Serpentine is often called New Jade because many forms of it resemble Jade once it has been polished. It comes in many colors varying all the way from almost pure white, through various shades of yellows, greens and reds and into the shades of brown.

In it's raw form, many of the darker shades appear similar to the skin of a snake or serpent, which gave rise to the name, serpentine.

Serpentine is an excellent stone to use when peace is needed in any situation. Keep one in your home to help calm arguements and place one near the cash register to keep your customers extra happy.

To help you take your meditation to new heights, keep a serpentine nearby. It will help calm your inner conflicts and bring greater peace into your life.

Can be used as an amulet against all sorts of poisionous bites from insects, snakes and scorpions.

Sleep with a serpentine taped at your navel to help heal any sort of kidney or stomach problem.

Any excellent stone to help with a wide range of womens problems. It has been used to regulate the supply of breast milk in nursing mothers, ease menstrual pain and adominal cramping during menstration and has been placed in the bed or under the pillow to help women achieve orgasm when tension and nervousness is preventing it from happening.

Serpentine has been mined successfully in Afghanistan, China, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.

1. accomplishment
2. accord
3. dreams
4. Fidelity
5. peace
6. realization of potential
7. resourcefulness

On the Mohs Scale of hardness, serpentine ranges between 2.50-5.00.