There are many interesting stones and crystals to help you in your life, and you’re bound to find new favorites as your life issues and energetic needs change over time.
There are, however, some stones or crystals that we recommend if you’re just starting out. These can be used for many different issues, making them versatile stones or crystals.
They are also fairly easy to find and very reasonably priced. You can choose the shape and size you like, but what really counts here are their basic properties.
So let’s take a look at the top 10 stones or crystals you should buy to start your energy work.
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1 Amethyst
Amethyst is a form of quartz. The most common color is purple, although you can also find heat-treated versions that are green (prasolite) and yellow (called « citrine »).
The word amethyst comes from the Greek « amethystos » meaning « not drunk », which refers to the traditional use of malethyst as a stone to prevent drunkenness. It also brings security to travelers and is linked to the third eye, which is the seat of intuition.
Many also use the stone for other problems, such as transmuting negativity or helping with insomnia and dreams, making it a valuable all-rounder.
- Origin: Brazil, Germany, Sri Lanka, Uruguay.
- Trellis :
- Shapes: natural, point, cluster, geode, polished, cut.
- Energy:
- Colors: violet to dark violet, green (heat-treated, prasiolite), yellow (heat-treated, « citrine »).
- Chakra: third eye, crown.
- Placement: on the third eye chakra, above the crown of the head, near your bed, under a pillow.
- Helps with: intuition and insight, insomnia, safe travel, connection to higher self and Divine, creativity, manifestation, stress and anxiety, nightmares, addiction.
- Works with: citrine, clear quartz.
- Suggested use: tape it to the underside of the headboard of your bed or place it on your bedside table to help combat insomnia and ward off nightmares and/or help you remember your dreams.
2 Black tourmaline
Black tourmaline is also known as « schori » and helps absorb all negativity.
In ancient times, magicians used black tourmaline to ward off « demons ». As well as absorbing negativity and providing protection, black tourmaline also helps you stay grounded and it promotes self-confidence and can help purify environments where a lot of emotional negativity has occurred. IF a piece of black tourmaline breaks, it has become saturated with the negative energy it has absorbed. Throw it away (simply return it to the Earth) and choose a new one.
- Origin: Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, United States.
- Trellis :
- Forms: natural, quartz, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors :
- Chakra :
- Placement: trouser pocket, near root chakra, next to bed, between you and a negative source.
- Helps with: physical protection, protection against negativity, grounding, stress release, cleansing negative emotions.
- Works with: transparent quartz.
- Tip for use: if you have an excessively negative colleague, place a piece of black tourmaline between you and this person.
3 Carnelian
Carnelian is a variety of chalcedony, which belongs to the quartz family.
Carnelian is associated with boldness and courage, and using this crystal can help strengthen weaknesses (physical and emotional), improve luck and attract prosperity. As a sacral chakra stone, carnelian can also help strengthen your sense of self and temper excessive ego.
Traditionally, carnelian has also been used to help singers and public speakers by bringing strength and power to the voice.
- Origin: Brazil, Iceland, India, Peru.
- Trellis :
- Forms: natural, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors: orange-brown to orange-red.
- Chakra: orange-red root.
- Placement: on or near your navel, like a bracelet, near the root chakra.
- Helps to: courage, security and safety, willpower, determination, restore passion to relationships, develop a healthy sense of self, focus on the present moment, overcome abuse, protect against envy, stimulate energy.
- Works with: clear quartz, malachite, sardony.
- Tip: boost your energy by wearing this crystal when you work out, or keep a piece at your desk at work to help maintain energy throughout the day. Since carnelian stimulates energy, you probably shouldn’t keep it near your bed.
4 Citrine
Citrine is a powerful stone and is found in 2 types:
- Natural citrine
- Citrine created by heat treatment of amethyst
It is usually golden yellow, very clear and saturated when heat-treated. If you’re not sure, ask before you buy. While heat-treated amethyst has similar properties to natural citrine, the natural form tends to have a more powerful energy.
- Origin: Brazil, Peru, Russia, United States.
- Trellis :
- Forms: natural, cluster, clear quartz, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors:
- Chakra: solar plexus.
- Placement: on or near your solar plexus, as a bracelet, ring or necklace, in your car or wallet, in the back left-hand corner of your home (the prosperity corner).
- Helps with: prosperity, self-esteem and self-image, creativity, encouraging generosity, promoting clarity of thought, manifestation, affirming personal will, facilitating new beginnings.
- Works with: clear quartz, amethyst, ametrine, smoky quartz.
- Suggested use: to enhance prosperity, place citrine in the back left-hand corner of your home (the prosperity corner). You can determine the back left corner by standing in front of the front door and facing inwards. You can also place it in the back left corner of any room to improve prosperity. If you run a business, place it in your cash register or cash box to promote business prosperity.
5 Clear quartz
Clear quartz is without doubt the most versatile crystal in any collection.
It’s always the first crystal we recommend and one of the crystals you can always take with you, for yourself, or as a gift for loved ones. It’s a self-cleaning crystal, and you can use it to clean other crystals if you have a number of them.
Clear quartz amplifies the power of any crystal it works with. You can use clear quartz points to direct and amplify the energy of another stone by placing the flat end of the quartz on the crystal and the point away from it.
- Origin: all over the world.
- Trellis :
- Forms: natural, pointed, double pointed (Herkimer diamond), cluster, geode, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors: milky white to clear.
- Chakra: crown, all other chakras.
- Placement: anywhere, for meditation on or near the crown chakra, in a grid with other crystals to amplify their energies.
- Helps to: amplify the properties of all other crystals, connection to the Divine and higher consciousness, working through all conditions (master healer), protection, cleansing and purification, amplification of energy and thought, clarification of thoughts and beliefs, body-mind-soul balance, improved concentration.
- Works with: all crystals.
- Tip for use: use a clear quartz tip group to cleanse other stones safely and effectively. Place smaller stones in the group and leave for 12 to 24 hours.
6 Fluorite
Fluorite is a versatile stone, ranging from light green to deeper violet. Rainbow fluorite is the most versatile fluorite, with bands of green, violet, pink, blue and aqua throughout. This is why it works with several chakras and embodies the healing properties of its different colors.
Rainbow fluorite facilitates the flow of energy between your chakras and helps promote clarity and clarification of thought. It’s a relatively sensitive mineral, so be careful how you store it, as it scratches easily.
- Origin: Australia, Brazil, China, United States.
- Mesh size: isometric.
- Shapes: natural, cluster, geode, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors: aqua, blue, clear, green, pink, violet, rainbow, yellow.
- Chakra: heart, throat, third eye, crown.
- Placement: anywhere along the 4 upper chakras, as a necklace.
- Helps to: balance and stabilize energies, body-mind-spirit connection, facilitate intuition and communication with higher planes, calm, enhance creativity, harmonize, connect to the Divine.
- Works with: clear quartz, amethyst, sodality.
- Tip: keep away from other crystals, as it scratches easily. Hold fluorite while meditating to focus on balancing energies.
7 Hematite
Hematite is a very pretty stone. It is shiny and black with a rainbow of colors along the surface, like an oil slick on water when sunlight hits it.
It’s an energy-absorbing stone, which makes it perfect when there’s a lot of negative energy around. It’s also grounding and calming, so it’s an excellent stone when you’re stressed. Hematite also helps you release the limits you’ve created for yourself without realizing it.
- Origin: Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
- Trellis :
- Shapes: natural, polished, cut, ring.
- Energy :
- Colors: dark gray / black.
- Chakra :
- Placement: near the root chakra, wear as a ring or bracelet, in your pocket, at your desk if your work is stressful.
- Helps to: absorb negativity, balance energies, relieve stress and anxiety, ground, detoxify.
- Works with: lapis lazuli, malachite.
- Advice for use: hematite absorbs a lot of negative energy and is constantly at work. For this reason, it often breaks. When it breaks, take it back to Earth and get another one.
8 Rose quartz
Rose quartz is the stone of unconditional love, kindness and compassion, so it can also help with forgiveness.
Although the heart chakra is green in color, pink stones like rose quartz are also deeply associated with this chakra. It’s a wonderful stone for self-healing, especially when you’re trying to heal from emotional upheavals in love, such as a romantic break-up, betrayal or the loss of a loved one.
It’s a calm, peaceful stone that can help you feel connected to others and enhance your sense of joy.
- Origin: Brazil, India, Japan, United States.
- Trellis :
- Shapes: natural, pointed, clustered, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors :
- Chakra: heart.
- Placement: as a necklace, bracelet or ring (especially on your engagement or yearbook), near or on the heart chakra.
- Helps with: compassion, kindness, unconditional love, self-love, emotional healing, joy, peace, cheerfulness.
- Works with: clear quartz, amethyst, prasiolite, peridot.
- Suggested use: take rose quartz with you after an argument with a loved one, for example, to facilitate healing.
9 Smoky quartz
Smoky quartz is a stone of choice, as it transmutes negativity into positivity. We recommend smoky quartz if you wish to rebalance the energy in your home. Its effects are powerful, and you can carry one with you.
You can sprinkle smoky quartz in a place (home, business, etc.) that has strong negativity, suffered water damage, etc.
- Origin: all over the world.
- Trellis :
- Forms: natural, pointed, clustered, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors: light gray to brown.
- Chakra: root, crown.
- Placement: in your pocket, near your root and crown chakras, wherever you feel negative energy is a problem.
- Helps to: transmute negative energy into positive, amplify positive energy, ground, detoxify, connect all chakras to balance energies, connect to a higher direction and the Divine.
- Works with: clear quartz, citrine, amethyst.
- Directions for use: sprinkle smoky quartz flakes around the perimeter of your home (and, if you buy enough, around the perimeter of your property), so that all the energy around you is transformed into positive energy. Ideal when moving in.
10 Turquoise
Turquoise has deep symbolism for many aboriginal nations and tribes.
Historically, it was a stone of shamans and warriors. Its use as a sacred stone is ancient and worldwide. One traditional belief is that turquoise protects riders from waterfalls. Others value it for its ability to encourage clear vision, spirituality and spiritual and personal power.
Caution: make sure you’re buying real turquoise.
Indeed, many sellers sell tinted howlite, which has veins similar to those of turquoise and can easily pass for the stone.
- Origin: all over the world.
- Trellis :
- Shapes: natural, pointed, polished, cut.
- Energy :
- Colors: light blue to dark turquoise.
- Chakra :
- Placement: in jewelry, especially on a necklace, on the throat chakra during meditation, in a pocket and especially in a pocket near the chest.
- Helps with: personal power, luck and prosperity, safe travel, speaking personal truth, giving voice to creative ideas, protection against theft, boosting ambition and empowerment, calming, absorbing excessive energy, harmonizing.
- Works with: clear quartz, onyx.
- Helpful hint: if your relationship is in trouble, place turquoise in your room to promote harmony.
