Selenite   Malachite   Clear Quartz   Amethyst   Emerald   Rose Quartz

Selenite - can be used in meditation to help you connect with the angels. Although it has been around for a while, it is a stone that is one of the most powerful crystals for the new vibration on earth. Selenite can also be used to grid out your home and change negativity into positivity. Being a translucent stone, put on a light box, it can also make a lovely colourful lamp. However care must be taken as it does break easily and it also dissolves when wet. In healing it aligns the spinal column and promotes flexibility as well as guarding against epileptic seizures. It also nuetralises mercury poisoning from amalgam fillings. Also good for breastfeeding and nurturing children. There are different coloured selenites with slightly different properties. Orange-Brown Selenite earths the angelic energies and aids with healing the earth. When placed on the third eye, blue selenite quiets the intellect, as well as helping to facilitate shutting off mind chatter during meditation and quickly reveals the core of a problem. Green selenite assists in working toward the highest good. It helps you to feel good about yourself and helps to overcome the effects of aging of the skin and skeleton.

Malachite - Is a powerful stone, although it does need to be used with caution. It is a toxic stone, and should only be used in polished form. Malachite amplifies both negative and positive energies, as well as helping to ground spiritual energies onto the planet. Some believe that malachite is still evolving and will be one of the most important healing stones on the planet. It absorbs negative energies and pollutants easily, picking them up from the atmosphere and the body. It should be cleansed before and after by placing it on a quartz cluster in the sun. Avoid using salt for this as it does damage the surface. Anyone living near a nuclear or natural radiation source should have a piece of malachite around their home. It can help to clear electromagnetic pollution and also heals earth energies, and also has a strong affinity with nature. It clears and activates the chakras and attunes to spiritual guidance. Placed upon the third eye, it activates visualisation and psychic vision, on the heart, it brings balance and harmony. It helps to open the heart to unconditional love. Malachite is also known as the stone of transformation, and can encourage risk taking and change. It draws out deep feelings and psychosomatic causes, breaks unwanted ties and outworn patterns and teaches how to take responsibility for ones own actions, thoughts and feelings. If you want help releasing inhibitions or shyness, then this stone can help you. It can help to express feelings and develop empathy with others. Malachite gets to the root of the problem, and also helps the ability to absorb and process information, making you more observant and help to understand difficult concepts. In healing this stone is often known as the midwife stone. It is one that is particularly useful for cramps, including menstrual cramps and facilitating childbirth. The stone can help to lower blood pressure, treat asthma, arthritis, epilepsy, fractures, swollen joints, growths, travel sickness, vertigo, tumors, the optic nerve, pancreas, spleen and parathyroid. As well as helping all these it aligns the DNA and cellular structure and enhances the immune system.

Clear Quartz - Another powerful stone and also energy amplifier on the planet. It can be found worldwide, it absorbs, stores releases and regulates energy, as well as unblocking it. This crystal works at a vibrational level attuned to the specific energy requirements of the person needing the healing or undertaking the spiritual work. It takes the energy back to the most perfect state possible, i.e. going back to before the disease set in. It cleanses and enhances the organs and also acts as a deep soul cleanser, whilst also connecting the physical dimension with the mind. Clear quartz contains every colour possible and this helps it to work on all levels of being. It stores information like a natural computer, and these crystals are like a spiritual library waiting to be accessed. Clear quartz enhances psychic abilities and helps you to find your spiritual purpose in life. When used in meditation, quartz filters out distractions. As well though, at a mental level, it aids concentration and unlocks memory. Quartz is a master healer and can be used for any condition. It stimulates the immune system and helps to bring the body into balance, as well as soothing burns. It harmonizes all the chakras and aligns subtle bodies. There are so many different colours of quartz, and I'd be here all day going through them all. They are Blue Quartz, Golden Healer, Green quartz, Harlequin Quartz, Lithium Quartz, Natural Titanium, Natural rainbow, Tangerine Quartz and Tibetan Quartz. As well as these there are Phantom Quartz which is a quartz crystal with a smallish white or coloured 'ghost' crystal encased within the main crystal. Aqua Aura is a quartz crystal which has been artificially bonded with gold, which produces an intense colour on small points or clusters. Rutilated Quartz, Smokey Quartz, Snow Quartz, Tourmalinated Quartz and also Rose Quartz.

Amethyst - Another stone which is extremely powerful and protective stone with a high spiritual vibration. It helps guard against psychic attack, and transmutes energy into love. Amethyst has strong healing and cleansing powers as well as enhancing spiritual awareness. It overcomes addictions and blockages of all kinds. It is a stone which is beneficial to the mind, calming or stimulating as appropriate. It turns those mundane thoughts into tranquility and deeper understanding. Also helping to enhance the memory and improving motivation, amethyst helps you to see more realistic goals. It helps when insomnia is caused by an overactive mind and protects against recurrent nightmares. It can help to remember and understand dreams as well as facilitating the visualisation process. Amethyst balances the highs and lows and promotes emotional centering. Dispelling anger, rage, fear and anxieties as well as alleviating sadness, grief, and in turn supporting those who are coming to terms with loss. Amethyst in healing helps to boost production of hormones and tunes the endocrine system and metabolism. It is an excellent cleanser for the blood, and relieves physical, emotional and psychological pains or stress, and blocks geopathic stress. It can help to ease headaches, and release tensions. If you suffer with bruising, it can help to reduce bruising, injuries and swellings. If you have hearing problems then this stone can also help you. Amethyst can fade when in sunlight. There are also different colours of amethyst, which are Pineapple Amethyst, Chevron Amethyst and Violet-Lavender Amethyst.

Emerald - A stone of inspiration and infinite patience. Known as the stone of successful love, it brings about domestic bliss and loyalty. It also enhances unity, unconditional love, partnership and promotes friendship. Emerald helps to keep a partnership in balance, if it changes colour, it is said to signal unfaithfulness. It opens up the heart chakra and has a calming effect on the emotions. It eliminates negativity and brings in positive actions. Psychologically, emerald gives the strength of character to overcome the misfortunes of life. It is a stone of regeneration, recovery and can heal negative emotions. Enhancing the ability to enjoy life to the fullest, and is helpful for those who suffer claustrophobia. Emerald aids recovery after infectious illness. It treats sinuses, lungs, heart, spine and soothes the eyes. It can help to improve the vision and has a detoxifying effect on the liver. It alleviates rheumatism and diabetes. Emerald has also been used as an antidote to poisons, and when worn around the neck, it was believed to ward off epilepsy. It can also help in the assisting of healing malignant conditions. If emerald is worn constantly it can trigger negative emotions.

Rose Quartz - This stone is the stone of unconditional love and infinite peace. It teaches about the true essence of love, and purifies the heart at all levels as well as opening it, bringing about deep inner healing and self love. A calming and reassuring stone and is excellent for use in the case of trauma or crisis. If you are looking to attract love then rose quartz is the stone for you. Placed beside your bed or in the relationship corner of your home it is effective at drawing love and relationships towards you that often needs amethyst to calm things down. In existing relationships, it restores trust and harmony and encourages unconditional love. It is an excellent stone if you are going through a mid-life crisis. When holding rose quartz and saying a positive affirmation, the affirmation will be enhanced. The stone can then remind you of your intentions. Rose quartz promotes receptivity to beauty of all kinds. If you have difficulty accepting love from others nor love them unless you love yourself, then this is the stone that can help you. It teaches you to love yourself, as if you can't do this then how can you expect yourself to show love to another. The stone encourages self forgiveness and acceptance and invokes self-trust an also self-worth. Rose quartz strengthens the physical heart and circulatory system and releases impurities from body fluids. Placed on the thymus in a healing, it aids chest and lung problems. It helps to heal the kidneys, adrenals and alleviates vertigo. It is also said that Rose Quartz increases fertility. The stone or an elixir soothes burns, blistering and smoothes the complexion. It is also a helpful stone for those who have Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and senile dementia.