Welcome to your all-in-one guide to crystals and their healing properties! Each crystal is listed by its main type, and then by sub type. For example, Blue Calcite is listed under “Calcite, Blue” so you would find it in the “C” section for “Calcite” rather than the “B” section for “Blue.”
Curious about how these crystals get associated with their given properties? Crystal meanings are rooted in history, intuitive insight, color energy, and more. Be sure to check out our article about where crystal properties come from with some additional information. I hope you find this crystal encyclopedia useful as you deepen your healing practice and knowledge of stones!
If there’s a stone that you’re interested in learning more about, but you don’t see it listed here, please feel free to contact us and request that Ashley do a quick write-up about it or feature it on an upcoming blog post article.
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Click the letters below to jump to that section of the alphabet.RED ANGEL HAIR: See Red Rutile
RED VENUS HAIR: See Red Rutile
RHODOCHROSITE: Click here to read the full article.
RHODONITE: Use for encouraging love, to promote group cooperation, to reveal hidden aspects of a given situation, for grounding, to balance your mind, body, and spirit, to encourage meaningful meditation, to encourage new friendships, to stimulate generosity and the spirit of giving as well as gratitude, to balance the emotions, to facilitate independence, to encourage compassion, empathy, and forgiveness, to bring peace and calming to your space, to enhance confidence. Rhodonite is a good companion stone to Rhodochrosite. When used together, the two stones will enhance each other’s energetic qualities. Rhodonite is a silicate mineral, an intense pink ore of manganese, usually showing black veins where that manganese has oxidized. It’s often used in close proximity to rhodochrosite, with which it has an energetic bond. Both are quintessential heart energy stones, well suited for emotional support and connecting with the great River of Compassion that flows through the universe. When you need to release a burden of fear, shame, resentment, or regret, rhodonite is a sure helper. It can also help you rebuild self-esteem and self-worth after difficult times and challenges. A lot of rhodonite is mined in the Ural Mountains of Russia. People in that area called the stone “orletz,” or “eagle stone,” because it was claimed that the great mountain eagles of the area carried chunks of it their claw to place in their aeries. Area residents decided to do the same, placing pieces of rhodonite in their babies’ cradle, the idea being to make the infant as strong as a mountain eagle. In St. Petersburg, there’s a beautiful altar carved from massive rhodonite at the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood in the Winter Palace. This church was built on the site where Czar Alexander II was assassinated. Rhodonite’s association with blood and with the heart seem to extend worldwide.
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ROSELITE: Use to enhance romance, increase passion, encourage love to grow, facilitate emotional bonding with another, and balance the emotional & spiritual aspects of the self.
ROYAL AZEL: See Sugilite
RUBY: Click here to read the full article.
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