Bella Jewelry and Gifts makes no claims as to the effectiveness of the information in this chart, which is derived from traditional and contemporary crystal and gemstone lore. It is not to be understood as directions, recommendations or prescriptions of any kind. Nor do the author or publisher make any claim other than to report this lore.



ABUNDANCE CRYSTALS | AGATE | ALEXANDRITE | AMAZONITE | AMBER
AMETHYST | APATITE | AQUAMARINE| ARTEMIS CRYSTALS | AVENTURINE | AZURITE |

ABUNDANCE CRYSTALS – A clear quartz crystal with many tiny crystals growing at the base. Bestows love, abundance, protection, creativity, success, good fortune, blessings and growth. Encourages our dreams and wishes to thrive.

AGATE – A form of Chalcedony belonging to the Quartz family. Agate is considered a general healer. Fosters love, prosperity, wealth, good luck, longevity, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, security and appreciation of nature. Very soothing and calming to the emotions. Medical Folklore: A woman who drinks water in which an agate ring has been washed will never be sterile.

ALEXANDRITE – Comes in shades of pink, purple, and blue. June’s Birthstone. Associated with regeneration, renewal, rebirth, protection, joy, emotional well being, refinement, purity, grace and elegance.

AMAZONITE – A green feldspar. Promotes truth, sincerity, honor, self-esteem, communication, eloquence, trust, clairvoyance, clarity, prophecy, psychic vision, and divination. Medical Folklore: Strengthens the nervous system.

AMBER – Petrified pine tree sap, golden or green in color. Brings romantic love, purification, wisdom, energy, balance, patience, altruism, strength, calmness, healing, past life recall and purification. Helps us discover ancient wisdom and knowledge. Medical Folklore: Protects against rheumatism, toothache, headache, rickets, jaundice and goiters.

AMETHYST – February’s Birthstone. A purple member of the quartz family. Enhances spiritual awareness, meditation, balance, psychic abilities, inner peace, healing, positive transformation, and relieves stress. Brings an understanding of death and rebirth. Unlocks spiritual, mystic and psychic wisdom. Improves memory, helps in breaking bad habits, ensures pleasant dreams. It is a powerful healer. Medical Folklore: Makes one immune from poison.

APATITE – Blue, green and gold. Fosters acceptance, unconditional love, concentration, intellect, clarity of thought, logic and study. Encourages peace and harmony through communication.

AQUAMARINE – March’s Birthstone. A blue-green member of the beryl family. Associated with cleansing, meditation, prophecy, serenity, inspiration, tranquility, peace, strength, and the wise use of inner power. Calms fears, helps us get in touch with the nature spirits of the sea. Promotes safe travel on water. Medical Folklore: Used to treat diseases of the eye, jaundice and liver disease.

ARTEMIS CRYSTALS – Also called Candle Crystals. A long thin clear quartz with a sharp, undamaged point. Promotes independence and freedom. Protective of women, children and nature. Helps focus and speed our prayers and visualizations to their goal.

AVENTURINE – A green member of the quartz family. Enhances prosperity, career success, calmness, creativity, imagination, self-reliance and balance. Courage in life adventures in love and life. Aventurine is considered to be especially healing. Gives Luck!

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AZURITE – A blue metallic mineral. Encourages cleansing, positive transformation, healing, clear understanding, perspective, kindness, patience, prophecy, truth, psychic dreams and intuition. Medical Folklore: Revitalizes damaged tissue. Good for use in hypnosis.

BERYL: See Aquamarine

BLOODSTONE - A dark green chalcedony with red flecks. A member of the quartz family. Brings abundance, rain, alignment, generosity, smooth energy flow, idealism, good fortune, organizational abilities and purification.

CALCITE – A carbonate mineral. GOLD CALCITE deepens intellect, memory, wisdom, channeling abilities and astral projection. GREEN CALCITE promotes emotional balance and general healing. WHITE CALCITE fosters spirituality. GREY CALCITE brings serenity. RED CALCITE opens the heart.

CARNELIAN – A member of the quartz family, this orange-reddish-brown chalcedony gives a feeling of well being, encourages sociability, emotional warmth, individuality, happiness, self esteem, creativity, memory, appreciation of nature, harmony, courage and acceptance of death and rebirth. Aids in past life recall. Gives strong protection from the Evil Eye. Medical Folklore: Stops nosebleeds and prevents blood from rising to the head.

CAT EYES – Chrysoberyl similar to a tiger’s eye with a line of light appearing in the stone. Stones of this type give insight to ones own faults. Used to clear the third eye.

CELESTITE – A light blue color, brings awareness, enlightenment, spiritual development, empathy, prayer, innocence, truth, pureness of heart and contact with our guardian angel.

CRYSOCOLLA – This blue-green member of the quartz family promotes serenity, peace, patience, subconscious wisdom, nurturance, tolerance, unconditional love, meditation, honesty, hope, intimacy, gentleness and sensitivity. Medical Folklore: Aids in the treatment of cancer.

CHRYSOPHRASE - A member of the quartz family, this green chalcedony augments communication, balance, stability, calmness, adaptability, choices, higher consciousness, youthful zest and happiness. Medical Folklore: Used to treat the nervous system.

CITRINE – this golden-yellow member of the quartz family fosters prosperity, creativity, generosity, pleasure, protection, strength, alignment, confidence, healing, stability, moderation, comfort, carrier success, truth, warmth, digestion, assimilation, enjoyment of life and spiritual growth.

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COPPER – Enhances channeling, luck, abundance, purification, self-esteem, communication and energy.

CORAL – Good for visualization while meditating, promotes clarity of thought. Medical Folklore: Helps arthritis.

CRYSTALS (CLEAR QUARTZ) – Raises one’s vibration and bridges the material world with other realms. The wearer of crystal becomes receptive to supernatural influences. It has the ability to store and transmit energy. Excellent for healing on all levels. Facilitates wisdom, clarity of thought, general healing, memory, communication, transformation, awakening, cleansing, pureness of heart, higher consciousness, positive thoughts, meditation, harmony and love. Amplifies prayers, wishes and visualizations.

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

DIAMOND – Bonds relationships, promotes longevity, love, innocence, clarity, profundity, abundance, courage, purity and hope. Helps us get to the essence of things. Medical Folklore: Believed to render all poisons harmless. Drives away madness, night spirits and evil dreams.

DIOPTASE – Emerald green to deep bluish-green. Reduces mental stress and fosters prosperity, meditation, love, forgiveness, compassion, and emotional expressiveness. It is thought of as very healing.

DOUBLE TERMINATED CRYSTALS (CLEAR QUARTZ) – Naturally faceted on both ends. Augments psychic ability and dream recall. Balancing to mind body and spirit. Allows easier access to meditative states, the spirit world and to our own inner spirit.

EMERALD – A green member of the Beryl family, Emerald facilitates love, romance, joy, clairvoyance, clear vision, memory, faith, cleansing, intuition, serenity, intelligence, truth and communication. Medical Folklore: Gives protection from serpents, vipers and evil.

FLUORITE – Associated with intellect, consciousness, aura cleansing, truth and protection. BLUE FLUORITE calms emotions, PURPLE increases spiritual balance and mystic visions. YELLOW nurtures wisdom and intelligence. WHITE builds purity of spirit. All fluorite offers psychic protection and healing. It also grounds, holds and directs excess energy for highest efficiency to be used when needed. Draws from the strong, adds strength to the weak.

GARNET – Attracts Love, gives persistence, aids in remembering dreams, used for going backwards in time.
RED GARNET fosters romantic love, passion, sensuality, sexuality, intimacy, positive thoughts, inspiration, energy, confidence and social success. GREEN GARNET augments peace, serenity, meditation, creativity, healing, purification and patience. Medical Folklore: Cures depression, works on the liver to relieve toxins in the body. Assures the wearer of love, faithfulness and safety from wounds. When danger approaches the stone looses its brilliance.

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GOLD – Brings virtue, moral excellence, and nobility of mind, happiness, honor, wealth, strength of will, generosity, positive thoughts, energy, good humor, courage, luck and opportunity.

HEMATITE – Gray metallic iron oxide. Encourages willpower, reliability, concentration, courage, optimism, trust and balance. Medical Folklore: Wearer is protected from diseases of the blood. Helps in legal situations.

HERKIMER DIAMOND – Tiny clear quartz crystals found only in Herkimer County, New York. Usually double terminated. Promotes originality, individuality, dream recall, imagination, psychic powers, amplification of energy and creativity.

INNER CHILD CRYSTALS – A quartz crystal with another smaller crystal imbedded in it. Helps us go back to our childhood and heal the child within us. Excellent companion during psychological therapy.

JADE – Facilitates fertility, longevity, practicality, wisdom, tranquility, balance, moderation and stability. Helps us understand our dreams and teaches us to live in harmony with the laws of nature and spirit. Medical Folklore: Wearer is protected from lightning. Drives away evil spirits and beasts.

JASPER – Red, yellow or brown Chalcedony. A member of the quartz family. Enhances relaxation, contentment, compassion, nurturing, healing, serenity, gentle endings, and organizational ability. Gives the wearer strength and the will to do good.

JET – Black. Relieves depression, eliminates fearful thoughts, directs relationship with ones soul and spirit. Medical Folklore: When worn nullifies spells and charms. When powdered heals toothache and headache.

KUNZITE – Pink to violet. Associated with gentleness, friendliness, self-discipline, emotional balance, inner love, maturity, security, calmness, openness and moderation. Helps us attract gentle friends.

KYANITE – Blue, green or black. Augments channeling, altered states, vivid dreams, clear visualizations, loyalty, honesty and serenity.

LABRADORITE – This blue-green Feldspar strengthens and protects our aura, aids in communication with our higher self and the Creator. Strengthens our will. Encourages wise use of mystic powers.

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LAPIS LAZULI – Dark blue with pyrite flecks. Associated with openness, inner power, friendship, love, fidelity, intuition, a sense of wonder and mystery, positive magic, truth, vitality, manifestation, psychic ability, self-confidence, tranquility, strength and contact with Spirit Guardians. Helps one to become more kind and helpful. Medical Folklore: eases eye trouble and asthma. Induces sleep and relieves anxiety.

LEPIDOLITE – Pink, purple or lavender. Promotes cosmic awareness, transcendence, emotional balance, prayer, meditation and goodness. Medical Folklore: It is considered helpful for insomnia.

MALACHITE – Green with dark bands. Brings subconscious wisdom, loyalty, leadership ability, comfort, balance, emotional maturity, sensitivity, inner clarity, positive transformation, peace, protection and healing. Reflects the feelings of those who wear it. Draws out negativity. Medical Folklore: Treats the eyes and abnormal blood sugar levels. Protects infants and children of those who possess the stone.

MAGNETITE – Highly magnetic, gray metallic iron oxide. In ancient times this was a very important stone. It was (is) believed that the stone was alive. Medical Folklore: Dispels melancholy, eases birth labor, improves memory when worn around the neck. Heals sores, relieves pain in the hands and feet. Assists sexual activities.

MERLIN CRYSTALS – Also called sending or generator crystals. Single terminated quartz with six facets that come to a sharp undamaged point. (Larger and wider than Artemis Crystals) Facilitate concentration, focus, and wise use of magical power, inner convergence, love and peace.

MILKY QUARTZ – Gets us in touch with the hidden, invisible, and elusive within us and without. Helps us tap deep wisdom and mysteries that have been buried in both our culture and in our selves.

MOLDAVITE – A green meteorite found only in the Molda River Valley in the former Czechoslovakia. Good for channeling healing energy. Helps us communicate with our higher self and with extraterrestrials.

MOONSTONE – Milky white feldspar. Fosters happiness, good fortune, unselfishness, humanitarian love, safe travel on water, mothering, hope, new beginnings, abundance, and ancient wisdom. Good for meditation, spiritual guidance and prophecy. Protective of women and nature. Gets us in touch with our feelings. Medical Folklore: Protects against epilepsy and sunstroke.

MYTHIC CRYSTALS – Double terminated Milky Quartz. Permits us to move back and forth in history to unravel the mystery of the great myths which are a cultures dream. Helps us understand the collective sub-conscious.

OBSIDIAN – Black. Linked with inner growth, positive change, fulfillment, introspection, practicality, stability, manifestation and psychic development. Exposes our rationalizations and self-illusions.

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ONYX – A black or brown chalcedony. Increases vigor, stamina, constancy, tenacity, self-control, strength, happiness, contentment and virtue.

OPAL – Quartz. Promotes divination and prophecy, balances chakras, for centering self, aids in channeling and teaching truths to others, aids in psychic journeys. Wearer receives undying love and faithfulness. Enhances passion, emotional expressiveness, warmth, spontaneity, peace, consciousness, and dramatic ability.

PEARL – Brings purity, innocence, integrity, concentration, focus, honesty, serenity, and wisdom. Also believed to quicken the law of karma. Brings engagements and love relationships to the wearer or giver

PERIDOT – Light green. Also known as Olivine or Chrysolite. Inspires renewal, rebirth, growth, stress relief, recuperative abilities, comfort, relaxation and intuition. Helpful for healing the healers. Helps us open our inner sight to the spiritual sun, develops inner vision and the ability to look into the future, frees the mind from envious thoughts. For full magical power it should be set in gold.

PHANTOM CRYSTALS – A quartz crystal that has the dim outline of another crystal within it. Promotes past life recall, inner growth and transcendence. Reminds us of the reality of life after death.

PYRITE – A yellow metallic mineral. Augments intelligence, mental stability, logic, analysis, creativity, channeling abilities, memory, optimism, practicality, and willpower. Allows us to discover our own unique talents.

QUANTUM CRYSTALS- Three or more Double-Terminated quartz crystals that are joined together. Quantum Crystals alter the statistical probabilities of our wishes, prayers and visualizations coming true. They also allow us easier access to alternate realities.

RAINBOW CRYSTALS – A clear quartz with a rainbow inside. Facilitate hope, happiness, optimism and respect for nature.

RHODOCHROSITE – Pink with white. Brings compassion, tolerance, kindness, emotional expressiveness, healing, harmony, amity, friendship, smooth energy flow, self-love and spiritual awareness. Rescue remedy stone. Inspires forgiveness and heals emotions. Wearer attracts love and respect.

RHODONITE – Pink with black. Inspires refinement, gracefulness, courtesy, tact, calmness, self-esteem and inner growth. Helps us reach our full potential.

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ROSE QUARTZ – Light pink. Enhances all forms of love: platonic and romantic love, mother love, self-love, divine love. Encourages tolerance and forgiveness. Opens our hearts and teaches us to be tender, peaceful and gentle. Emanates unconditional love and helps us attract love. Medical Folklore: Slows aging, promotes skin rejuvenation, makes ones mind alert.

RUBY – Associated with enthusiasm, integrity, healing, devotion, courage, happiness, passion, romance, generosity, emotional warmth, inspiration, prosperity, energy, inner power and leadership ability. Brings spiritual wisdom, focuses mental concentration on a specific thing, promotes confidence. Stone of life and energy. Associated with royalty.

RUTILATED QUARTZ – Clear quartz with needle-like mineral inclusions. Increases determination, self-reliance, will, volition, steadfastness, self-control, joy, general healing and communication with Spirit Guardians.

RUTILE- Needles in quartz, also the star in rubies. Magnifies and directs the energy of the stone.

SAPPHIRE – Meditation, pure insight and vision with the ability to read the future. When worn renders black magic harmless and helps the wearer discern falsehood and guile. DARK BLUE SAPPHIRE: intuition, meditation, creative expression. GREEN: luck. ORANGE: friendliness, optimism, wisdom. PINK: love, loyalty. STAR: centering, independence, psychic abilities. YELLOW: intellect, learning, memory. WHITE: spiritual development and self-appreciation. Medical Folklore: Calms the nerves.

SARDONYX – Banded agate like the stripes of the flag. Bands together those of like natures. Links loved ones, neutralizes the malign influence of black onyx.

SELENITE – Clear-colored Gypsum. Inspires universal love, positive thoughts, truth, serenity, purification, integrity, spirituality, clarity of thought, purity of heart, meditation, and universal consciousness.

SERPENTINE – Green. Named for its waxy appearance like a snake’s skin. Medicine and treatment solutions are more effective from a vessel made of serpentine.

SILVER – Augments grounding, mystic visions, mothering, hope, meditation, nurturance, spiritual and romantic love and sensitivity. This metal is sacred to the Moon Goddess, who loves and protects women and nature.

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SMOKY QUARTZ – Promotes stability, practicality, pride, joy calmness, positive thoughts, fearlessness and realistic, grounded spirituality. Helps turn our wishes, dreams and desires into reality. Teaches us to tap subconscious wisdom and simplify our lives.

SODALITE – Blue and white. Known as the throat stone. Aids in communication. Medical Folklore: Balances glands and metabolism, wearer gains great endurance.

SUGILITE – Dark purple. Also known as Luvulite. Is linked with conscious awareness, spiritual attainment, channeling ability and healing. Helps the idealist and the extremely kindhearted remain unhurt by the shocks of the world. TABULAR CRYSTALS – Clear quartz crystal with a flattened shape. Fosters communication, integration, smooth energy flow, balance, understanding and dialogue with people. Also helps us communicate with nature and with spirit beings.

TIGER’S EYE – A brown Chalcedony with gold highlights. Quartz clan. Facilitates personal empowerment, integrity, clear thinking, willpower, practicality, grounding, courage, grace, and the ability to see clearly and without illusions. Insight, purifies the system. Protective stone. Brings awareness of the value of life to the wearer.

TOPAZ – BLUE TOPAZ: brings meditation, psychic powers, spiritual growth, tranquility and leadership ability. CLEAR: Communication with nature. GREEN: Forgiveness, understanding. GOLDEN: generosity, happiness, sense of humor, abundance, and attracts love. PINK: honor, truth

TOURMALINE – Wide color range. Enhances objectivity, flexibility, compassion, happiness, serenity, balance, transformation, healing, channeling, and strength. Good for relationships and those who counsel. BLUE: peace. GREEN: prosperity. PINK: love. BLACK: protection, deflects negative energies instead of absorbing them. Used to neutralize one’s own anger, resentment, jealousy. MULTI-COLORED: live harmoniously with all people.

TOURMALINATED QUARTZ – Black tourmaline crystals inside of clear quartz. Balances and unites conscious with subconscious, male with female, spirit with matter. Brings harmony to any polarity. Encourages moderation and unity.

TURQUOISE – Blue or green. Inspires empathy, honest communication, love, serenity, balance, friendship, strength, general healing, positive thinking, meditation and emotional sensitivity. Connects us with all life. Reminds us of our spiritual nature. Spirit of earth and man merge in this stone. Powerful protector when given as a gift.

VARISCITE – Varying shades of green. Augments moral courage, virtue, self-reliance, success and calmness. Helps us remember our past lives.

ZIRCON – Also known as Hyacinth. BROWN ZIRCON: helps us attract land and home. BLUE: spirituality, prayer. PINK: helps us appreciate life. WHITE OR CLEAR: purification. Helps us read images and symbols, and to communicate with the angels. Gives safe passage during travel and assures a warm reception.

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