Sand Rose Benefits
* Helps to dissolve self-imposed programmes that have been running for too long
* Releases the programme & assists in finding an appropriate replacement
* Eases panic attacks & claustrophobia
* Encourages the development & expression of psychic powers & creativity
* Can be used to strengthen affirmations of purpose
* May increase resistance to viral infections, skin growths & blemishes
* Treats prostate & testicular problems, travel sickness & stomach upsets
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn & Scorpio
Sapphire Benefits
* Known as the wisdom stone
* Is a stone of love, commitment & fidelity
* Seeks spiritual truth & is traditionally associated with love & purity
* Is extremely effective for earth & chakra healing
* Brings tranquility & helps you to stay on the spiritual path
* Focuses & calms the mind & releases unwanted thoughts & mental tension
* Brings peace of mind & serenity
* Attracts good luck
* Helps during times of change to maintain clear vision of where it is you want to go & how to get there
* Is effective for the speedy & positive resolution of all legal matters & all issues concerning justice
* Aligns the physical, mental & spiritual planes & restores balance within the body
* Releases depression & spiritual confusion & stimulates concentration
* Brings prosperity & attracts gifts of all kinds
* Placed on the throat, it releases frustration & facilitates self-expression
* Calms overactive body systems & regulates the glands
* Heals the eyes & removes stress
* Treats blood disorders & alleviates excessive bleeding
* Strengthens veins & improves their elasticity
* Helps the nervous system & dementia
* Treats fevers, swollen glands & nausea
Chakra: Throat
Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Taurus & Virgo
Birthstone: September
Sardonyx Benefits
* Provides strength & protection
* Brings lasting happiness & stability to marriage & partnerships
* Promotes integrity
* Absorbs negativity
* Attracts friends & good fortune
* Strengthens character & willpower
* Removes a sense of helplessness & victim mentality
* Brings good luck in legal matters & for obtaining justice
* Increases stamina & self-control
* Overcomes depression & hesitancy
* Improves perception
* Heals the lungs & bones
* Resensitizes the sensory organs
* Regulates fluids & cell metabolism
* Strengthens the immune system
* Aids the absorption of nutrients & elimination of waste products
* May help with impotence & sterility
* Treats chronic back pain, bowel, prostate & bladder problems
* Treats kidney & urinary tract infections
Chakra: Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Aries, Capricorn & Virgo
Birthstone: August
Satin Spar Calcite Benefits
* Amplifies & cleanses energy
* Cleans negative energy from the environment
* Removes stagnant energy from the body
* Speeds up spiritual development & growth
* A spiritual stone linked to the higher consciousness
* Facilitates the opening of higher awareness, channeling & psychic abilities
* Connects emotions with intellect, creating emotional intelligence
* Has a positive effect, especially if hope or motivation has been lost
* Combats laziness, aiding in becoming more energetic on all levels
* Calms the mind
* Teaches discernment & analysis
* Stimulates insights & boosts memory
* Facilitates knowing which information is important & then retaining it
* Has the ability to changes ideas into action & aids study
* Eases emotional stress & replaces it with serenity
* A stabilizing stone enhancing trust in yourself & strengthening the ability to overcome setbacks
* Cleanses the organs of elimination
* Encourages calcium uptake in bones & strengthens the skeleton & joints
* Eases intestinal & skin conditions
* Stimulates blood clotting & tissue healing
* Fortifies the immune system
Chakra: All
Zodiac: Cancer & Gemini
Scolecite Benefits
* Is a gentle, high vibration stone that promotes inner peace
* Is appropriate for people new to high vibration crystals or with a particularly sensitive energy field
* The inner light carried by the stone infuses peace into the core of your being, connecting you to the highest energies in the universe & multi-dimensional realms
* A serene stone that assists with lucid dreaming & dream recall
* Assists in restructuring thought patterns & shaping everyday reality into a positive outcome
* Helps you to sleep deeply & peacefully
* Offers safe communication with any spirit beings you encounter in dreams, astral travel or meditation, or with family presences who return to the home from the afterlife with messages
* Hooks out the last remnants of detrimental patterns or beliefs
* Is extremely calming, encouraging unselfish love of yourself & inner contentment
* Dissolves anxiety & fear, instilling a quiet confidence
* Harmonizes the energies between lovers & loved ones & helps those whose heart has been turned to stone to gently release the traumas of the past & love again
* Resonates with the nerves & neural pathways, bringing the body back into equilibrium
* Treats MS & realigns the spinal column & associated nerves
* Strengthens bones & treats IBS & supports the circulatory system & lungs
* Helps with weight-loss
Chakra: Crown & Brow
Zodiac: Capricorn
Sedona Stone Benefits
* A powerful cluster of multi-dimensional vortexes where spiritual energy is fiercely concentrated
* The stone links you into that energy from afar
* Enhances metaphysical abilities & powers journeying & sacred ceremonies
* Takes you deep within yourself to explore your inner dimensions
Chakra: Brow
Zodiac: Not known
Selenite Benefits
* Brings clarity of mind & clears confusion
* A calming stone that instills deep peace
* Aids meditation
* Enhances telepathy
* Shows how to resolve lessons & issues that are still being worked on
* Aids judgment & insight
* Helps fertility & pregnancy
* Helps heal PMS, menstrual & menopausal problems
* Helps to bring about reconciliation
Chakra: Crown
Zodiac: Cancer & Taurus
Septarian Benefits
* Encourages taking care of the earth
* Can enhance the cohesiveness of any spiritual group
* Useful for Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
* Assists in repatterning and reprogramming
* Harmonizes the emotions and intellect with the higher mind to bring illumination
* Assists in manifesting ideas
* Enhances your ability to communicate within a group
* Is emotionally nourishing and calming
* Is useful for self-nurturing and for caring about others
* Helps to focus the body's healing ability
* Facilitates flexibility of physical movement
* Detects and rebalances blockages in the body
* Treats Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), skin disorders, cellular memory and metabolism
* Reduces swellings and growths
* Treats the intestines, kidneys, blood and heart
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Taurus
Seraphinite Benefits
* Placed on the brow chakra, or meditated with, it is a stone of spiritual enlightenment & is excellent for accessing self-healing
* Helps to make angelic connections
* Promotes living from the heart & has a gently cleansing effect on the heart chakra, opening to love
* Has a high spiritual vibration & is excellent for making journeys out of the body, protecting the physical body while you are gone
* Assists with reviewing the progress of life & identifying the changes needed to put you on the path to peace & fulfillment
* Works best at a subtle level
* Activates the spinal cord & can release muscle tension up into the neck
* Is useful for overcoming chills & promoting weight loss
Chakra: Crown, Brow & Heart
Zodiac: Not known
Serpentine Benefits
* Aids meditation & spiritual exploration
* Opens psychic abilities
* Provides protection
* Increases self-confidence
* Helps you understand the spiritual basis of life
* Assists the retrieval of wisdom
* Regains memory of past lives
* Helps you to feel more in control of life
* Corrects mental & emotional imbalances
* Cleanses & detoxifies the body & blood
* Treats hypoglycaemia & diabetes
Chakra: Crown, Heart & Base
Zodiac: Gemini & Scorpio
Shiva Lingam Benefits
* Raises & controls kundalini energy
* Facilitates spiritual evolution through tantra or sexual magick
* Is a symbol of sexuality & potent male energy
* Aids sexual healing
* Brings psychological insight
* Increases libido in both sexes
* Unites the male & female energies within to create a harmonious whole
* Aids in resolving gender related issues
* Helps to look within to release all that you've outgrown
* Helps with emotional pain that arises from early childhood, especially from sexual abuse
* Aids in creating a self-loving ritual to reclaim femininity & female power
* Helps to overcome infertility, impotence & menstrual cramps
* Eases childbirth
Chakra: Brow, Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Scorpio
Shungite Benefits
* Provides EMF protection
* Absorbs that which is hazardous to health
* Boosts physical wellbeing
* Has a powerful effect on the immune system
* Restores emotional balance
* Relieves stress
* Reduces symptoms of the common cold
* Is a "cure all" healer
* Assists the digestive & filtration systems
* Provides pain relief
* Its a detoxifier, antioxidant, antihistamine & anti-inflammatory
* Treats sore throats & cardio-vascular diseases
* Treats allergies, asthma, arthritis & diabetes
* Treats kidney & liver disorders
* Treats the gall bladder, impotence & chronic fatigue syndrome
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Scorpio
Silver Sheen Obsidian Benefits
* Enhances meditation
* Provides a mirror of inner being
* Assists spiritual development
* Aids communication
* Brings advantages throughout life & imparts patience & perseverance when required
* Is helpful when journeying out of the body as it connects the astral body with the physical body & brings the soul back into physical incarnation
* Helps relieve pain from migraines or after surgery
Chakra: Throat, Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Cancer & Scorpio
Smoky Quartz Benefits
* Keeps you grounded
* Provides protection
* Promotes concern for the environment & ecological solutions
* Neutralizes negative vibrations
* Blocks geopathic stress
* Helps you to leave behind anything that no longer serves you
* Relieves fear & depression
* Helps remove suicidal tendencies
* Helps you to accept your physical body
* Enhances virility & passion
* Stops nightmares & manifests your dreams
* Dissolves negative emotions
* Promotes positive thought
* Helps to remove fear of failure
* Improves concentration
* Overcomes communication difficulties
* Helps to clear the mind for meditation
* Treats radiation-related illness & chemotherapy
* Reduces stress & brings relaxation
* Provides pain relief
* Treats ailments of the abdomen, hips & legs
* Treats headaches & benefits the reproductive system
* Dissolves cramps & strengthens the back
* Treats kidney stones & the pancreas
* Reduces anxiety & treats panic attacks
Chakra: Base
Zodiac: Capricorn & Sagittarius
Snow Quartz Benefits
* Supports you while learning lessons
* Helps you let go of overwhelming responsibilities & limitations
* Overcomes martyrdom & victimhood
* Enhances tact & cooperation
* Helps you to think before you speak
* When used in meditation, it links to deep inner wisdom
* Treats any condition in a slow & gentle way
* Treats bones, bone marrow, breasts & teeth
* Helps with lactation & infant feeding
* Treats blood disorders, fevers & menopausal symptoms
Chakra: Brow
Zodiac: Capricorn
Snowflake Obsidian Benefits
* Calms & soothes when placed on the sacral chakra
* Puts you in the right frame of mind to be receptive before bringing to your attention ingrained patterns of behaviour
* Teaches the value of mistakes as well as successes
* Is a stone of purity
* Helps to make wise decisions
* Provides balance for body, mind & spirit
* Helps to recognize & release stressful mental patterns
* Promotes dispassion & inner centering
* Helps isolation & loneliness to become empowering
* Aids surrender in meditation
* Treats veins & the skeleton
* Improves circulation
* Treats influenza, sinus & rhinitis
* Treats eyesight & diarrhoea
* Relieves pain
Chakra: Solar Plexus, Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Capricorn, Sagittarius & Virgo
Sodalite Benefits
* Deepens meditation
* Opens spiritual perception
* Helps to remain true to yourself & stand up for your beliefs
* Clears electromagnetic pollution
* Calms the mind
* Provides EMF protection
* Balances the emotions
* Boosts self-esteem
* Calms panic attacks
* Enhances self-acceptance & self-trust
* Helps to overcome phobias
* Encourages rational thought
* Reduces mental confusion
* Cleanses the lymphatic system & boosts the immune system
* Overcomes insomnia
* Treats the throat & digestive disorders
* Cools fevers & lowers blood pressure
Chakra: Brow & Throat
Zodiac: Cancer, Sagittarius & Virgo
Stromatolite Benefits
* Carries eternal knowledge & helps to read the Akashic Record of previous lives
* Excellent for support during evolutionary change as it has weathered billions of years of chaos, catastrophe & transformation
* Aids processing & learning from all your experiences
* Instils flexibility & the ability to "let go" or opt out of disagreements while still maintaining your own point of view
* Helps with past life regression & shamanic journeying
* Meditating with this stone acts as a portal to the far past of the earth, delving deep into its history, evolution & closely guarded secrets
* Assists with earth cleansing & healing
* Helps you to release outdated mental programs & patterns
* Assists in meridian-based tapping therapies, such as EFT & increases brain function
* Encourages healing at a cellular level
* Aids recovery from serious illness or psychosomatic disease
* Assists the passage of fluid through the body & brain, regulating the flow as appropriate
* Helps to maintain the skeletal system & brain hemispheres
* Encourages the elimination of toxins through the kidneys & blood-rich organs
* Treats the thymus & throat, hands & feet
Chakra: Crown & Brow
Zodiac: Capricorn
Sunstone Benefits
* Brings joy
* Is a light-inspiring stone
* Instills joie de vivre & good nature
* Heightens intuition
* Helps you to nurture yourself
* Attracts good luck & good fortune
* Useful for removing energetic hooks from other people
* Aids in cutting ties to other people
* Helps to reduce phobias about fear of the dark & enclosed spaces
* Helps if you have trouble in saying no & making sacrifices for others
* Removes codependency & facilitates self-empowerment
* Facilitates independence & vitality
* Is very effective against S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder)
* Removes inhibitions and hang-ups
* Reverses feelings of failure
* Increases self-worth & confidence
* Encourages optimism & enthusiasm
* Treats depression & lifts dark moods
* Stimulates self-healing
* Regulates the autonomic nervous system
* Treats sore throats & relieves stomach ulcers
* Treats cartilage problems, rheumatism & general aches & pains
Chakra: Solar Plexus, Sacral & Base
Zodiac: Leo & Pisces
Super Seven Benefits
* Provides protection
* High vibration
* Spiritual powerhouse
* Activates spiritual gifts & enhances metaphysical working of all kinds
* Soothes & nurtures the emotions
* Boosts confidence
* Supports & heightens the vibration of other crystals in it's vicinity
* Activates all the chakras & the subtle bodies, aligning them to the highest spiritual vibrations
* Stimulates the body's natural healing system
* Supports the immune system, skin & bones
Chakra: All
Zodiac: Aquarius