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AGATE: In historic times, it was placed in water for use in cooking and/or for drinking in order to dispel sickness. Can be used to stimulate analytical capabilities and precision. It provides perceptiveness to situations and awakens ones inherent talents. Reported to strengthen the sight, to diminish thirst and to promote marital fidelity.

AJOITE: Produces a melding between the heart & throat chakra and facilitates speaking that which is in ones heart.  Brings peace within the self, regardless of ones actual physical or mental location; it stimulates understanding and total acceptance. It can also be used to eliminate hostility; also used to eliminate anger, abrasiveness, jealousy prejudice.

ALBITE: Encourages flow with relationships, situations, and experiences. Eliminates fear of the unknown, thus supporting freedom through change. Encourages action with insight and clarity of thought.
Assists in awakening and verbalizing third eye awareness. May assist work with eyes, blood flow and ambulatory disorders. A physical purifier.

AMAZONITE: Soothes the emotional processes, providing for subjugation of worries and fears. Soothing to the nerves and dispels both irritating and negative energies. Raises self confidence and gives one the feeling that it is possible to have whatever one wants. Discourages one from behaving self-destructively when disappointed. It soothes the emotional processes and is soothing to the nerves.

AMBER: Allows the body to heal itself by absorbing and transmuting negative energy into positive energy. It emits a sunny and bright soothing energy which helps to calm nerves and to enliven the disposition. Different colors of Amber may be used on the appropriate chakras to facilitate opening and cleansing.

AMETHYST: Keeps one in touch with one’s spiritual self and truly connected to what is going on with oneself as well as with others. Enables one to act out of one’s highest ideals for the good of all. Balances and heals all chakras strongest impact on the third and seventh chakras. Twintreess STONES ALIVE! “Amethyst is more than a stone for easing addictions and painful illusions.  Its service now includes exploring how and why we  separated ourselves from life.  Puts us in touch with our true inspiration.”

CHEVRON AMETHYST: In addition to the properties of amethyst, the mineralogical formation posses the energies which all it to be represent as one of the finest third-eye stones, stimulating vision into unknown realms both within the self and into the exterior worlds.  Placement on a chakra serves to release the tensions of that chakra and to further energize the areas which have heretofore been static.

AMETRINE: In addition to Amethyst and Citrine properties, it is also a stone to enhance universal equilibrium and provides a clear connection between the physical form and the ultimate state of perfection. It disperses negativity from the aura and fills the voids with energizing and stabilizing qualities of pure light energy.

AMMONITE: A protective stone, giving stability and structure to one’s life. Can eliminate the caustic attributes and can transform negativity into a smooth, flowing energy. Also tends to encourage and to supplement ones survival instincts.

ANGELITE: An excellent balancing agent, polarizing and aligning the physical body with the ethereal network. Provides a protective field around the environment in which it is placed. Enhances telepathic communication. Represents peace to the world and the brotherhood both within and without of the galactic configurations.

ANHYDRITE: This mineral facilitates strength on the physical plane and allows one to understand that the physical body is, in fact, transient.  It acts to guide one toward acceptance of that which may come tomorrow.  It has been used to help one to develop stamina and to provide for loving communication with those of a different mind.  It enhances understanding via supporting the authorization for clearing the distractions from the mind.

APATITE: Wearing/carrying apatite has successfully produced hunger suppression. It can be used at the physical level to focus healing energy on the systems, glands, meridians, and organs of the body. Can be used to stimulate the intellect and to promote realization that one’s strength occurs through spiritual avenues.

APOPHYLLITE: Used to create a conscious connection between the physical form and the spiritual realm. Facilitates attunement to ones body as well as to the higher dimensional life forms. Allows one to both recognize and act upon the truth in all situations. Can be used to enhance and stimulate ones intuitive vision. Contains natural pyramidal structures.

AQUAMARINE: It is a stone of courage. Augments one’s personal power and helps one project an aura of real strength. Commands other’s attention, even though on may privately feel unsure of one’s strength. Provides a shielding property for the aura and the subtle bodies. Encourages the innate ability to always be prepared.

ARAGONITE: Provides for ease of centering oneself and is especially helpful during periods of stress and anger. Can also provide for insight into the basis of the problems which one confronts on the physical plane and can stimulate communication on the higher planes. Enhances ones patience.

ATLANTIS STONE:  See Orbicular Jasper

ANDEAN OPAL: It can be used for spiritual journeying to protect, to assist one in selection, and to bring an availability to the locations one wishes to visit.  It further instills a knowledge of "right action" and dispels reaction.  Has been used in the treatment of disorders to the heart, the lungs and the thymus.

AVENTURINE: Primarily used at the heart chakra to both activate and clear. It is also an excellent protector of the heart chakra, providing for a shield to block the entry from those who wish to tap-in and use the energy of another. Used in treatments for lungs, heart, adrenal glands and the muscular system.

AXINITE: This crystal has been useful in helping one to submit gratefully to changes; it acts to stimulate insight into the “that” which could be replaced with the “what” which could successfully provide a positive replacement. It provides for grounding in all endeavors.  It is also a polarizing stone, aligning the energies of the physical and the energies of the earth.

AZURITE: Known as a stone of heaven. Stimulates the pursuit of the heavenly self, providing for guidance via the third-eye and allowing for precise verbalization of psychic experience. Awakens the development of the psychic self and provides for insight into all areas of ones life. Also promotes the recognition of intuitive information which is relevant to the loving ways to further the talents.

 STONES ALIVE!:  “Azurite inspires us to listen within and then to discover our special talents.  It welcomes us to amplify our gifts into a complete, truthful way of life.  This, then, would be what we, each, have to offer a new world in the new millennium.”

AZURITE & MALACHITE: In addition to individual Azurite and Malachite influences, the energy of this combination helps one to mediate by going deep within in order to be reborn into the light. Generally allows one to reach into the inner depths without fear, so that one is sustained, absolved, and is aware of the genesis of all time.

BARITE: All forms of barite produce an incentive to “go for” ones dreams without restraint.  Barite continues to bring the energy toward ending the processes of finite thought while facilitating the expansion of all aspects of ones world.  It can be a cathartic to the emotional self, allowing for release of trapped emotions and feelings; bring calm and self-assurance to the inner state after removal of the pain.

BISMUTH: Has been used as a stone of transformation; it directs the change to orderliness and calms the state of change, providing a supplemental physical vitality to the user.  It transforms the energy of the crown chakra to energize the base chakra (in contrast with most stones) and actualizes the power of wisdom.

BLACK TOURMALINE: Can be used to both repel and protect against negativity. It acts to protect one from being victimized by the negative energy of another. It has also been used as an energy deflector, being an excellent stone for those with potential for exposure to excessive amounts of radiation. Also used to activate grounding between the first chakra and the earth.

BLOODSTONE: An intense healing stone and a stone of courage. Can be used to awaken and to introduce uniformity within the vibrations of energy in the base, navel, sacral, and heart chakras. It helps one to accept the change in energy fields, and to recognize the beneficial aspects of turmoil prior to perfection. It also provides one with the centering and grounding energy of the heart, and is conducive to balancing the total body in order to help one to overcome any distress and anxiety which is associated with the re-alignment of the energies.

BLUE LACE AGATE: Softens stubbornness. Provides a strong feeling of security in new situations. Contains qualities of flight, air, movement and grace. It can be used in the treatment of arthritic conditions. It can also be used to strengthen the skeletal structure.

BLUE TOPAZ: Stimulates the throat chakra, helping in communication; also, allows one to see all things as equally important in the overall scheme of life. It assists one in bringing the body, mind and spirit into union with the forces of perfection of the universe.

BORNITE: Can facilitate the synthesis of the charkas and can be useful in the individual activation of the charkas. It is a “stone of happiness”, providing a message that life is truly joyful to experience.

BOTSWANA AGATE: Can be used to stimulate the exploration of the unknown and to further ones quest toward the enlightened state. It enhances creativity and helps one to release the emotional nuances which have been repressed. Also allows one to look toward the solution, rather than dwell on the problem.

BROCHANTITE: In addition to the qualities listed in the COPPER section, it can be used to both strengthen and to align all chakras, meridians, and subtle bodies.  It actually elevates all chakras and can facilitate attunement between the physical level and the higher planes of existence.  It can bring any and all energies to a higher level.  It is excellent for spiritual attunement, for healing and cleansing of both the energy centers and the physical body, and for providing protection.

BRUNEAU JASPER: Allows one to see the "inner-connectedness" of all worlds. It can also be used in treatment of the eyes, of bacterial infections and dis-ease in reproductive system.

CALCITE: It releases electrical impulses when placed under pressure, and is an energy amplifier. Placement of the various colors of calcite upon the body has induced amplification of ones energy field. When used along with chakra colors, not only helps clear and activate, but provides a sweeping action which clears the remaining centers.

CARNELIAN: Stimulates analytical capabilities and precision. It provides for perceptiveness to situations and awakens ones inherent talents and adroitness. Protects against envy, fear, and rage, and helps to banish sorrow from the emotional structure. Assists in providing awareness between the emotional state and the inner condition of the self.

From Twintreess book, STONES ALIVE! : "It inspires us, it asks for our full presence and focus, it bursts with the creativity to ensure success.  In other words, this tones offers us the vision to see what must be done and the fire to produce the desired results."

CAVANSITE: Used to stimulate the intuition, to instill second-sight, and to activate channeling abilities.  It is an excellent stone for psychic healing and to provide protection during same such that the dis-ease will not have the ability to return.

CELESTITE: Good for mental activities and works well with the comprehensive state, allowing one to recall and to acknowledge both ones spirituality and the gifts of the Divine. It is an excellent healing stone. The blue Celestite seems to cleanse the area of affectation, transmuting pain and chaos into light and love.

CHALCEDONY: Useful for balancing the energy of the body, mind, emotions and spirit. It was used as a sacred stone by the Native American Indians, promoting stability within the ceremonial activities of the tribes. It has successfully been used to provide a pathway for receiving thought transmissions. Used to rectify senility and to increase mental stability.

CHALCOPYRITE: It can be used to enhance ones abilities of perception and to strengthen ones contact with the ancient cultures of the universe. Can assist in achievement of physical perfection. Assists in finding "lost" objects; it also often "disappears" to accumulate information which will be beneficial to the user.

CHAROITE: Provides for a synthesis between the heart and crown chakras and combines the higher spiritual dimensions with unconditional love from the physical plane. Provides for transmutation of negativity and for grounding to the spiritual self. Useful in cleansing the auric body.

CHRYSOCOLLA: Revitalizes and calms the three lower chakras; also connects thymus & throat chakras for releasing grief, sadness, and fear from the emotional body and aiding the entrance of joy, certainty, and peace. Can assist one in communication with the spiritual forces of the earth, and can help one understand what the earth needs to heal itself.

STONES ALIVE!:  Whether we believe it all the time or not, our survival is intertwined with that of the earth and may depend on our ability to relate consciously, intentionally and respectfully to our planet.  In some traditions, Chrysocolla represents Mother Earth.  It helps us to embrace the wondrous and even frightening aspects of the earth with love, grace and acceptance.

CHRYSOPRASE: Activates, opens and energizes the heart chakra, bringing the energy necessary to the physical body, through the loving energy of the heart. It can reduce superiority or inferiority complexes and can confer fluency of speech with presence of mind. Also used to encourage fidelity in business and personal affairs.

CINNABAR: Stimulates dignity, vitality and power; it is quite beneficial in the world of business and finance, assisting by removing obstructions. Connects one with the source of all being, promoting the acceptance that “everything is, indeed, okay”.  Can be used to bring strength to the physical body, and to help in the treatment of weight disorder.

CITRINE:  It is one of the two minerals on the planet which does not hold and accumulate negative energy, but dissipates and transmutes it, working out problems on both the physical and subtle levels. It, hence, never needs clearing or cleansing. Called the merchant’s stone - used in the cash box to produce more income.

From Twintreess book, STONES ALIVE! : "Citrine relates to our personal power.  It speaks up or our responsibility to every situation in our life.  It serves people by affirming that we do not need to be victims anymore.  By declaring responsibility and love for ourselves, we end victimhood, now."

CLEVELANDITE:  The energy of this mineral spans the life forces of the physical, astral and ethereal realms, bringing one knowledge of personal conditions as they are currently and of personal conditions as the perfect state.  It is a mineral to substantiate ones plans and ones goals.  It brings the energy for conception of plans and for outlining and perfecting transactions.  It also stimulates the initiation of journeys and provides for a safe passage.

CORAL:  It represents diplomacy and concurrence.  It is also said to quiet the emotions and to bring peace to within the self.  It facilitates intuition, imagination, and visualization, and helps one to both understand and to use the qualities of the mystic; it can bring on into communication with the past spiritual masters of this world and can expedite and accelerate the transfer of knowledge.

COBALTITE:  Helpful in developing and furthering creative endeavors, bringing the forces of creativity to the zenith. Also uplifting to ones emotional experiences. Can be used in the treatment of cancer, cellular disorders and dehydration. It is said to be the stone to Heal all infections. Vibrates to the master number 33.

COPPER: Can combat lethargy, passivity, restlessness, excitability and non-acceptance of oneself. It can stimulate initiative, optimism, diplomacy, and independence. Activates and opens the base and sacral chakras, advancing and stabilizing the energies of intuition, sexuality, desire, and vitality -- directing these energies toward the pursuit of ones path of evolution.

COVELLITE: Has been used successfully to stimulate the third-eye and to initiate psychic power.  It enhances ones communication skills and stimulates a positive outlook; it encourages verbalization of that which is positive.  It can assist in transforming conscious “dreams” into realities, allowing one to maintain humility of spirit and to recognize that energy, properly directed and understood, can bring “miracles” to ones life.

CREEDITE: Helps to align the throat and crown chakras and provides for clarity in expression in the spiritual realm. A tool used in channeling meditation to provide clarity in the verbalization of the message which is transmitted.

CUPRITE: Stimulates the base chakra while providing a grounding effect on the total body. Can increase physical vitality and energy. Has also been used to alleviate worries. Can be used in the treatment of water retention, dysfunctional elimination, and bladder and kidney disorders.

STONES ALIVE!:  Seeks to share excitement with others.  Bounces back quickly from set-backs.  Accepts responsibility for personal feelings and is not hurt easily by others.

DANBURITE: Encourages one to let your light shine, and helps people to get along with others. It is a powerful intellectual activator, bringing both stimulus and responsiveness to the user. Can be used in the treatment of ailments of the gall bladder and the liver; further assists in the removal of toxins from the body.

DRAVITE: Peace. Strength. Power. Presence.  Can be used to clear the aura and to stimulate the auric body to align the energy of the optimum self to the physical body.  A protective stone on the subtle levels, bringing the presence of the Earth to the peace of the higher-self.

DUMORTIERITE: Excellent stone for patience.  Can be used to reduce excitability and to eliminate stubbornness while facilitating the continuance of “standing-up” for oneself; it can also assist in providing the stamina to retain the self when one is subjected to harsh environments.  STONES ALIVE! 2:”You can run about; you can chase your tail.  You can ignore life in every possible way and I’ll wait for you.  I’ll listen to your every story.  I’ll record them as the joining of heaven and earth that they truly are.”

EMERALD: Can be used to enhance the memory and stimulate the use of greater mental capacity. Helps to combine intelligence with discernment, allowing for the choice of right action to be the obvious choice. Used to open, activate, and stimulate the heart chakra, while helping to quiet the emotions. Brings harmony to all areas of ones life.

EPIDOTE: This mineral can provide for increase in that to which one attunes it.  This short but clear statement shows that epidote is truly a stone to experience in all aspects of ones life.

FADEN QUARTZ: Faden Quartz is one of connection, stimulating and furthering connective forces between the self and that which is chosen as the recipient. Can be used to promote physical, mental, and emotional stability; also used to cleanse the aura and to stimulate the opening of the chakras.

FIRE AGATE: It represents the spiritual flame of absolute perfection.  It is said to dispel fear from the very depths of the inner being and to provide a protective shield which reflects all threat of harm back to the source such that the source may personally understand the act. It is also a stone to encourage one to be the “best” possible.  Its energy provides an impetus to actions and stimulates both progression and advancement.

FALCON'S EYE: Helps with difficulties in making decisions; helps with nervousness and trembling, and has a pain alleviating effect.

FOSSIL:  It can be used to both heighten and supplement ones accomplishments in the business realm and to instill quality and excellence within ones environment.  It helps one to dispense with old “programming” and schedules, and to be open and receptive to, and perceptive of, the fresh innovative forces which are available.

FLINT:  This mineral is an excellent choice for use in activities related to thought transference.  It can help to relieve shyness and to promote both intimate and personal experiences.  It also assists one in severing the emotional ties through which one is attached to problems and distressful situations.

FLUORITE:  It emits an energy which can be used to stabilize and to produce order within the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual systems. It can be used to bring order to chaos. Increases the ability to concentrate. Helps one to see both reality and truth behind illusion. It represents the height of mental achievement, facilitating a limitless range of avenues for exploration.

STONES ALIVE!: Many people wonder how we will survive the upcoming environmental, political and economic challenges.  Whenever survival seems threatened on a mass scale, it is because quality of life or the ability to thrive under all circumstances, has diminished.  Fluorite stands out as an excellent tool for the 21^st century.  It releases the destructive cycles of separation that humans have developed with all other life forms.  With this gone, all the remains is the innate interconnectedness of everything upon the planet.  In that moment, humans relate to themselves as a unique and vital co-creator upon the earth.  That is the evolution of the future.  ELECTRICAL BODY ALIGNMENT:  “Connects the mind instantly to the guidance of spirit.”

FUCHSITE:  “I am the support for any intent.  I quietly offer affirmation to anything that you feel strongly about.  With me, you may learn boundless imagination, wonder and eternal wisdom.  Grow your body in this and you will surround yourself with miracles.” Helps one to “bounce back” after tense situations.

GALENA: Can be used to provide grounding and to enhance the centering of ones energies.  It helps to open the pathway between the physical and ethereal bodies in order to allow for the alignment of energies and the stimulation of the nervous system.  Assists in protecting the body from electrical interference.

GARNET: A stone of health, extracting negative energy from the chakras, and transmuting the energy to the beneficial state. It enhances ones internal fire, bringing the creative powers to the stage of implementation. Also known as a stone of commitment - to purpose, to others, and to oneself. It acts with speed due to the flash of lightening contained within the stone.

GEODE: Allows one to both recognize and analyze the total picture prior to decision making. It allows one the freedom to mold and shape ones own future, and assists one in attaining highly effective communication skills.

GOETHITE: Can teach one to enjoy the journey in life while enhancing progression toward the goal.  It inspires pragmatism with imagination, bringing energy to pursuits of discovery.  Helps one to attune to the ethereal realms, and enhances communication with “the angels”.  It also facilitates clairaudience and, sometimes, allows one to hear the music of the ether.  It enhances communication on the physical plane and strengthens the connection with other worlds and being in those worlds.  It can be used to alleviate distractions and to provide for intensified concentration.

GYPSUM: It is a lovely stone to place in the middle of the medicine wheel; it can bring together the four directions of the medicine wheel and can induce the synthesis of these directions with Mother Earth and Father Sky. Can also be used to mold ones character toward both the ideals of growth and improvement.  Stagnation is eliminated and progression is strengthened.

HEDENBERGITE: This mineral is one of transition, assisting in the progression from one state to another and from one circumstance to another. It melds the extremes in ones life to bring a synthesis of opposing forces to expedite ease of development. It brings forth an arrangement of the diving order of personal life, the sacred order upon, and within, the Earth, and the celestial order of the universe. Vibrates to the master number 66.

HEMATITE: A stone for the mind. Helps one to sort out things in ones mind, and can be used for mental attunement, memory enhancement, original thinking, and technical knowledge. It is capable of helping the body to remain cool; one could use it on the forehead to draw out the heat from a fever. STONES ALIVE!: Hematite supports us practically, physically and asks us to consider appreciate the consequences of our desires and acts.  Hematite grounds our full presence into our bodies, now.

HERKIMER DIAMOND: A unique form of quartz crystal found in Herkimer, N.Y.; double terminated, prismatic crystal. A truly powerful stone, known as an attunement stone, enabling us to attune with another person, environment or activity. It provides an energy of delicate harmony, enhancing distinct awareness and unbridled spontaneity.

HEULANDITE: This mineral may be used to “take one back” to the ancient civilizations of Atlantis/Lemuria where transfer of ancient information concerning traditions, techniques, and standards would be facilitated.

HOWLITE: This mineral can be used to calm communication, to facilitate awareness, and to encourage emotional expression.  It tends to combine the power of reasoning with observation and patience, providing for discernment, retentive memory and laudable desire for knowledge, bringing progress marked with triumph.  It spurs one toward the ambition to reach ones goals and assists in eliminating hesitation with respect to action.

IOLITE: One of the major stones used in the third eye/crown area during healing, during guided mediations, and during astral travel adventures. It produces an electrical charge when in contact with ones auric field and can both strengthen and align this field with the subtle bodies.

JADE: Known as a dream stone and as a stone of fidelity, bringing realization of ones potential and devotion to ones purpose. Used by some primitive tribes as a sacred stone, assisting one in access to the spiritual worlds. Can be used in treatment of disorders of the heart, hips, kidneys and spleen.

JASPER: Known as the supreme nurturer. It acts as a reminder that one is not here, on this physical plane, just for oneself, but is also here to bring joy and substance to others, assisting others to release the bonds of constraint. Often worn by shamen to provide protection.

JET: Can be used to dispel fearful thoughts and to protect the wearer against illness and violence. It also protects one during the pursuit of business and enhances the stability of ones finances. Also used for calming, providing diminishment in depression. Used in the treatment of migraine headaches, epilepsy, glandular swelling, stomach pains and colds.

KUNZITE: Activates the heart chakra and aligns the heart chakra with the throat chakra and third eye. It connects one to the infinite source of love, providing for purification on all levels. Can be used to remove obstacles from ones path. Also used to dispel possession from outside influences/entities; providing protection on the outer areas of the aura; produces a shield from unwanted energies.

KYANITE: It’s one of the minerals which never needs clearing or cleansing, because it does NOT accumulate or retain negative energy or vibrations. The energy of this stone is unlimited in application, making it one of the very best attunement stones. Aligns all chakras automatically and immediately, with no conscious direction.

LABRADORITE: This mineral protects ones aura, and helps to keep the aura clear, balanced, protected, and free from energy leaks. It assists in the alignment of the subtle bodies, enhancing the connection between the physical and ethereal realms. It unites the personal self with the understanding to both realize and achieve the destiny of this life.

LAPIS: A “stone of total awareness”.  Provides for activation and energizing of the throat and brow chakras.  The crystalline structure further clears these chakras and provides for unification of all of the chakras for the purpose of maintaining the “perfection” within the person. Helps to stimulate emotional, mental, and physical purity and clarity, supporting ones courage in activities culminating in the advancement toward universal wisdom.

LARIMAR: A stone for Earth healing. It represents peace and clarity, emitting an energy of healing and love. It is an excellent mineral for purging entities from ones environment and for ones corporeal existence. It has been used for dimensional work and cellular work. Also used to bring customers to the salesperson, generally a variety quite different than the usual.

LEMURIAN SEED CRYSTALS: Discovered on top of a hill that was being strip-mined for quartz. These naturally formed generators were found separately in sand, and were not attached to clusters. It is believed that these crystals had been programmed and planted within the Earth during the last days of Lemuria, and are now surfacing for the purpose of connecting inner-Earth, the surface of the Earth and the Stellar regions. This holographic connection also links the Lemurian Seed Crystals with others crystals in, and on, the surface of the Earth; integrates the crystals with the human magnetic field; the human magnetic field with the Earth; and the Earth with the outer multi-dimensional universe.

LEOPARD SKIN JASPER: A stone of the shamanic journey. Aptly named, it is believed to help one discover and connect with one's 'power animals', and to assist one in traveling 'between the worlds'. It is also thought to be a strong talisman of self-healing, and to assist practitioners in activating and sharing their healing gifts.

LEPIDOLITE: Activates the throat chakra, heart chakra, the third eye, and the intellect. Also opens the crown chakra and allows for the flowering of the inner blue lotus. The energy of lepidolite is refreshing and almost sentimental; it assists in the transformation of the energies of lesser spiritual ideals to the energies of universal light, hope, and acceptance. A stone of transition in changing old patterns.

From Twintreess book, STONES ALIVE! 2: "I am beautiful, just like you.  I know this; I remember this each moment.  When you look upon me, I will affirm the beauty that is us".

LIMONITE: Provides for the strength and virility of youth, enhancing the substance of ones character and providing an “iron hat” for protection against detrimental thoughts, impaired clarity, and psychic attack.  It also furthers accuracy in the intuitive processes.

From Twintreess book, STONES ALIVE! 2: LITHIUM CRYSTALS: “I offer stimulation or calm – whatever promotes balance in this moment. I encourage you to feel and to use the healing qualities within you in every now”.

MAGNETITE: Temporarily aligns the chakras, the subtle bodies, and the meridians of the physical and etheric bodies.  It can be used to dispel grief, fear, anger, fear, and attachment.  It enhances desire for, and facilitates the attainment of, those ideas and “things” which can bring growth to ones spirituality.  Also provides the energy conducive to a deep meditative state.  One can feel the connection to the universal energy during meditation with magnetite.

MALACHITE: A stone of transformation, assisting one in changing situations, and providing for the transfer of sacred Hand Carved Gemstones leading to spiritual evolution. It is an equalizing and balancing agent; it can create an unobstructed path leading to a desired goal. A protective stone for those involved in the field of aviation; helps dispel symptoms of vertigo.

MANGANO CALCITE: (Pink Calcite)  STONES ALIVE!: “Peace.  When you come to me, I hold your hand. I hold your heart. Whatever struggles in you, I breathe with it.  I sign out loud, and I join with your struggle until nothing needs to feel that difficult ever again”. Twintreess

MARBLE:  Used to provide for both clarity and suspensions in states of meditation, including tantric activities.  It promotes peak state of meditation, and total recall of dreams.  Helps to actuate the “unused” portions of the mind, providing for the strength of self-control, the mastery of thought, and the power of serenity.  It further provides guidance in the purification and control of thoughts, assisting one in the actualization of that which is desired.

MEXICAN CRAZY LACE AGATE: Brings physical energies into balance.  Has been used in treatment of the heart and to stimulate the vital organs.

MICA: Provides reflective qualities so that one can recognize flaws, while continuing to love humanity. This includes self-reflection. Assists in recognizing important details within the whole. Enhances flexibility of all kinds, enhancing growth, diminishing anger. Aligns chakras and releases blockages. Helps with insomnia.

MICROCLINE: Excellent for polarity balancing, protection, and the releasing that which is unwanted. Used to stimulate clarity in thought. Provides connection to the psychic self, awakening the energy of the third eye. Comforting, embracing, soothing and relaxing. Beneficial during the birthing process; assists in relieving stress during pregnancy.

MOLDAVITE: A stone to serve humanity on earth. It stimulates cooperation between those of extra-terrestrial origins and those who are experiencing life on earth. It facilitates strong, clear, and direct inter-dimensional connectedness between ones consciousness and the higher planes of light.

MOONSTONE: The energy of Moonstone is balancing, introspective, reflective, and lunar. It is capable of helping one with the changing structures of ones life on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. Helpful in allowing one to absorb what is needed from the universal energies not necessarily was is wanted by the intellectual part of ones being.

MORGANITE: An activator, cleanser, and stimulator for the heart chakra. It helps to bring love into ones life and assists one in maintaining that love as it continues to grow. Helps to reduce stress and the pressure to succeed; brings an awareness of the ignored needs of the soul and helps us become aware of feelings. It also creates space for leisure.

MOSS AGATE: It helps to improve ego and self-esteem, providing for emotional balancing and strengthening of the positive personality traits. Can be used to provide for communication with and between the plant and mineral kingdoms. Has been used in promoting the growth of new crops.

MOTHER OF PEARL: Soothes, reduces stress and worry, increases knowledge that everything is okay. Helps to see a positive reality, heals friction in one’s life, helps one learn to flow with life. Engenders a sense of safety and security, brings emotional shelter.

MOUKAITE: An Australian jasper.  It bestows a deep, inner peace while simultaneously stimulating a desire for adventure. It fortifies the immune system and stabilizes health.

MUSCOVITE: In addition to the properties found in mica, this mineral also stimulates the heart chakra and allows the layers of insecurities and uncertainties to disperse.  It activates an awareness of the higher self, especially when one is struggling with a major decision.

NEPHRITE: Can enable one to balance the male and female energies and to exchange the energies to further provide for balancing between the self and a partner.  It provides for integrating the subtle energies of the universe into the body, facilitating the dynamic balancing of opposing energies in both the internal and the external worlds of ones reality.


OBSIDIAN-MAHOGANY: Can be used to stimulate growth of the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual centers, and to provide strength in times of need. Further provides vitality to ones lifework and/or to the fulfillment of ones aspirations. Can also be used in the elimination of energy blockages and to assist in the relief of tension.

OBSIDIAN-RAINBOW: Brings light and love to ones life, allowing for the recognition of the spiritual side of ones nature.  It is also used for “gazing”, especially in the areas of love matters, relationships, and total development of ones etheric and physical forms.

OBSIDIAN-SNOWFLAKE: It allows one to recognize the unnecessary patterns which remain in ones life and to re-design ones that patterns to provide relief from undesired conditions. It is a Stone of purity, bringing both purity and balance to the body, mind and spirit. Can be used in treatments of the veins and skeletal structure.

OBSIDIAN: An excellent grounding stone, and also excellent for protection. It stabilizes internal and external energies, gently protecting one from that which could bring physical and/or emotional harm. Provides a shield against negativity, transforming negative vibrations within an environment.

OKENITE: Provides a feelings of “going home”.  It assists one in accepting the conscious manifestation of ones higher-self, bringing an end to inhibiting denials, while initiating a beginning to the actualization and manifestation of all aspects of self-forgiveness; hence, it initiates “painless” completion of and total healing via ones karmic cycle. It acts to purify the charkas and the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual bodies.

ONYX: Useful for balancing the energy of the mind, body, emotions and spirit. Can be used to banish grief, to enhance self-control, to stimulate the power of wise decision making, and to encourage happiness and good fortune. Has been used in the treatment of bone marrow, to the soft tissue structures, and to the feet.

OPAL:  It furthers clean, true, and spontaneous action, enhancing that which one is feeling and allowing for the release of inhibitions. Can be used to strengthen the memory and to instill faithfulness and loyalty with respect to love, personal affiliations, and business relationships. A stone of happy dreams and changes.

OPAL-PINK: It is a “stone for renewal”, renewing the sacred relationship between the self and “All That Is”.  It helps to guide one in the journey of life, promoting permanence in the connection between the conscious self and the inner “knowing”.  It teaches love and non-violence, providing for nourishment in all aspects of development.

OPAL-ANDEAN BLUE: It can be used for spiritual journeying to protect, to assist one in selection, and to bring an availability to the locations one wishes to visit. It further instills a knowledge of right action and dispels reaction. Has been used in the treatment of disorders to the heart, the lungs and the thymus.

ORBICULAR JASPER: (a.k.a. ATLANTIS STONE)  It helps one to accept responsibility and to increase the attribute of patience.  It has been used to facilitate continuity in circular breathing during healing and/or meditative states.  Can also be used to affect nutritional stabilization within the body, and to assist in the elimination of toxins.

PAYSON DIAMOND: A unique form of quartz crystal found on Diamond Point in AZ. This stone has the same influences as quartz crystal, Herkimer Diamond and amethyst. The Payson Diamond contains some violet rays, which correlates with the color ray found in the crown chakra.

PEARL: Signifies faith, charity, and innocence, enhances personal integrity, and helps to provide a focus to ones attention. Has been known as a stone of sincerity, bringing truth to situations and loyalty to a cause. Has been used in the treatment of digestive disorders, and to relieve conditions of biliousness and bloating, and to treat the soft organs of the body.

PERIDOT: Can be used to magnify the inner aspect of any situation or circumstance. Can be used to cleanse and to stimulate the heart and solar plexus chakras, bring openness and acceptance in the intellectual pursuit of matters of love and relationships. Helps to regulate cycles in ones life; e.g., physical, emotional, intellectual and life cycles.

PETRIFIED WOOD:  Can be an aid in the elimination of worries concerning those things of little importance, bringing with it the motto to change what you can, and worry not about the rest. Provides strength in all areas of ones life and is also a stone for grounding. Can be used to strengthen the pack and to provide skeletal alignment.

PICTURE JASPER:  The structure exhibits a hidden message and/or "picture" from the past.  It is a stone of proportion and harmony.  Stimulates creative visualization and enables one to understand the basic functioning of "unknown" advanced civilizations.  Can be used to provide for coordination of activities leading to increase.

PINK OPAL: Stone for Renewal, renewing the sacred relationship between the self and All That Is. It teaches love and non-violence. It assists in helping one to release old patterns, to deepen insights into psychological issues, and to cleanse and purify the mind and the heart-space. A stone of spiritual awakening.

PIPESTONE (CATLINITE): This mineral has been used for hundreds of years by the Native Americans in sacred ceremonies, as protective devices, and to enhance skills.

PHENACITE: It is highly stimulating to the third-eye, allowing the energy of that center to be activated and to be carried throughout the body, producing an awareness of the complete cellular structure. Placement of the stone above the crown chakra can provide a noticeable flowing energy, which covers, connects, and interpenetrates the total physical body. Application of Phenacite to any chakra produces an expedient clearing, cleansing, and activating effect. It can provide purification to the total body structure, while providing for a connection to other planes of existence.

PIETERSITE: Can be used to stimulate the pineal gland and to assist one during meditative states to experience visions and pre-cognitive thoughts.  It aligns the energy centers of the body while providing grounding, not to the Earth, but to the etheric body; this rarity in grounding ability has facilitated travel throughout the spheres of existence, culminating in access to the akashic records.  Has been said to contain the “keys to the kingdom of heaven”, dispelling illusion and assisting one in the recognition of the beauty of the soul.

PREHNITE: Can be used to multiply energy and to enhance ones protective fields.  It is a “stone for dreaming and remembering”.  It also advances the state of meditation and furthers the avenues available during this unencumbered state.

PYRITE: Shields one from many forms of negative energy. Having a piece of pyrite on ones person brings in the protective, shielding aspect which works on the physical, etheric and emotional levels. An excellent stone to keep in ones possession when performing dangerous work. Encourages ideal health, intellect and emotional well being.

From Twintreess book, STONES ALIVE!, "Pyrite guides us into the 21st century by showing us timelessness.  when we no longer measure ourselves only by our technological advances, then we are free to jump ecstatically into life and just be.  Be What?  We can be ourselves and play our perfect part in nature's perfect rhythms of life." 

QUARTZ CRYSTAL: Can be used to amplify both body energy and thoughts.  Can assist in the creation of power and can provide for clarity in thinking. Harmonizes and aligns human energies--thoughts, consciousness, emotions--with the energies of the universe and can make these greater energies available to humanity.

QUARTZ CRYSTAL ~ ELESTIAL: These crystals can be used to assist one in overcoming emotional burdens, to bring the heart and the intellect into synchronicity, and to help one to look within and to find the love that has always been there.  The stimulate the actualization of the conscious self, allowing for percipient recall of astute action, while exhibiting a continuous alignment with the spiritual realm and assisting one in access of same.  The elestial contains the absolute and ultimate essential wisdom and can provide for transfer of this insight to the physical intellect via the higher-self.

QUARTZ CRYSTAL ~ FADEN: This crystal facilitates the attunement between the self and another, similar to the action produced by the Herkimer diamond.  It assists in producing and maintaining the ethereal connection which one has with another (on any planes, in all dimensions).

QUARTZ-RUTILATED: Intensifies the power of the quartz crystal. It assists one in getting to the root of a problem, and provides access to the reason for a disease or discomfort, so that one can remedy the situation. Expands the transmission of light entering the aura bodies, clears and expands the hara and kundalini channels and chakras.

QUARTZ-SMOKY: Can be used to gently dissolve negative energies and emotional blockages. Softens negative energy and allows the positive frequencies to enter the realm of affectation. It works to dissolve the resultant formations, effects, disorders, and disease which a problem has created. Can be used to relieve barriers between beta and alpha state of mind.

RED JASPER: Has been used to assist one in rectifying unjust circumstances; meditation with this mineral can provide insight to the method of amelioration.  The energy communicates the message that all choice is singularly ones responsibility.

 It can also assist in providing for rescue in situations of danger.  It can also facilitate the reiteration of dreams to allow the dreamer to remember the aspects which could be consequential in ones life.  It seems to replicate the dream on a video-type mechanism for access during states of meditation.

RHODOCHROSITE: Called a Stone of love and balance, providing balancing and love on all levels for all bodies. It is also an Earth stone for healing of the Earth and for showing love to the Mother of us all. Also gently energizes and purifies the base, sacral and heart chakra restoring balance in these areas.

RHODONITE: Can create a clear path to balance the yin-yang energy, synthesizing the qualities of attunement with the spirituality of the universe, and balancing the energies of the Earth plane. Helps one to achieve his/her greatest potential. Helps dispel anxiety and promotes coherence. Activates the pineal gland and helps to stimulate intuitive guidance.

RHYOLITE:  Represents change, variety, and progress.  It lights the fire of creativity with the soul, bringing to fruition the quests upon which one has longed to travel.  It further assists in providing insight to the subtle energy channels within the body.  Helps to strengthen both body and mind.

ROSE QUARTZ: Puts one in touch with one’s self on the essence level. Enhances awareness of one’s true self. It has been known as a stone of gentle love, bringing peacefulness and calm to relationships. Can be used for spiritual attunement to the energy of love. Balances the love emotions of the upper four chakras heart, throat, brow and crown.

RUBELLITE (A.K.A. Red Tourmaline): Strengthens the will to understand love and to inspire tactfulness in independence, promoting creativity in the various realms of loving aspirations.  It can be used to stimulate the base chakra and to provide for a direct pathway between the base chakra and the heart chakra.  It can be used to direct and to intensify devotional proclivities.

RUBY: Known as a stone of nobility, gathering and amplifying energy while promoting and stimulating mental concentration. Can improve ones success in controversies and disputes, encouraging gentleness and discouraging violence. An excellent shielding stone, protecting on all levels and safeguarding ones consciousness from psychic attack. Known as a stone of nobility, gathering and amplifying energy while promoting and stimulating mental concentration. Can improve ones success in controversies and disputes, encouraging gentleness and discouraging violence.

RUTILE: It has been known to represent both the lovely hair of Venus and the “Sweet” tipped arrows of love.  It has been likened to the appearance of wheat straw and angel hair.  When rutile is found within another crystalline form, it brings strength with love, ease in transition, growth in all avenues of ones development, and calm reason, and order.

SAPPHIRE: Can be used to rid one of unwanted thoughts and to bring joy and peace of mind via opening the mind to beauty and intuition. Helps eliminates frustration and to fulfill the dreams and desires of the consciousness. Used to treatment of disorders of the blood, to combat excessive bleeding, and to strengthen the walls of the veins.

SARDONYX: Can assist in bringing happiness in marriage and "live-in" relationships.  Can be used to attract friends and good fortune, and to encourage self control.  It has been used to diminish hesitation and to provide courage.  It is known as a "stone of virtue".

SELENITE: Opens, aligns, and clears the aura bodies; opens energy blocks; fills the aura with light; transmits light, Hand Carved Gemstones, energy, chi, and aids ascension. It can be used to access past-lives and well as future lives. It has also been used to help align the spinal column by removing energy blockages.

STONES ALIVE!: Links our physical/emotional/mental selves to the healing and enjoyment of light and sound.   Selenite is a clear, fragile stone.  When it dissolves into the ground, it enriches the earth.  Selenite gives simplicity to everything, which contributes to every cycle of the planet and to all its beings.

SERPENTINE: Useful in the rise of the Kundalini.  It stimulates an opening in the pathway through which the Kundalini may travel, and lessens the discomfort which is sometimes associated with this movement. It can be used to clear the clouded areas of the chakras, and to stimulate the crown.  An excellent stone for enhancing the meditative state.


SHIVA LINGAMS: Collected from the Namibia River in India. Geologists believe that the iron oxide (the dark portion) was a result of a meteorite that had impregnated in the riverbed millions of years ago. The Shiva lingam is one of the most sacred icons of the ancient some believe that is was the sacred stone that Indiana Jones was seeking in the Temple of Doom movie.

SMITHSONITE: Provides energies conducive to pleasantness, charm, kindliness, and favorable outcomes.  It provides for leadership abilities and tends to build the “bridge over troubled waters”, by which one can remedy uncomfortable situation.  It further promotes the dynamic celebration of new beginnings.

SMOKY QUARTZ: Can be used to gently dissolve negative energies and emotional blockages. Softens negative energy and allows the positive frequencies to enter the realm of affectation. It works to dissolve the resultant formations, effects, disorders, and disease which a problem has created. Can be used to relieve barriers between beta and alpha state of mind.

STONES ALIVE! : Quartz has the properties of holding our affirmations.  Then it focuses energy upon them to help us with creating our realities.  Smoky Quartz visits our uncomfortable places, our denials.  It focuses calm acceptance upon them, so that we will love ourselves enough to transmute our fragilities into empowerment.  Hold this stone while you affirm the qualities you desire, and it will assist you in releasing any limits that keep you from your new strength.  Calms survival instincts.  Imparts more appreciation of the body/mind/emotions and all of their processes, especially the challenging ones.  Invites unknown, unexpected adventures into life. 

SODALITE: Provides for the ability to arrive at logical conclusions via rational mental processes. Helps to eliminate confusion and to equalize and stimulate one intellect. Excellent stone used in groups; provides for fellowship, solidarity, and a common goal and purpose within the group. Can be used to enhance truthfulness in emotions, allowing one to both recognize and verbalize the true feelings.

SPHALERITE: Can be used to balance both the male and female aspects of the personality.  Promotes the recognition of treachery and deceit.  It allows one to immediately recognize the peril of a situation, and to balance the benefits and detriments of that situation prior to concluding or continuing ones part.

SPESSARTINE GARNETS: The energy of Spessartine is in the form of a rapid vibration which extends in effectiveness into the subtle bodies, as well as the higher bodies. When one is attracted to the stone, that attraction is an indication that the consciousness is ready to both absorb and assimilate the higher levels of inner dynamics of growth and structural balance.

STILBITE: Provides for a powerful loving energy in creativity and intuitive endeavors.  Also provides for grounding to this energy while synthesizing the physical manifestation of the creativity with the action of intuitive support.

STIBNITE: Helps to keep away the intrusive. Facilitates an undistracted entry to the meditative state.  Used to protect from entities.  Enhances the energy field and acts as an impenetrable barrier around the physical body.

STROMBOTOLITE: So new, that it is not found in Melody’s book, LOVE IS IN THE EARTH, or other books that we have had.  This mineral is from Peru and is also known as Stromatolite and is a result of fossil deposits that are from the Lower Proterozoic period 2.3 billion years ago.

STROMBOLITE: It acts similarly to an electrical conductor and can be used during healing activities to enhance the energy transfer from a healer, or from other minerals, to the subject of the healing.  Provides a cohesiveness with respect to family ties and closeness within a group. Improvement and refinement in communication is reported.

SUGILITE: Is a love stone for this age, representing the perfection of the spiritual love of All That Is and facilitating the manifestation of this energy of the Earth plane. Helps one to forgive oneself and others. It furthers ones creative endeavors by providing for cooperation between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies while enhancing precision in action.

SUNSTONE: Can be used to both clear and energize the chakras.  It can also provide for a brightening of the chakras, allowing one to exhibit a floral freshness and a feeling of being “squeaky” clean.  It assists in gently removing the “hook-ups” which have infiltrated the energy centers returning them to the source after surrounding them with both love and positive energy.

TANZANITE: Stimulates the throat, the third-eye, and the crown chakras. It brings together all aspects of both communication and psychic power. It brings the will to the aid of manifestation, and enhances both the beginning and the end. Used in treatment of skin disorders, misalignment of the spinal column, and disorders of the eyes, and to help to bring one from a comatose state.

TEKTITE:  Has been esteemed in the Orient as a talisman of great power.  Polynesian tribal elders believed that they would bring wealth and fertility in all endeavors.  Carrying a tektite acts to strengthen ones energy field and to provide for increased contact during daily activities.
Tektite is the special stone used by TWINTREESS while collecting information about the stones that are in their book:  STONES ALIVE!

TIGER IRON: Can be used to assist in creative endeavors, prompting the artistic abilities toward wondrous beauty and works, revealing the ultimate in balance in mathematical exactitude. Stimulates the physical vitality to put a tiger in your tank. Can be used to strengthen the muscular structure.

TIGER EYE: Helpful in bringing in mental clarity; enhances psychic abilities. Assists in balancing both hemispheres of the brain. Produces soothing vibrations, generating a calmness to unsettled turmoil. Can be used in the treatment of disorders of the eye, the throat and the reproductive system.

TOPAZ: Known as a “stone of true love and success in all endeavors”.  Can promote individuality and creativity, while providing for confidence in trusting ones decisions.  It acts to replace negativity with love and joyfulness.

Also helps one to understand both the actions occurring in the “big picture” and the interrelationships occurring in the minute detail which comprises the “big picture”.

TOURMALINE: Relates to each of the chakras. It acts to clear, to maintain, and to stimulate each of the energy centers of the body. Has been used to stimulate the balance between the left the right brain and to enhance cooperative efforts in the areas of creativity and healing. Can be used to attract inspiration, to diminish fear by promoting understanding, and to encourage self-confidence.

TOURMALINE-BROWN See DRAVITE
TOURMALINE-WATERMELON See WATERMELON TOURMALINE

TURQUOISE: A gift from the earth, bringing the blue of Father Sky to the Earth and melding together the energies of the heavens with the consciousness of Mother Earth. It is a healer of the spirit. Contains both a spiritual and protective property. Excellent for spiritual attunement, for healing the cleansing both the energy centers and the physical body. Strengthens and aligns all chakras, meridians, and subtle bodies. It actually elevates all chakras and can facilitate attunement between the physical level and the higher plans of existence.

UNAKITE: Brings ones consciousness to the present, and further acts to balance the emotional body bringing it into alignment with the higher forces of spirituality. Can facilitate in the release of blockages within the meridians and energy centers of the body.

VANADINITE: This mineral can facilitate the mental processes, filling the vacancy between thought and intelligence.  It can also provide for a deep state of meditation, allowing the mind to be entirely “void of course”.

VERDITE: Can increase ones fortitude and constancy, thereby promoting ones reliability within the physical plane. Can be used to access and gain information from the ancient ones, on both the spirit place and in “setting” which appears to be identical to the “settings” of a specific period of time. Helps to combat abrasive character traits.

WATERMELON TOURMALINE: "Super Activator" of the heart chakra; providing for stimulation, energizing, and connection with the heart chakra of the higher self. Encourages one to look past the seriousness of an experience or situation, realizing the lesson and the humor of it. Helps one to experience the beauty of nature. Also assists in cooperation with others.

WOLFRAMITE: Can be used to provide strength for the physical body. It allows for control and regulation of the physical processes and facilitates expedient action without recklessness. It can be used to gain information and insight into the “why” aspects of ones life.

WULFENITE: Promotes the acceptance of the existence of the negative aspects which exist in the world, allowing one to recognize the issues and to not allow roadblocks to impede or limit progress toward development. It creates a strong connection between basic structures and higher beings or to the higher-self. Can be used for preservation and rejuvenation on all levels.

ZIRCON: Creates illumination of body, mind and spirit and motion and brings one into alignment with universal law.  Assists one in moving freely about the other dimensions.  Opens one to purity of intent in all relationships.