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Chakras & healing crystals

The power of the crystal flows through the human body, because both are filled with electromagnetic energy.  Crystals and gemstones resonate a vibrating frequency that have a huge effect on the body, mind and soul.

Place stones and crystals at the top of the head for inspiration, spirituality, personal and universal consciousness, wisdom

Here is a simple list of some of the Gemstones Healing Powers:

Violet Gemstones

• depression
• lack of inspiration

Diamond

• Increases clarity
• trust
• increase confidence
• good thoughts & attitudes, strengths and weaknesses, prosperity, generosity, love, spirituality.

Location: between the eyebrows

• Responsibilities: visualization, concentration, imagination, perception, intuition
• Color: Indigo Blue
• Symptoms of Unbalance: headaches, blurry vision, hard to concentrate

Amethyst: Headaches, eyes, pituitary gland, balancing blood sugar. Psychic abilities, imagery. Purify and transmute negativity. Reduces anger, impatience, and nightmares. Spiritually uplifting.

Malachite: Stomach, liver, kidney stones, respiratory system, immune system, vision, circulatory system. Releases pain, inflammation, depression, anger. Stimulates the psychic vision, and concentration.

Lapis: Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, shyness, nervous system, speech, hearing, pituitary, pain, intuition, creativity, spiritual connection, peaceful mind, organization.

Location: Throat

• Responsibilities: communication
• Color: light blue
• Symptoms of Unbalance: difficulty in expression and communication

Sapphire:

• Reduces inflammation, fevers, hearing problems, Communication, depression, intuition, clairvoyance, calmness, and mental clarity.

Location: center of the chest

• Responsibilities: compassion, forgiveness, love
• Green Colored Gemstones
• Symptoms of Unbalance: anger, lack of love, heart problems

Navajo Turquoise:

• guards against negativity, opens the heart chakra for clear communication from the heart, carries the moon energy (female energy), unconditional love, speeds up the healing proccess.
• Emerald: Respiratory system, heart, lymph nodes, blood, thymus, balance blood sugar, childbirth, eyesight. Strengthen heart chakra for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, monogamy, honesty. Lift depression and insomnia
• Jade: Heart, immune, kidney and cleansing blood, nervous system, courage, knowledge, justice, compassion, emotional balance, humility, generosity, harmony, wealth, longevity.

Rose Quartz:

• Emotional balance, love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiveness, kindness, self-esteem. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, resentment, anger.

Location: between the chest and the navel

• Responsibilities: anger, discouragement, motivation, confidence

• Color: Yellow

• Symptoms of Unbalance: lack of self confidence and motivation, fear, worry, poor digestion, anger

Location: lower abdomen

• Responsibilities: sexual energy, emotions, pleasure, creativity

• Color: Orange

• Symptoms of Unbalance: lack of sexual energy, lower back pain, uterus & bladder disfunction

Aquamarine: Heart, immune system. Calming, uplifting, flexibility, joy, creativity, communication, self-knowledge, confidence, purpose. Releases anxiety, fear, and restlessness.

Carnelian: Circulatory system, kidneys, stimulate appetite, emotions, sexuality, physical energy, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Confidence, assertiveness, drive.

Location: the base of the spine

• Responsibilities: health, vitality
• Color: Red
• Symptoms of Unbalance: violence, constipation, fear, anger.

Amber: clears negativity

Citrine: Acid indigestion, food disorders, allergies. Cleansing spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines. Mental and emotional clarity, problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline. Reduces anxiety, fear, and depression.

Coral: Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system, thyroid, metabolism, spine, bone and tissue regeneration. Not to be used with high blood pressure. Protect and strengthen the emotions.

Ruby: Infections, cholesterol, blood clots, blood cleansing, impotency. Stimulate circulation, menstrual cycles, pituitary. Love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, triumph over adversity. Intensifies all the emotions.

Colourless quartz crystals have also become popular in jewellery due to the popularity of quartz gems like amethyst, citrine,ametrine, rose quartz, onyx, agates, chrysoprase, rutilated quartz and other varieties, many people in the jewellery industry is black onyx, chalcedony quartz which owes its even black colour to an ancient dyeing process that is still used Throughout history, quartz has been the common chameleon of gemstones, standing in for more expensive gemstones ranging from diamond to jade. Agates are banded. This variety was sometimes known as smoky topaz in the past, though the term is incorrect and misleading.

Agates are banded. Carnelian, another chalcedony valued in the ancient world, has vivid brownish orange colour and clear translucency that makes it popular for signet rings and seals. It can be seen decorating many buildings in beautiful Prague, including the Chapel of St Wenceslas. Throughout history, quartz has been the common chameleon of gemstones, standing in for more expensive gemstones ranging from diamond to jade. It was particular favourite of Frederick The Great of Prussia. The colour is very pale and delicate powder pink. Each pattern is different and some are breathtakingly beautiful.

Rutilated quartz is transparent rock crystal with golden needles of rutile arrayed in patterns inside it. The variety of chalcedonies is even greater than that of transparent quartz, including cryptocrystalline quartz with patterns as well as wide range of solid colours. Long people believed that rock crystal was compact form of ice in fact crystallos means ice. Less well known is variety called tourmalinated quartz which, instead of golden rutile, has black or dark green tourmaline crystals.