Gemstone Healing Properties

The information contained is not meant to replace diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner.  All recommendations herein contained are derived from legend, lore and practitioner suggestion, not from the authority of Out on a Whimm.   No expressed or implied guarantee as to the effects of their uses can be given nor liability taken.

ABALONE - Is associated with healing, serenity, calmness, nobility, and honesty.

ABUNDANCE CRYSTALS - A clear quartz crystal with many tiny crystals growing at the base. This is a mothering, protective crystal, bestowing nurturance, love, abundance, fullness, sufficiency, creativity, well-being, success, good fortune, blessings and growth. Encourages our dreams and our wishes to thrive.

ACTINOLITE - The color is green. This stone is associated with creative expression, appreciation of beauty and spontaneity. This is also an excellent stone for improving visualizations and mental imagery.

AGATE - This quartz, belonging to the Chalcedony family, comes in a wide range of colors and is often variegated and banded. Agates foster love, abundance, wealth, good luck, longevity, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, security and appreciation of nature. Agates are considered very powerful stones.  They are also very calming and soothing to the emotions. See Botswana, Dentritic, Fire Agates, Lace Agates, Moss Agates and Plume Agates.

ALBITE FELDSPAR - A white, gray, clear or bluish sodium feldspar. Associated with stability, steadiness and constancy. It is a balancing stone, offering a firm and grounding energy.  Albite Feldspar also inspires all of us to become spiritual leaders by sharing our unique truths with others.

ALEXANDRITE - A green form of Chrysoberyl. Encourages regeneration, renewal, protection, joy, emotional maturity, purity, grace and elegance.

ALMANDINE - A red garnet with a violet tint. Brings spirituality to relationships. Helps in the transition from romance to a spiritual commitment in love.

AMAZONITE - A green or blue-green member of the Feldspar clan. Inspires truth, sincerity, honor, self-love, communication, eloquence, integrity, trust, clairvoyance, clarity, prophecy and openness.  Held to the third eye (middle of forehead), Amazonite unlocks psychic vision.

AMBER - Solidified and petrified sap from a pine tree. Its color is golden or amber. Amber brings romantic love, purification, wisdom, energy and balance. It enhances patience, altruism, strength, calmness, healing, remembrance of past lives and ancient knowledge. This gentle stone draws out negative energy from the body and purifies the spirit and heart as well. Amber also helps us discover ancient wisdom and knowledge.

AMBLYGONITE - A golden-yellow to clear color. Is said to increase a feeling of one's own worth. It helps us develop empathy, self-confidence and thoughtfulness towards others.

AMETHYST - Quartz. Ranges in color from violet to dark purple. Amethyst is associated with increased nobility, spiritual awareness, meditation, balance, psychic abilities, inner peace, healing and positive transformation. This stone brings an understanding of death and rebirth and relieves stress.  Amethyst is a teacher of all things spiritual, mystic and psychic. This stone is very healing of body, mind and soul.

ANDALUSITE - Yellow, green or brownish-red. Is said to promote business and career success, ascendancy, authority, leadership ability. It helps us to become powerful and then to use our power wisely and for the good.

ANGLESITE - A white metallic mineral. Promotes sensitivity, gentleness, relaxation and tenderness.

ANORTHITE FELDSPAR - A calcium feldspar. The color is usually white, gray or glassy. It is associated with balance, wholeness, integration, stability and grounding.

APATITE - Comes in a variety of colors ranging from yellow to green, white, pink, blue or purple. Enhances intellect, focus, learning, clarity of concentration, acceptance, oceanic consciousness and unconditional love. It stimulates thoughts and ideas. This stone is useful in   intellectual pursuits. Apatite fosters peace and harmony through communication and communion with our higher self.

AQUAMARINE - A blue-green member of the Beryl clan. Associated with cleansing, meditation, serenity, peace, prophecy, inspiration, tranquillity, strength and the wise use of inner power.  This stone is attuned to the ocean and helps us to get in touch with the nature spirits of the sea.  It is traditionally used to soothe, calm and alleviate fears and phobias. Promotes safe travel on water.

ARAGONITE - A form of calcite. Colors are usually white, cream or gray. It is said to foster truth, emotional and mental stability, inner understanding and clear perception.

ARIZONA AGATE - Is linked with sensuality, pleasure, emotional warmth, earthiness, happiness, cheerfulness and prosperity.

ARTEMIS CRYSTAL - Also called Candle Crystal. A long, thin, clear quartz crystal with a sharp, undamaged point. Promotes independence, freedom and love of nature.  Protective of women, children, wild places and wild creatures.  This crystal combines strength, action and directness with sensitivity and kindness. Helps us focus and speed our prayers, visualizations and thought-forms to their goal.

AUGITE - Green to black. Is associated with prosperity, success, good fortune and luck.   It helps us to be at the right place at the right time.

AUTINITE - Green. Is said to foster courage, daring, new beginnings and adventures.   It is protective of those who are young and free and willing to take a chance.

AVENTURINE - Quartz. Ranges in color from golden brown to green.  Enhances creativity, imagination, independence, prosperity, career success, calmness and balance.   It helps us to see alternatives and potentials. Green Aventurine is considered to be especially healing of mind and body.

AXINITE - Blue, violet or brown. Helps us activate our spiritual beliefs on the earth plane. Teaches us to live our spirituality in our daily lives.

AZURITE - A dark blue, metallic mineral. Augments clear understanding, cleansing, healing, transformation, perspective, purification, patience, kindness, intuition, prophecy and truth.  This stone offers spiritual guidance, promotes psychic dreams, unites the subconscious with the conscious mind and expands the limits of our minds.

BARITE - Wide color range. Is linked with platonic love, friendship, loyalty, love and relationships. This is a stone of interpersonal communication and intimacy.

BENITOITE - Light to dark blue. Is associated with emotional sensitivity, empathy and understanding.

BERYL - An ore of beryllium.

CLEAR BERYL (also known as Goshenite) increases intellectual abilities, wisdom and the capacity to see things from all sides.

GOLDEN BERYL- (also known as Heliodor) brings persistence, altruism, spirituality, healing, strength, learning, communication and comfort.

PINK BERYL (also known as Morganite or Bixbite) fosters tolerance, empathy, love, acceptance and a "live and let live" attitude.

BERYLLIUM - Is associated with altered states, meditation and cosmic consciousness.

BLOODSTONE - Quartz. A dark green Chalcedony with red flecks. Also called Heliotrope. Brings rain, abundance, alignment, organization, smooth energy flow, generosity, idealism, good fortune and purification. It is good to keep a bloodstone in any place that needs its energy cleansed.

BLUE LACE AGATE - See Lace Agate.

BLUE QUARTZ - Also called siderite. Inspires spiritual development, meditation psychic abilities and serenity.

BORNlTE - A metallic mineral with a purple tarnish. Is associated with peace, social justice, goodness, fairness, truth and equality. It fosters caring on a worldwide scale, teaching us to be concerned with the welfare of all beings on earth.

BOTSWANA AGATE - Quartz. A banded agate that is said to augment protection, fertility, sensuality, sexuality, passion, artistic expression and emotional comfort.

BRAZILIANITE - Yellow or greenish-yellow. Is associated with academic achievement, attention to detail, improved study skills and increased intelligence.

BRONZE - Is associated with relaxation, serenity, calmness. Helps promote a laid-back attitude.

CALCITE - A carbonate mineral.

GOLD CALCITE is said to deepen intellect, memory, wisdom, psychic abilities, astral projection, channeling and higher consciousness.

GREEN CALCITE promotes healing, mental balance and communication between the intellect and the emotions.

WHITE CALCITE (also known as Iceland Spar) fosters spirituality.

GRAY CALCITE encourages calmness and serenity.

RED CALCITE opens the heart chakra..

CARNELIAN - Quartz. A form of Chalcedony. Its color is reddish-orange or brown. Carnelian is linked with emotional warmth, sociability, creativity, individuality, memory, appreciation of nature, harmony, courage, happiness, self-esteem, rebirth, reincarnation and past life recall.  This stone calms our fears about death and rebirth, bringing serenity and acceptance of the great cycle of life.

CASSITERITE - A tin oxide, usually brown or black. Less often red, gray or yellow. Cassiterite is said to promote productivity, practicality and organization.  It empowers us in worldly endeavors and practical pursuits.

CAT'S EYE - Also known as Cymophane. Builds determination, strength of mind, steadfastness, will power, moral courage, tenacity, vigor, resolve, self control, intelligence and knowledge. It also fosters constancy, stability and the ability to weather all storms.

CELESTITE - A strontium compound. The color is light blue or white. Celestite fosters spiritual development, enlightenment, empathy prayer. openness, innocence, truth, clarity of thought and pureness of heart. This stone helps us contact our guardian angel.

CERUSSITE - Clear, gray, brown.. Inspires contentment and a feeling of thankfulness. Teaches us how to pray.

CHALCEDONY - Quartz. Usually gray, but may also be brown, black, blue or white. Augments emotional balance, vitality, stamina, endurance, energy, intensity, hardiness, nurturance, generosity, liveliness, kindness, charity and friendliness.

CHALCOPYRITE - A brassy gold copper ore with a green tint. Enhances feelings of self-worth, confidence and belief in oneself.

CHANNELING CRYSTALS - Some people feel that a clear quartz crystal wrapped in copper wire is best; some believe a crystal with seven-sided front facet and an opposite facet that is an equilateral triangle is good for channeling; others feel that all clear quartz crystals are excellent for channeling the higher forces.

CHLORITE - Usually green, less often white, brown or black. A stone of the Goddess.  Protective of women, nature and those who love and protect the wild places and animals.

CHRYSOBERYL - The color ranges from yellow to green to brown. Chrysoberyl is said to promote kindness, generosity, benevolence, hope, optimism, renewal, new beginnings, compassion and forgiveness. This stone expresses springtime, youth and innocence.

CHRYSOCOLLA - A blue-green member of the quartz clan. Also known as Gem Silica. Is associated with tranquillity, serenity, peace, subconscious wisdom, intuition, patience, nurturance, acceptance, tolerance, unconditional love, calmness, meditation, honesty, hope, intimacy, gentleness and sensitivity.

CHRYSOPRASE - Quartz. A green form of chalcedony. Chrysoprase is linked with communication, eloquence, balance, stability, adaptability, alternatives, choices, higher consciousness, youthful zest and hope. This stone is considered protective towards children, young animals and seedlings.

CINNABAR - Also known as mercury. Usually red. Helps us to be vigorous,  forceful, impelling and energetic. Excellent for those who need to be more assertive.

CITRINE - A golden yellow quartz. Augments happiness, prosperity, generosity, creativity, pleasure, protection, strength, alignment, confidence, stability, moderation, energy, comfort, career success, truth, goodness, warmth, digestion, assimilation, enjoyment of life and spiritual growth.  This is a stone of success in all walks of life.

CLINOZOISITE - Light green to brownish-green. Teaches us to care for ourselves and not to let others take advantage of us.

COBALT - Fosters channeling, communication with the higher forces, balance and praying. Helps make our prayers more effective. Teaches us to pray and give thanks more.

COBALTITE - The color is silver. Cobaltite is associated with reflection, meditation and re-evaluation. It promotes thoughtfulness and careful consideration. It allows us to see all sides of an issue and therefore fosters tolerance.

COLEMANITE - Translucent. Helps us become more yin: gentler, sweeter, quieter. Excellent for "macho" men. Helps us mellow out.

COPPER - This metal promotes channeling, cleansing, luck, prosperity, purification,  elfesteem, communication and energy.  This metal is often used as the shaft of crystal wands because it facilitates the flow of energy.

CORAL - Coral is formed from the skeletons of tiny sea creatures.

WHITE CORAL is linked with balance, relaxation, protection, safe travel on water, appreciation of nature, and emotional balance.

 PINK CORAL is associated with platonic love, friendship and community.

RED CORAL promotes creativity, passion, romantic love, wisdom, optimism and enthusiasm.

BLACK CORAL grants serenity and peace while absorbing negative energy.

COVELLITE - A blue metallic mineral with a purple or black tarnish. Helps us focus our energy and expend it with direction and effectiveness.

CRYSTAL (CLEAR QUARTZ) - One of earth's most common minerals.  It is also known as rock crystal or quartz crystal. Clear quartz crystals facilitate wisdom, clarity of thought, general healing, memory, meditation, communication, transformation, awakening, cleansing, pureness of heart, intention, higher consciousness, positive thoughts, harmony and love.  This stone amplifies prayers, wishes and positive visualizations.  Blue quartz crystals grant spiritual insight and enlightenment, peace and serenity.  They also encourage emotional clarity and purity.

CRYSTAL BALLS - Help us see the past and the future. Transport us to a place that is "between the worlds," a gate to other times, other realities. Promote divination, fortune telling, clairvoyance, spirit vision quests and the enhancement of psychic powers.

CRYSTAL CLUSTERS (CLEAR QUARTZ) - Foster protection, cooperation, purification, participation, harmony, union, friendship and intimacy.  They break up negative energy in the environment.

CUPRITE - Red. Makes us more helpful to others and more attentive to moral duties.  Encourages pragmatism and focus.

DANBURITE - Colorless, pink or yellow. Increases patience, tolerance, serenity, peace of mind.

DATOLITE - Greenish. Builds clarity of thought, concentration, improved study skills, flow of ideas, mature thought.

DENTRITIC AGATE - Quartz. Associated with safe travel, general protection, loyalty and tranquillity.

DESAUTEKITE - Is associated with clairvoyance, psychic abilities and seeing the future. Helps us during any kind of divination, such as tarot, I-Ching, palmistry and so forth.

DEVIC CRYSTAL - A clear quartz crystal with a great deal of fairy frost (the fractures and inclusions inside the crystal). Facilitates communication with the nature spirits- - the Devas and Elfin folk who dwell on the earth concurrently with humans. Opens us to the beauty of nature.

DIABASE - Makes one more potent, forceful, powerful, effectual, capable and strong.   Its dynamic energy lends intensity to all who keep it near.

DIAMOND - The color is clear. The CLEAR DIAMOND is said to bond relationships, and encourage innocence, love, longevity, balance, clarity, profundity, abundance, courage, purity, hope and discernment. This stone helps us get to the essence of things.

BLACK DIAMONDS grant us the courage to look within without illusion.

BLUE DIAMONDS inspire us to take better care of our health and strengthen will power.

PINK DIAMONDS foster creative expression.

YELLOW DIAMONDS make us more thoughtful and considerate.

DIOPSIDE - A light to dark green (rarely yellow or clear) member of the pyroxene clan.  Helps us become more appreciative of life.

DIOPTASE - Green. Relieves mental stress and promotes prosperity, relaxation, meditation, love and emotional expressiveness. Is said to be healing of body and mind.

DOLPHIN CRYSTAL - Near the base of a larger clear quartz crystal there may be a smaller crystal seeming to ride along with it. This is a Dolphin Crystal.   It facilitates communication with dolphins and promotes unconditional love, wisdom, gentleness, playfulness, laughter and loyalty. Teaches us to protect and nurture all living things.

DOUBLE TERMINATED CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS - Crystals that are naturally faceted at both ends. Promote psychic ability, dream recall and are balancing to body, mind and spirit. They allow easier access to the meditative states, the spirit world and to our own inner feelings and creativity.

DUMORTIERITE - Dark blue, violet blue or reddish brown.. Promotes harmony, orderliness, precision, self-discipline and the ability to organize. Helps us become more businesslike, systematic, tidy and methodical.

EIGHT-FACETED CRYSTAL - A clear quartz crystal with eight facets enhances energy, success, prosperity, accomplishment, power and the wise use of that power.

EILAT - A Chrysocolla containing turquoise and malachite. Helps us to become more agreeable, harmonious and sociable. Inspires protection, self-understanding, subconscious wisdom and general healing.

ELBAITE - See Pink Tourmaline.

EMERALD- A green member of the Beryl clan. Emeralds promote love, romance, joy, cleansing, clairvoyance, clear vision, memory, faith, intuition, serenity, intelligence and communication. This is a truth-promoting stone, inspiring deep knowing from within.

EMPATHIC CRYSTALS - Clear quartz crystals that have been chipped and damaged. Promote understanding, compassion, kindness, and empathy. They open the hearts of those who have closed them, while also protecting the openhearted from too much pain.

ENARGITE - Green, brownish-green, gray, yellow. Is associated with sages, medicine men and women, shamans, priests and priestesses. Helps us develop wisest, highest self.  Helps us find our inner guide.

ENSTATITE - Green, gray, yellow or brownish-green. Promotes loyalty, devotion, memory and channeling abilities.

EPIDOTE - The color ranges from green to brown and black. Also called pistacite. Epidote is associated with protection, empowerment, change, growth, maturity, evolution and positive transformation. This is a stone of harvest and fulfillment.

EUCLASE - Colorless, green or light blue. Facilitates benevolence, selflessness, generosity and altruism.

EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL - A clear quartz crystal with a single termination at one end and multiple termination at the other end. Facilitates communication with the positive beings of the celestial planes - - including gods, goddesses, angels and space travelers.

(ARTIFICIALLY) FACETED CRYSTALS - Clear quartz crystals that have been cut into rings, crystal balls, and pendants have the same attributes and energies as naturally terminated crystals, with one exception. Without a natural termination, they do not focus and direct energy as well. They emanate a more diffuse energy.

FAIRY STONE - An iron-aluminum silicate. Brown to black in color. Also known asStaurolite or fairy cross. Fairy stones are associated with luck, positive magic, happiness, love of life, enthusiasm and a love of nature. This stone helps us communicate with plants and animals.

FERN AGATE - Helps us communicate with plants. Attunes us the world of Devas (Nature Spirits).

FIRE AGATE - Is said to help those who are overly timid become more assertive and selfexpressive.  Also associated with courage, protection, enthusiasm and goodness.

FIRE OPAL - Inspires dynamic energy, intensity, passion, emotional expressiveness. Also see Opal.

FLINT - A gray, black or brown member of the quartz clan. Flint augments loyalty, courage, protection, boldness, daring, self-reliance, inner power, interpersonal communication, inspiration and overcoming shyness.

FLUORITE - Commonly white, yellow, blue, green, purple or a mixture of these colors. Fluorite fosters truth, intellect, consciousness, aura cleansing and protection.

BLUE FLUORITE calms the emotions.

PURPLE FLUORITE increases spiritual balance and mystic visions.

YELLOW FLUORITE nurtures wisdom, knowledge and intelligence.

WHITE FLUORITE builds purity of spirit. Fluorite is a very protective stone, especially offering psychic protection.

FUCHSITE - Green. Promotes diplomacy, finesse, discretion, imagination, creativity and appreciation for beauty.

GALENA - An important source of lead. Galena promotes healing, calmness, communication, efficiency, receptivity, sensitivity, competency, intelligence, discernment and insight.

GARNET - A Silicate mineral. A variety of colors, the most popular being red or green.

RED GARNET inspires romantic love, passion, sensuality, sexuality, intimacy, positive thoughts, inspiration, energy, past life recall, career success, social popularity and self confidence. Helps us become more productive and achievement-oriented.

GREEN GARNET augments peace, serenity, meditation, creativity, healing,purification, patience and clarity of thought. Also see Almandine, Pyrope, Speseartile and Grossularite.

GEODES - Foster intellectual insight, awareness and community. Geodes help us attractcompatible friends and lovers and teach us to live in harmony with each other.

GOLD - Gold is associated with virtue, moral excellence, nobility of mind, purification, happiness, honor, wealth, strength of will, generosity, positive thoughts, energy, good humor, courage, stability, luck and opportunity. This metal stimulates action and ennobles the character.

GOLDEN BERYL - See Beryl

GOSHEMTE - A clear Beryl. Promotes practical wisdom, moderation, intellectual curiosity and well-thought-out decisions. Helps those who have a hard time making decisions.

GRANITE - Encourages us to go with the flow, and helps us find our highest path. Teaches us to live in a state of grace.

GROSSULARITE - A type of garnet.. Clear, brownish, yellow or green. This stone  enhances energy, prosperity and career success.

BROWN GROSSULARITE encourages balance and serenity. It also helps us acquire land or property.

CLEAR GROSSULARITE is associated with spiritual attainment.

GREEN GROSSULARITE promotes healing.

YELLOW GROSSULARITE enhances calmness, meditation and relaxation.

GYPSUM - A sedimentary rock. Usually colorless or white. Gypsum augments prosperity, good luck, resolve, purpose, steady effort, career success, strength of character and will. Gypsum inspires us to make our dreams come true.

HALITE - Helps us transcend our problems. Encourages perspective and contentment.

HAMBERGITE - Colorless or white. Helps us stick to our beliefs. Fosters idealism, character and truth.

HAUYNITE - A transparent blue. Helps us gain respect, honor, esteem and admiration.

HAWK'S EYE - Quartz. Bluish green to bluish gray. Hawk's Eye fosters serenity, peace, perspective, discernment, abundance, prosperity, healing, riches and a love of nature. This stone teaches us to come to terms with the imperfections of the earth plane.

HELIOTROPE - See Bloodstone.

HEMATITE - An iron ore. Reddish, gray or black. Hematite enhances focus, concentration, will-power, reliability, courage, confidence, optimism, trust, balance and stability. This stone has been traditionally considered to have a beneficial effect on legal situations.

HEMIMORPHITE - Also known as Calamine. Blue, green, clear. Fosters enthusiasm, optimism, high energy and the ability to stay excited about a project right through to the end.

HERA CRYSTALS - Also known as self-healed crystals. Clear quartz crystals that have been broken off at one end and grew one or more terminations over the broken area.  They promote renewal, birth, rebirth, immortality and self healing powers.

HERKIMER DIAMONDS - Tiny quartz crystals that are found only in Herkimer County, New York. They are usually double terminated and sometimes have three or more terminations. They promote creativity, smooth energy flow, uniqueness, dream recall, originality, imagination and psychic abilities. They are considered energizing and enlivening.

HIDDENITE - A yellow-green to green member of the Spodumene clan. Grants spiritual attainment, enlightenment, universal compassion, transcendence, and peace.

HOWLITE - Snowy white, sometimes with brown or black veins. Rarely clear. Fosters appreciation of beauty, inspiration, creativity and artistic expression.

HYACINTH - See Zircon.

HYPERSTHENE - Blackish brown, blackish green. Enhances self-esteem, emotional expression and overcoming shyness. Helps put us at ease in all social situations.

ICELAND SPAR - See Calcite.

INDICOLITE - See Tourmaline.

INNER CHILD CRYSTAL - A clear quartz crystal which has another, smaller crystal partially embedded in it. Helps us go back to our childhood and heal the child within. Excellent companion during psychological therapy or counseling. Helps us treat the child within with love and sensitivity.

IOLITE - Varying hues of blue. Enhances leadership ability, power, inner strength, selfconfidence and executive ability.

IRIS AGATE - Fosters truth, honor, joy, physical well being, popularity and long life. Teaches us to appreciate physical pleasure and nature.

IRON - This metal is traditionally said to promote balance, strength, endurance, protection, longevity, persistence, emotional stability, favorable legal situations, efficiency and skill.

IVORY - Is best left on the elephant or walrus. Let us protect and respect these intelligent and sensitive animals.

JADE - Most often green, but can come in a variety of colors. All jade augments longevity,  fertility, serenity, wisdom, practicality, tranquillity, balance, peace, harmony, moderation, perspective, equilibrium and stability. This is a stone that helps us understand our dreams and teaches us to live in harmony with the laws of nature and spirit.

BLACK JADE offers protection from negativity and fosters the wise use of power.

BLUE JADE inspires meditation.

BUTTERFAT JADE brings relaxation.

LAVENDER JADE inspires love, optimism and beauty.

ORANGE JADE enhances energy and protection.

WHITE JADE fosters practical application of spirituality.

YELLOW JADE is linked with assimilation, digestion,understanding and empathy.

JADEITE - Wide range of colors. Encourages emotional balance, a sense of well being and healing dreams.

JASPER- Quartz. Red, yellow or brown Chalcedony. Jasper is associated with relaxation, contentment, compassion, nurturing, consolation, tranquillity, completion, wholeness, healing and gentle endings. This stone is good for those who need more organizational abilities.

JET - A form of coal. The color is black. Jet fosters nobility, honor, decency, justice, goodness, protection, optimism, emotional balance, courteousness, happiness, benevolence, confidence, transformation, positive growth, courage and leadership abilities. This stone encourages us to stay centered in all situations.

KORNERUPINE - Green or greenish-brown. Enhances teaching ability, eloquence, communication and clarity.

KUNZITE - A pink to light violet member of the Spodumene clan. Kunzite is associated with gentleness, friendliness, self-discipline, emotional balance, inner love, maturity, security, calmness, openness and moderation. This stone helps us to attract gentle friends and teaches us to combine compassionate self-love with discipline.

KYANITE - Clear, blue, blue-green. Also called Disthene. Augments channeling and altered states. Encourages vivid dreams, clear visualization, loyalty, honesty and serenity.

LABRADORITE - Dark to gray-black, blue or green Feldspar. Labradorite promotes psychic abilities, occult powers, strength of will and a feeling of inner worth. Labradorite strengthens and protects our aura and teaches us to use mystical Power wisely and well.  This stone also aids us in communicating with our highest self and with the Creator.

LAPIS LAZULI - Also known as Lapis or Lazulite The color is dark blue with gold flecks usually Pyrite.  Lapis Lazuli is associated with truthfulness, openness, inner power, love, purification, intuition, a sense of wonder and mystery, positive magic, self-confidence, virility, manifestation, an appreciation of mystery, psychic ability and tranquillity. This stone is also considered strengthening to mind and body. Lapis lazuli allows us to tap our own inner power while purifying the soul and the thoughts. Helps us contact our spirit guardians.

LAZULITE - Blue-white to dark blue. Inspires tranquillity, self-esteem, is good for those who feel stressed out.

LEAD - See Galena

LEFT-HANDED CRYSTAL - A clear quartz crystal with an extra facet on the left side of the largest facet of the crystal is a left-handed crystal. These crystals promote creativity, psychic ability, meditation, intuition, emotional clarity, spiritual insight, patience, tranquillity and tolerance.

LACE AGATE - Quartz. BLUE LACE AGATE is associated with hope, unity, cleansing, harmony, protection, optimism, positive thinking, appreciation for nature, smooth energy flow, joy, truth, purification and promptness. Makes us more easygoing.

MEXICAN LACE AGATE is said to lift depression.

PINK LACE AGATE increases friendliness and happiness.

WHITE LACE AGATE attunes us to our highest mind and to the Creator.

LEPIDOLITE - Promotes spiritual transcendence, cosmic awareness, emotional balance, meditation, prayer and goodness. Is considered helpful for insomniacs.

LEUCITE - Colorless, white. Encourages reconciliation with friends and lovers.  Facilitates tolerance and empathy.

LIFEPATH CRYSTAL - Also called the Beauty Way Crystal. A long, thin clear quartz crystal with one or more totally smooth sides. This crystal helps us find our path in life.  It also helps us go with the flow and walk a path filled with joy.

LIMESTONE - Is said to enhance healing, purification, innocence, centeredness and positive thoughts.

LLANOITE - Encourages individuality, expressiveness, originality and creativity. Helps us to unfold our own unique personality.