Crystal healing · the profiles
The crystals, one at a time.
Thirty-eight crystals told through tradition, symbol and mineralogy: their story, their associations, how to care for them. A mirror, never a remedy.
- Amazonite Amazonite carries a soothing blue-green that calls to mind clear water, and tradition ties it to a gentle, settled way of expressing yourself.
- Amethyst Amethyst is the stone of calm and stepping back.
- Angelite (Anhydrite) Angelite offers a milky pale blue, soft and restful like a hazy late-afternoon sky.
- Apatite Apatite opens out a luminous blue-green that calls to mind a lagoon run through with light.
- Aquamarine Aquamarine carries the clear tint of still waters, a transparent blue that tradition ties to the throat and to serene speech.
- Black Obsidian Black obsidian was born of volcanic glass, smooth and deep like a dark mirror, and tradition treats it as a keeper of boundaries.
- Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Black tourmaline is the stone of grounding and drawn boundaries.
- Blue Lace Agate Blue lace agate is the stone of gentle speech.
- Carnelian Carnelian is the stone of creative drive and the appetite to act.
- Celestite Celestite is a piece of sky resting in your hand.
- Chrysoprase Chrysoprase opens out a tender apple green, fresh as a leaf in spring.
- Citrine Citrine is the stone of a joyful push forward.
- Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal) Clear quartz, also called rock crystal, is the stone of clarity and intention.
- Fluorite Fluorite plays with every color, from tender green to violet by way of blue, and tradition ties it to a clear, well-ordered mind.
- Garnet (almandine) Garnet carries the deep red of inner fire, a burgundy hue that tradition ties to the root and to vital drive.
- Green Aventurine Green aventurine is the stone of confident openness.
- Hematite Hematite has that dense, smooth metallic-gray shine, and tradition ties it to stability and grounding.
- Howlite Howlite is a stone of slowed breath, white veined with gray like a soothed sky.
- Jade (nephrite/jadeite) Jade is a stone of harmony and quiet balance, revered for a long time across many traditions.
- Kyanite Kyanite stretches its blades of deep blue streaked with light, like shards of frozen water.
- Labradorite Labradorite is the stone of the threshold, the one that protects while keeping the mind open.
- Lapis Lazuli Lapis lazuli wears a deep blue scattered with golden flecks, like a small night sky, and tradition ties it to true speech.
- Lepidolite Lepidolite shades into lovely tones of lilac and pink-violet, and tradition sees it as a soothing stone that invites you back to calm.
- Malachite Malachite unspools its green bands like ripples, and tradition ties it to courage in the face of change.
- Moonstone Moonstone has a milky sheen that seems to hold a little moonlight, and tradition ties it to the feminine, to cycles, and to the emotions you learn to welcome.
- Onyx (chalcedony) Onyx shows a dense, deep black, sometimes banded, with a smooth, reassuring surface.
- Orange Calcite Orange calcite carries the warmth of ripe fruit and the frankness of a sunny morning.
- Prehnite Prehnite has the pale green tint of morning dew, translucent and restful.
- Pyrite Pyrite carries the golden shine of metal, a frank light that tradition ties to the solar plexus, to confidence and inner radiance.
- Red Jasper Red jasper is a stone of earth and perseverance.
- Rhodonite Rhodonite blends a warm pink with fine black veins, like a tenderness shot through with depth.
- Rose Quartz Rose quartz is the stone of tenderness toward yourself.
- Selenite (gypsum) Selenite is the stone of clear space and lightness.
- Smoky Quartz Smoky quartz carries a translucent brown hue, almost smoke-touched, and tradition sees it as a grounding stone that helps you set your feet back on the ground.
- Sodalite Sodalite blends deep blue and white in quiet veins, a hue that tradition ties to the throat and the third eye, to clarity of mind.
- Sunstone Sunstone carries orange and peach flashes scattered with glints, a joyful light that tradition ties to the solar plexus and to creative drive.
- Tiger’s Eye Tiger’s eye is the stone of settled assurance.
- Unakite Unakite marries moss green and tender pink in a single stone, like a landscape that reconciles two tints.