How gemstones work

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2022-09-16T11:54:26+02:00

What is the meaning of my gemstone?

Did you know that gemstones have medicinal properties? In this blog we explain which gemstones there are, what the meaning of the gemstones is and the medicinal effect. Wearing gemstones can help to reduce complaints or problems. You can choose a gemstone because you like it. In addition, you can also choose a gemstone based on your complaints and problems or simply because it feels good!

Below you will find the gems in alphabetical order. Is the one you're looking for not listed? Let us know and maybe we'll add it in the future!

Apatite

Strength, creativity & self-expression
Operation
Apatite encourages communication and the ability to express yourself. It has a positive effect on meditation and spiritual skills. Apatite stimulates spiritual growth and self-development and allows you to develop further creative skills.
Colour
Apatite comes in many colors. The stone can be blue, green, purple, yellow, pink, gray or white.

Amethyst

Purifying, protective & emotional balance
Operation
Amethyst has a purifying and protective effect. It helps protect you against unwanted behavior from yourself. In addition, the stone helps you to process emotional processes and to purify spaces. Amethyst has a positive effect on the brain and nervous system.
Colour
Amethyst is a purple quartz.

Aquamarine

Calming, flow & living in the now
Operation
Aquamarine is the perfect gemstone to help you live a little more in the moment and get into the flow. Aquamarine has a strong calming effect both mentally and physically. This gemstone makes sincere, honest, tolerant, carefree, relaxed and cheerful. With this stone your mind creates clarity in confused situations and you become goal-oriented. The stone promotes spiritual growth and self-expression.
Colour
The word aquamarine is Latin for water (aqua) and sea (marina). This is equivalent to the colors that an aquamarine can be: colorless to blue, green/yellowish. Some stones are more transparent while others have a structure that you cannot see through.

Chalcedony

Calming, trust & communication
Operation
Chalcedony is a quartz with a fibrous structure that comes in different colors. The effect of Chalcedony is the impact on communication, this includes your ability to listen but also your ability to express yourself. Chalcedony gives self-insight and confidence and with it the ability to break through resistance and accept changes. Wearing the gemstone Chalcedony has a calming effect during moments of stress.
Colour
Chalcedony comes in the colors blue, pink and red.

Citrine

Sun, confidence & energy
Operation
Citrine is a sunny and warming gemstone that gives confidence and energy. The medicinal effect of citrine helps to overcome fears and citrine attracts luck and success. This is a fantastic gemstone if you suffer from winter dips. It helps you open up and rediscover your personal power. It helps you set goals and connect with others.
Colour
Citrine is a yellow to warmer yellow and almost orange color gemstone.

Jade

Happiness, success & purifying
Operation
Jade is a highly protective gemstone. Jade helps protect you and attracts luck, prosperity and success! In addition, this stone has a calming effect in restless situations. Jade has a detoxifying and purifying effect. It helps you protect yourself and not feel guilty. The stone also has a strong connection to nature and the chances of remembering your dreams are increased with Jade nearby.
Colour
Jade is available in different colors: green, purple, white and black.

Opal

Optimism, appreciation & purifying
Operation
Opal opens your eyes and makes you appreciate art and beautiful things. The gemstone Opal activates you to be cheerful and optimistic in life. Opal has a protective effect and it stimulates your ability to heal yourself and opal has a purifying effect on the body. This gemstone has a positive effect on memory and a strong connection with love. Loyalty and loyalty are core strengths.
Colour
Opal can be pink, orange, black, white or iridescent in color. Iridescent is a rainbow color. The gemstone can be completely translucent to slightly translucent and has a glass-like luster.

Quartz

Quartz belongs to the largest group of minerals. There are many types of quartz and these have their own specific effect. Types of quartz are: citrine, rutile quartz (black rutile), rose quartz and amethyst. More information about these species can be found under the name of the quartz.

kyanite

Calming, calm & balance
Operation
Kyanite has a balancing and calming effect. It helps you make decisions about your own life and gives you inner peace. Kyanite helps to remove fear and blockages and makes you spontaneous and empathetic. It helps in meditation and to connect with other people. Specifically, blue kyanite helps to strengthen communication skills.
Colour
Kyanite has a layered structure, even when the stone is polished you will still see cracks. The color can be blue, green, gray black, white or orange.

Labradorite

Protective, strength & energy
Operation
Labradorite strengthens the mental power and your aura so that it protects you against negative energy. In addition, labradorite also has a protective effect, it reduces stress and anxiety and helps you stand up for yourself in your strength. This gemstone is therefore suitable for highly sensitive people. Labradorite helps to prevent overstimulation.
Colour
The color of labradorite varies from grey/green to transparent golden yellow. When the stone is polished you will still see irregularities in the structure of the stone. When you keep labradorite in the sun you will see a nice effect on the color of the gemstone.

larimar

Spiritual strength, balance & tranquility
Operation
Larimar gives you spiritual and spiritual strength. It makes you stronger as a person and you learn to deal with changes better. This stone is only found in one place in the world, namely in the Dominican Republic. This makes the stone pricey and very exclusive.
Colour
Larimar is light blue to sea green in color.

Moonstone

Feminine Energy, Fertility & Moon
Operation
Moonstone has a strong connection with the moon and feminine energy. This stone is important in supporting female fertility. Wearing moonstone can have a positive effect on pregnancy. In addition, moonstone promotes intuition and self-insight. Moonstone can be recharged by holding the gemstone in moonlight.
Colour
Moonstone comes in different colors. The most famous colors are white and rainbow moonstone with a mother-of-pearl sheen. There are also moonstones in the colors white, beige, pink, gray green and black. Moonstone always shows irregularities in the structure, even when it is polished.

Malachite

Balance, stability & positivity
Operation
Malachite is a very powerful gemstone. Malachite protects against negative energy and danger. This stone makes you more resilient and brings emotional balance and stability. In addition, it reduces anxiety and helps to release blockages and negativity and convert them into positive changes.
Colour
Malachite is light green to dark green and usually malachite has a visible line pattern.

Onyx

Stress reducing, strength & perseverance
Operation
Onyx is a gemstone that helps you in stressful situations. The stone gives strength and support and helps you to achieve goals. Onyx stimulates analytical thinking, logic and concentration. People who are easily distracted and influenced benefit from wearing Onyx.
Colour
Onyx is black or green in color.

Pearl & Abalone shell

Peace, Purification & Balance
Operation
A pearl is not a gemstone but a shell. This makes a pearl more fragile than most gemstones. The reflection of mother-of-pearl wards off the evil eye. Pearl has a gentle and purifying effect on the body and mind. Pearl encourages qualities such as honesty, insight and wisdom and promotes acceptance. In addition, pearl reduces stress and negative emotions. It will give you a clear mind and better focus.
Colour
Mother of pearl white and rainbow colors at the abalone shell

prehnite

Personal growth, rest & healing
Operation
Prehnite promotes spiritual and personal growth. It also improves your senses and analytical skills. There is a strong connection with nature when wearing this stone. The stone is healing and has a healing effect on you and your environment.
Colour
Prehnite is sea green to yellow green, gray or colorless.

lapis lazullic

Clarity, wisdom & insight
Operation
Lapis lazuli is a stone that promotes spiritual strength and wisdom. Lapis gives inner peace and tranquility and helps you to be and accept yourself. The stone has a positive effect on friendships and relationships. Lapis clears your head and has a positive effect on memory and intellectuality. Wearing this stone strengthens your relationships and reduces the feeling of loneliness.
Colour
Lapis Lazulli can be light blue in color to dark blue. Often the stone has white or gold-colored dots through the blue.

Rhodochrosite

Activating, cheerful & lively
Operation
Rhosochrosite is a stone that has a strong effect on the heart and chakra. It makes you cheerful, spontaneous, loving and enthusiastic. This stone gives a positive effect in love relationships. This stone activates you to be lively and spontaneous again.
Colour
Rhodochrosite is light pink to dark red in color with a white streak through it.

Ruby

Strength, energy & motivation
Operation
Ruby has a strong activating effect and gives you strength. It activates passion, motivation and a positive attitude. Ruby gemstone makes you strong and protects you from negative energy. A clear and sharp view motivates you to be enthusiastic again in life.
Colour
Ruby is pink to dark red.

rose quartz

Love, heart & acceptance
Operation
Rose quartz is a quartz that represents love and the heart. It opens your heart to give and receive love. The stone also has a positive effect on acceptance of one's own body. It has a calming effect and promotes empathy, openness and helpfulness. Wearing rose quartz promotes empathy and compassion. Rose quartz brings you love, acceptance, harmony and peace.
Colour
Pink/white from translucent to more cloudy.

Rutilated Quartz (black rutile)

Uplifting, calming & mood enhancing
Operation
Rutilated quartz is related to the quartz. This stone has a calming and uplifting effect and also gives hope. It promotes your mood and is suitable for depression. It reduces fear and anxiety and protects you from negative energy. In addition, rutile quartz stimulates the body's regenerative capacity.
Colour
Clear stone with a needle structure. The stone appears to be cracked by streaks of irregularities, but that is normal.

Sapphire

Prosperity, honesty & health
Operation
Sapphire has a strong influence on the mind and brain. Mental tranquility, wisdom and honesty are core disciplines. Wearing sapphire attracts success and prosperity. The mind becomes clear and sober and you become goal-oriented and concentrated in your work. Mental health is paramount with sapphire.
Colour
The most common color we see sapphire in is blue, but there are also yellow, orange and pink.

Emerald (Emerald)

Positivity, growth & love
Operation
Emerald stimulates love, positivity and lets you enjoy life. This stone activates the heart chakra and has a positive effect on relationships. It promotes spiritual growth and helps you overcome setbacks. It helps you overcome anger and worry in the face of setbacks.
Colour
An Emerald is light green to dark green in color.

tiger eye

Courage, Balance & Protection
Operation
Tiger's eye is a protective stone that brings balance and harmony. This gemstone attracts success and prosperity. In addition, tiger eye strengthens your self-confidence, perseverance and decisiveness. Tiger Eye promotes your creative skills and supports you in situations where you need it. In difficult times, tiger eye gives you strength, courage and confidence.
Colour
Tiger's eye is golden brown or reddish brown in color.

Tourmaline

Cleansing, protective & positivity
Operation
Tourmaline has a protective and cleansing effect. It protects you from negative radiation and energy. In addition, it transforms negative energy into strength and positivity.
Colour
Tourmaline can be black, brown, pink, green, blue and yellow in color. It naturally has pits and imperfections even when polished.

Topaz

Love, wealth & development
Operation
Topaz is a sunny stone that stimulates self-realization and development. The way topaz works is to find and follow your own path. In addition, topaz helps you to rely on your own knowledge and wisdom! Love and wealth is attracted to this stone.
Colour
Topaz can be white, golden yellow, red, brown or blue in color.

Turquoise

Protective, strength & balance
Operation
Turquoise is a strong healing and protective stone. It gives balance and can have a calming effect, but also boosts when exhausted. This stone has a positive effect on depression, mood swings and panic. It gives you strength for your own happiness and protects against negative energy.
Colour
Turquoise can be light blue to green in color.