Minerals and gems have been given many attributes throughout the ages. Different traditions ascribe different traits to them - this is a general list of stones and their common associations.

 

Abalone - source of fertility and protection. Good for strengthening muscles.

Agate - general protection and healing, increases courage, self-confidence, and energy and promotes longevity. 

Amber - healing, protection from negativity, attractiveness and energy. Helps calm nerves and enliven disposition. Aids in making correct choices.

Amethyst - increases vivid dreams, relieves depression, promotes calm, serenity and spirituality. Helps with addiction and stress.

Aquamarine (Aqua)- improves sight, sharpens the mind, calms and clarifies emotions.

 Aventurine - a good luck stone, especially in financial matters. stimulates creativity, intelligence and perception. A great healing stone, it gives a sense of mental and emotional well-being.

Bloodstone - healing, especially related to the blood. Instills wisdom. Increases courage and creativity and supports decision making.

Carnelian - general healing stone. Restores the natural energy flows of your body. Great for arthritis, lower back trouble, allergies, ailments related to blood and female reproductive problems.

Cat's Eye - confidence, willpower, clear thinking, personal power in life. Helps separate thoughts from feelings, so centered, less emotional.

Citrine - helps digestion and aids in mental and intellectual functions. Increases self-esteem and energy. Balances and dissipates negative energy.

Coral -  wards off bad thoughts from others and promotes general well-being. Helps in childbirth.

Diamond (Crystal) - manifests abundance. Used in conjunction, it strengthens the properties of other stones.

Emerald - a mind stone. Enhances memory, promotes clear and quick thinking, and right action stemming from right thought.

Fresh Water Pearl - enables one to accept love. See the good parts of oneself so you can love yourself and others.

Garnet - balances your natural energy. A highly protective stone. Increases confidence and security.

Goldstone - a revitalizing, energizing stone, encouraging a positive attitude and individualism. Intellectually calming and refreshing. Reduces stomach tension, protects center of body.

Hematite - great stone for grounding. Calms and soothes, reducing stress. Aids in high blood pressure, muscle cramping, nervous disorders, and insomnia.

Jade - wisdom, mercy, humility, generosity, peace and harmony. Protective and lucky when worn as jewelry.

Jasper - calms a troubled mind. Helps with digestive problems and other ills.

      Red Jasper - helps with conflict and aggression. Promotes grace and perserverance.

      Leopard Skin Jasper - aids in finding and achieving life's goals.

      Picture Jasper - stablizing, balancing stone.

Malachite - brings tolerance, flexibility, patience and a stabilizing influence. Releases and draws out pain, inflamation, depression and anger.

Marcasite - stimulates the senses and intellect, dispels impatience. Helps us to see ourselves from an outside view and produces insights to help us correct unwanted qualities.

Marble - charitable actions, original thinking, alleviation of sorrow.

Moonstone - draws love and helps in interpersonal relationships. Soothes stress and anxiety. Helps cure headaches and nosebleeds.

Mother of Pearl - signifies faith, charity and innocence. It enhances personal integrity and helps to provide focus to ones attention. This stone is a great protective stone.

Obsidian - protects against nightmares and emotional draining. Absorbs and dissolves anger, criticism, fear, and therefore is protective. Cleanses and uplifts. Warm, friendly stone. 

Onyx - good protective stone. Also, releases old relationships and keeps away general negativity.

Opal - encourages living authentically in feeling and action, with faithfulness and loyalty. Signifies creativity. Helpful for eyesight and during childbirth.

Pearl - motherly love, protective stone. Ensures good health and longevity.  Believed to attract fame and wealth. Aids in lung disorders, gastric disorders, asthma, cough and eye trouble.

Peridot - balances your emotional mind and calms emotional storms. Aids in digestion and insomnia. Alleviates depression, anger, fear, jealousy and anxiety.

Quartz - the greatest of all healing stones. Strengthening, cleansing, protecting.

        Rose Quartz - great for attracting love. Promotes self-loving and heals emotional wounds as well as promoting peace, forgiveness and nurturing. Energizes and creates warmth. Helps heart and circulatory system. One of the best stones for migraines and headaches of all types.

Ruby - stimulates nurturing emotions and economic stability. Helpful for blood-related health issues, such as anemia and poor circulation. 

Sapphire - promotes light, pure emotions - purity of mind, serenity, joy and peace. Opens the mind to beauty and love. Clears the mind of unwanted thoughts.

Sodalite - purifies your aura and protects you from negative energy from people around you. Lowers blood pressure and balances metabolism. Assists in sleep.

 Sugilite - assists in connecting the spiritual world to the physical plane. Enhances functions of pineal, pituitary and adrenal glands. Activates and balances brain hemispheres. Strengthens heart. Aids physical healing and purification of bodily systems. Emotional balancer, reduces stress. It enhances self confidence, and is used in healing cancer patients.

Tanzanite - enhances spiritual connectedness. Brings together all aspects of communication and psychic power.

Tiger Eye - clear thinking, helps in manifesting will, courage, confidence and protection. Enhances psychic ability. Great for asthma.

Topaz - soothes physical pain, promotes peace and calms emotions, as well as promoting forgiveness. Promotes individuality, self-confidence and creativity. Counteracts negative emotions.

Tourmaline (multicolor) - calm, protection, focus and balance. Promotes self-assurance and goodwill.

Turquoise - healing stone. Attracts friendships, luck and happiness. Releases shame and guilt.

Unakite - promotes balance and emotional stability. Transforms negative emotions into positive ones. A grounding stone.