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Gemstone Properties, Meanings and Trivia
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Amazonite
Countries of Origin
Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia.
Properties*
Believed to protect against electromagnetic fields.
Soothes and calms mind and body
Allows clarity in difficult situations enabling wearer to see all points of view
Healing*
Migraines
Skeletal and muscular relief including osteoporosis
Tooth decay
Trivia
Spiritualists believe amazonite has the ability to purify the spirit and bring balance to male and female energies |
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Amber
Countries of Origin
Dominica, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, UK
Properties
Attracts friends, love and beauty
Good luck
Protective
True Amber
There are many cheap imitations such as Ambroid, an immature variety of copal amber mixed with synthetic resin. True amber becomes electrically charged if rubbed with a wool cloth and will attract small particles.
Trivia
Ancient Chinese believed Amber to be the solidified souls of deceased tigers. Alchemists thought that amber was rays of the sun, concealed in the sea and washed upon the shore in the form of stones.
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Amethyst
Countries of Origin
Brazil, Canada, East Africa, India, Mexico, Russia, Siberia, Sri Lanka, USA, UK
Properties
Promotes love, healing, peace, courage, intelligence
Relieves stress
Enhances spiritual awareness
Caution
As a romantic gift when given to a man from a woman it is said to ensure their love endures. A Man who wears amethyst is attractive to all women!
Trivia
Healers of time gone by said that if you placed an amethyst under your pillow it would aid inspiration through dreams. Christian Crusaders used Amethyst in their rosaries as they felt it warded off negativity and enhanced spiritual well-being
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Jasper
Countries of Origin
Worldwide esp. Egypt, Africa
Properties
‘Patron Stone of Counsellors and Healers’
Brings about contentment
Said to aid meditation
Healing
Nervous conditions
Kidney gallbladder
Childbirth
Trivia
Stone Age Man used Jasper for making tools such as arrowheads which became good-luck emblems. North Americans used Jasper for water divination. Jasper was said to be the stone in the Jewish High Priest’s breastplate as described in Exodus 28.
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Citrine
Countries of Origin
Brazil, France, USA, Madagascar, UK esp.Scotland
Properties
Dispels negativity
Promotes creativity and harmony
Attract and keep wealth
Healing
Digestion
Circulation
Eyesight
Trivia
In ancient times it was held as a protector against snake venom and evil thoughts. Merchants used it to boost their business.
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Hematite
Countries of Origin
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
Properties
Enhance courage
Relieve stress & balance emotions
Encourage positive thinking
Develops memory and creative ideas
Healing
Circulatoey problems
Kidney function
Generally draw ill-health from the body
Insomnia
Trivia
All non-crystalline forms of hematite are transformations of the mineral Limonite that lost water, possibly due to heat. Hence the recent excitement of the discovery of grey hematite on the planet Mars – suggesting there was once water present.
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Jade
Countries of Origin
Canada, China, Italy, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Russia, USA
Properties
Love and happiness
Wealth
Good luck in business
Symbol of purity and serenity
Improves judgement
Healing
Kidneys
Spleen
Heart
Trivia
It is said that gardeners, when wearing Jade in the garden, will ensure the healthy growth of plants.
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Lapis Lazuli
Countries of Origin
Afghanistan, Chile, Pamir Region of Central Asia, USA
Properties
Increases psychic awareness by subduing the conscious mind
Ensures fidelity
Increases confidence and gives courage
Confers peace
Healing
Migraines
Fevers
Depression
Respiratory problems
Insomnia
Trivia
Ancient Egyptians believed the stone the blue of their after-life sky and so it was used in the ceilings of their burial chambers
Powdered Lapis was used in the Old Masters' paintings as a vibrant ultramarine. Unlike other mediums the colour never fades.
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Malachite
Countries of Origin
Australia, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Middle East, Namibia, Peru, Romania, Siberia, USA, Zambia
Properties
Encourages risk-taking while protecting from danger, especially travelers
Calming and soothing
Promotes business
Healing
Aids childbirth
Supports immune system
Alleviates asthma, arthritis and travel sickness
Lowers Blood Pressure
Trivia
The stone should be protected from scratches and washing it may remove protective polish.
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Freshwater Pearls
Countries of Origin
Far East - China, Japan, USA
Properties
Symbolises purity, innocence & simplicity
Enhance honesty, integrity and promotes the discernment of truth
Healing
Aids childbirth
Treats nausea & other digestive disorders
Improves fertility
Trivia
Foreign material inside a mussel can't be expelled. To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell-building, nacre. To cultivate a pearl, farmers slit the mussel and insert small pieces of live tissue from another mussel.
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Tiger’s Eye
Countries of Origin
Australia, Mexico, India, South Africa
Properties
Increases awareness and consideration of other people
Brings calmness and stability to troubled minds
Promotes wise-decision making
Gives confidence, courage & peace
Healing
Eyes
Throat Problems
Reproductive Organs
Musculo-Skeletal
Trivia
The lustre of this stone is attributed to asbestos fibres that, during the stone’s formation, were replaced by cryptycrystalline quartz. It has been prized as a protective talisman for centuries.
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Turquoise
Countries of Origin
Afghanistan, China, Egypt, France, Iran, Mexico, Peru. Poland, Tibet, Turkey
Properties
Brings good luck
Confers wealth and happiness to wearer
Protects wearer from injury and accidents
Healing
Eye Problems
Fevers
Headaches
Trivia
The Navaho used turquoise in rain-brining rituals and ground it into paste for sand paintings. Turkish riders would wear a turquoise amulet believing this would protect them from falling from their horse. Tibetans used turquoise as currency.
Fading stone colour comes about from exposure to high temperatures, moisture and detergents but in some countries they believe this fading occurs when illness or danger is near or where friendship or love is fading.
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