Black Amber Benefits
* Draws out negative energy
* Alleviates unreasonable fears
* Provides protection
* Overcomes grief after bereavement
* Opens psychic experiences
* Assists spiritual enlightenment
* Stabilizes finances
* Promotes taking control of life
* Balances mood swings
* Helps overcome depression
* Brings stability & balance
* Treats migraines, epilepsy & colds
* Diminishes lymphatic & glandular swellings & heals stomach pain
* Treats labour pains & menstrual cramps
* Treats toothache & neuralgia
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn
Black Moonstone Benefits
* Excellent for metaphysical activities of all kinds
* Protects & opens the energy field to higher vibrations
* Protects again electromagnetic emanations & blocks radiation
* Helps if you're emotionally over-sensitive
* Attracts abundance
* Creates a calm, serene atmosphere in the home
* Stabilizes rocky relationships
* Strengthens concentration so is good for study
* Increases stamina
* Treats the colon, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach & female reproductive organs
* Aids recovery from a stroke
* May be helpful for Parkinson's & similar diseases
Chakra: Crown, Brow & Base
Zodiac: Cancer
Black Obsidian Benefits
* Provides protection
* Encourages creativity
* Increases self-control
* Brings shadow qualities to the surface for release
* Magnifies all negative energies so they can be fully experienced then released
* Heals past lives & the ancestral line
* Repels negativity & disperses unloving thoughts
* Provides support during change
* Breaks through mental barriers when held briefly above the brow chakra
* Dissolves mental conditioning
* Aids emotional healing after trauma of any kind
* Helps in attracting a new or better job
* Improves circulation & artery health
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Scorpio
Black Onyx Benefits
* Gives strength
* Supports during times of stress or confusing circumstances
* Helps you to be the master of your own destiny
* Promotes vigour, steadfastness & stamina
* Aids in learning lessons
* Boosts self-confidence
* Helps you to be at ease in your surroundings
* Can be helpful for psychometry
* Helps in past life healing
* Helps to heal grief & sorrow
* Reduces overwhelming fears & worries
* Helps to overcome addictions
* Calms the nerves
* Provides protection & grounding
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn & Leo
Black Spinel Benefits
* Can bring renewed energy & rejuvenation
* Brings encouragement in difficult circumstances
* Enhances positive aspects of the personality
* Aids in achieving & accepting success with humility
* Offers insights into material problems & gives you the stamina to continue
* Provides protection & repels negativity
* Helps you to rebuild from the roots upwards
* Absorbs outbursts of anger & feelings of suppressed rage
* Assists controlled & more effective expression of negative feelings
* Helps the legs, female reproductive system, prostate & bladder problems
* Helps the intestines, lymph nodes & septicaemia
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Scorpio & Taurus
Black Tourmaline Benefits
* Protects against psychic attack
* Protects against spells & ill wishing
* Protects against negative energies of all kinds
* Keeps you grounded
* Increases physical vitality
* Reduces tension & stress
* Promotes a laid back attitude
* Aids rational thought processes
* Encourages a positive attitude
* Stimulates creativity
* Soothes anxiety & panic attacks
* Returns bad wishes to the sender
* Strengthens the immune system
* Treats dyslexia & arthritis
* Provides pain relief
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn & Libra
Bloodstone Benefits
* Cleanses the blood
* Powerful healer
* Heightens intuition
* Increases creativity
* Provides protection & grounding
* Stimulates dreaming
* Gives courage
* Calms the mind & clears confusion
* Helps with decision making
* Helps to overcome mental exhaustion
* Reduces irritability, aggressiveness & impatience
* Helps to bring spirituality into everyday life
* Stimulates the immune system
* Detoxifies the liver, intestines & kidneys
* Regulates blood flow & aids circulation
Chakra: Heart, Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Aries, Libra & Pisces
Birthstone: March
Blue Calcite Benefits
* Works gently & aids recuperation
* Aids relaxation
* Lowers blood pressure
* Relieves pain on all levels
* Soothes the nerves
* Protects the home & business premises against intruders
* Aids memory
* Creates an awareness of when you're overdoing things & need to rest
* Removes anxiety & releases negative emotions
* Aids clear communication
* Treats sore throats & menopausal hot flushes
* Treats toothache & mouth ulcers
Chakra: Throat
Zodiac: Cancer, Gemini & Pisces
Blue Goldstone Benefits
* Attracts good luck & money
* Attracts success
* Helps to overcome fear of the dark
* Encourages positivity & optimism
* Encourages ambition
* Relieves migraines
* Treats epilepsy & glaucoma
Chakra: Crown, Brow & Throat
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Blue Lace Agate Benefits
* Is a healing stone
* Is cooling & calming
* Brings peace of mind
* Activates & heals the throat chakra
* Allows free expression of thoughts & feelings
* Opens the way to experience higher energies
* Is a great nurturing & supportive stone
* Neutralizes anger, infection, inflammation & fever
* Counteracts the suppression & repression of feelings that stem from the fear of being judged & rejected
* Gently dissolves the old pattern of repression & encourages a new mode of expression
* Can be useful for men to release & accept their sensitivity & feeling natures
* Assists with verbal expression of thoughts & feelings
* Counteracts mental stress
* Links thought to the spiritual vibration
* Releases shoulder & neck problems, thyroid deficiencies & throat & lymph infections
* Lowers fevers & removes blockages of the nervous system
* Treats arthritic & bone deformity & strengthens the skeletal system as well as healing fractures
* Aids capillaries & the pancreas
* Treats high blood pressure & tension-related headaches
* Heals skin allergies
Chakra: Throat
Zodiac: Aquarius, Pisces & Sagittarius
Blue Striped Agate Benefits
* Aids grounding
* Brings about emotional, physical & intellectual balance
* Is soothing & calming
* Helps you to accept yourself
* Builds self-confidence
* Enhances mental function
* Improves concentration, perception & analytical abilities
* Encourages you to speak your truth
* Overcomes negativity & bitterness
* Heals inner anger
* Treats any kind of emotional trauma
* Creates a sense of safety & security
* Encourages quiet contemplation
* Encourages spiritual growth
* Eliminates negative energies
* Stimulates the digestive process & relieves gastritis
* Heals the eyes, stomach & uterus
* Cleanses the lymphatic system & pancreas
* Strengthens blood vessels & heals skin disorders
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn & Gemini
Blue Topaz Benefits
* Is an empathetic stone that directs energy to where it is needed most
* Soothes, heals, stimulates, recharges, re-motivates & aligns the meridians of the body
* Promotes truth & forgiveness
* Helps shed light on the path, highlights goals & taps into inner resources
* Brings about trust in the universe that enables you to "be" rather than to "do"
* Cuts through doubt & uncertainty
* Brings joy, generosity, abundance & good health
* Brings hidden emotions to the surface in a calm way so that they can be dealt with
* Balances the emotions
* Attracts love & good fortune
* Brings successful attainment of goals
* Is extremely supportive for affirmations & manifestation as well as visualization
* Cleanses the aura
* Releases tension & aids relaxation
* Speeds up spiritual development
* Helps you to feel confident & philanthropic
* Removes negativity
* Promotes openness & honesty, self-realization, self-control & the urge to develop inner wisdom
* Aids problem-solving
* Helps you to see the bigger picture & the minute detail, recognizing how they interrelate
* Assists in expressing ideas
* Manifests health
* Aids digestion & combats anorexia
* Restores the sense of taste
* Fortifies the nerves & stimulates the metabolism
* Treats eyes, ears & menopausal symptoms
Chakra: Brow & Throat
Zodiac: Libra, Sagittarius & Virgo
Birthstone: November
Botswana Agate Benefits
* Is excellent for anyone who is connected with fire or smoke
* Is a crystal of infinite possibility & hope
* Helps to quit smoking
* Looks to solutions rather than dwelling on problems
* Helps to explore unknown territory & your own creativity
* Helps you to see the bigger picture
* Can provide comfort through dark, lonely nights
* Gently releases repression
* Helps the circulatory system & the skin
* Treats stomach problems & stimulates the immune system
* Helps the body to absorb oxygen
* Treats depression, panic attacks & agoraphobia
* Helps all who have suffered loss & still grieve
* Relieves emotional blocks to fertility
Chakra: Crown & Sacral
Zodiac: Gemini
Bowenite Benefits
* Helps release blocked or repressed emotions
* Deepens meditation
* Powerful heart healer
* Provides psychic protection
* Encourages fidelity
* Place under your pillow for insightful dreams
Chakra: Heart
Zodiac: Aquarius & Cancer
Brecciated Jasper Benefits
* Helps you to keep your feet on the ground
* Helps with attaining emotional stability
* Has strong grounding energies
* Improves dream recall
* Boosts vitality, strength & self-confidence
* Draws excess energy away from the head
* Promotes mental clarity
* Can prevent nightmares in children
* Improves confidence, motivation & enthusiasm, especially at work
* Breaks the psychological hold of those who seek to manipulate or dominate
* Treats allergies, the liver stomach upsets & digestive disorders
* Treats eczema, psoriasis & skin problems aggravated by stress
Chakra: Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Aries, Scorpio & Virgo
Bronzite Benefits
* Facilitates simply "being", entering a dynamic state of non-action & non-doing
* Brings total serenity
* Turns back negative thoughts & ill-wishing
* Strengthens non-judgmental discernment, pinpoints your most important choices & promotes decisive action
* Protects & grounds
* Helps when you feel powerless is discordant situations or are in the grip of events beyond your control
* Heals hurts & injustices from the past
* Increases self-assertion, restores composure & assists in keeping a cool head
* Helps you to take an objective perspective & see the bigger picture
* Helps in overcoming stress & reversing wilfulness, teaching how to go with the flow of divine will
* If you've become stuck in any negative pattern, Bronzite releases it
* Supports & balances masculine yang energy within the body or the psyche
* Helps chronic exhaustion & restores energy levels
* Aids the absorption of mineral & iron
* Also helps with pain relief & over-alkalinity as well as cramp & nerves
* Can be helpful for anaemia & blood disorders
* Treats skin disorders such as rashes, pimples & eczema
Chakra: Brow, Solar Plexus & Base
Zodiac: Capricorn
Bumble Bee Jasper Benefits
* Helps you to accept change
* Encourages you to pursue new projects
* Boosts self-esteem
* Helps you to make decisions not based on emotions
* Removes energetic blocks
* Enhances mental clarity
* Treats abdominal issues, allergies & the nervous system
* Benefits the heart & circulatory system
Chakra: Solar Plexus & Sacral
Zodiac: Cancer, Leo & Taurus
Bustamite Benefits
* Brings about a deep connection to the earth & facilitates earth healing
* Stimulates conscious dreaming & intuition
* Enhances channeling & accesses the angelic realms
* Helps to retain composure
* Brings gentle courage
* Encourages relaxation
* Eases relationships at work with people who may be unapproachable
* Increases love in new relationships
* Turns ideals & ideas into positive action
* Removes old emotional pain
* Realigns the energy meridians of the physical & subtle bodies
* Benefits cellular memory & calcium deficiencies
* Treats stress-related illness, circulation issues, headaches & fluid retention
* Supports the legs & feet, heart, skin, nails, hair, motor nerves & muscle strength
* Treats the spleen, lungs, prostate gland, sexual organs, endocrine & digestive systems
Chakra: Brow & Heart
Zodiac: Taurus