💎 The fascinating types of healing stones – A comprehensive overview
Crystals and healing stones are more than just beautiful pieces of jewelry—they are unique natural wonders with energetic, spiritual, and aesthetic properties. In this article, we introduce you to the most important types of crystals, organized by their structure, color, inclusions, and mineralogical family. Learn about their characteristics and find out which stones are right for you!
🔹 1. Pure, single-colored crystals (monocrystals)
These crystals have a clear, uniform color without visible inclusions. They often have a cleansing, stabilizing, and harmonizing effect.
• Rock crystal (Clear Quartz)
Color: Colorless, transparent
Features: Clear as ice, high purity
Effect: Increases energy, cleanses other stones, promotes clarity and concentration
• Rose Quartz ( Rose Q![]()
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Color: pale pink
Characteristics: Milky to translucent
Effect: Stone of love and compassion, opens the heart chakra
• Amethyst
Color: Violet in various shades
Features: Transparent to semi-transparent
Effect: Calming, promotes intuition, supports meditation and inner clarity
• Citrine (Yellow Quartz)
Color: Light yellow to golden brown
Characteristics: Clear to slightly cloudy
Effect: Stone of success and prosperity, has a mood-enhancing effect
• Smoky quartz (tea quartz)
Color: Light brown to almost black
Characteristics: Transparent to smoky
Effect: Grounding, protective, transforms negative energies
🔹 2. Crystals with inclusions (inclusion crystals)
These stones contain mineral, metallic or gaseous inclusions that give them a unique appearance and special energetic depth.
• Rutile quartz (Rutilated Quartz / “Hair Quartz”)
Crystals with needle-shaped inclusions of rutile or other metals.
Golden Rutile: Activating, energetic, promotes determination
Copper rutile: creativity-enhancing, grounding
Rotrutile: Heart-opening, energetically invigorating
Green Rutile: Healing, growth-promoting
• “Rabbit Hair Quartz”
Fine, hair-like inclusions appear soft and gentle.
White Rabbit Fur Quartz: Calming, cleansing
Red Hareskin Quartz: Activating, strengthening
• Phantom Quartz (Ghost Quartz / “Phantoms”)
Shows ghostly layers inside, often in pyramid shape.
White Phantom: Spiritually cleansing
Red Phantom: Passionate, motivating
Green Phantom: Professional success, growth
White Snowflake Phantom: Gently cleansing, reminds of new beginnings and inner peace
Pink Snowflake Phantom: Heart-opening, tender and loving in its effect
• Titanium Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Color: Iridescent (rainbow effect)
Features: Titanium coated
Effect: Powerful, creative, protective
🔹 3. Tourmaline group (Tourmaline / Tourmalines)
A group of crystals with extreme color variety and strong energetic effects.
Rubellite (Red Tourmaline): Love, Energy, Heart Opening
Green Tourmaline: Healing, Grounding
Blue Tourmaline (Indigolite): Communication, Truth
Yellow tourmaline: joy of life, self-confidence
Black Tourmaline: Protection, grounding, electrosmog defense
Watermelon Tourmaline: Heart balance, emotional harmony
🔹 4. Fluorite Group (Fluorite / Fluorites)
A minerally soft but visually fascinating stone – often in rainbow colors.
Green Fluorite: Healing, Regeneration
Blue Fluorite: Concentration, Communication
Yellow Fluorite: Joy of life, mental clarity
Violet Fluorite: Intuition, Meditation
🔹 5. Feldspar group (feldspars / moonstones & Co.)
Particularly appreciated for its play of light and shimmer (iridescence or adularescence).
White Moonstone: Femininity, cycle, intuition
Orange Moonstone: Warmth, Creativity
Blue Moonstone: Calm, inner guidance
Grey Moonstone: Grounding, balancing
Labradorite: Mystical shine, aura strengthening
Sunstone: joy of life, optimism
Amazonite (Amazonite Stone): Calming, promotes communication
🔹 6. Natural glasses (Obsidian group)
Volcanic glass with strong protective properties.
Black Obsidian: Truth, Shadow Work
Gold Obsidian: Abundance, Protection
Silver obsidian: introspection, emotional cleansing
🔹 7. Tiger's Eye Family (Wood relatives / Iridescent quartz)
Yellow Tiger Eye: Courage, Clarity
Red Tiger Eye: Motivation, Energy
Blue Tiger's Eye (Hawk's Eye): Overview, Protection
🔹 8. Quartzite Jade (quartz types with a jade-like shimmer)
Strawberry Quartz: Love, happiness
Green Strawberry Quartz: Balance, new beginnings
🔹 9. Beryl Group (Gemstone Group)
Aquamarine: Clarity, communication, ocean energy
🔹 10. Other gemstones & healing stones
| Stone (German) | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Energy, passion, vitality |
| Prehnite (Prehnite) | Intuition, self-love, heart healing |
| Peridot (Olivine) | Cleansing, new beginning, lightness |
| Kunzite (Spodumene) | Heart opening, letting go, emotional healing |
| Sugilite | Protection, transformation, spiritual clarity |
| Rhodonite (rosestone) | Forgiveness, balance, emotional strength |
| Larimar (Atlantis Stone) | Inner peace, communication, water energy |
| Rhodochrosite (Inca Rose) | Self-love, compassion, healing from childhood trauma |
| Malachite (Malachite) | Protection, transformation, emotional cleansing |
✨ Conclusion: Choosing the right crystal
Whether you're looking for a protective stone, a heart-opener, or a meditation companion, each crystal has its own voice and vibration. Listen to your intuition and discover the stone that speaks to you in our collection.
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