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Agate
- Common Name: Agate
- Appearance: Brown or gold, sometimes found banded, or in greens or blues
- Element(s): Earth
- Healing powers: Connected to brow chakra and matters of the mind; used in workings related to energy, depression, mental health
- Magical uses: Brings about truth and new perspectives, memories and healing, overcoming loneliness or sadness
- Other Info: Various forms include Moss Agate and Lace Agate
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Amber
- Common Name: Amber
- Appearance: Light yellow to orange, sometimes found in shades of green
- Element(s): Fire Planetary connection: Sun Healing powers: Used to treat eyesight disorders, afflictions of the throat Magical uses: Provides clarity and confidence, strength and protection Other Info: Amber is not truly a stone, but a resin
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Amethyst
- Common Name: Amethyst
- Appearance: Purple/violet form of quartz crystal
- Element(s): Water
- Astrological connection: Aquarius, Pisces
- Healing powers: Connected to the crown chakra, used in treatment of depression and anxiety, stress relief
- Magical uses: Use in rituals for sharpening the mind and enhancing intuitive
- powers; also can be an aid in cleansing and clearing sacred space
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Bloodstone
- Common Name: Bloodstone
- Also known as: Heliotrope
- Appearance: Green, speckled with reds and golds
- Element(s): Fire
- Planetary connection: Mars
- Healing powers: Connected to matters of the blood, such as hemorrhaging, menstrual cycles, circulatory system
- Magical uses: General healing, but also used in workings related to money and abundance, fertility
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Carnelian
- Common Name: Carnelian
- Appearance: Red/orange to brown, often streaked with white
- Element(s): Grounding
- Healing powers: Associated with treatment of impotency and infertility, also believed to stop nose bleeding or hemorrhaging
- Magical uses: Use in magical shielding, or as a talisman against psychic attack
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Diamond
- Common Name: Diamond
- Appearance: Colorless or white, sometimes streaked with yellows
- Element(s): Air, Fire
- Planetary connection: Sun
- Healing powers: Can be used for fertility issues, reproductive health, sexual dysfunction
- Magical uses: Use for rituals involving meditation and intuition, scrying, astral travel
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Garnet
- Common Name: Garnet
- Appearance: Deep red to purple
- Element(s): Fire
- Deity connection: Persephone
- Healing powers: Connected to the root chakra, garnets can be used in healing of reproductive disorders and regulating the menstrual cycle
- Magical uses: Strongly tied to women's bodies, the garnet is associated with moon magic; also used in rituals to balance the spiritual with the physical body Other info: In some traditions, a garnet obtained through deceit brings a curse upon the person who possesses it, until returned to the legal owner
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Hematite
- Common Name: Hematite
- Also known as: Paint ore, Iron rose
- Appearance: Silvery-gray, shiny black to brown
- Element(s): Fire
- Planetary connection: Saturn
- Healing powers: Connected to healing of inflammation and blood disorders, treatment of infection and fevers
- Magical uses: Use for workings involving protection, particularly of home or property; also an excellent stone for willpower and confidence, problem solving, psychic awareness
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Jade
- Common Name: Jade Also known as: Tremolite
- Appearance: Pale green, sometimes white, pink or gray
- Element(s): Earth
- Healing powers: Connected to healing of the internal organs such as the kidneys or spleen; also used to balance the humors of the body and promote longevity Magical uses: Symbolic of pure love, serenity, innocence and truthfulness
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Jasper
- Common Name: Jasper Also known as: Egyptian marble
- Appearance: Usually a brownish-red color, often contains streaks of white
- Element(s): Earth
- Healing powers: Can be used in therapy for cancer and other debilitating diseases, blood disorders Magical uses: A great stone for grounding and centering after a ritual, also used to bring luck and good fortune
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Lapis Lazuli
- Common Name: Lapis Lazuli
- Also known as: Lazurite
- Appearance: Shades of blue, from pale to deep; usually spotted or banded
- Element(s): Water
- Healing powers: Used to treat depression and lift the spirits, also connected to brow chakra and brain disorders
- Magical uses: Workings involving altered consciousness, trance work, meditation, connection with the divine
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