Occultists and magicians maintain that specific stones hold magical properties for their owner and that particular stones have healing qualities (see below).

AGATE   Agate brings grace, eloquence, energy and self-confidence. It increases confidence in exams or selling items. Good for salespersons or anyone else who has to call on instant bursts of energy whether mental or physical. Agate cures insomnia and ensures pleasant dreams. Wearer is guarded from danger. Agate also attracts peace, happiness and good luck.

AMAZONITE   An aphrodisiac. It is useful to wear in love rituals.

AMBER   Amber is fossil resin from the trees. It protects the wearer from bad luck and witchcraft. It is also believed to cure headache, toothache, rheumatic pain, coughs and goiter. Best used for throat infections, bronchial disorders, asthma or convulsions.

AMETHYST  Amethyst is used for overworked and overstressed people. It enhances right brain activity and reduces stress. It is also believed to prevent intoxication, to dispel fears and to remove illusions and hallucinations. It is said to bring prophetic dreams, wisdom, eloquence and purity of thought. Amethyst relieves insomnia and brings serenity in times of grief. It brings peace, protection and protects the wearer from psychic attack.

AQUAMARINE   Mined mainly in Brazil and North America, it is believed to promote marital harmony and bring luck to sea travellers. It symbolises innocence and youth. Aquamarine reduces fear and anxiety and the inability to express oneself. Excellent for all throat and chest complaints.

AVENTURINE – Green and Orange   Aventurine is said to bring courage and good fortune to the wearer and to protect the home. It helps ease migraine and soothes the eyes. It is good for skin problems, aids in easing anxiety and fear and gives positive attitude towards life.

BERYL  Associated with love and sex, it is very good for people who have problems in these areas.

BLUE LACE AGATE   Agate brings grace, eloquence, energy and self-confidence. It increases confidence in exams or selling items. It is good for salespersons or anyone who needs to call on instant bursts of energy whether mental or physical. Agate cures insomnia and insures pleasant dreams. Its wearer is guarded from danger. Agate also attracts peace, happiness and good luck.

BLOODSTONE   Bloodstone is said to bring good fortune to cure haemorrhages and to promote general good health. It improves bone marrow, spleen, heart, testicles, ovaries, cervix and uterus. It generates a higher state of spiritual consciousness.

CHALCEDONY  Cures insanity. Brings precognitive dreams, physical strength and optimism. Stimulates bone marrow and increases the production of red corpuscles.

CARNELIAN  Carnelian has the reputation of staunching the flow of blood from a wound. It helps menstrual periods and nosebleeds. It is used to bring harmony to the home.

CHRYSOPRASE  A variety of quartz, it balances neurotic patterns, eases depression and sexual imbalance. Good for fertility, calming, balancing healing for physical/ emotional/ mental bodies. It helps one see clearly into personal problems and brings out the inner talents. Improves memory and reduces nervousness before exams or job interviews. Chrysophrase improves eyesight and brings joy to the wearer.

CITRINE   Cures a broken heart, insanity and endows the wearer with self-confidence. It promotes peace in the home life, diminishes self-destructive tendencies and removes toxins from lower area of body. Citrine raises self esteem.

CORAL  Coral is said to guard and preserve children and sailors and to ward off the evil eye. It is used for emotional calm, attunement to nature and to increase expressive abilities and creativity.

DIAMOND  It is believed that this stone will reconcile people who have argued. It attracts power, riches and friends.

EMERALD   A variety of Beryl, it strengthens the heart, liver, kidney and the immune and nervous systems. It is a tonic for body, mind and spirit. It aids alignment of subtle bodies, enhances dreams, meditation and deeper spiritual insight. Emerald is believed to turn pale in the presence of treachery. It is said to strengthen love to encourage cheerfulness and improve ones eyesight. It balances the emotions, strengthens will power and improves memory. It is believed to turn negative spells back to the sender.

FLOURITE   Strengthens the teeth, eases bone, tissue and dental disease.

GARNET   Protects the wearer from evil spirits. It promotes optimism, changes colour in the presence of danger to its owner and encourages good health. Good physically, mentally and emotionally, garnet increases self-confidence and courage. However, it should only be worn by those born in January.

HEMATITE    Helps bleeding, anaemia and leg cramps. Hematite quiets sleep, gives courage and warns against danger.

HAWKS EYE  This stone is also called Falcon’s Eye and is good for breathing problems.

JADE   Jade is said to endow the wearer with health and happiness. It cures backache and kidney complaints. Jade protects from ones enemies and is used in several countries as a talisman to attract good fortune, friendship and loyalty, and for protection.

JASPER  Green Jasper improves sense of smell and eases depression. Red Jasper controls excessive bleeding. It brings aid to pregnant women. A stone of independence which also helps you to control your enemies.

JET   Believed to protect travelers. Jade helps to cure toothache, migraine, epilepsy and tumours and is used to guard the wearer from witchcraft and devils.

LAPIS LAZULI   Improves eye sight and prevents fits and epilepsy. It is said to promote universal love. Lapis Lazuli is not easy to obtain. It attracts power and is said to promote psychic abilities. It helps show you who your enemies are.

LODESTONE   Used to attract good fortune and protect travellers. Carry it on your person in a silk pouch.

MAGNESITE   Used for slimming.

MAGNETITE   For shingles, slipped disc, and joint pain.

MALACHITE   Helps rheumatism and regularising menstruation. Malachite is believed to cure cholera and colic.

MOONSTONE   Said to alter slightly in colour with the changing phases of the moon. It improves memory, brings precognitive dreams and inspires poetic imagination. Moonstone reduces excessive fluids and promotes a long and happy healthy life. It also attracts friends. Moonstone is special for Cancer, or those who have cancer ascendant. It is a stone associated with the moon and tides, as is the pearl. It inspires and protects love and creates an atmosphere of tenderness.

OBSIDIAN   Improves eyesight. It also improves a higher spiritual awareness. Obsidian is also known as Apache Tears.

OLIVINE   Strengthens the heart and eyes, gives inspiration and helps personality disorders.

ONYX  Onyx endows the wearer with wisdom and protects them from witchcraft.

OPAL    Brings the wearer self-confidence, promotes fidelity and remains warm to the touch if marriage partners truly love each other. It helps the wearer to day dream or visualise a piece of creative work which will later bring beauty to others. It aids poor eye sight and helps weak hearts. There is fear by some of opal and many think it is evil, but this is utter nonsense. It is a mystical gem and when held near a candle flame, it is used very similarly to a crystal ball.

PERIDOT  Cures insomnia, aids digestion and is useful in reducing fever. It is believed to be a powerful love amulet. Peridot protects the wearer from snake bite. It encourages a gentle disposition and banishes nightmares and evil spirits. It represents happiness, tranquility and faithfulness.

PEARL  Symbolises purity and chastity and is thought to aid the beginnings of enterprises and to encourage creative imagination. Pearl clears chest and lung infections. It also protects divers from shark attack.

PRASE    Eases depression and sexual imbalance.

PYRITE   Strengthens liver, and the nervous system.

QUARTZ  A health stone for general good health. An excellent general healer, it helps meditation and relaxes ones mind. It is said that quartz heals just about all illnesses. (See above for more about this wonderful stone.)

RHODONITE   Eases physical and emotional trauma and enhances self-esteem. It strengthens the inner ear, especially bone tissue and the sense of hearing.

RHODOCHROSITE   Helps Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease.

ROSE QUARTZ   A love stone, it aids development of forgiveness and brings love into your life. It promotes domestic harmony and good humour and guards the wearer from witchcraft. Rose Quartz also improves imagination and intellect. It helps heal migraine and head injuries. Also increases fertility and aids kidney problems. It is called the love stone because it is used in all matters of love.

RUBY   Ruby darkens in colour if the wearer is threatened by illness or misfortune. It settles quarrels, promotes wealth, loyalty and psychic perception. Cancerians find this gem most helpful. It aids in love and passion and protects the wearer from trouble.

RUTILATED QUARTZ   Good for breathing problems and particularly, bronchitis.

SAPPHIRE  Cures ulcers, nose bleeds and disorders of the eyes. It turns pale when trouble is approaching. It prevents fear and symbolizes optimism, serenity and truth. Sapphire is excellent against fever, neurosis and illness brought on by afflictions of the nerves including asthma. It is the gem of truth and justice.

SARDONYX  Sharpens your wit and will impart warmth.

SMOKEY QUARTZ   Is a very luck stone and brings good luck in all undertakings.

SODALITE   Calms and clears the mind. It promotes healing.

SUNSTONE  Good for eyes, back, heart and kidneys.

TEKTITE   Is a meteorite which is black in colour. It brings power over oneself.

TIGERS EYE   Protects the wearer from witchcraft, protects the home from burglary and helps to promote self-confidence. It can help soften stubbornness.

TOPAZ   Cures insomnia, insanity, haemorrhages, infections of the throat and lungs and all troubles with the right eye. It protects love and marriage and endows the wearer with self-confidence. Topaz strengthens the liver, digestive organs and the nervous system. An emotional balancer, it has a calming affect on the wearer. A good stone for Leo, it is believed to help you find hidden treasures.

TOURMALINE   Slimming stone which helps to burn off fat. It stops dizziness, strengthens the mind and aids in helping sleep. Tourmaline promotes sympathy and understanding between lovers. It aids in settling quarrels. Protects the wearer from insect bites.
Tourmalinated Quartz Has the same qualities as tourmaline and quartz.

TURQUOISE    Absorbs harmful vibrations and protects the wearer who is undergoing surgery. Keeps friends loyal. It is said to bring good fortune and happiness. Wards of evil spirits, cures heart complaints, nasal troubles and sore eyes. It also brings tranquility

UNKITE   Helps you to accept caring and love from others as it balances the heart and is an excellent stone for those who are givers and not takers. Unkite helps to promote a feeling of oneness with the natural environment. It transforms negative to positive, enhances your self confidence, sense of self worth and self love, your feeling of self power and encourages you to be unreserved, about your needs and desires.

ZIRCON   A wishing stone which is good for most signs of the Zodiac. It attracts fame and fortune and protects the wearer from accidents.