Gemstones Stories
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli is one of the oldest opaque gemstones in history--more than 6,500 years! This deep blue stone includes tiny flecks of mica, like a night sky full of stars. It's most well-known source is deep in the mountains of modern Afghanistan.
Known as wisdom stone, Lapis Lazuli is a powerful crystal for activating the higher mind and enhancing intellectual ability. It stimulates the desire for knowledge, truth, and understanding, and aids the process of learning. It is excellent for enhancing memory.
Malachite
Malachite is a striking green marble-like stone that is mainly a hydrous copper carbonate compound. It is the copper content of malachite that gives it the green color.
Malachite is the essence of joy and is known as the "stone of transformation" because it helps reveal and heal emotional pain by absorbing the pain into itself. It is especially helpful in bringing ease during times of change and gives the insight needed for personal growth.
Onyx
Onyx is a type of chalcedony, which is itself a form of microcrystalline quartz.
The onyx is a stone that offers its bearer immensely powerful vibrations of protection, willpower, focus and strength. Many believe that the onyx is there to drive motivation and to continuously push you forward in your life. It activates your root and solar plexus, as well as your third eye chakras. This can aid us in being able to fully ground ourselves to the earth.
Turquoise
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.
Turquoise has a strong connection to the throat chakra and helps to enhance communication and expression. It also aligns all of the chakras and is often used for healing purposes. Turquoise can also help you become more open to love and forgiveness, and release patterns of self-sabotage. It’s very balancing for the emotions, helping you to feel calmer and at ease.
Spinel
Black spinel stone is a rare gemstone made up of hard vitreous magnesium aluminium oxide or magnesium aluminate.
Black Spinel is a protective stone that repels negativity and grounds the user while evoking inspiration and empowerment, without overwhelming others. It is also thought to help one find calmness and let go of resentments to re-establish relationships and dispel sadness.
Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase is the name for a translucent variety of chalcedony that ranges in colour from yellow-green to a more apple green. It is one of the chalcedony quartz group’s rarest and most valuable stones.
Chrysoprase is well-known for encouraging development, compassion, and tolerance, all of which are virtues that may assist anyone. Chrysoprase is an excellent gemstone for enhancing emotional well-being. It encourages tolerance, compassion, self-development, personality, and overall happiness.
Mother of Pearl
Also know as "Nacre", is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.
Mother-of-pearl shell is commonly believed to attract prosperity and is often used in mystical work and lore to heighten intuition, psychic sensitivity and imagination. It is believed that mother-of-pearl shell offers soothing, motherly protection from negative energy and love.