Semi - precious gems are said to have healing properties. Below is a list of the gems used in the jewellery with the properties they are said to have. Generally it is thought that the best way to choose a gem / crystal is to pick out the one that you are drawn to ie the first one that catches your eye or stands out.

Agate Good for Grounding and balancing and encouraging forgiveness. Supposed to alleviate stress and make you aware of your natural talents. It is also thought to help with accuracy in your work.

Amazonite improves self worth and promotes confidence. It calms one’s emotions and moods and soothes nerves. Amazonite enhances creativity. Amazonite boosts the immune system by helping blood flow and circulation. On the mental level, it is very relaxing, balancing and calming the mind, helping to alleviate stress (and, therefore, its physical symptoms) brought about by conscious worry or concern.

Amber as a healing stone is thought to help with stomach, spleen, liver, gall-bladder and kidney complaints, and nervousness. It is supposed to give the wearer a positive disposition and help their creativity.

Amethyst boosts intellectual energy, inspiration and creativity. Reducing tension on any level, amethyst is excellent in the cure and prevention of headaches and migraine. Amethyst can help you to make a “shift” – if you feel “stuck” on any level – physical, emotional, mental, and intellectual – or your spiritual state of consciousness. It will help you to clarify the goals in your life Amethyst guards against excess.

Aquamarine is a stone of courage dispelling fear and negativity, dissolving phobias, helping decision-making and reasoning. It is calming and relaxing, helping you to be more balanced and centred. This stone of courage can be wonderful for you if you are studying for exams as it helps to calm nerves and remove fear. Aquamarine has a very gentle energy, which helps to bring compassion, moderation, tolerance and responsibility into your life. It boosts intellect and learning. Physically, Aquamarine will help with fluid retention, swollen glands, sore throat, eye disorders (especially conjunctivitis), the stomach, joints and joint pain, kidney disorder, the lymphatic system and blood cleansing, fevers, jaundice and other liver disorders, balancing the thyroid gland and an overactive nervous system. It can be especially helpful in the treatment of neuralgia. Aquamarine makes life flow better and improves expression.

Aventurine is thought to attract wealth to your life, alleviate stress and balance your emotions in times of trauma.

Carnelian is said to protect the wearer from all negative emotions. A stone of ambition and drive, it is an excellent career stone and helpful in making choices and decisions. Self motivator carnelian is the most powerful action stone for focussing realization and self- actualization. Carnelian stimulates analytical capabilities and precision. Activates and energizes personal power. Revealing or discovering hidden talents by stimulating your curiosity and inquisitiveness. It helps one banish sorrow and protects against anger in self and others.

Chalcedony is often thought to encourage kindness, and friendly behaviour and it helps absorb negativity. It is also supposed to be useful if you lack stamina.

Fluorite comes from the Latin word to flow and is said to increase your intuition and awareness, help you to concentrate and make decisions on a less emotional basis. Supposed to help alleviate depression, disruptive behaviour and help team work. Good for colds, headaches, and insomnia.

Garnet is said to strengthen purify and regenerates bodily systems, especially the bloodstream. Stimulates pituitary gland. Aligns subtle bodies. Love, compassion, enhanced imagination. It is believed that if a garnet is put under a pillow it will cure depression. Garnets can be used to make a person popular and have self-esteem when worn as jewellery. It helps protect one on trips. Garnets bring constancy to friendships. Garnets are also known for stimulating success in business. They repels negativity, gives courage and confidence as well as enhancing imagination.

Jade Strengthens heart, kidneys, immune system. Helps cleanse blood. Increases longevity and fertility. Aids eye disorders and female problems. Powerful emotional balancer. Radiates divine unconditional love. Clarity, modesty, courage, justice, wisdom. Peaceful and nurturing. Dispels negativity. The stone of longevity, offers healing of the body and spirit, used to maintain a health and well-being.

Lapiz Lazuli Strengthens skeletal system. Activates thyroid gland. Releases tension and anxiety. Energizes Throat Chakra. Augments strength, vitality, virility. Facilitates opening of Chakras. mental clarity, illumination. Enhances psychic abilities and communication with Higher Self and Spirit Guides. Associated with the Third Eye and Throat Chakras. It enhances sixth sense abilities of gaining secret knowledge. Facilitates visualization of wearer and healing properties and improves communication. Brings harmony in friendships and helps the wearer feel able to state their opinions openly. It brings mental clarity and emotional healing.

Malachite - Aids functions of pancreas and spleen. Reduces stress and tension. Aids tissue regeneration. Strengthens heart, circulatory system, pineal and pituitary glands. Aids sleep. Vitalizing for body/mind. . Excellent balancer on all levels. Associated with Heart and Solar plexus Chakras. Assists in healing of emotions, brings peaceful sleep, brings extra power when used for divination purposes especially those pertaining to receiving one's hearts desire. Helps reduce feelings of guilt and clear the past. It can help in gaining insight into the cause of specific conditions such as relationships, resentments and anxiety so that you can release them. Also said to help with vertigo and a protective stone for those flying. It is also a stone of abundance and the stone of fidelity in love and friendships.

Moonstone is said to be a feminine stone and in harmony with the waxing and waning of the moon, promotes intuition and can enhance psychic abilities, opens the mind to higher levels of spirituality, balances stress especially hormone related disorders, pmt,conception, regulating the menstrual cycle and childbirth. In the Eastern cultures, Moonstone was believed to attract new love to you.

Pearl reduces over-sensitivity, peaceful. Symbolize charity, honesty, wisdom and integrity, all the best within us. Can stimulate femininity and help with self acceptance. They lift your spirits and make you feel calm and beautiful. They remind us to walk with dignity. Pearls not only provide a mirror in which to see ourselves, but give us insight into how we appear to others.

Peridot balances glandular system. Aids tissue regeneration. Has beneficial influence on heart, pancreas, spleen, liver, adrenals. Purifies body. Enhances bloodstream. Overall balancer and tonic for body/mind. Aligns subtle bodies. Increases intuitive awareness. Reduces stress. Stimulates the mind. Accelerates personal growth, opens new doors of opportunity. Associated with the Nave, Solar Plexus and Heart Chakras Extends patience and also used to attract wealth, abundance, increase happiness and well being Rhodonite used to stabilize emotions, sort out scattered feelings and helps create a more balanced attitude. Balances the heart chakra and can calm inner turmoil, induces self love. As a healing stone,it is a speedy wound healer and can aid arthritis.

Rose Quartz aids kidneys and circulatory system. Increases fertility. Eases sexual/emotional imbalances. Helps clear stored anger, resentment, guilt, fear, jealousy. Reduces stress and tension, cools hot temper. Enhances self-confidence and creativity. Aids development for forgiveness, compassion and love. Sometimes known as "The Love Stone". Associated with the Heart Chakra. Tranquilizes, calms Rose Quartz thought to be the bringer of love in its many forms- romantic and otherwise. Wear it to attract love, give it to someone as a symbol of your love or appreciation Sodalite creates harmony. It absorbs and neutralizes disharmony and unburdens your thoughts. It neutralizes negative thoughts and emotions directed at you by others. It helps to unite common sense with intuition, often used to aid meditation and also can be used to clear electromagnetic pollution. This stone can bring emotional balance, lowers blood pressure and can help balance metabolism.

Topaz Known as the stone of strength and the Sanskrit word meaning 'fire' they are used for clarity of mind and focussing thoughts they are also thought to reduce mood swings and lessen worries and help reduce insomnia.

Tourmaline aids Balance of endocrine system. Aids sleep. Strengthens, vitalizes, body/mind. Activates and enhances crystalline properties of body/mind. Aligns subtle bodies. Dispels fear and negative conditions. Strong protective influence. Enhances sensitivity and understanding. A powerful healer Tourmaline is highly electromagnetic Protective, guards against bad vibes. Integrates and harmonizes left and right brain activity which enhances the person's psychic and medium ship abilities. Aids in balancing the whole person and the psyche

Turqouise A protective stone which can dispel negative energy, balances the throat chakra and can help you find your voice if something needs to be said! also used as an aid in problem solving. As a healing stone it alleviates tiredness, depression and panic attacks.

Birthstones by month : January - Garnet, February - Amethyst, March - Aquamarine, April - Crystal, May - Amber, Rose Quartz, June - Pearl, Moonstone, July - Ruby, August - Peridot, September - Amazonite, Agate, October - Aventurine, Fluorite, Tourmaline, November -Yellow Topaz, Citrine December - Turquoise, Blue Topaz