Traditional Gemstone Properties

    Many people know the traditional gemstone properties for their favorites; Turquoise, Agates, Jasper or their own birthstone. When buying jewelry, it’s interesting to note the different gemstone properties for all the different stones nature gives us. Here I’ve listed the ones that I could find; the gemstone and their matching property. Enjoy and keep for reference…when purchasing a piece of gemstone jewelry, impress the person with a little knowledge of the properties the gems hold!


    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.
    Serpentine: (see Jade)
    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.