Thanks to all of our wonderful visitors here at the Gemstone Dictionary, we just keep growing and growing! As you know, we want to be THE source for information on gemstone meanings and healing crystals and we want information on all aspects of gemstones, not just the metaphysical properties.

That sounds easy enough but when you consider every culture has different meanings assigned to different gemstones, it becomes a tremendous job trying to pull all of this information together. That is where the new forum comes in.

Do you have information on a gemstone meanings not listed here? Post it on the forum and we'll add it. Does your culture have a different meaning for a stone than the ones we have listed? Post it on the forum and we'll add it. The forum will be a holding area for information until we can get it posted to the main site, so always check both locations when looking for information on a specific gemstone.

This site comes out of my love of crystals and natural gemstones. Even as a young child, before I started my magical education, I had a love for stones of all kinds. I had a collection of various stones I had found on places we traveled to. It didn't matter to me if it was a chunk of granite I found on a trail at Stone Mountain or a perfect crystal point I purchased in a rock shop. If I liked it, I kept it in a special place in my room

It was years latter before I learned that each of those stones had spoke to me. Each of those stones had their own special language and each was filling a need within my life.

These days, terms tend to get used interchangeably and the actual meanings tend to blurr over time. It really doesn't matter if you choose to call a crystal point natural even if it has been polished or if you choose to call a tumbled stone a natural gemstone, it doesn't change the fact that all healing crystals and gemstones have energies or powers if you prefer.

We can used crystal energy to heal our bodies, hearts and or minds. They can hold energy we raise in magical workings or protect ourselves and our homes and of course, they have magical energies of their own that we can draw upon.

Healing crystals and natural gemstones have been used to balance, align and strengthen the chakras, bring color energies into the life of the user, healing sicknesses, help us find love and so much more.

They can awaken our Spiritual selves, inspire us to do great things and bring peace into our lives when the world around us appears to be going crazy.

Yet with all that healing crystals and gemstones are capable of doing, it is important to remember to use them only as a compliment to traditional medicines.

Gemstones and healing crystals come in all shapes, sizes and colors and their abilities span the gamut from calming the nerves to fanning the flames of love (or lust)

It doesn't matter if you choose to call healing crystals New Age saviors, a gift from God or simply the natural metaphysical properties of stones, the abilities in these gemstones can change your life for the better if you will allow them.

So come inside and look around. This site will never be 100% complete and will be constantly growing as additional information is taken from my notes and brain and put into html for the internet, and don't forget to bookmark this site so you can return to it whenever you need it.

Blessings be upon your and yours!
Fern Owl