Rock Specks

Color: Black

Type of stone: Basalt aka Lava Rock

Hardness: 2

Chakra: Crown and Higher Crown Chakras

Element: Fire & Earth

Planet: Earth

Numerological Number: 1

Astrological: Taurus & Cancer

Magickal Uses: Dream work, Enhancing Creativity, Communication, Cleansing Negativity

Volcanic Lava Rock 

Mother Earth has indeed gifted us with many treasures. But there’s one stone that stands tall, simply because it’s a part of the earth’s womb, itself. And that is the volcanic lava stone. Once it arises to the surface and cools it is used and designed for fashion and spiritual use. The black lava stone has been around for centuries and various indigenous tribes and communities have used black lava stone beads. Although not as attractive as jewelry made from precious stones, a volcanic stone bracelet makes up for their earthy appearance with their spiritual mystique.

So, you may still ask yourself, what is lava stone? To break it up to you, lava stone or volcanic beads as we use them are precious stones that now a day are mostly used either as volcanic rock jewelry or as talismans, and are quite popular as accessories.

There’s a special bond between the black lava rock beads and our beloved planet. Knowing the fact that it comes directly from Earth’s core, the lava beads meaning is of grounding and connecting with nature. Native Americans would wear a piece a lava mineral before war for where it is believed lava rock energy would bring them courage and strength. Thus why, it’s more common to see mens lava stone bracelets.

Lava Rock Properties

It’s believed that emotional and spiritual lava healing properties can be obtained by each person that wears a real lava stone bead bracelet, because of their strong association with the Earth. Due to this earthly connection, volcanic rock beads are seen as symbols of fertility, endurance and strength. From a spiritual perspective, a lava gemstone is great for grounding the root chakra and starting your day off with a slight pump into some mindfulness meditation. For better absorption of their lava stone healing properties, it is recommended to wear volcanic lava beads close within the skin.

Moreover, they are considered as healing stones to bringing peace into the mind and spirit. It’s believed that wearing an authentic black lava stone bracelet will allow the wearer to access energy freely, allowing a clear flow and use of lava stone healing to nurture themselves physically as well as spiritually. Furthermore, some cultures also believe that lava stone energy offer stability and courage during troublesome times, since they strengthen the wearer’s relationship with that of the planet.

Lava Stone Benefits

Traditionally, lava bead jewelry is said to have lava rock healing properties and they keep people warm in cold climates. These volcanic stones have made their journey, straight from the earth’s core, they are associated with spirituality and universality. However, they offer more than just an aesthetic lava bead bracelet beauty; this stabilizing effects of a real black lava stone bracelet extends into the emotional and spiritual spheres by eliminating strong negative emotions, providing clarity and offering hope during difficult and emotional times.

Most people use these lava stone bracelet benefits for their anxiety and mood swings, lava rock beads really help each person ground themselves and control their excessive thinking.

“The Blood Stone”

Hematite balances the meridians within the whole body, as it is great for physical healing, along with providing one with a mental and spiritual well-being. It stimulates the mind while protecting, grounding and balancing.

Chakra(s): All, Especially The Root Chakra

Zodiac: Aries/Aquarius

Birthstone: December/March

Planet: Mars/Mercury

Energy Vibration: 9

ENERGY:

• Love
• Protection
• Healing
• Grounding
• Balance

PROTECTION:

• Unwanted Entities
• Negative Energy
• Electromagnetic Smog

STIMULATES:

• Ascension
• Intuition
• Detoxification
• The Mind
• Absorption of Iron
• Concentration
• Focus
• Courage
• Confidence
• Stability
• Optimism
• Survivability
• Chakra Alignment

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES: 

• Balances the aura and aligns all of the chakras
• Are known to benefit Highly Sensitive People
• Dissolves negativity and prevents the absorbing of negativity from others
• Excellent stone to counter the ill effects of radiation on the energy body
• Helps Improve Relationships
• Assist in grounding high level spiritual energy
• Absorbs negative energies
• Protects and seals the Auric field from unwanted entities
• Calms one in times of stress
• Keeps one grounded
• Transforms negative energy into positive vibrations
• Helps one find their own unique gifts
• Ability to make one invincible
• Facilitates the integration of higher beings into our 3D Reality
• Carry Hematite when in need of balance and equilibrium
• Strengthens self-confidence and self-control
• Focuses energy and emotions for balance between the body, mind and spirit
• Open and activates the Root and Solar Plexus Chakras

HEALING PROPERTIES:

• Liver
• Blood
• Back Problems
• Improves Oxygen Supply
• Detoxification
• Stabilizes The Equilibrium (The Ethereal Nervous System and The Physical Nervous System)
• Helps Overcome Overindulgence (Compulsions and Addictions)
• Strengthens and Regulates The Blood Supply
• Anemia
• Kidneys
• Regenerates Tissue
• Leg Cramps
• Anxiety
• Insomnia
• Aids Spinal Alignment and Fractures

Hematite is a shiny, dark-coloured stone found all over the world. It is made mainly of iron, which gives it its metallic sheen. It also gives it an interesting quirk of naming – although the hematite that we see in our daily lives is dark grey, its name comes from a Latin phrase meaning “blood stone.” Why? Because, when it is found naturally, the iron content is covered in rust.

In Ancient Rome, hematite was a popular stone for decorative purposes. Jewellery, weapons, and even armour decorated with hematite were traded widely. The dark colour was thought to be especially intimidating or protective.

Hematite stones are opaque, not the strongest of stones (it has a 5-6 on the Mohs hardness scale), and they have a strong metallic lustre. When found in nature, it will be rough and red, but once polished, it takes on a beautiful, mirror-like sheen, which makes it extremely popular in semi-precious jewellery.

Just like Amethyst, this stone’s energy is earthy, and it is one of the best stones that you can use to harness the power of the element of earth to lend you strength and dispel negativity. If you are interested in learning how to use hematite’s power, simply read on!

Why Would You Use Hematite Crystals-Stones?

Hematite’s powerfully earthy energy means that it can be used for almost any project that involves the power of the element of earth. Earth is the element that rules the physical world, money, practical thinking, and decision making.

As I’m sure you can imagine, this makes the powers of earth extremely popular and beneficial!

Thinking in a solid, logical way that will also improve your material and financial life is a pretty positive way to go through life.

Specifically, hematite is a good stone for organizing one’s thoughts and developing logical thinking skills.

This is a useful stone for improving your skills in subjects such as mathematics, argumentation and debate, or problem-solving.

If you’re put off by the idea of a stone benefiting “logical” thinking, and worried that it might negatively impact your creativity, fear not! In fact, logical thinking is a prerequisite for creative thinking.

The most creative thinkers, from painters like Picasso to scientists like Einstein, or even young children, are actually the most ruthless appliers of logic. They apply logic so rigorously that they come very quickly to conclusions or ideas that other people would dismiss as “crazy.”

In other words, if you feel that your creative thinking is stagnant and you want some more, then applying hematite to improve your logical thinking skills is the best thing you can possibly do for yourself!

It also has strong emotional benefits, because, as many dark-coloured stones do, hematite dispels negativity and “purifies” the emotional realm.

It balances its user’s self-esteem and self-vision by sweeping away all the negativity that so often clouds our understanding of ourselves.

By using hematite, you make way for more positive energy to enter into your life.

Hematite’s main property could be described as “grounding.”

If you tend to have a “flighty” mind, prone to distraction, lack of focus, or anxiety, or even if you feel that you have a strong imagination, but that it’s impacting you negatively, this could be the perfect stone for you.

It won’t “kill” your imagination – quite the opposite, as described above! – but it will give you an increased ability to focus your mind in a productive way, rather than becoming psychically distracted.

How Will Hematite Help You?

Hematite can benefit you in multiple different fields of your life.

It is best known for its positive effects in business and career fields, but it can also be helpful in your romantic relationships, your family life, your spiritual development, and your general perspective towards yourself.

Hematite and Wealth

First, let’s tackle hematite’s role in your career. Because of its connection to the element of earth, this is one of the best stones you can use for its financial benefits. Remember, earth is the element that rules money – why do you think American money is green?

If you’re seeking a promotion, a raise, or maybe a whole different job that will benefit you from a financial perspective, hematite is a great stone to incorporate into your life. Its power will not only make people see you in a more positive way, but also give you the skills of strong logical thinking and practicality that are so rare and valuable in most career fields.

Hematite, Love and Relationships 

When it comes to interpersonal relationships – whether romantic, familial, or just friendly or social – this is the perfect stone for keeping you far away from “drama.” While some people seem to attract fusses like magnets, hematite will repel all that unnecessary, negative, attention-seeking behaviour.

From a spiritual and emotional perspective, hematite is a good stone for fostering gratitude for what you have. Appreciating what you have in the here and now is one of the single healthiest things that you can do for your mind and spirit.

Hematite and Healing

I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention hematite’s history as a physically healing stone. Hematite has been used for centuries in medicine for a very good reason – it contains iron! Iron deficiency is the cause of many health problems, so it’s only natural that an iron-containing stone would be touted for its healing properties.

Hematite has been said to have positive effects on the heart and the circulatory system. It can also ease symptoms that are exacerbated by stress or anxiety, due to its grounding properties.

Remember, however: crystology is never an acceptable substitute for professional medical attention! Never use any stone as a replacement for seeing a qualified doctor or medical professional.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, due to hematite’s iron content, any sort of healing process that requires you to consume any quantity of the stone should be regarded with extreme caution and skepticism. Iron is an important micronutrient, and if you’re an Ancient Roman, then taking a hematite elixir might be a great way to get it, but it can quickly become toxic if you’re literally eating the metal. Get your iron nutrients from spinach or red meat instead, and save hematite for spiritual nutrition.

How to Use Hematite Crystals for the Best Results

Because hematite is both very aesthetically pleasing and relatively inexpensive and common, hematite jewellery is quite easy to procure. As such, a nice range of hematite jewellery is a gery easy thing to collect.

When you are preparing for a difficult confrontation (especially one that has to do with money), put on your hematite like armour! This strong, protective stone will keep you emotionally and spiritually safe, and it should be thought of as having that purpose. When you put it on, think of yourself like a knight in a movie putting on his armour before going into battle.

This also applies if, for whatever reason, the “energy” of your house itself feels wrong. Many people who believe that their houses are haunted by traumatic memories would benefit from placing some hematite in the house to “suck out” the residual negative energies.

If you are suffering from nightmares (or have a partner or child who is), place hematite under your (or their) bed or pillow in order to keep the negative energies that cause nightmares at bay.

“STONE OF TRANSFORMATION”

Malachite has been called the “mirror of the soul”, as it reaches the inner feelings of the person and reflects what is there, negative or positive. It is a powerful protection stone that aids intuition, creativity and imagination.

CHAKRA(S): HEART/THYMUS/THROAT/THIRD-EYE

Zodiac: Pisces/Sagittarius/Scorpio

Planet: Jupiter

Energy Vibration: 9

ENERGY:

• Protection
• Healing
• Love
• Amplifier
• Money

PROTECTION:

• Radiation
• Negative Entities
• Earthbound Energies
• Repels Negativity
• Black Magick
• Psychic Attack
• For Travelers

STIMULATES:

• Heart Chakra
• Solar Plexus Chakra
• Throat Chakra
• Psychic Visions
• Appreciation of Beauty
• Adventure
• Imagination
• Intuition
• Enhanced Creativity
• Sensuality
• Self-Reflection
• Change (where needed)
• Coincidence and Synchronicity
• Instinctive Deduction

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES:

• Protects the auric field by creating a strong barrier around the wearer energetically
• Reminds the wearer about the duality of nature (it is up to each person to know and rule their own person)
• Fills one’s energy field with positive vibrations
• Pulls lower density energies out of one’s energy field
• Fortifies one’s Aura against attachments
• Absorbs energy and draws emotions to the surface
• Clears and Activates all The Chakras
• Brings about a healing and positive transformation
• Amplifies positive and negative energy
• Helps one to open their heart to others
• Absorbs pollution
• Purifies and shields against radioactivity
• Use on the Third Eye to facilitate psychic visions
• Brings balance and fidelity to relationships with other people
• To help get rid of nightmares, keep a piece of Malachite in your bedroom
• Wonderful equalizing and balancing agent

HEALING PROPERTIES:

• Asthma
• Energy Body
• Arthritis
• Swollen Joints
• Broken Bones
• Torn Muscles
• Shyness
• Heart
• Aids Lactation
• Helps Lower High Blood Pressure
• Brings Strength and Vitality to The Physical Body After Illness
• Assist in the formation of Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells
• Helps the Liver Release Toxins
• Immune System
• Thyroid
• Pancreas
• Spleen
• Epilepsy
• Dyslexia

Malachite Properties and Meanings

If you’ve always thought a stone looks rich, elegant, and gorgeous but just don’t know the name of it, you’re most probably looking at a piece of malachite. When you walk inside a crystal store and see all the stones and crystals laid out before you, you just cannot help but look at malachite.

How do you know that it’s malachite and not something else? You don’t have to be an expert to know, because the stone’s beautiful and rich green color will tell you that it is.

Malachite has a very regal and mesmerizing appearance. The green color with white striations makes it look like a very important jewel.

It comes in different shades of green. If your favorite color is green, then this stone is definitely for you!

You just cannot help but be drawn to it and look at it because of its appearance and the flow of energy in its lines and designs. Which is why this stone is very inviting when it comes to energy and movement.

Did you know that malachite has been around for thousands of years, dating as far back as 3000 B.C. in ancient Egypt? Egyptians used malachite as talismans because of their protective powers.

It’s found in many countries and considered to be quite common. Malachite can be mined in the USA, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Romania, Russia, Zaire, and the Congo.

The name is derived from the Greek word ‘malakos’, meaning soft. But there’s nothing soft or weak about this stone that is also known as the mirror of the soul!

Why Would You Use Malachite?

You may be thinking that you don’t need malachite in your life, but you can greatly benefit from the energies that this stone can bring. In case you didn’t know it yet, malachite is also known as the Stone of Transformation.

It will help you deal with the many changes that can happen in your life because it stimulates clear thinking and controlled emotions. There will always be challenges, surprises, and unexpected events. But knowing that you have the protective and supportive energies of the malachite can spell the difference between rising and falling.

It will help you heal on a physical and emotional level, removing anything that’s making you feel weak or toxic. By removing all the impure energies in your life, you are also stimulating the positive life force in your body and your aura.

Malachite symbolizes the healing green of the nature around you. It will open your eyes to the beauty of the world and make you more aware of how you can use everything that surrounds you to make yourself better, happier, and more at peace.

What’s more, malachite is known to have great visionary powers that can effectively ward off negative events from happening. It can keep you safe and protect you against accidents.

Malachite is also a stone of travel. It’s great to carry with you when you have a fear of flying.

This stone will also help you overcome your fear of heights. It will help give you smooth travels. It also works great with jet lag or for keeping you calm during bad traffic jams, delayed flights, or stormy seas.

How Will Malachite Help You?

Malachite and Health

The malachite is famous for its healing energies. It can help boost your immune system so that you don’t fall sick easily, even when you’re in a room full of people with a bad cold.

When you’re experiencing irregular menstruation, having malachite close to you all the time can help regulate your period and fix your monthly cycle. This will also aid in your efforts to be pregnant or become more fertile.

If you’re suffering from painful menstrual periods, malachite can also help ease the painful symptoms. It can make your PMS go away, menstrual cramps, bloating, irritability, high emotions and all. It will help you not feel like a fragile little thing with an appetite of a horse every single month!

Did you know that malachite is also called The Midwife Stone? Midwives use it to ease labor pains and to protect both mom and baby during child birth. If you have any concern with anything related to the female organ, the malachite is your go-to stone.

Malachite also works well in lowering your blood pressure. It’s good to have it with you when you have heart problems, or if you’re suffering from asthma, rheumatic pains, or intestinal problems.

Healers also use malachite to ease the trembling associated with Parkinson’s disease. If you have vertigo or are prone to suffer travel sickness, it will be a great idea to have malachite in your pocket or inside your purse whenever you go out.

It’s also effective in healing tumors, fractures, or swollen joints and muscles. When you’re feeling muscle aches or strains after a long day at work, running this stone though the part that aches can make you feel a whole lot better.

Malachite can also help your liver release toxins from your body. It’s a stone that uses wood energy, which symbolizes good health and nourishment. When you have malachite in your possession, it will boost your vitality and encourage your body to grow well physically.

Malachite and Wealth

Malachite is a growth crystal that is a potent aid in growth, development, creation, or renewal. When you hit that point in your life where you feel that nothing exciting is happening, or that nothing seems to be working, the energies that you can get from malachite will help you get out of this slump.

It’s the stone of good fortune, so the wearer of this stone will attract all things good when it comes to money, wealth, and opportunities. It symbolizes abundance, expansion, and new beginnings.

When you find yourself in a tough spot and finding it difficult to make ends meet, malachite can help you see new ways to improve your situation and spot new opportunities to remedy your situation.

The green in malachite is a good talisman for new business ventures and for keeping your projects on course and on schedule. It’s also a reassurance that no matter how busy or crazy your life becomes, your life will always be on track.

Malachite energy will give you the strength and wisdom in your professional pursuits. It will promote practicality as well as loyalty in your business partnerships.

Malachite, Love and Relationships

When it comes to love and relationships, malachite acts as a protection stone that absorbs negative energies and pollutants around you. It helps you release all unwanted feelings that can harm you and your relationship.

Malachite is dedicated to your heart chakra. If you want to know where the heart chakra is, it’s right in the center of your breastbone.

This stone will give you a clearer idea on what you should be embracing when it comes to love and life. It will give you a better understanding on the things or the people that you should be avoiding as well.

When the heart chakra is out of balance, there’s a feeling of being out of balance with your emotions, your way of thinking, your way of dealing with people, and your way of handling your relationships.

You will realize that your patience is extra short, that you are easily irritated and snappish, and that you are more open to quarrels and disagreements.

The green energy that the malachite gives will help you regain the balance of your heart chakra. It will help you realize and understand your needs, your wants, and your own emotions.

You will have a better understanding of how to deal with your emotions when it comes to that person you love, your relationship with that person, and the direction that your relationship is heading. You will be more accepting of the changes with an open heart and have a more positive outlook.

Malachite promotes change. If you are ready to leave the past behind and move forward to something better, this stone will give you the courage and strength to do it.

It will give you the emotional healing that you need to finally free yourself from the trauma and negative experiences of the past. It will open your eyes to what’s preventing you from achieving emotional or spiritual growth.

If you have always been scared or cautious about love, malachite will encourage you to be more of a risk taker. It will give you the courage to sever unwanted or unhealthy ties with people who are no longer good for you.

A malachite stone will also change your old patterns, habits, and behaviors. It will draw out your deep-seated feelings and their psychosomatic causes.

You may think that it’s just a stone, but its healing energies will help you deal with depression and anxiety caused by problematic or bad relationships. It will help you overcome your fears and make you confront the problem more bravely.

It will encourage you to voice out your feelings and resist any form of emotional blackmail. By doing so, you will also be freeing yourself from any kind of emotional abuse.

Malachite is a good stone to have because it will remove any trace of shyness. This will work especially well for you when you want to strike up a conversation with that guy you like and just set the wheels in motion.

It will promote healthy and happy relationships that are based on love, not just lust or need. When you have malachite with you all the time, you will have a stronger sense of friendship and passion for that person you love.

Malachite will help you gain a better sense of responsibility for your own thoughts and actions. There will be more faithfulness in your relationship, and you will finally stop feeling small and insignificant in your relationship.

How to Use Malachite for the Best Results

The malachite stone is one of the most beautiful stones you will ever see, so it’s really no surprise that it’s often used for jewelry. When malachite is placed very close to the body, it can harness your personal energy field!

If something has been tormenting you and causing you sleepless nights, you can speak your fears and worries out loud to your malachite stone while holding it in your hands.

Then place the malachite in a sheltered and secured place outside your house overnight to allow it to take away whatever is troubling you.

Put malachite in the east or southeast area of your house or your room so that you can also benefit from the prosperity and abundance that this stone is known to bring. If placed in the stagnant area of your workplace or your home, you can activate and open the flow of the positive energies in that space.

It’s best to put malachite stone beside appliances and gadgets to help protect you from their harmful rays. Put it next to your computer to keep your energy levels up all throughout the day, and to ward off emails or messages that bring bad news (combine it with our orgonite “Towerbuster” and you are fully protected)!

The Power of Colors:

Black:

Grounding, wisdom, learning, protection, safety, reversing, uncrossing, unhexing, repelling black magick, banishing negativity, releasing, shapeshifting, defense, scrying, pride.

Black absorbs and hides and creates confusion and chaos, new beginnings, knowledge of hidden things, is the container of light, one of the most powerful color. Use black for the self-control, time and patience. Black is also a good color to use to bring discord and confusion within the enemy. It can also be used for protection, wrap negative energy, breaking barriers and blocks, reverse and destroy negative thought forms. It’s better if applied to others. Black controls the base chakra, the planet Saturn, the earth element and the original religions, it means new beginning. Satanic alchemy, black represents the step into the void of meditation and transformation.

Green:

Prosperity, abundance, money, physical & emotional healing, growth, luck, marriage, tree/plant magick, acceptance, weather, counteract envy/greed/jealousy.

Money, fertility, wealth, material gain, health, healing, communication with the spirits of nature, anti-inflammatory. Venus is green - love. Making love (fond, red is for lust and sex), fidelity, reconciliation, beauty, youth, friendship, attraction, harmony, financial gain, increase the gain, social functions, possessions, wealth, indulgence, pleasure. Great for the beginning and growth. Venus is the master at Green - abundance, fertility, success, happiness in general, harmony, immortality, generosity, material gain, renewal, marriage, balancing and healing. Green can also be used to incite jealousy, greed, suspicion, resentment, illness, disorder, disharmony when applied to others and direct. Green is the color of the heart chakra.