A
- Description: Agate is a fine crystalline quartz that is often characterized by colourful, concentric banding. It occurs in various colors such as grey, brown, red or blue.
- Origin: Brazil, Mexico, Botswana, India, Germany (Idar-Oberstein).
- Properties: Calms the mind and helps to cope with emotional stress. Protects against negative energies and promotes stability and self-confidence.
- Description: Amazonite is a green-bluish feldspar with a silky, shimmering surface.
- Origin: Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, USA.
- Properties: Promotes serenity and harmony, relieves nervousness and supports the perception of truth and sincerity.
- Description: Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz whose color is caused by iron impurities. Depending on the intensity, the violet ranges from light to deep dark.
- Origin: Brazil, Uruguay, Russia, Madagascar, Zambia.
- Properties: Symbolizes inner peace, harmony and mental clarity. Amethyst is often used as a protective stone against negative energies.
- Description: Aquamarine is a blue beryl that varies in color from light blue to dark blue. It is named after the Latin term for “sea water”.
- Origin: Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Madagascar.
- Properties: Stands for purity, clarity and serenity. Promotes communication skills and helps to recognize and express hidden emotions.
- Description: Aventurine is a variety of quartz with small mica inclusions that give it its typical glittering effect. It is available in the colors green, red, blue and yellow.
- Origin: Brazil, India, Russia.
- Properties: Supports optimism, courage and joie de vivre. Aventurine is often used as a talisman for prosperity and success.
B
- Description: Amber is a fossilized tree resin that is usually golden yellow, orange or brownish. It is often transparent to opaque and may contain insect inclusions.
- Origin: Baltic States, Poland, Dominican Republic, Myanmar.
- Properties: Promotes joie de vivre and optimism, protects against negative energies and strengthens the immune system. It is often used to promote self-healing powers.
- Description: Beryl includes different varieties such as emerald (green) and aquamarine (blue). It is a mineral with a high hardness and mostly clear colors.
- Origin: Brazil, Russia, USA, Pakistan.
- Properties: Promotes clarity and vitality. Emerald stands for love and partnership, aquamarine for peace and harmony.
C
- Description: Citrine is a yellow to orange variety of quartz that gets its color from iron impurities. The name is derived from the French word “citron” (lemon).
- Origin: Brazil, Spain, Russia, Madagascar.
- Properties: Stands for joie de vivre, prosperity and success. Supports creativity and self-confidence.
- Description: Chalcedony is a variety of quartz with a waxy surface and a silky sheen. It occurs in colors such as blue, white, grey and brown.
- Origin: Turkey, India, Namibia, Brazil.
- Properties: Promotes emotional balance, communication and inner peace. Often used as a protective stone.
D
- Description: Diamond is the hardest natural mineral and is highly valued as a gemstone due to its brilliance and light refraction.
- Origin: South Africa, Russia, Botswana, Canada.
- Properties: Symbolizes purity, invincibility and eternal love. Promotes clarity and determination.
- Description: Dumortierite is a blue to violet mineral that is often enclosed in quartz.
- Origin: Brazil, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Canada.
- Properties: Supports concentration and memory. Helps to overcome fears and find your own voice.
E
- Description: Epidote is a green, in rare cases also brownish to black mineral that often occurs as an inclusion in other gemstones.
- Origin: Austria, Pakistan, USA, Russia.
- Properties: Promotes awareness and personal development. Strengthens self-confidence and helps to let go.
F
- Description: Hawk’s eye is a blue to gray-blue shimmering variety of quartz. It is similar to tiger’s eye, but with a cool, metallic sheen caused by the inclusion of iron.
- Origin: South Africa, India, Australia, USA.
- Properties: Stands for protection and clear perception. Promotes the ability to observe without bias and to look at things from a new perspective. Helps to achieve inner peace and clarity.
- Description: Fluorite is a colorful gemstone that occurs in various colors such as green, violet, blue, yellow and even multicolored. The colors are often clearly delineated from one another, which makes it particularly attractive.
- Origin: China, Mexico, USA, South Africa.
- Properties: Supports mental clarity, concentration and decision-making. Protects against electromagnetic radiation and is often used as a learning and meditation stone. Promotes creativity and the recognition of suppressed feelings.
- Description: Fire opal is a bright orange to reddish variety of opal that stands out due to its intense, fiery color. Unlike other opals, fire opal shows less of the typical play of colors, but impresses with its clear, strong coloring.
- Origin: Mexico, Brazil, Australia, USA.
- Properties: Stands for passion, creativity and expressiveness. Promotes self-confidence and the ability to show emotions. Often used as a lucky charm for love and success.
- Description: Fuchsite is a chromium-containing muscovite that stands out due to its green color and glittering surface. It is often referred to as “green mica”.
- Origin: Brazil, India, Russia, USA.
- Properties: Supports self-healing powers and promotes strong self-esteem. Helps to free oneself from emotional burdens and to recognize one’s own path in life more clearly.
G
- Description: Garnet is a gemstone family with different colors such as red, green, yellow and orange.
- Origin: India, Tanzania, Madagascar, Sri Lanka.
- Properties: Stands for passion, strength and protection. Promotes self-confidence and determination.
H
- Description: Hematite is an opaque, shiny metallic stone in shades of gray to black.
- Origin: Brazil, Canada, Australia, USA.
- Properties: Promotes vitality, strength and courage. Protects against negative energy and provides stability.
- Description: Howlite is a white stone with gray veins that is often dyed for jewelry purposes.
- Origin: Canada, USA, Turkey, Germany.
- Properties: Promotes patience and balance. Supports sleep problems and stress reduction.
I
- Description: Iolite, also known as cordierite, is a blue-violet gemstone with a pleochroic effect, i.e. it shows different colors depending on the angle from which it is viewed.
- Origin: Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Brazil.
- Properties: Promotes intuition, self-discipline and determination. Helps to reduce stress and find inner balance. Iolite is often referred to as the “Viking compass”, as it is said to have been used by Vikings for navigation.
- Description: Impérial topaz is a rare, high-quality variety of topaz with warm colors ranging from yellow to orange to red. It is considered the noblest of all topazes.
- Origin: Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
- Properties: Stands for abundance, prosperity and strength. Promotes self-confidence and assertiveness. Impérial topaz is considered a stone of self-realization and helps to achieve goals and dreams.
- Description: Indigolite is the blue variety of tourmaline. The color ranges from a light sky blue to deep indigo blue.
- Origin: Brazil, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Nigeria.
- Properties: Promotes communication, self-development and inner peace. Helps to find inner balance and to recognize one’s own abilities more clearly. Is often used for meditation and is said to support spiritual development.
- Description: Ivoryite is a white to cream-colored gemstone that has a similar texture to ivory and is a sustainable alternative to real ivory.
- Origin: Canada, USA.
- Properties: Promotes connection to natural origins and stands for purity and clarity. Often used as a meditation stone to find inner peace and release emotional blockages.
J
- Description: Jasper is an opaque quartz with different colors and patterns, from red to yellow to green.
- Origin: South Africa, India, Australia, Brazil.
- Properties: Stands for willpower and perseverance. Promotes well-being and grounding.
K
- Description: Labradorite is an iridescent feldspar with an iridescent play of colors in blue, green and gold.
- Origin: Canada, Finland, Madagascar, Mexico.
- Properties: Promotes creativity and intuition. Supports meditation and protection from negative influences.
- Description: Kyanite, also known as disthene, is a blue to greenish gemstone with a fibrous structure.
- Origin: Nepal, USA, Brazil, Switzerland.
- Properties: Supports spiritual awareness and communication. Promotes inner harmony and brings clarity to thoughts and emotions.
L
- Description: Labradorite is an iridescent feldspar with an iridescent play of colors in blue, green and gold.
- Origin: Canada, Finland, Madagascar, Mexico.
- Properties: Promotes creativity and intuition. Supports meditation and protection from negative influences.
- Description: Lapis lazuli is a deep blue gemstone with golden pyrite inclusions. It consists of a mixture of minerals such as lazurite, pyrite and calcite.
- Origin: Afghanistan, Chile, Russia, USA.
- Properties: Stands for truth, wisdom and knowledge. It supports intuition and promotes the connection to higher levels of consciousness.
- Description: Larimar is a rare, sky-blue mineral from the Dominican Republic that fascinates with its wave-like patterns.
- Origin: Dominican Republic.
- Properties: Promotes inner peace, serenity and creativity. Associated with water and healing.
M
- Description: Malachite is a green patterned gemstone with a characteristic banding. The color varies from light to dark green.
- Origin: Congo, Zambia, Namibia, Russia.
- Properties: Protects against negative energies, promotes transformation and personal growth. Often used as a healing stone.
- Description: Moonstone has a shimmering, pearly appearance and often shows a bluish shimmer known as “adularescence”.
- Origin: India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar.
- Properties: Stands for intuition, femininity and emotional balance. Promotes dreaming and helps to release emotional blockages.
- Description: Morganite is a pink to peach-colored variety of beryl that is known for its delicate coloring.
- Origin: Madagascar, Brazil, USA, Afghanistan.
- Properties: Symbolizes love, compassion and romance. Supports the opening of the heart and strengthens self-love.
N
- Description: Nephrite is a variety of jade that has an opaque green to grey-green color. It is a very tough stone that is known for its durability and has been used for centuries for jewelry and sculptures.
- Origin: China, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, USA.
- Properties: Stands for balance, harmony and protection. Promotes spiritual cleansing and strengthens self-healing powers. Nephrite is often worn as a protective stone and is a symbol of wisdom and justice.
- Description: Natrolite is a rare zeolite gemstone that typically has a white to colorless color and occurs as transparent, needle-shaped crystals.
- Origin: Russia, Norway, USA, India.
- Properties: Promotes clarity of mind and supports meditation. Natrolite is often used to promote intuition and spiritual growth.
- Description: The Nebula stone is a green to black gemstone with a unique pattern reminiscent of a nebula or galaxy pattern. It consists of a combination of quartz, jadeite and riebeckite.
- Origin: South Africa.
- Properties: Promotes mental clarity and balance. Supports meditation and helps to gain deep spiritual insights. The Nebula stone is often used to develop spiritual potential.
- Description: Nassauvian is a rare, green-bluish gemstone that is usually found in thin slabs.
- Origin: Canada, USA.
- Properties: Supports emotional balance and healing. Promotes clarity of thought and communication. Often used as a protective stone against negative energies.
O
- Description: Obsidian is a volcanic rock glass with a smooth, shiny surface. It comes in various colors such as black, brown and snowflake look.
- Origin: Mexico, Iceland, USA, Japan.
- Properties: Protects against negative energies, promotes clarity and grounding. Helps to release deep-seated emotional blockages.
- Description: Opal is a gemstone with a unique play of colors known as “opalescence”. It comes in different colors such as white, black, blue and fire opal.
- Origin: Australia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Brazil.
- Properties: Stands for creativity, inspiration and self-confidence. Helps to intensify feelings and develop one’s own creativity.
P
- Description: Peridot is a light green gemstone that belongs to the olivine group. Its green color is retained even in artificial light.
- Origin: USA, Pakistan, China, Egypt.
- Properties: Symbolizes prosperity and growth. Supports the clarification of feelings and promotes a positive attitude to life.
- Description: Prehnite is a pale green to yellowish stone with a slightly translucent, resinous surface.
- Origin: South Africa, Australia, China, France.
- Properties: Promotes unconditional love and peace. Helps to open the heart and stands for spiritual harmony.
Q
- Description: Quartz is one of the most common gemstones and occurs in many different colors and shapes. It is a hard mineral with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and often forms large crystals. The best-known varieties are rock crystal, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz and citrine.
- Origin: Worldwide (Brazil, USA, Russia, Switzerland, India, Madagascar).
- Properties: Quartz is known as a versatile healing stone that promotes clarity, harmony and positive energy. Each variety of quartz has its own specific properties, such as the promotion of love (rose quartz), protection (smoky quartz) or spiritual growth (amethyst).
R
- Description: Rose quartz is a light pink to strong pink quartz that is often translucent.
- Origin: Brazil, USA, India, South Africa.
- Properties: Stands for love, compassion and harmony. Promotes emotional healing and self-love. Often used as a heart stone.
- Description: Ruby is a red variety of corundum and one of the most valuable gemstones. The red color is caused by chromium impurities.
- Origin: Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mozambique.
- Properties: Stands for passion, courage and joie de vivre. Helps to increase your own energy and vitality.
S
- Description: Sapphire is a blue variety of corundum that gets its color from iron and titanium impurities. It is also available in other colors such as yellow, pink and green.
- Origin: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Madagascar, Thailand.
- Properties: Represents wisdom, loyalty and inner strength. Helps to promote mental clarity and provide protection from negative influences.
- Description: Emerald is a green variety of beryl whose color comes from chromium and vanadium impurities.
- Origin: Colombia, Zambia, Brazil, Afghanistan.
- Properties: Stands for love, harmony and clarity. Promotes growth and inner peace.
- Description: Spinel occurs in various colors such as red, blue, black and violet and is often confused with ruby.
- Origin: Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam.
- Properties: Stands for relaxation and rejuvenation. Promotes determination and letting go of negative feelings.
T
- Description: Tiger’s eye is a variety of quartz with a golden-brown, silky shimmer, which is created by the incorporation of iron.
- Origin: South Africa, India, Australia, USA.
- Properties: Stands for courage, protection and mental clarity. Promotes concentration and inner balance.
- Description: Topaz comes in different colors, from yellow to blue to pink and colorless.
- Origin: Brazil, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Russia.
- Properties: Stands for truth and forgiveness. Supports emotional balance and communication.
- Description: Tourmaline comes in many colors such as black, green, pink and multicolored. Each color has its own meaning and energy.
- Origin: Brazil, Afghanistan, USA, Mozambique.
- Properties: Stands for protection and healing. Supports the balance between body, mind and soul.
- Description: Turquoise is a blue to greenish gemstone, often interspersed with black veins.
- Origin: Iran, USA, Mexico, China.
- Properties: Protects against negative energies, promotes communication and self-confidence. Often used as a protective stone.
U
- Description: Unakite is a green-pink rock consisting of feldspar, epidote and quartz. The combination of colors gives it an unmistakable appearance.
- Origin: USA, South Africa, Brazil, China.
- Properties: Promotes emotional healing and balance between body and mind. Helps to heal old wounds and find inner strength. Supports meditation and mindfulness.
- Description: Uvarovite is a rare green garnet that fascinates with its emerald-like color. It usually forms small, shiny crystals.
- Origin: Russia, Finland, Canada, Poland.
- Properties: Stands for growth, abundance and prosperity. Promotes emotional balance and spiritual growth. Supports the achievement of personal goals and strengthens self-confidence.
V
- Description: Variscite is a green to turquoise colored gemstone with an often translucent to matt surface. The color is determined by traces of chromium and vanadium.
- Origin: USA, Germany, Australia, Brazil.
- Properties: Promotes hope, courage and inner peace. Supports emotional healing and helps to reduce stress and anxiety. Often used as a meditation stone.
- Description: Vesuvianite, also known as idocras, is a mostly green gemstone that can also occur in yellow, brown or blue. It has a high light refraction and intense coloration.
- Origin: Italy, Canada, Russia, USA.
- Properties: Stands for clarity, inner strength and personal development. Promotes determination and helps to make decisions. Often worn as a protective stone to ward off negative energies.
W
- Description: Wulfenite is a rare, mostly orange to reddish gemstone that is easy to recognize due to its square crystals. It can also occur in yellow and brown tones.
- Origin: Mexico, USA, Austria, Morocco.
- Properties: Promotes creativity, determination and courage. Helps to release blockages and break new ground. Supports concentration and decision-making.
- Description: Water opal is a transparent to translucent variety of opal with a slightly bluish or greenish shimmer. In contrast to other opals, it has a rather subtle play of colors.
- Origin: Mexico, Australia, USA, Brazil.
- Properties: Promotes serenity, emotional healing and self-expression. Helps to find inner balance and release emotional blockages. Supports meditation practice.
X
- Description: Xenotime is a rare gemstone that is often yellow to brown in color. It is a phosphate mineral that contains yttrium.
- Origin: Brazil, Canada, Norway, USA.
- Properties: Stands for clarity, wisdom and inner guidance. Helps with focus and supports spiritual growth. Promotes the ability to recognize inner truth and make decisions.
- Description: Xylopal is fossilized wood that has been replaced by silicon dioxide, giving it an opalescent effect. It can occur in various colors, from yellow to brown to green.
- Origin: USA, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil.
- Properties: Stands for grounding, protection and inner stability. Helps to accept one’s past and release emotional blockages. Promotes inner peace and serenity.
Y
- Description: Yttrium fluorite is a special variety of fluorite that takes on a deep purple to yellowish color due to the addition of yttrium.
- Origin: Germany, USA, China, Mexico.
- Properties: Stands for wisdom, concentration and clarity. Supports spiritual development and meditation. Promotes self-awareness and the expression of feelings.
Z
- Description: Zircon is a gemstone that occurs in various colors such as colorless, blue, green, yellow and brown. It is often used as an alternative to diamonds as it has a high brilliance and excellent light refraction.
- Origin: Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia.
- Properties: Stands for protection, wisdom and success. Promotes clarity of mind and supports spiritual growth. Protects against negative energies and promotes joie de vivre.