What are Healing Stones?
While stones look naturally beautiful, they also are known to have properties that are thought to help people – anything from calming anxiety to getting restful sleep to aiding in a little bit of good luck. People wear them in jewelry, put them in their pocket or purse, or leave them around their homes as decor.
Here are a few stones and stone families that are known especially for their healing properties.
SELENITE
Properties: Purifying, calming, removing energy blockages, releasing negative energy
Uses: Cleansing and charging other stones, meditation, calming anxiety, providing clarity
Chakra: Crown
Other info:
- Most commonly found in the USA, Morocco, Greece, Australia
- The name comes from the Greek word “selene” which means moon
- It vibrates at a very high frequency, known as one of the most powerful healing crystals
BLUE KYANITE
Properties: Warding negative energy, harmonizing, habit-breaking, calming, grounding, communicating and public speaking
Uses: Balancing Yin and Yang energy, aiding in healing physical ailments, aiding in refreshing sleep, meditation, bringing tranquility, providing and enhancing stimulation and energy
Chakra: Throat
Other info:
- Most commonly found in the USA, Brazil, Switzerland, Russia, India, Serbia, Kenya
- It does not ever require cleansing because it does not hold any negative energy
QUARTZ FAMILY
1. Clear/Crystal Quartz
Properties: Healing, harmonizing, mental clarity, restoring the mind and the body, protection
Uses: Improving mental and physical energy, enhancing spiritual growth, inspiration and creativity boosting, manifestation
Chakra: Crown & the master of all chakras
Other info:
- Most commonly found in Arkansas, USA and Brazil
- Believed to be sent from the gods as eternal ice
- Scholars in the 1500s thought it was fossilized ice
2. Phantom Quartz
Properties: Cleansing auras, warding negative energy, balancing energy throughout the body
Uses: Overcoming feelings of stagnation, aiding in personal growth, mindfulness
Chakra: Crown
Other info:
- Only found in an inland state in Brazil called Minas Gerais
- It is said that the clearer/less cloudy the stone is, the more one will feel its healing properties
3. Tourmalated Quartz
Properties: Protection from negative thoughts, balancing energy throughout the body, grounding, harmonizing
Uses: Mindfulness, cleansing and purifying a physical space, good luck, soaking up negative energy
Chakra: Third Eye
Other info:
- Most commonly found in Brazil
- It gets its name from the process of quartz forming with Black Tourmaline
- The earliest known use for it was over 2 million years ago in Ethiopia
- It is also known as Rhutilated Quartz