Ashel Cole Jewelry
Gemstone Lore
  • Agates:  Balancing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies; perceptiveness, strength, inspiration, awakening talents.
  • Amazonite:  Success, joy, self-expression, awakening heart, soothing, harmony, balancing.
  • Amber:  Soothing, calming, cleansing.
  • Amethyst:  Contentment, spirituality, dreams, healing, peace, happiness, love, intuition.
  • Ametrine:  Intellectual stimulation, attunement, releasing, dispelling tension, connecting.
  • Apatite:  Intellect, achieving results, healing, insight, humanitarianism, meditation, balance, creativity.
  • Aquamarine:  Courage, purification, peace, intuition, self-expression, balance, preparedness.
  • Aventurine:  Healing, money, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, opening heart, motivation, leadership.
  • Azurite:  Intuitive energy, dreams, healing, insight, stilling the mind, concentration, self transformation.
  • Bloodstone:  Courage, intense healing, renewal, strength, victory, intuitive decision making.
  • Calcite:  Purification, peace, calming, memory, awareness, appreciation of nature.
  • Carnelian:  Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality.
  • Celestite:  Verbal skill, healing, compassion, calming, growth, intuition, hope.
  • Chrysocolla:  Easing heartache, stamina, wisdom, peace, love, communication, vitality, inner strength.
  • Chrysoprase:  Balancing male-female energy, love, grace, compassion, clemency, personal growth.
  • Citrine:  Intuition, comfort, protection, creativity, physical energy, wealth, mental awakening.
  • Coral:  Diplomacy, quieting emotions, visualization.
  • Crystal Quartz:  Intensifying energy, spiritual development, healing, raising consciousness.
  • Diamond:  Courage, strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental abilities.
  • Dumortierite:  Self-reliance, stamina, patience, recognition of potential, understanding, communication of ideas.
  • Emerald:  Love, domestic bliss, sensitivity, loyalty, memory, mental capacity, harmony, focus, eliminating negativity.
  • Fluorite:  Stability, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, health.
  • Fossil Stone:  Accomplishments, improvement of one’s environment, communication, innovation.
  • Garnet:  Health, removing negativity, awareness, commitment, regeneration, order, insight.
  • Hematite:  Mental attunement, memory, calming, balance, focusing energy and emotions, peace, inner happiness, transforming negativity.
  • Howlite:  Awareness, calm, emotional expression, observation, patience, eliminating negativity.
  • Iolite:  Intuition, spiritual growth, healing, balance, releasing discord, awakening to inner knowledge.
  • Jade:  Fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment.
  • Jaspers:  Protection, nurturing, joy, awareness; balancing of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies.
  • Labradorite:  Alignment, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace, progression, discernment.
  • Lapis Lazuli:  Wisdom, intuition, awareness, objectivity, clarity, creativity, expanded consciousness, dreams, purity, courage, serenity.
  • Lepidolite:  Hope, stress reduction, birth, peace, spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection, emotional balance.
  • Malachite:  Transformation, insight, clarifying emotions, fidelity, loyalty, practicality.
  • Marble: Charitable actions, original thinking, alleviation of sorrow.
  • Moonstone:  Introspection, reflection, beginnings, insight, tenderness, harmony, peace, travel.
  • Mother of Pearl:  Mental clarity, intuition, sensitivity, imagination, adaptability, cooperation.
  • Obsidians:  Clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, healing.
  • Onyx:  Self-control, decision making, intuition, recognition of personal strengths.
  • Opal:  Creativity, spontaneity, relationships, memory, happy dreams and changes.
  • Pearl:  Purity, faith, charity, innocence, integrity, focus, wisdom, spirituality, sincerity, fertility.
  • Peridot:  Warmth, friendliness, understanding, openness in love and relationships, regulation of cycles.
  • Pyrite:  Defense, prevention, protection from negativity, physical wholeness, memory.
  • Rhodocrosite:  Love, emotional balance, cleansing, renewal, relaxation, expansion of consciousness.
  • Rhodonite:  Peace, generosity, attention to details.
  • Rhyolite:  Change, variety, progress, creativity, transcending barriers.
  • Rose Quartz:  Love, peace, happiness, gentleness, healing emotional wounds.
  • Ruby:  Nurturing, spiritual wisdom, attainment of values, economic stability, protection from distress.
  • Sapphire:  Joy, peace, beauty, intuition, prosperity, fulfillment of dreams.
  • Serpentine:  Fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment.
  • Smoky Quartz:  Dissolving emotional blockage, clearing the mind, cooperation, personal pride, joy in living, attentiveness to the moment, protection.
  • Sodalite:  Wisdom, logic, calmness, healing, stress reduction, companionship, self-esteem.
  • Sunstone:  Alleviating fears, energizing, cleansing.
  • Tanzanite:  Communication, intuition, protection, symmetry, decision-making, spirituality.
  • Tiger Eye:  Practicality, peacefulness, clarity, intelligence, intuition, new experiences, financial stability, calmness, releasing inhibitions.
  • Tiger Iron:  Artistic endeavors, beauty, vitality.
  • Topaz:  True love, success in endeavors, understanding of interrelationships, expression of ideas, trust, health, personal expansion and growth.
  • Tourmaline:  Energizing, soul-searching, releasing.
  • Turquoise:  Spiritual attunement, cleansing, healing, protection, valor, soothing, peace of mind, guidance through the unknown, romantic spontaneity.
  • Unakite:  Balance, re-birth, foresight, emotional balance.
  • Zoisite:  Dispelling laziness, facilitating advancement.

Birthstones

Modern Birthstones:

  • January - Garnet
  • February - Amethyst
  • March - Aquamarine
  • April - Diamond
  • May - Emerald
  • June - Pearl
  • July - Ruby
  • August - Peridot
  • September - Sapphire
  • October - Opal
  • November -Citrine
  • December - Blue Topaz


Traditional Birthstones:

  • January - Garnet
  • February - Amethyst
  • March - Bloodstone
  • April - Diamond
  • May - Emerald
  • June - Alexandrite
  • July - Ruby
  • August - Sardonyx
  • September - Sapphire
  • October - Tourmaline
  • November - Citrine
  • December - Turquoise


Zodiac Stones

  • Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20) - Ruby
  • Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 21) - Garnet
  • Pisces (Feb 22 - March 21) - Amethyst
  • Aries (March 22 - April 20) - Bloodstone (Jasper)
  • Taurus (April 21 - May 21) - Sapphire
  • Gemini (May 22 - June 21) - Agate
  • Cancer (June 22 - July 22) - Emerald
  • Leo (July 23 - August 22) - Onyx
  • Virgo (August 23 - Sept 22) - Carnelian
  • Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 23) - Chrysolite (Peridot)
  • Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 21) - Aquamarine
  • Sagittarius (Nov 23 - Dec 21) - Topaz


Wedding Anniversary Stones
(Alternate stones are listed in parentheses)

1 - Gold (Peridot)
2 - Garnet
3 - Pearl (Jade)
4 - Blue Topaz (Blue Zircon)
5 - Sapphire (Pink Tourmaline)
6 - Amethyst (Turquoise)
7 - Onyx (Yellow Sapphire, Golden Beryl)
8 - Tourmaline (Tanzanite)
9 - Lapis Lazuli (Amethyst, Green Spinel)
10 - Diamond (Blue Sapphire)
11 - Turquoise (Citrine, Yellow Zircon)
12 - Jade (Opal)
13 - Citrine (Moonstone, Hawk's Eye)
14 - Opal (Agate, Bloodstone)
15 - Ruby (Rhodolite Garnet, Alexandrite)
16 - Peridot (Red Spinel)
17 - Wristwatch (Carnelian)
18 - Cat's Eye / Chrysoberyl (Aquamarine)
19 - Aquamarine (Almandine Garnet)
20 - Emerald (Yellow or Golden Diamond)
21 - Iolite
22 - Spinel
23 - Imperial Topaz
24 - Tanzanite
25 - Silver (Tsavorite, Green Garnet)
30 - Pearl
35 - Emerald
40 - Ruby
45 - Sapphire (Cat's Eye)
50 - Golden (Imperial / Golden Topaz)
55 - Alexandrite
60 - Diamond (Star Ruby)
65 - Blue Spinel
70 - Sapphire (Smoky Quartz)
75 - Diamond
80 - Ruby

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