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Calcite,
Carnelian, Cat's-eye,
Celestite, Chryscolla,
Chrysoprase, Citrine,
Coral, Copper, Crystal
Quartz
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Stone: Calcite
Color: Varied
Associated Element: Varied
Energy: Varied
Magickal Powers/Uses: Calcite is a crystal, which, like quartz,
occurs in many colors. One clear variety is called Iceland Spar.
Calcite is an interesting mineral, in that it shows double refraction.
When an image on a piece of paper is viewed through a clear calcite,
it will appear doubled, as a ray of light is split into two different
beams--one fast and one slow--and the light beams are subsequently
bent into different angles when exiting the crystal. It is said
that calcite has the power to double the effectiveness of spells
because of this quality. Calcite is used for protection, attracting
money, healing, spirituality, and love. It is one of the most common
minerals on Earth, and is found nearly everywhere.
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Stone: Carnelian
Color: Orange-red
Associated Element: Fire
Energy: Projective
Magickal Powers/Uses: Carnelian is an energetic stone with
a semitransparent or translucent red/orange color. It is used to
increase energy, stimulate success, boost confidence, motivate,
and dispel negativity. Carnelian promotes career and business success.
It is helpful in spells relating to reproduction and fertility.
Carnelian is also a stone of protection. It was supposedly the favorite
stone of the prophet Mohammed and was used extensively in the ancient
Arabic world. Carvings of verses from the Koran have been found
on carnelian stones. Carnelian promotes warmth, harmony, appreciation
of nature, memory, and helps to alleviate sorrow. It is associated
with the lower chakras and can be used to heal lower back and arthritis
pain. It is an abundant stone and occurs throughout the world.
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Stone: Cat's-eye
Color: Green-yellow
Associated Element: Earth
Energy: Projective
Magickal Powers/Uses: Cat's-eye exhibits chatoyancy, a flickering
quality that appears to move along the stone when exposed to light
at different angles. This quality is similar to the way an actual
cat's eye can reflect light to produce different colors at different
angles. Cat's-eye is used as a beauty enhancer, but is also useful
for attracting money and luck. It can be used for ensuring mental
health and fighting depression. Cat's-eye is said to cure or prevent
diseases of the eye, and ancient lore suggests that it was a powerful
talisman for warding off the "evil eye".
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Stone: Celestite
Color: White to pale blue
Associated Element: Water
Energy: Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Celestite is a deeply spiritual stone
that connects one with higher consciousness and our spiritual selves.
It is used as a stone of communication and can aid in communicating
with the Goddess/God. Celestite is used to foster compassion and
understanding. It relieves tension, headaches, and stress. Celestite
is found in the upper Midwestern United States, Italy, Germany,
and Madagascar.
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Stone: Chryscolla
Color: Blue-green
Associated Element: Water
Energy: Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Chryscolla is a stone of peace, wisdom,
serenity, tolerance, patience, and love. It promotes gentleness
and sensitivity. It is also said to dispel fear and unreasonable
emotions. It was sacred to many Native American peoples. It is found
in Australia, India, and the United States.
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Stone:
Chrysoprase
Color: Light green
Associated Element: Earth
Energy: Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Chrysoprase is a stone of protection,
luck, happiness, and balance. It aids in business affairs by assuring
impartiality, fairness, and fidelity. Chrysoprase is used in protection
of children, young animals, and seedlings, and is helpful during
childbirth. It helps in treating diseases of the blood, eyes, and
heart, increases dexterity, and alleviates arthritis. Chrysoprase
is associated with the heart chakra. It is found mainly in Australia,
India, and the United States.
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Stone: Citrine
Color: Golden yellow
Associated Element: Fire
Energy: Projective
Magickal Powers/Uses: Citrine is a stone of success and stimulates
mental ability, focus, and endurance. It helps one to become more
decisive in finding solutions. Citrine lightens and uplifts the
body and mind. It is said that citrine is one of the few stones
that holds no negative energy. Citrine fosters energy, warmth, and
comfort. It is helpful in treating digestive disorders. It is a
form of quartz, and although most types of quartz are abundant in
nature, citrine is relatively rare. Naturally occurring citrine
may often start out as amethyst, but heat from nearby magma and
volcanoes can change the color to yellow. Many inexpensive amethyst
and smoky quartz stones are heated at very high temperatures to
change the color and produce artificial citrine. The artificially
created stones are usually brighter and more red/orange, instead
of pale to golden yellow. Citrine is found primarily in Spain, Brazil,
and Bolivia.
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Stone: Copper
Color: Reddish-gold
Associated Element: Water
Energy: Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Copper is a red-gold metal well-known
for its ability to conduct energy, warmth, and electricity. A widely
utilized substance in industrial settings, wiring, electrical components,
pipes, and coins are often made of copper. The shaft of a wand can
be constructed of copper, as it is well-suited for directing energy
flow. It is cleansing, purifying, and assists in healing nearly
any type of illness or disease. A talisman of overall good health
and good luck, copper also attracts love and money. It is found
in Australia, Russia, Germany, and the United States.
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Stone: Coral
Color: Varied
Associated Element: Water/Akasha
Energy: Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Coral, like amber, jet, pearl and other
substances used in magick, is organic. It comes from neither plants
nor stones, but is the skeletal remains of marine creatures. It
is up to each individual whether he or she feels comfortable using
substances like coral, since, unless the coral is found washed up
on the beach, a creature's life must be sacrificed for it to be
harvested. There are many substitutions for coral which do not require
the destruction of a life to be effective. Each person must decide
whether the use of coral is appropriate for him or her. Coral comes
in many colors, but is most commonly red. Red coral is associated
with the blood and menstruation and is helpful in treating or preventing
diseases in these areas. Coral promotes intuition, imagination,
creativity, inner peace, love and wisdom. It has been used for thousands
of years in protection magic for children. Ancient lore states that
if a piece of coral which is used in magick breaks, its power is
destroyed and it must be returned to the sea. It is sacred to the
peoples of the Pacific Islands, the Mediterranean, the Norse, and
Hindus.
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Stone: Quartz, Crystal
Color: Colorless
Associated Element: Water
Energy: Projective/Receptive
Magickal Powers/Uses: Crystal quartz is also referred to
as rock quartz. It is the clear form of quartz that is not colored
by the inclusion of other minerals and has not been transformed
by heat. Crystal quartz is an energy capacitor, alone and in conjunction
with other stones. It is said to become electrically charged when
squeezed, and is used in watches and radios because it vibrates
at a constant frequency when an electric current is run through
it. A natural quartz point is particularly effective for directing
energy flow, and is sometimes placed on the tip of a wand. Points
of crystal quartz can also be used to designate the parameter of
a magick circle. Crystal quartz is a stone of psychism, scrying,
protection, energy projection, and healing. It is symbolic of the
goddess, the moon, and the sea. Once believed to be ice, it has
been used in a spiritual capacity for thousands of years by Native
North and Central Americans, the people of Australia and the Pacific,
ancient Greeks, the people of Mexico, and those in the British Isles.
It is incredibly abundant and is found throughout the world.
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