Since the beginning of time, mankind has used crystals and stones for various applications, from decoration to protection and even healing. Below we offer the energetic properties associated with the various stones.

Quartz: Quartz crystals can be used to amplify both body energy and thoughts. They can assist in the creation of power and can provide for clarity in thinking to enable thoughts to more effectively influence matter. The natural tendency of quartz is for harmony, and it is recognized as a "stone of power".

Green Quartz: This quartz works well with the opening and stabilizing of the heart chakra. It also acts to inspire creativity, and to attract success, prosperity and abundance.

Lavender Quartz: This quartz is a type of Rose Quartz which exhibits a lovely lavender color. It has been used to stimulate the third-eye, to promote clairsentience, clairaudience, and clairvoyance, and to further communication on the physical plane. It is a very loving stone and is a true asset to ones' environment.

Tourmalinated Quartz: This mineral combines the qualities of tourmaline and the qualities of quartz. It aids in eliminating many patterns, which are, or have been, destructive in nature and in ones own life. It aids in adjusting imbalances throughout the body.

Rhodochrosite: This mineral has been called a "stone of love and balance", providing balancing and love on all levels for all bodies. The energy of rhodochrosite is emcompassed by the presence of heavenly energies and assists in creating new worlds for the user. Rhodocchrosite is also an Earth stone for the healing of the Earth.

Rhodonite: Called a "stone of love", rhodonite helps one to achieve his/her greatest potential. It can help one to attain calm assurance in all activities. It dispels anxiety and promotes coherence, bringing to the user an observant nature and facilitating attention to details and interrelationships.

Rhyolite: This mineral represents change, variety, and progress. The energy can assist one to process "things" from the past and to clear the way toward the progression of the future. It is a "stone of resolution", bringing the unresolved to completion.

Rose Quartz: Rose quartz has been known as a "stone of gentle love", bringing peacefulness and calm to relationships.

Ruby: This stone is known as a "stone of nobility", gathering and amplifying energy while promoting and stimulating mental concentration. It has been used to stablize ones economic status; it has been said that as long as one retains a bit of ruby, wealth will never depart. It is also said to protect the wearer/carrier against unhappiness, distressing dreams, and lightning.

Rutile: This mineral is known for stabilizing relationships, marriages, mental processes, and emotional and physical imbalances. It also dispels unwanted interference from both the physical and spiritual worlds.

Excerpts from "Love is in the Earth" by Melody and reproduced with kind permission from Earth/Love Publications.