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Offerings Jewelry Gemstone Guide
OFFERINGS JEWELRY GEMSTONE GUIDE
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| Stone |
Birthstone Month |
Description, Healing qualities |
Zodiac Sign |
Zodiac Sign |
| Fiber Optic | | |
| | | Fluorite | NONE | A beautiful stone forming in colors ranging from purple, white, and green. Many healing legends and stories evolve around this stone. It has been used to stabilize and produce order both mentally and physically. To bring order to chaos, increase ability to concentrate, helps one to see both reality and truth beyond illusion. New age healers have used it to treat tumors when first discovered. May help to bring insight into reality and truth behind illusion. Increases ability to balance out positive and negative relationships. Thought to provide for cleansing and elimination of that which is in disorder. Used in treatment of the bone, and the composition and formation of cells. | Pisces | Capricorn | | Fossil | NONE | Fossilized shell or coral. See dinosaur bone. | Virgo | NONE | | Fossil Coral | | | | | | Fossil-Crinoidal | NONE | Fossilized shell or coral. See dinosaur bone. | Virgo | NONE | | Fuschite-Green | | | | | | Garnet | January | Sacred stone on the American and African continents; brings recognition of inherent responsibility that goes with personal freedom; resolution to anger, encouragement to serenity; associated with treatment of bone, spinal column and fluid, cellular composition, heart, lungs, and blood. One of garnet's esoteric interpretations is that it brings recognition of inherent responsibility that goes with personal freedom. It clearly brings focus to its beauty and rich red illumination. For so many reasons garnet is an appreciated stone around the world. | Aquarius | Leo | | Gaspeite | NONE | Unknown | NONE | NONE | | Geode | NONE | Unknown | NONE | NONE | | Glass | | | | | | Gold 18k | NONE | | NONE | NONE | | Gold 22k | NONE | | NONE | NONE | | Hematite | NONE | May boost confidence and will power; assists mental dexterity, memory, original thinking, and technical knowledge; used in aiding tissue regeneration. | Aquarius | Aries | | Iolite |
| Hardness of 7. Blue, brown, yellow, dark violet, grey, and green. Magnesium aluminum silicate that forms in masses, grains, and short prismatic crystals. Exhibits pleochroic qualities (X-axis shows clear yellow, Y-axis shows dark violet, blue, or brown, and the Z-axis shows clear blue) Opens a light pathway from Throat center up through Crown. Strong conduit for truth, simplicity, imagery, and peace. Some use it to remember and integrate past live experiences with one's current lifetime. When associated with larimar and charoite it may enhance confidence and leadership. Used to bring harmony between one's female and male aspects, bringing harmony to oneself and awakening inner knowledge. Has been used in protect and improve conditions of the liver and ridding the body of toxins. |
Libra |
Taurus |
| Jade |
| Hardness 6.5-7. Solid to translucent green. Throughout Asian history, jade has been the most respected and revered stone in the Orient, even considered sacred in China. Associated with power, wisdom, justice, and courage. Many carvings in jade have been discovered that date to pre-Columbian times. The ancient Mayans wore jade to facilitate harmony between the physical, emotional, and intellectual structures, and to bring accord to the environment. It has been associated with health of plants and those who tend them. Some feel that jade has prosperity energies. Symbolic of good luck and long life. May assist one in the attainment of self-assuredness, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency. Jade has been used in treatment of the heart, kidneys, bladder, and spleen. An elixir made with jade is said to soothe and smooth the skin and to stimulate the health of the hair. |
Taurus |
Gemini |
| Jasper | NONE | Provides protection against negativity; aligns the chakras; used during times of low energy (fasting) or in times of extended hospitalization; soothes stomach and nerves; general body tonic. | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Breciated | NONE | Thought to induce health and rebirth, bringing freshness in ideas and strategies. Symbolic of strength and vitality. In Peru it was highly regarded as a protector against witchcraft. Also considered to protect one from negativity or danger. May be helpful in treating the liver and restoration of one's sense of smell. | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Dalmation | | | | | | Jasper-Leopard Skin | NONE | Patterns resemble a leopard's spots. Reduces anxiety and helps one deal with heavy stress.Leopard skin jasper (also called leopard stone) is a stone of shamanic journeying. It also aids in service to others. It helps discover and connect with one's animal totems or "power" animals. It makes it easier for one to take responsibility properly. Helps with creative visualization. As with all jaspers, this is a protective stone, and it is particularly protective during shamanic journeying. Physically it helps eliminate toxins and decrease body odor, and is very helpful in self-healing. It has properties of protecting the third chakra, but is associated mainly with the root chakra. | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Ocean | NONE | Ocean Jasper is very soothing and helps to love one's self as well as others. It is very healing of the emotions and brings peace of mind. It helps with acceptance of responsibility and increases patience. The circulars patterns on ocean jasper symbolize and help us realize that we are all interconnected and nature is a cyclical pattern. It can also help with circular breathing for healing or meditation. Being a type of jasper, ocean jasper is a very protective stone, and any orbs ("eyes") enhance this in regard to protection from the "evil eye." Physically, ocean jasper is beneficial to the digestion, digestive organs, removing toxins, lessen body odor. Ocean Jasper is related to the heart chakra. | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Picture | NONE | Landscape images. Visually soothing. Thought to assist with understanding karmic lessons. | Leo | NONE | | Jasper-Rainforest | NONE | | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Red | NONE | Red jasper is called a stone of fairness and justice because mystical lore claims that it decreases unjustness and helps in unfair situations. It is also said to enhance responsibility, choice, and compassion. Used in mystical dreamwork, it can enhance dream recall. It is said to assist in protection and rescue from danger. Red jasper is associated with the first and second chakras. Metaphysically, it is purported to have a stabilizing effect, and help one take all one's energy and use it in a balanced manner. It is also said to be a stone that helps in all areas of survival, and is a very protective stone. Red jasper said in gemstone lore to be a stone of controlled passion and used to help control one's own passions. Crystal healing lore says that physically it assists in healing by maintaining positive movement with all types of disorders and disease. | NONE | NONE | | Jasper-Starburst | | Starburst pattern. | | | | Jasper-Yellow | NONE | Yellow jasper has characteristics of helping one be strong and balanced in the social arenas and protects one's social welfare. It is associated with the solar plexus (belly) chakra. Yellow jasper is a protective stone that particularly gives protection during travel, both physical and spiritual. It also shields one from negativity, and can protect from depression. | NONE | NONE | | Jet | | Jet is also known as black amber, although it is not actually an amber, but rather fossilized coal. It was used extensively in mourning jewelry in Victorian times and was considered a stone for alleviating and bringing grief to the surface to be healed. It has also historically been used as a protection stone and is said to have very powerful protection energies to ward off evil, negativity, and psychic attacks. It is also said to protect finances and protect from depression. Jet is related primarily to the base chakra, but when used on the upper chakras it helps kundalini move to the crown chakra. Mystically, jet is considered a stone of sympathy, healing grief, psychic experiences. It is said by intuitive sources to be an excellent calming stone, and helpful for treating epilepsy, migraines, stomach pain, colds, glandular problems, and lumpathic problems. |
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