Crystals D-K

Dandurite

Color: Colorless, though Occasionally Gold or Pink.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 7
System: Orthorhombic
Origins: Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Switzerland, and United States.
Healing: Activates and Cleanses Physical Energies, Speeds up Thought Processes and Boosts our Intuition, and Understanding Emotional Development. Transforms our Awareness, making us more Sensitive to the Unseen Levels of Creation.
Magical Attributes: Brings events quickly to a Resolution and Gives a Positive Boost to all Situations.

A rare but widely distributed mineral of Dolomire deposit, Danburite derives its name for its main source in Danbury Connecticut. Although occasionally golden or pink, the mineral resembles water-clear Topaz. Danburite crystals are typically slender and chisel-tipped, with a sparkly brilliance and clarity. Its form suggest one of its main functions; like a chisel, it chips away at obstacles, helping us to achieve our goals.

Desert Rose

Color: Brown, Brownish Yellow, Gray, and White.
Luster: Very Rough
Hardness: 2
System: Rosette Clusters
Origins: Anywhere Arid and Dry.
Healing: Carries a Gentle, Calming, and Rejuvenating Energy that can help to Relieve Stress while Enhancing your Willpower. A wonderful crystal to Meditate with to help bring Clarity of the Mind and Cleanse the Energy of your body.
Magical Attributes: Protects from Blame and Harm.

Desert Rose is the colloquial name given to rose-like formations of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte which include abundant sand grains. The “petals” are crystals flattened on the c crystallographic axis, fanning open in radiating flattened crystal clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a shallow salt basin. Desert Rose may also be known by the names: Sand Rose, Rose Rock, Selenite Rose, Gypsum Rose, and Baryte (Barite) Rose. Desert Rose symbolizes all things that are possible, they are said to be carved by the spirits of the American Indians. They enhance love and teamwork; they tell you to go for your dreams without restraint and helping to dissolve self-imposed restrictions and programs holding you back. Desert Roses can be used to strengthen affirmation of purpose in your life.

Diamond

Color: Blue, Colorless, Green, Pink, or Yellow.
Luster: Vitreous to Adamantine
Hardness: 10
System: Cubic
Origins: Australia, Siberia, and South Africa.
Healing: Acts as a Powerful Detoxifier on all levels; so powerful you may need to use other, calming stones to modify its actions.
Magical Attributes: Permanence, Perseverance, Perfecting of Self, Promotes Personal Growth, Represents Invincible Strength, Resilience, Signifies Honor and Pure Intention, Spiritual Lessons, Strengthens Friendships, and Withstand Adversity. Protects from Evil, Disease and Plagues.

In Medieval Italy, the diamond was known as the stone of reconciliation and was believed to prevent and resolve marital disputes. A diamond set in gold and worn on the left arm is said to protect one in battle, to ensure victory and to bestow courage and strength and to drive away any “nocturnal spectres” including the devil. Worn on the left hand, a diamond is said to protect against evil and bad luck generally and bring luck to the wearer. If you look too long at a diamond, it will confuse you and dazzle your mind. If a diamond is worn by a sinner, or someone untrustworthy, its magical energies will be weakened. A diamond’s magical energy works best if the diamond is given freely as a gift to the one who is using it. Diamonds may be used in combination with other stones to intensify their energies, particularly for healing.

Diopside

Color: Black, Dark Green, or Green (occasionally Blue, Colorless, or Yellow).
Luster: Vitreous to Dull.
Hardness: 6
System: Monoclinic
Origins: Austria, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Finland, India, Italy, Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and United States.
Healing: Helps us to see the best in things, Increases a Sense of Self-Worth, Releases Deeply Entrenched Stress, and Restores Energy after Chronic Illness.
Magical Attributes: Associated with Magic and the Unconscious, Represents the Power of the Dark Moon, and Reveals Hidden Things.

Diopside is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals, common in calcium-rich metamorphic rocks. Crystals are fairly rare – they are usually found as granular aggregates. The finest and most precious forms of Diopside is the “Black Moonstone”, which when cut as a cabochon shows a Star of Light (asterism) or a Cat’s Eye (chatoyancy). Traditionally, Black Moonstone offers protection form harmful influences and the “Evil Eye”. Diopsides of all types stimulate new cycles of growth and healing from deep within the body. They can also begin to reverse negative emotional and mental states.

Dioptase

Colors: Viridian (Deep Blue-Green).
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 5
System: Trigonal
Origins: Argentina, Congo-Brazzaville, Kazakhstan, Namibia, and United States.
Healing: Clears away outworn behavior patterns and Nourishes the Heart Chakra.
Magical Attributes: Brings Clear Vision and Penetrating Insight. Stimulates Change and Growth.

This striking crystal is a Copper silicate found in veins of Copper oxidized by air and water. Dioptase is relatively soft for a gemstone but it has great “fire”, that is, it has a remarkable dispersal of light rays and play of colors, so that transparent stones are highly regarded and rare. The intense green color stimulates all levels of body, mind, and spirit, particularly enhancing subtle perception and psychic abilities. Dioptase is also an appropriate stone to use when initiating new projects and stages of growth. You may find that its rapid cleansing action is best administered in small doses – hold or wear the stone for only a few minutes at a time, especially if close to the Heart Chakra.

Dumortierite

Color: Light Blue to Dark Blue to Violet, usually with dark speckles and Brown and Pink areas.
Luster: Silky
Hardness: 7
System: Orthorhombic
Origins: Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Madagascar, Namibia, Nevada, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, and Sri Lanka.
Healing: Cultivates Patience, Promotes Subtle Understanding and Easy Flow, and Slows down Aggravated and Irritated Energies. Creates Detachment, allowing us to Maintain Personal Equilibrium.
Magical Attributes: Express Spiritual Ideas, Resolves Opposing Points of Views, and Understand Hidden Meanings.

An unusual and attractive stone, Dumortierite has a variegated coloring that suggests an easy movement between disparate conditions and states. It is found in metamorphic rocks rich in Aluminum and in some pegmatites, and is often inter-grown with Quartz. The best quality stones come from Nevada. This gemstone rarely forms large crystals, so is cut into cabochons and ornaments. Dumortierite will not melt (it is used in industry for lining furnaces): in healing, the stone’s steadfastness helps us to maintain our equilibrium.

Emerald

Color: Bright Green
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 8
System: Hexagonal
Origins: Brazil, Colombia, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa.
Healing: Assuages Hidden Fears and Anxieties and Effective as a Force for Meditation.
Magical Attributes: Encourages Honesty, Foresight, Learning, Memory, Prophecy, Prosperity, Protection, Reveals the Truth, Speeds the Cleansing and Purification Process, and Success. Bolsters Love, Friendship, and Attachment.

Emerald is the precious green variety of the mineral Beryl. It forms in granite and pegmatite rocks, taking its color from additional chromium and vanadium atoms. The range of colors goes from a plastic-looking milky grass-green to the richest of transparent greens like deep woods in springtime. It is no wonder that Emerald has always has a magical association with the plant kingdom and with fertility and abundance.

Epidote

Color: Black, Brown, Green, and Pistachio Green.
Luster: Dull to Vitreous.
Hardness: 6 - 7
System: Monoclinic
Origins: Alaska, Austria, Brazil, Norway, Peru, and Switzerland.
Healing: Achieve Goals, Enables us to Accumulate Strength on all levels, Practical Energy, Provides Grounding, Steadies the Emotions, and Strengthen the Structure of the Body. Helps to Dissolve Grief, Sadness, Self-Pity, and Sorrow.
Magical Attributes: Encourage Recovery and Regeneration after a Severe Illness. Establishes, Develops, and Supports. Suggests Practical ways to Succeed.

Almost identical in structure and appearance to Tourmaline, Epidote was not identified as a different mineral until the early part of the 20th century. One way in which it certainly does differ from Tourmaline is in its comparatively small range of colors, the most popular of which being a yellow-green reminiscent of pistachio nuts (and so called pistacite). Good sources of Epidote are Austria, Sri Lanka, Alaska, and Peru. In healing, Epidote is valued for its sturdy, buttressing energy.

Fire Agate

Color: Blue, and Yellow-Red.
Luster: Dull, Greasy, Silky, Vitreous, and Waxy.
Hardness: 6 - 7
System: Monoclinic and Trigonal.
Origins: Certain areas of Central and Northern Mexico, and Southwestern United States.
Healing: Helps overcome Addiction.
Magical Attributes: Courage, Enhancing Vigor, Positive Thinking, Protection, and Strength.

Fire Agate is the stone of Courage, Protection, Strength, Enhancing Vigor, and Positive Thinking. It has a deep connection to the earth, bringing safety and security with its calming energy. Fire Agate promotes initiative, commitment, and understanding. It helps alleviate fears and reflects harm away. It helps to eliminate cravings, addictions, and destructive desires.

Flint

Color: Black, Blue-Gray, or Grey.
Luster: Dull to Vitreous.
Hardness: 7
System: Triclinic
Origins: Global
Healing: Enables us to Assimilate Information. Enlivens Chakras and Subtle Bodies.
Magical Attributes: Protects us against nightmares. Traditionally believed to Divert Harm and Increase our Knowledge of Earth.

Flint is a variety of Quartz mixed with chalcedony, which was formed by sea fungi and silica-rich shells laid down in ancient oceans. When broken, flint has very sharp edges, which made it useful to our ancestors for tools and weapons. It was also used for making fires as striking flint creates sparks. Often ignored as a plain, unappealing stone, flint represents humankind’s long and ingenious association with the technologies and the magic of stone, and reminds us that the beauty of an object is not only in its appearance, but in its potential uses. Natural flint resembles bone and so became associated with ancestors and Earth Spirits. No stone can give us a deeper feeling for our history.

Fluorite

Color: Blue, Clear, Green, Purple, and Yellow.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 4
System: Cubic
Origins: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.
Healing: Facilitates Assimilation of New Ideas and Understanding of Fine Levels of Awareness. Helps to Maintain Physical Skills and Improve Dexterity and Balance.
Magical Attributes: Focus, Intuition, Promotes Healing, and Understanding. The Focus of the Healing may be Emotional, Physical, Spiritual, etc., depending upon the color of the Fluorite.

Fluorite promotes Focus, Intuition, and Understanding. It helps to bring chaos into order, promoting stability, free thinking, and clear unbiased reasoning. Fluorite is excellent for the advancement of the mind, aiding in meditation and inter-dimensional communication. It is a highly protective stone, especially on a psychic level and from outside influences. Fluorite draws away negative energy and stress, cleansing, and purifying the body.

Fossils

Color: Black, Brown, Gray, Tan, and White.
Luster: Dull and Rough.
Hardness: 4 – 4.5
System: Organic
Origins: Global
Healing: Grounds, Stabilizes, and Steadies the Life-Force. Restore Order and Pattern to Disharmonious States.
Magical Attributes: Accept Change, Contentment, Control, Protection, Security, Stability, and Strength.

Many Fossils with striking patters and shapes have been regarded as protective and powerful talismans for thousands of years. All Fossils, regardless of their appearance, can be used to heal. Different types of Fossils have different magical properties and attributes:

Ammonites: Ancient sea creature shells forming expanding spirals with complex surface patterns. Strengthen the chakra system and helps us to accept change and the cycle of time.

Sea Urchins: Heart-shaped fossil with five-pointed star on top “sand dollar”. Encourages coordinated activities, and protects delicate sensibilities.

Dinosaur Bones: Fragments of once dominant giant reptiles. Brings assurance and confidence. Gives security and strength, and enables us to control circumstances.

Plants: Imprinted plant matter. Provides us with continued sustenance of the sun’s energy. Brings contentment, enables us to absorb life-energy, and gives us “breathing space".

Garnet

Color: All Colors, Dark Green, Red-Brown, Red or Green, Red-Orange, and Red-Purple or Black-Brown.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 7 – 7.5
System: Cubic
Origins: Kenya, Madagascar, Russia, Tanzania, Turkey, and United States.
Healing: The color will tend to determine healing. However, all Garnets speed up healing processes. All Garnet brings a Fiery, Warming Energy.
Magical Attributes: Healing, Imagination, Love, Protects against Theft and Illness while Travelling, Purifies, and Strength.

Garnet is formed from complex mixtures of minerals resulting in a wide range of colors and compositions. However, it is with the color red that the stone is usually associated. Indeed, the name “Garnet” is thought to come from the Latin word for pomegranate, the seeds of which resemble small pieces of red Garnet. It is believed that Garnet will help brighten dark souls and bring hope to people who need it. Garnet will protect its wearer from baneful energies and will send those energies back to where they came from. Garnet will protect from gossip and if you're being lied about Garnet will send those lies back to the person responsible. Whenever you hear unwholesome remarks or feel threatened, place this stone between your source of your trouble and the energy will bounce right back to them.

Haematite

Color: Metallic Gray-Black or Reddish-Black.
Luster: Dull or Metallic.
Hardness: 5 - 6
System: Trigonal
Origins: Africa and United States.
Healing: Anchors Us, Boosts Self-Esteem, Energizes all Aspects of Mind and Body, and Grounds.
Magical Attributes: Conveys Power and Invulnerability, and Protects Against all Harm.

This commonly occurring mineral has a high Iron content. Usually found in rounded, kidney-shaped lumps, it was dug out of the world’s first mines in Africa. It can be used to make a red pigment, which was one sought after as a sacred substance. Of all grounding stones, Haematite is the most useful for bringing our awareness to the here and now. In an exceedingly small proportion of people, however, it has the opposite effect: in these cases, the reflective polished surface opens awareness to the hidden, magical worlds of spirits.

Halite (Rock Salt)

Color: Blue, Brown, Dark Blue, Gray, Light Blue, Orange, Pink, Red, White, and Yellow.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 2
System: Cubic
Origins: Australia, France, Islamabad, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, and United States.
Healing: Helps Stabilize the Emotions.
Magical Attributes: Deflects Negative Influences and Protects from Evil Forces.

Halite is the name given to Rock Salt. The Halite crystals found today were formed during dry, hot periods of prehistory when ancient inland seas evaporated. Halite is often found alongside other mineral evaporates, such as Gypsum. Mined since the earliest part of the Stone Age, Salt has long been a valuable commodity. As well as being an essential element of the human diet (in moderation) and an effective preservative, Halite crystals are a powerful healer. However, they are highly absorbent, so they must be handled and stored carefully.

Heliodor

Color: Lemon-Yellow and Yellow, sometimes with a Blush tinge.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 7.5 - 8
System: Hexagonal
Origins: Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar, Namibia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and United States.
Healing: Brings Clarity and Furthers Understanding, Enables better use of Energy Reserves, Encourages Optimism, and Soothes Anxieties and Worries.
Magical Attributes: Brings Intentions to Fruition and Symbolizes Fresh Starts.

This clean, bright stone is the yellow variety of Beryl, colored by Iron. It is often found with Quartz and Albite. Its name derives from the Greek words “Helion” and “Doron”, and means “Gift of the Sun”. And like a bright early morning, Heliodor has a cleansing, opening energy. It is particularly good clearing away outworn ideas and unhelpful habits, and for resolving confusion. The stone’s energy is even lighter and fresher than that of good-quality Citrine or Lemon Quartz, making Heliodor well worth using as a healing crystal when you need to make important decisions or changes in your life.

Hematite

Color: Metallic Gray-Black or Red.
Luster: Dull and Metallic.
Hardness: 5 - 6
System: Trigonal
Origins: Africa
Healing: Anchors, Boosts Self-Energizes all Aspects of Mind and Body, Esteem, and Grounds.
Magical Attributes: Absorbs Negativity, Gives Protection, and Helps Relieve Grief or Pain.

Hematite is a grounding and protective stone that energies and vitalizes and physical body. It promotes optimism, determination, courage, self-esteem, and willpower, helping you to magnetize what you genuinely want and to strive for improvement. Hematite harmonizes the mind, body, and spirit, helping to dissolve negativity.

Iolite

Color: Blue-Gray, Brown, Violet, or Violet-Blue.
Luster: Greasy to Vitreous.
Hardness: 7
System: Orthorhombic
Origins: Brazil, India, Madagascar, Myanmar (Burma), and Sri Lanka.
Healing: Encourages Understanding and Acceptance of the Duality of Existence. Enhances feelings of Sympathy and Empathy – both in us for others and in others for us. Helps us to decide when other people do or do not need our help.
Magical Attributes: Combines Science and Magic, Logic, and Imagination. Enables us to Consider a Situation from all Angles.

Also known as :Water Sapphire”, Iolite is similar in color to Sapphire – a translucent, violet-blue – but from some angles it shows brownish-yellow or pale, blue-gray. It is fairly common and found in sedimentary gneiss. As a crystal that changes color depending on the angle from which you view it, Iolite has the ability to reveal new perspective.

Iron Quartz

Color: Orange and Red-Brown.
Luster: Dull to Vitreous.
Hardness: 7
System: Trigonal
Origins: Madagascar
Healing: Grounding us in the here and now. Helps Restore Energy and a Sense of Well-Being.
Magical Attributes: Accesses the Hidden Energy of Nature, Encourages Practical, Effective Action, and Reveals, or makes more Tangible, Fine, or Subtle Energies.

Also known as Ferruginous Quartz, Iron Quartz is found where Quartz has crystallized in the presence of Iron oxides. It can look just like dirty, stained, brownish-gray rock crystal, but sometimes the color becomes a vibrant brick-red or range. With its combination of 2 important minerals, Iron Quartz is a powerful healing crystal. It brings together the supernatural clarity of rock Quartz and the earthy blood-red iron. Even small, dull Iron Quartz crystals suggest this intermingling or earthy and spiritual energies.

Jade

Color: Blue-ish, Gray, Green, and White.
Luster: Greasy
Hardness: 6.5 - 7
System: Microcrystalline and Monoclinic.
Origins: Canada, China, Guatemala, Korea, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.
Healing: Balances the Heart Chakra, Enhances the ability to Act Appropriately and Effectively, Increases a sense of belonging, and Relaxing on a deeper level.
Magical Attributes: Clarity of Mind, Connection to Spirit, Courage, Good Fortune, Inner Peace Balance, Promotes the Perfection of Self, Serenity, Unconditional Love, and Wisdom.

Jade is a powerful emotional balancer, nurturing and bringing peace and purity into your life, removing negative thoughts and energy. It radiates the divine, promoting unconditional love, serenity, clarity of mind, courage, and wisdom. Jade is believed to be stone of luck, prosperity, and friendship. It can enhance your dreams, allowing you to awaken hidden knowledge and become who you really are. It is a protective stone that keeps you from harm.

Jasper

Color: Brown, Green, Red, and Yellow.
Luster: Dull to Vitreous.
Hardness: 6 - 7
System: Trigonal
Origins: Global
Healing: Encourages Enthusiasm and Drive, Gently Grounding (especially the red and brown varieties), Helps to Focus on the Practicalities of Life, Promotes Openness to New Ideas and Influences, and Flexibility.
Magical Attributes: Provides unique solutions to practical problems. Traditionally was believed to protect from effects of snake bites and other poisons.

Jasper is a type of Quartz colored by a variety of impurities. Haematite makes Jaspers red, Limonite makes them brown or yellow and Chlorite makes them green. Jasper has a long history, having been used to make amulets and ornaments for many centuries. Its modern name is thought to derive from the ancient Assyrian word for the stone, “Ashpu”. Not only was it often red, the revered color of life, but the endless variety of tone and pattern, and the fact that Jasper forms in massive, carvable blocks, made it a valuable commodity.

Jasper Polychronic

Color: Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, or Yellow, with White Streaks.
Luster: Dull to Vitreous
Hardness: 6 - 7
System: Hexagonal and Trigonal.
Origins: Global
Healing: Acts as a Steadying Anchor when Psychic Work is undertaken, Aiding in Recovery and Repair, Encourages Enthusiasm and Drive, Gently Grounds, Helps Focus on the Practicalities of Life, and Nurtures any Damaged Area of the Body.
Magical Attributes: Assist with Astral Travel, Flexibility, and Helps Promote Openness to New Ideas and Influences.

Polychronic Jasper is also known as Desert Jasper. It represents the earth and is a grounding stone that promotes stability and balance in life. It balances the vibrations and emotional energies of the body, and is very nurturing. It helps to bring balance between assertiveness and sensitivity, bringing tranquility and wholeness into your life, sustaining, and supporting in times of stress.

Jet

Color: Black and Dark Brown.
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 2.5
System: Amorphous
Origins: England, Poland, Spain, Turkey, and United States.
Healing: Activates Energy in the Spine, Calms the Mind, Comforted, Engenders Feelings of Being Safe, Lifts Feelings of Depression, and Protected.
Magical Attributes: Originating in Earth’s Ancient Forests, Jet allows us to See Beyond the Present Moment and Perceive Hidden Things. Highly Polished Jet can be used as a Scrying Mirror for Divination.

Jet is the waterlogged wood of prehistoric Monkey Puzzle trees, compacted by pressure under the sea and washed ashore when storms disturb its underwater beds. It was popularized in the 19th century by Queen Victoria, who wore Jet from Whitby, Yorkshire, in mourning for her husband, Prince Albert. Many dark, grounding stones originate deep within the planet as volcanic materials and so have a fiery, seething quality. Jet, on the other hand, is calm, cool, and balanced. It tends to be quite a gentle way to “return to oneself”. Working with Jet often feels somewhat like sitting beneath the ancient branches of a protective tree.

Kunzite

Color: Lilac Pink and Pink (Hiddenite is Green).
Luster: Vitreous
Hardness: 6.5 – 7.5
System: Monoclinic
Origins: Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar, Myanmar, and United States.
Healing: Creates a Space for Meditation, Enhances Self-Esteem, Helps to Override Negative, and Unhelpful Thought Patterns – Very Protective.
Magical Attributes: Balance, Brings Conflict to a Resolution, Communication, Counteracts Aggression, Creativity, Grounding, Peace, and Relaxation. Strengthens the Heart and Attunes us to Universal Love. Helps us to Understand other People.

This beautiful pink crystal, named after the American gemstone specialist G. F. Kunz, who discovered it as the start of the 20th century, is the most sought-after member of the Spodumene family ( to which the delicate green hidden Hiddenite also belongs). It forms long, straited prisms which can be opaque but are often deeply translucent or completely transparent. Kunzite’s color from a side view is pale, but looking down the length of the crystal, it deepens to an appealing pink violet. Occasionally, Spodumene crystals will contain areas of pink and green together.

Kyanite

Color: Blue to Blue-Black, Gray, Green, or White, sometimes streaked.
Luster: Mother of Pearl and Vitreous.
Hardness: 4 – 7 (depending on the direction of stress).
System: Triclinic
Origins: Brazil, Cambodia, Kenya, Myanmar, Russia, Switzerland, and United States.
Healing: Access to All Levels of Awareness, Aids Meditation and Access to All Levels of Awareness, Balances the Whole Being, Brings Tranquility and Quietness, Calms and Releases Blocked Emotions.
Magical Attributes: Acts as a Catalyst to Speed up other Processes, Aids Rapid Communication, and Makes Rapid links Between all Things.

Forming in thin, blade-like crystals that often radiate from a common center, Kyanite is found in metamorphic rock. The white or gray variety is called Rhaeticite. Kyanite is unusual in that its hardness depends on the direction in which a crystal is stressed (because of this, the stone is also known as Disthene, meaning :2 strengths”). It is rare of gem quality but is useful in industry for its resistance to heat and low electrical conduction. In healing, however, Kyanite is an excellent conductor of life-energy.