual. 

  Solar Quartz is a natural agatized quartz that is sliced from stalactites. As with all quartz it is an energy enhancer, connecting to spirit and harmony. Solar Quartz is said to bring emotional strength and uplifting with great power and energy. Solar Quartz also has all the properties of clear quartz and is protective, purifying on spiritual, mental and physical levels, used to communicate with spirits and more. . All Stalactites is associated with hidden inner growth and secret expansion of the higher self. 

 Spinel comes in many different colors and overall is considered a stone of revitalization, helping to bring fresh energy where it is needed most. It can help to bring a sense of hope to the emotions, and to inspire new ideas and new ways of thinking.    

 Silver Leaf Jasper is an ideal stone for meditation. It provides a strong, calming and stabilizing energy that helps you achieve physical and emotional balance. It encourages a sense of wellness and solidity as it helps with the understanding of your place in life and in current situations. 

 Stibnite aids transformation and brings a totally new outlook on life. This is a strong stone to aid in bringing what you desire into your life. Make sure to set clear intentions! It enhances personal power as you attune to new frequencies, as you release fear around spiritual exploration. 

 Stichtite is a cousin to the stone Serpentine and they share similar properties. Both stones are stimulating to the Kundalini energies. Stichtite assists in moving this energy into and through the Heart charkra. Stichtite is also a stone of forgiveness. It helps us to see the ‘other side’ of emotional issues. Stichtite promotes thinking and acting through the heart and encourages more compassion towards those that need our help. 

 Stilbite helps with psychic knowing and intuition. It is also used for psychic direction and guidance from guides, guardian angels, and totem animals. It is a powerful stone of creativity that enhances creative energy. Stilbite can also help with acceptance and letting go. 

 Stromatolites are layered mounds of sheet-like sedimentary rocks that were originally formed by the growth of layer upon layer of cyanobacteria, a single-celled photosynthesizing microbe. Fossilized stromatolites provide records of ancient life on Earth and hold eternal knowledge. It can be a great aid during meditation and in making a connection with the planet. It’s energy works to gently remove blockages within our energy field and help with emotional transitions. It has lessons to teach of life on earth and our role within it. In this way, it makes an excellent stone to use with past life recall as well. 

 Sugilite is a rare stone that has numerous beneficial healing properties. It is both a stone of protection and of dreams. It creates a ‘shield of light’, helping to repel negativity and fills the aura with high-frequency Light. The depth of our inner experiences increase greatly when using Sugilite during meditation or dreamwork. The understanding of significance and symbolic meaning of the imagery of our dreams is heightened.  This stone is a great reminder for us to be a beacon of Light and to believe in life’s possibilitie 

 Sunstone carries the radiance of the sun and the fire of the solar ray. It is a stone of leadership, warmth, strength, benevolence and abundance. Sunstone has been known to help one to find their inner conviction and help facilitate the self-discipline to move forward and manifest the Divine Will. Sunstone is the counterpart to Moonstone. The more masculine, or yang, energies of sunstone balance the more feminine, or yin energies of moonstone and when worn together these stones work in beautiful harmony. 

Sunstone represents radiance and manifesting the Divine Will. It is solar charged and carries a warm and benevolent energy.

  Super Seven is comprised of seven minerals, hence the name. It is a very visually interesting crystal and is sometimes also known as Melody’s Stone. Although not always visible, a piece of super seven retains all the properties of the following Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Cacoxenite, Rutile, Goethite and Lepidocrosite combined. This stone is known to represent the Universal Brotherhood of humanity and helps open up the senses. It is believed to have the unique ability to simultaneously connect us to Higher Realms while grounding us firmly in physical reality. It is considered an important stone for stimulating and developing the physic senses although it is not associated with any one chakra. In fact, all of the minerals included help heal and balance all of them, giving even deeper meaning to the name Super Seven.