Spiritual Meanings Flashcards

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Agate

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A grounding stone
Soothing and calming (but works slowly)
Facilitates self-acceptance 
Overcomes negative emotions and bitterness 
Heals inner anger 
Improves concentration, perception and analytical abilities 
Useful for any emotional trauma 
Brings balance and stability
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Amazonite

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A feel better stone
Soothes and calms a troubled mind
Alleviates worry and fear
Helps to see both sides of a problem and different points of view
Protects against electromagnetic pollution
Good for creativity

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Amethyst

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Strong healing and cleansing powers - good for overall protection 
Helps meditation 
Focus on tranquility 
Facilitates decision making 
Helps insomnia and brings restful sleep
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Aventurine

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Promotes a feeling of well being
A comforter
Helps leadership qualities and decisiveness
Restores control
Promotes empathy and compassion
Calms anger and irritation
Enables the sight of alternatives and possibilities

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Blue Lace Agate

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A grounding stone
Brings balance and stability 
Soothing, cooling and calming 
(Works slowly)
Improves communication 
Neutralises anger 
Counteracts feelings of being judged 
Counteracts mental stress 
Helps the verbal expression of thoughts
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Bloodstone

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An excellent grounding and protecting stone
An revitalise the mind when mentally exhausted
Brings courage including when to strategically retreat
Helps you to adjust to the unexpected
Helps you to act in the present moment
Believed to have magical properties e.g. Controlling the weather
Said to give off sounds as a means of guidance

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Carnelian

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A feel better stone
Motivates and inspires
Helps you to trust yourself and overcome negativity
Encourages steadfastness
Good for meditation
Sharpens concentration and removes extraneous thoughts
Protects against envy, rage and resentment
Dispels apathy and stimulates energy

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Chrysocolla

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A feel better stone
Can help mend a broken heart
Revitalises and stabilises rocky relationships
Helps you to accept with serenity constantly changing situations
Imparts sensitivity and confidence
Enables you to keep a cool head
Reduces mental tensions
Promotes truth telling and impartiality
Helps you to discern when to keep silent
Good for creativity

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Angelite

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Good for awareness and communication 
Enhances communication with the spirits
Helps compassion and self acceptance 
Creates a feeling of peace and tranquility 
Good for mathematics
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Citrine

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Money stone - brings wealth and abundance 
A feel better stone 
Helps self esteem and decision making 
A happy generous stone
Makes you less sensitive to criticism 
It's optimistic and motivating
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Black Tourmaline/ Schorl

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Protects from negativity and electromagnetic energy
Disperses tensions and stress
Promotes a laid back attitude and objective rational neutrality
It encourages a positive attitude (no matter what the circumstances)
Stimulates altruism and practical creativity

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Chrysoprase

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A feel better stone
Promotes hope and personal insights
Draws out talents and stimulates creativity
Combats feelings of arrogance and superiority
Calming and non egotistical
Encourages openness, especially to new situations
Enables exploration of egotistical motives
Opposes judgmental-ism
Encourages acceptance of self and others
Useful for forgiveness and compassion, security and trust
Prevents nightmares

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Diamond

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A symbol of purity
Enhances love
Encourages fearlessness and fortitude 
Good for new projects 
Brings clarity of mind 
Cleanses the aura
Helps recovery from poisons and negative emotions
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Emerald

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A stone of inspiration and infinite patience
Has a calming effect on the emotions
Helps alleviate bad temper
Strengthens the character
A wisdom stone
Promotes truth and inner knowledge
(Worn constantly can trigger negative emotions)

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Fluorite

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Highly protective 
Cleanses electromagnetic stress 
Overcomes disorganisation 
Promotes unbiased impartiality 
Overcomes chaos 
Dissolves fixed ideas and fixed patterns of behaviour 
Reduced narrow mindedness 
Helps to absorb new information - an excellent learning aid
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Garnet

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A protective talisman
Can warn of approaching danger
Balances energy and emotions
Inspires love and devotion - a stone of commitment
Useful in a crisis - it fortifies, activates and strengthens the survival instinct
Brings hope
Sharpens perceptions
Helps you to let go of unhelpful behaviours
Bestows self confidence

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Howlite

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Calming
An excellent antidote for insomnia caused by an overactive mind
Teaches patience
Helps to reduce anger
Reduces tendencies to criticise and being selfish
It calms emotions caused by old hurts

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Hematite

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Grounding and protection
Good for legal situations
Boosts self esteem
Dissolves negativity
Aids overcoming compulsions and addictions
Stimulates concentration and focus (good for maths and technical problems)
Helps you to see mistakes as learning experiences not disasters
Good for insomnia
Don’t use for long periods of time

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Jet

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A talisman 
Alleviates unreasonable fears 
A stone of protection 
Protects finances and business 
Balances mood swings 
Alleviates depression 
Can be used to treat migraines
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Peridot

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A feel better stone
A protective cleanser
Helps to clear out burdens, guilt and obsessions
Helps you to let go of the past and outside influences
Alleviates jealousy, resentment, spite and anger
Helps to banish lethargy
Enhances assertive confidence

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Lapis Lazuli

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A feel better stone that brings wisdom
Releases stress
Brings deep spiritual peace and self awareness
Encourages honesty, compassion and uprightness
Encourages objectivity and clarity
Protective- has spirit guardians
Teaches the value of truth and active listening
Dissolves martyrdom and cruelty
Alleviates migraines and insomnia
Good for relaxation

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Malachite

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A powerful stone and should be handled with caution
It’s toxic
It amplifies both positive and negative energies
It absorbs negative energy and pollutants
A stone of transformation and endurance
Life is lived more intensely under its influence
It teaches how to take responsibility for ones actions, thoughts and feelings
It develops empathy
Makes you more observant
Facilitates emotional healing

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Hawk’s Eye

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A stone of protection
Used by travellers, particularly for flying
Good for sight and vision
Relieves stress
A shamanic stone - good for spiritual quests

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Moonstone

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Offers protection to travellers
Brings good luck and a happy home
A stone of new beginnings
It calms emotions- like the moon, everything waxes and wanes
Promotes intuition and empathy
At the full moon it encourages lucid dreaming
Calms over-reactions to situations

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Labradorite

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Allows magic to happen - lets you see many possibilities
Helps insecurity, anxiety and stress
It strengthens faith in self and trust in the universe
It calms an overactive mind
It helps imagination, inspiration, contemplation and introspection
Imparts strength and perseverance during change

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Jade

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A symbol of purity and serenity 
Calming 
Protects the wearer from harm
Attracts good luck 
A dream stone - aids insightful dreams 
Can harmonise dysfunctional relationships
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Green Jasper

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Sustains and supports in times of stress
Balancing
Encourages assertiveness
Helps to achieve goals
Nurtures and supports
Promotes organisational abilities and seeing projects through

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Red Jasper

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Protects
Rectifies unjust situations
Brings problems to light before they get too big and 
Provides insights 
Use a a worry bead
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Quartz

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A healing crystal
A feel better stone
Makes you feel happier
It focuses the mind, aids meditation and relieves negativity
It can filter out distractions (in meditation) and helps concentration

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Rhodonite

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A useful emotional first aid stone
Enhances mantra-based meditation
Helps forgiveness and prevents retaliation
It’s calming
An emotional balancer
Helps deal with 21st century stress and inconsistency

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Sodalite

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Deepens meditation 
Brings harmony and solidarity of purpose 
Stimulates trust and group work 
Reduces mental confusion 
Helps verbalisation of feelings 
Calms the mind 
Enhances self esteem
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Turquoise

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A purification stone 
A protective stone 
Dispels negative energy 
Protects from pollutants 
Changing colour warns of danger 
Protects travellers and property 
Brings inner calm
Helps with exhaustion and depression 
Helps emotional balance and meditation 
It strengthens and reduces feelings of martyrdom
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Rose Quartz

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The stone of unconditional love and peace
Calming - excellent for use in a crisis
Replaces negative energy with loving vibes
Strengthens empathy, sensitivity and acceptance of change
A fine healer of bruised emotions
Encourages self forgiveness
Magnifies creativity - art, music and writing
Good for migraines and headaches

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Topaz

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Directs energy where it is most needed 
Soothes, stimulates, heals, recharges and re-motivates
Strengthens faith and optimism 
Bestows confidence and charisma while remaining open-hearted
Cuts through doubt and uncertainty 
Enables you to "be" rather than "doing "
A stone of love and good fortune 
Excellent for inducing relaxation
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Smokey Quartz

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Helps dissipate negativity, anger, depression, despair and grief
A superb antidote to stress
Helps you to move forward in life
Gently dissolves negative emotions
Assists in tolerating difficult situations and fortifying ones resolve

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Sunstone

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Brings strength, energy and vitality
Offers protection from evil spirits and helps with fear and stress
Helps you to stand up for yourself and say no
Lifts dark moods
Increases self worth and confidence
Encourages optimism

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Tourmalinated Quartz

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A good grounding stone
Releases tensions
Harmonises disparate elements
Turns negative thoughts into positive ones

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Watermelon Tourmaline

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Instils patience and teaches tact and diplomacy
Assists in understanding situations and expressing intentions clearly
Alleviates depression and fear - promoting inner security
Beneficial for relationships

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Dumortierite

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Promotes detachment
Enables you to take life less seriously
Alleviates headaches