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~Traditional Gemstone Properties
~List of Birthstones by Month and Zodiac
~Wedding Anniversary Stones
Traditional Gemstone Properties
Agates:
Balancing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies;
perceptiveness, strength,
inspiration, awakening talents.
Amazonite: Success, joy, self-expression, awakening heart, soothing, harmony, balancing.
Amber: Soothing, calming, cleansing.
Amethyst: Contentment, spirituality, dreams, healing, peace, happiness, love, intuition.
Ametrine: Intellectual stimulation, attunement, releasing, dispelling tension, connecting.
Apatite: Intellect, achieving results, healing, insight, humanitarianism, meditation, balance, creativity.
Aquamarine: Courage, purification, peace, intuition, self-expression, balance, preparedness.
Aventurine: Healing, money, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, opening heart, motivation, leadership.
Azurite: Intuitive energy, dreams, healing, insight, stilling the mind, concentration, self transformation.
Bloodstone: Courage, intense healing, renewal, strength, victory, intuitive decision making.
Calcite: Purification, peace, calming, memory, awareness, appreciation of nature.
Carnelian: Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality.
Celestite: Verbal skill, healing, compassion, calming, growth, intuition, hope.
Chrysocolla: Easing heartache, stamina, wisdom, peace, love, communication, vitality, inner strength.
Chrysoprase: Balancing male-female energy, love, grace, compassion, clemency, personal growth.
Citrine: Intuition, comfort, protection, creativity, physical energy, wealth, mental awakening.
Coral: Diplomacy, quieting emotions, visualization.
Crystal Quartz: Intensifying energy, spiritual development, healing, raising consciousness.
Diamond: Courage, strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental abilities.
Dumortierite: Self-reliance, stamina, patience, recognition
of potential, understanding, communication
of ideas.
Emerald: Love, domestic bliss, sensitivity, loyalty, memory,
mental capacity, harmony, focus,
eliminating negativity.
Fluorite: Stability, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, health.
Fossil Stone: Accomplishments, improvement of one’s environment, communication, innovation.
Garnet: Health, removing negativity, awareness, commitment, regeneration, order, insight.
Hematite: Mental attunement, memory, calming, balance,
focusing energy and emotions, peace, inner
happiness, transforming negativity.
Howlite: Awareness, calm, emotional expression, observation, patience, eliminating negativity.
Iolite: Intuition, spiritual growth, healing, balance, releasing discord, awakening to inner knowledge.
Jade: Fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment.
Jaspers: Protection, nurturing, joy, awareness; balancing of
physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
energies.
Labradorite: Alignment, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace, progression, discernment.
Lapis Lazuli: Wisdom, intuition, awareness, objectivity,
clarity, creativity, expanded consciousness,
dreams, purity, courage, serenity.
Lepidolite: Hope, stress reduction, birth, peace,
spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection,
emotional balance.
Malachite: Transformation, insight, clarifying emotions, fidelity, loyalty, practicality.
Marble: Charitable actions, original thinking, alleviation of sorrow.
Moonstone: Introspection, reflection, beginnings, insight, tenderness, harmony, peace, travel.
Mother of Pearl: Mental clarity, intuition, sensitivity, imagination, adaptability, cooperation.
Obsidians: Clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, healing.
Onyx: Self-control, decision making, intuition, recognition of personal strengths.
Opal: Creativity, spontaneity, relationships, memory, happy dreams and changes.
Pearl: Purity, faith, charity, innocence, integrity, focus, wisdom, spirituality, sincerity, fertility.
Peridot: Warmth, friendliness, understanding, openness in love and relationships, regulation of cycles.
Pyrite: Defense, prevention, protection from negativity, physical wholeness, memory.
Rhodocrosite: Love, emotional balance, cleansing, renewal, relaxation, expansion of consciousness.
Rhodonite: Peace, generosity, attention to details.
Rhyolite: Change, variety, progress, creativity, transcending barriers.
Rose Quartz: Love, peace, happiness, gentleness, healing emotional wounds.
Ruby: Nurturing, spiritual wisdom, attainment of values, economic stability, protection from distress.
Sapphire: Joy, peace, beauty, intuition, prosperity, fulfillment of dreams.
Smoky Quartz: Dissolving emotional blockage, clearing the
mind, cooperation, personal pride, joy in
living, attentiveness to the moment, protection.
Sodalite: Wisdom, logic, calmness, healing, stress reduction, companionship, self-esteem.
Sunstone: Alleviating fears, energizing, cleansing.
Tanzanite: Communication, intuition, protection, symmetry, decision-making, spirituality.
Tiger Eye: Practicality, peacefulness, clarity, intelligence,
intuition, new experiences, financial stability,
calmness, releasing inhibitions.
Tiger Iron: Artistic endeavors, beauty, vitality.
Topaz: True love, success in endeavors, understanding of
interrelationships, expression of ideas, trust,
health, personal expansion and growth.
Tourmaline: Energizing, soul-searching, releasing.
Turquoise: Spiritual attunement, cleansing, healing,
protection, valor, soothing, peace of mind,
guidance through the unknown, romantic spontaneity.
Unakite: Balance, re-birth, foresight, emotional
balance.Zoisite: Dispelling laziness, facilitating
advancement.
Birthstones
Traditional Modern
January Garnet
Garnet
February Amethyst Amethyst
March Bloodstone Aquamarine
April Diamond Diamond
May Emerald Emerald
June Alexandrite Pearl
July Ruby Ruby
August Sardonyx Peridot
September Sapphire Sapphire
October Tourmaline Opal
November Citrine Topaz
December Turquoise Turquoise/Blue Zircon
Zodiac Stones
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
- Ruby
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 21) - Garnet
Pisces (Feb 22 - March 21) - Amethyst
Aries (March 22 - April 20) - Bloodstone (Jasper)
Taurus (April 21 - May 21) - Sapphire
Gemini (May 22 - June 21) - Agate
Cancer (June 22 - July 22) - Emerald
Leo (July 23 - August 22) - Onyx
Virgo (August 23 - Sept 22) - Carnelian
Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 23) - Chrysolite (Peridot)
Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 21) - Aquamarine
Sagittarius (Nov 23 - Dec 21) - Topaz
Wedding Anniversary Stones
Alternate stones are listed in parentheses.
1 Gold (Peridot)
2 Garnet
3 Pearl (Jade)
4 Blue Topaz (Blue Zircon)
5 Sapphire (Pink Tourmaline)
6 Amethyst (Turquoise)
7 Onyx (Yellow Sapphire, Golden Beryl)
8 Tourmaline (Tanzanite)
9 Lapis Lazuli (Amethyst, Green Spinel)
10 Diamond (Blue Sapphire)
11 Turquoise (Citrine, Yellow Zircon)
12 Jade (Opal)
13 Citrine (Moonstone, Hawk's Eye)
14 Opal (Agate, Bloodstone)
15 Ruby (Rhodolite Garnet, Alexandrite)
16 Peridot (Red Spinel)
17 Wristwatch (Carnelian)
18 Cat's Eye / Chrysoberyl (Aquamarine)
19 Aquamarine (Almandine Garnet)
20 Emerald (Yellow or Golden Diamond)
21 Iolite
22 Spinel
23 Imperial Topaz
24 Tanzanite
25 Silver (Tsavorite, Green Garnet)
30 Pearl
35 Emerald
40 Ruby
45 Sapphire (Cat's Eye)
50 Golden (Imperial / Golden Topaz)
55 Alexandrite
60 Diamond (Star Ruby)
65 Blue Spinel
70 Sapphire (Smoky Quartz)
75 Diamond
80 Ruby