Scientifically, crystals are the most orderly structure that exists in nature, meaning they have the lowest amount of entropy (a measurement of disorder). Crystals are structured in such a way that they respond to the inputs of the different energies around them, so they oscillate, emitting specific vibratory frequencies. Due to the way they are balanced, the frequencies they emit, and their ability to store a tremendous amount of information, crystals are an essential component of modern technologies. This is why there are crystals in computers, TVs, cell phones, satellites, and so on. People have been attracted to crystals & gemstones since the dawn of time for burial rites, divination practices, healing rituals, spiritual advancement, and even simply as decoration to connote power. Our ancestors intuitively knew that when worn, the energies of the stones would interact with the human electromagnetic field to bring about energetic changes. People gravitate towards vortexes (where energy is either entering into the earth or projecting out of the earth’s plane) like Stonehenge and Sedona because these ancient and massive magical rocks sit on top of energetic ley lines—making them, in effect, an energy portal or place of power. For millennia, gemstones & crystals have been used to heal, restore, and enhance physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual balance.
Many different crystals & gemstones are used in my Bohemian Zen creations - those currently available are marked with an *. Stones used predominately are marked ** Stone availability changes day by day. My preference is to use stones from Fair Trade sellers where possible, sellers that ensure the stones are obtained in an eco-friendly and ethical manner. (This list is updated often).
- AFRICAN OPAL JASPER** ~ African Opal Jasper is a calming, soothing purifying stone. It encourages emotional healing and activates and stabilizes the Heart Chakra. It is said to be used to see all sides of a situation and surmise a variety of possibilities. It can cultivate creativity, insight and inspiration. The blue variety of African Opal helps promote inner peace, alignment of the physical and light bodies and aids in emotional healing and clarity.
- AFRICAN TURQUOISE** ~ The “Stone of Evolution.” It encourages growth and development to foster positive change from within. It opens the mind to new ideas and endless possibilities. African Turquoise is a stone that inspires structure and balance to awaken one to their intended purpose. African Turquoise is a type of jasper found in Africa. ... Enhancing its role as a Turquoise substitute is its matrix, which also resembles Turquoise.
- AGATE** ~ Agate is a grounding stone with a cleansing effect, bringing balance and harmony to the mind, body and spirit. Gives courage and strength and facilitates acceptance of yourself. Known as the Protection & Courage Stone.
- AMAZONITE** ~ Amazonite contributes to the development of intuition and encourages communication. Emits strong soothing energy, helping to dissipate worry, fear and anger and helps to balance your mood. Also helps to protect against electromagnetic waves produced by electronics.
- AMBER ~ Amber is technically not a gemstone or mineral, but a fossilized sap from prehistoric trees that has aged over the course of millions of years. A natural purifier, esteemed for its ability to draw pain and dis-ease from the physical body, as well as the mind and spirit, by absorbing negative or stagnant energies and transforming them into clear, positive energy.
- AMETHYST** ~ Amethyst offers protection, brings clarity of mind and promotes discovering inner wisdom. It stimulates inspiration, intuition and contributes to finding deep inner peace. It is a great stone for meditation.
- AMETHYST SAGE AGATE ~ Assists one in overcoming the sources of guilt, resentment, envy, shame, blame and other self-destructive emotions. It can help one become more loving towards themselves and others.
- ANGELITE ~ Has a peaceful, calming energy. Useful in connecting with angels and spirit guides. Stimulates the birth of psychic gifts and aids in channeling and mediumship. Strong communication stone and an extremely helpful healing crystal.
- APATITE ~ The Madagascar Stone, Can mystically stimulate the thoughts and ideas. Used in conjunction with meditation to increase intellect, imagination, and intuitive and psychic awareness. Helps maintain focus, learn, concentrate effectively, think clearly, and communicate better.
- AQUAMARINE**~ Aquamarine is a wonderful stone for meditation and diminishing stress, fear and anxiety. It clears away toxicity and brings inner peace. The word itself is derived from latin where "aqua" means water and "marine" means of the sea.
- AURORA BOREALIS OBSIDIAN ~ Powerful in meditation to dissolve shock, fear or barriers. Expands consciousness, sharpens the senses and can help you delve deep into mysterious phenomena and experiences.
- AVENTURINE* ~ Aventurine brings comfort and balance and calms emotional stress. Aventurine helps clear negativity, encourage harmony & a renewed zest for life.
- BASALT ~ Lake Superior Basalt is a Stone of strength, courage and stability. Helps to diminish the negative aspects of one’s character.
- BINGHAMITE ~ Carries a delightfully gentle and dream-like energy. Fosters a healthy balance between body, mind, and spirit. Promotes calmness and serenity. Reduces negative emotions such as hostility, irritation, and anger.
- BLACK QUARTZ* ~ Black Quartz has very strong grounding properties as well as the banishment of negative energies from the environment.
- BLACK TOURMALINE* ~ Black Tourmaline is considered among the top protective stones. It can help with grounding and create a shield against harmful electromagnetic fields. Place this stone near your electronic devices and gadgets to protect you from EMF frequencies. Place it in your house or workplace to protect you from the negative vibration of others, or any form of potentially harmful intentions that might be directed toward you.
- BLOODSTONE* ~ Excellent for centering and grounding. Helps with calming, particularly in survival situations. Brings mystical energies of increasing adaptability and organization. Lessens confusion, stress, and anxiety. A stone of courage, bringing mental, physical and emotional renewal by releasing blocked energy. A stone of strength and vitality. It can be used to bring mental clarity and focus to a previously scattered event, experience or life in general.
- BRECCIATED OPAL JASPER ~ A stone of strength and vitality. It can be used to bring mental clarity and focus to a previously scattered event, experience or life in general. Brecciated Jasper stimulates the base and sacral chakras and removes negativity from any space, returning it to its original source.
- BRAZILIAN AGATE* ~ Stone of protection and courage. Agate is a grounding stone with a cleansing effect, bringing balance and harmony to the mind, body and spirit. Gives courage and strength and facilitates acceptance of yourself.
- BRONZITE: Bronzite is linked with restoring harmony deep within so that your mind-body-spirit flows with the natural rhythm of the universe. Bronzite is one of the most powerful stones for alleviating feelings of self-doubt. Remove insecurity and never let self-defeating thoughts hold you captive when you access the bold and robust energy of Bronzite. When the mind is at peace, your self-confidence will flourish, leading you on a path to fulfilling your dreams. Keep Bronzite close by and let it serve as a reminder that inner peace is a sign of your commitment to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt.
- BROWN ZEBRA JASPER* ~ A comforting stone, can help with issues involving the aura and chakras. Working very slowly, Jaspers are thought to help people bring their ideas to fruition by enhancing determination. When you want to perform higher spiritual work but stay earth connected (readers, mediums, healers), this is the stone to use.
- CARNELIAN** ~ Carnelian is a stone of courage, it instills self-confidence and encourages standing up for oneself. Helps to banish negative emotions, awakens inner joy and brings the wearer pleasure and comfort. Carnelian is an energy booster that spreads joy by burning away stuck and impure energies.
- CAT'S EYE* ~ Natural Cat's Eye is Chrysoberyl. It exhibits a chatoyancy which is formed from fibrous inclusions or cavities within the stone. ... Cat's Eye dispels unwanted energy from the aura. It amplifies good luck and fortune. Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye transforms negative thoughts into positive energy.
- CHALCEDONY** ~ Chalcedony instills a sense of belonging and encourages kindness and generosity toward others. It is a protective and cleansing stone, it absorbs negative energy and dissipates it to prevent it from moving into your being. BLUE CHALCEDONY stimulates the throat chakra. Helps to stimulate awareness of ones' feelings, desires and needs. Specifically, Pink Chalcedony inspires empathy and active listening and understanding so that you can overcome difficulties.
- CHAROITE ~ Stone of inspiration, bringing enhanced creativity, spiritual growth, and showing new possibilities even in old situations. Enhances or bring courage, inner strength, and appropriate assertiveness.
- CHERRY QUARTZ* ~ Cherry Quartz is a man-made "stone" which is actually glass. Pink is one of the colors of the Heart Chakra.
- CHERT ~ Chert improves humor and has a calming influence. Helps redirect energy and is a stone of protection and healing. Aids memory and helps to find lost items. Enhances serenity and brings peaceful sleep.
- CITRINE* ~ Citrine is known to attract wealth, abundance and prosperity. It favors the expression of individuality and stimulates the desire for change and new experiences.
- CHRYSOCOLLA* is a stone of harmony, on a universal level. It can be used to purify a place or remove negativity from a person. It is a very gentle stone and its energy works in a gentle, harmonious way. It can help ease fear, anxiety, and guilt, and bring hope.
- CHRYSOTINE* ~ A stone of good fortune, luck and healing. It attracts your hearts desires. It helps to release anything that holds you back including bad habits.
- CLADOPORA FOSSIL ~ A spiritual stone, deeply connected to the earth, home and the events of one's past. A survival stone, one of strength and protection. Ancient life held within its form lends the power of wisdom and healing.
- CLEAR QUARTZ** ~ Clear Quartz is known to be the most popular crystal for healing. It's nickname is the "master healer." It is used to cleanse, focus and amplify energy levels in the body. It helps to realign and focus the mind, body and spirit toward clear goals. Harmonizes all the chakras.
- COPPER* ~ Known as the lucky metal, as well as the healing metal. It is the conductor of the spiritualist's belief system.Copper conducts spiritual energy back and forth between individuals, crystals, auras, the mind and the spirit world. ... Any stone with Copper, in or around it, is said to have enhanced properties.
- CRAZY LACE AGATE** ~ Crazy Lace Agate is an excellent emotional healing stone, with strong metaphysical properties. Its energy resonates within the throat chakra bringing a lovely sense of tranquility, as it alleviates anger and nervous tension. It is a soothing and nurturing stone, that will bring you calmness and peace of mind.
- CRINOID FOSSIL** ~ A spiritual stone, deeply connected to the earth, home and the events of one's past. A survival stone, one of strength and protection. Ancient life held within its form lends the power of wisdom and healing.
- Dzi bead (Tib. གཟི།; pronounced "zee"; alternative spelling: gzi) is a type of stone bead of uncertain origin worn as part of a necklace and sometimes as a bracelet. In several Asian Cultures including that of Tibet, the bead is considered to provide positive spiritual benefit. These beads are generally prized as protective amulets and are sometimes ground into a powder to be used in traditional Tibetan medicine. Beads subject to this process have small "dig marks" where a portion of the bead has been scraped or ground away to be included in the medicine. Some dzi exhibit grinding and polishing of one or both ends, again the result of reduction for use in traditional Tibetan medicine or, in some cases, due to the bead's use as a burnishing tool in the application of gold leaf to thanka paintings or gilt bronze statuary. The most highly prized dzi beads are those of ancient age, made of natural Agate. The original source of these beads is a mystery. While the traditional, ancient-style beads are greatly preferred, new modern-made dzi are gaining popularity among Tibetans.
- FELDSPAR ~ Stone of creativity and is good for Astral travel. Helps find unconventional and exciting ways to reach our goals. Supports in issues relating to self-awareness and self-love. Assists in finding misplaced items.
- FIRE AGATE** ~ Fire Agate has a deep connection to the earth and brings strong grounding energy. It calms, bringing security and trust, and support in difficult times. Its protective properties build a shield around the body against ill-wishes, returning the harm back to its source, so the source may understand its effects.
- GARNET** ~ Garnet helps to balance the mind and body and is associated with the Root Chakra. It is also known to attract happiness, wealth and blessings.
- GOLDSTONE* (Blue) ~ Goldstone is a man-made "stone" with thousands of copper flecks throughout. It is believed to enhance your inner journey, increasing drive, confidence and a positive attitude. Blue Goldstone vibrates at the frequencies of new beginnings and balance. Associated with the Throat Chakra, it encourages acceptance of who we are, to express authenticity and no longer deny our truth. Blue Goldstone is associated with the metaphysical properties of Copper.