With a wide range of colours on offer each variety of Kyanite offers particular benefits, though in general, its strong vibrations assist in opening the psychic channels and stimulating mind centres, helping to cut a purposeful path through your life. 

This crystal will also enhance the process of lucid dreaming and for advanced users, astral travel.

Kyanite is also helpful in downloading messages and ideas from the higher planes. Kyanite does not require cleaning, is a wonderful mediator between other crystals and fosters loyalty, tranquility and honesty.
Black or grey- root. Orange- sacral. Yellow- solar plexus. Green- heart. Blue- throat or third eye. Write- crown.

Origin: Brazil.
Energy: None.
Colours: Black, blue, grey, green, orange, yellow, white.
Works with: All Kyanite colours, facilitates movement of energy between any two crystals.
Helps with: Creating smooth transitions, clearing blockages, breaking habits, clear communication, memory, grounding, balance, harmony.
Usage tip: Use Kyanite between other crystals in a grid to allow better flow of energy. Place Kyanite under your pillow to improve your ability to recollect dreams. Carry Kyanite to help with Chakra alignment in your energetic body.

Highly prized as a stone for royalty, this powerful stone can help to awaken the inner power and majesty in all of us. Lapis Lazuli will greatly aid in uncovering hard truths, both within yourself and the motivations that drive your habits and behaviours. Thus, this powerful communication stone helps to shine a light on those blockages hindering the flow of positive energy through you, especially those buried deep within you.

Acknowledging and speaking your truth are far easier with Lapis Lazuli, as is any kind of speaking or public performance.

Associated with the third eye, this stone is also a wonderful channel to new ideas, greater intellect and knowledge. Whether on a higher plane or simply in high school, Lapis Lazuli is an excellent nurturer of the love of learning.

Origin: Chile, Egypt, Middle East, United States.
Energy: Absorbs
Colours: Azure blue, blue with white or gold.
Works with: Clear Quartz Helps with: Communication, written communication, education, learning, expressing truth, harmony, improving performance, wisdom, intellect, truth, psychic development, energy boost.
Usage tip: Lapis Lazuli makes beautiful jewellery, and will help any performer or speaker particularly when worn as a necklace. Carry Lapis Lazuli with you to enhance your natural abilities. Place Lapis Lazuli around your home and office to promote clear thought and organisation.

Misshapen and with natural etchings like a modern day barcode, these powerful stones hold historic energy, one that reminds us of our spiritual ties to higher planes and that we can manifest whatever we set our mind, heart and soul to. Lemurian Quartz guides us to acknowledge our intuition and remember what we are seeking is already deep within us.

Each piece has a personality of its own, and will guide its user to higher communication or to heal the inner spirit and physical body.

Regardless, Lemurian Quartz is extremely powerful in imparting wisdom and understanding for any complex problem. Once the stone has guided you to a solution, it will also help support your intuition to move you beyond it. Legend suggests Lemurian Quartz was seeded in the ground by the last beings of the ancient civilisation for our future use. As such, each stone today imparts absolute love for the earth and are excellent for the soul, dispelling negativity.

Origin: Brazil.
Colours: Colourless.
Helps with: Intuition, negativity, wisdom, clarity, understanding, meditation, knowledge.
Usage tip: Meditate whilst holding Lemurian Crystal in your right hand to find the answer to a complex problem.

This powerful grounding stone will help you to become centered, feel present, clear energy and connect to the earth and your own body. Mahogany Obsidian is the perfect meditation tool for those working to release negative energies and stimulate growth emotionally, spiritually and physically, and balance throughout the chakras. 

Able to activate and stimulate personal growth, sexuality, strength, creativity, passion and protection, this powerful stone also brings thoughts and ideas into action for the sole purpose of personal growth. 

Release yourself from inner limitations, unlock and enhance all of your creative energy and express your true self with calm confidence. Gentler than black Obsidian, Mahogany Obsidian is the perfect assistant to those starting on their inner work journey, or when beginning to clear energy associated with particularly painful or traumatic events. Imparting strength and intuition, Mahogany Obsidian is also wonderful for those desiring to increase or unlock their sexual energy. This stone allows you to express yourself and your desires with greater ease and confidence.

Origin: Mexico, Japan, Afghanistan, Brazil, and USA.
Energy: Grounding.
Colours: Black and brown.
Works with: Phenacite, Herkimer Diamond.
Helps with: Grounding, balance, clearing energy, negativity, courage, inner work, chakras, creativity, strength, truth, trust, self-expression, sexuality, personal will.
Usage tip: Wear Mahogany Obsidian to relieve physical pain and improve circulation. Clear unwanted energy by sweeping Mahogany Obsidian over your body, or meditating with the stone placed on a particular chakra. When exploring sexuality with others, place Mahogany Obsidian in your bedroom or wear it to help disperse anxiety and assist in increased confidence and intuition.

Not only a healing stone, Mookaite utilises energies to invigorate and connect our physical body with the Earth. In this way, this stone will help ground your mind, heart, and soul, allowing you to connect with what is truly important both within you and in the physical realm.

Deep meditation with Mookaite is a powerful way of communing with Mother Earth, nature and the ability to find true beauty in every moment.

Rejuvenating, calming and powerfully grounding, Mookaite is the perfect stone for those looking to a greater connection with the world around them. It is also said to have anti-ageing properties, both on a physical and mental level.

Origin: Western Australia.
Energy: Transforming
Colours: Blood red, brown, red, grey, yellow and purple.
Works with: Citrine, Tiger Eye and Imperial Topaz.
Helps with: Grounding, healing, energy, calming, inner strength, encouragement, adventure, power, motivation, knowledge, joy, personal will, passion, nurturing, opportunities.
Usage tip: Meditate with Mookaite placed on your solar plexus to strengthen your personal will and motivation. Place Mookaite under your pillow for a truly rejuvenating night’s sleep.

A direct product of our planet’s most primal elements, Moss Agate is heavily associated with Mother Earth, healing, grounding and transformation. Moss Agate is considered one of the most powerful of medicine stones, with anti-inflammatory properties and the ability to heal wounds, ward off self-induced anger, bitterness, and other negativity.

It’s connection to Mother Earth encourages us to re-establish the bond with our inner child, where happiness, fun and carefree joy was abundant.

Moss Agate encourages us to re-connect to our inner purpose, to live with joy and light. This stone works on the same principles as a lovely long walk through a cool forest on a hot day, providing relief, sanctuary and renewed purpose.

Origin: India
Energy: Transformationa
Colours: Green, brown.
Helps with: Balancing, calming, healing, pain relief, truth, wisdom, stability, grounding, connection with nature, detoxification, joy, growth, consciousness, transformation.
Usage tip: Place Moss Agate directly onto the skin in any place where pain or inflammation is present to soothe that area. Ground yourself by carrying a piece of Moss Agate. Meditate with Moss Agate to heal your body and connect to your inner self.

Extremely rare and beautiful, this stone has only one known origin, along the north-eastern coast of Madagascar from the base of a cliff only accessible by boat during low tide. Ocean Jasper activates and aligns our solar plexus, heart and throat chakras, giving the ability to combine our will with our emotions to achieve joy, happiness and emotional alignment. In use, this stone helps us to reveal our true feelings, accept responsibility of our actions, thoughts and emotions and increases our patience in dealing with them.

Ocean Jasper helps to release any blocks or constraints on the heart, encouraging you to physically speak your truth and move forward from those emotional issues.

This stone will help you heal your emotions, relationships, and most importantly, your inner self.  Ocean Jasper fosters a sense of love of self, encouraging you to become more positive and comfortable with expressing the true essence of yourself. This stone will also help with digestive issues, detoxification and easing body odour.

Origin: Madagascar.
Energy: Amplifies.
Colours: Patterns of green, brown, blue, yellow, grey, white, pink or red.
Helps with: Acceptance, love, confidence, communication, emotional healing, clarity, cleansing, courage, motivation, personal will, new beginnings, inner peace, transformation, growth, soothing, nurturing, enlightenment.
Usage tip: Wear Ocean Jasper in jewellery to aid in positive and joyful social interactions. Deep dive into emotional healing during meditation by placing Ocean Jasper on that chakra which is most out of alignment

Its orange colour mirrors that of the sun, producing the kinds of endorphins we feel upon walking out into the sunshine, but within the body. This is a very positive and uplifting stone which is aligned with the lower chakras, ensuring its use cleanses blocks in those areas, allowing creative and sexual energies to flow more freely. When this occurs, we become more comfortable with ourselves and whatever issues or people surround us.

The result is an increase in confidence and self esteem: Shiny Storm recommends Orange Calcite to anyone engaging in negative self talk, or those feeling a little down.

This sunny stone will help restore mental and emotional balance, and is helpful for the physical body as well. The reproductive system, genitals, kidneys and intestines all benefit from Orange Calcite. It’s also a good cleansing stone for those prone to congestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue and arthritis.

Origin: Mexico, Canada and South America.
Colours: Orange and yellow.
Works with: Shiva Lingam
Helps with: Confidence, self esteem, creativity, manifesting desires, sexuality, fertility, pregnancy, meditation, emotional healing, depression, cleansing, clearing, congestive disorders, balance.
Usage tip: For those women trying to conceive, carry a piece of Orange Calcite to promote fertility.  Place Orange Calcite under your bed to boost vitality and confidence throughout the next day. In meditation, placing Orange Calcite around your groin area will help boost and secure your sexuality.

Stones which are pink in colour are often associated with gentle feminine energy, and when combined with the amazing protective, enlightening and purifying capabilities of the Amethyst, create a powerful crystal.

Pink Amethyst is wonderful for those who have felt lost emotionally, spiritually and in their relationships in the past, and are now ready to move into a future where they can embrace love for both themselves and others.

This crystal will provide clarity into your inner being, and help to clear any blocks surrounding those destructive emotions you might have about love and your self-worth. A Pink Amethyst crystal will help you see yourself as you actually are, whilst helping to understand and acknowledge how others see you also. This is highly beneficial for anyone on their spiritual journey who is ready to seek truth, love and happiness. This is also a highly protective crystal and will help you avoid further emotional turmoil.

Origin: Brazil and Uruguay
Colours: Pink
Helps with: Inner inquiry, protection against emotional and spiritual upheaval, love, understanding, seeking truth, inner work, increasing happiness
Usage tip: If you are regularly in conflict with another person, hold a Pink Amethyst for protection, but also speak to it and ask for clarity on the situation. Meditate with Pink Amethyst for greater insight and enhancement of spiritual guidance.

Deeply connected to the Heart Chakra, this crystal helps us to look within and strengthen the bond we have with our inner selves. Love for others must come from within us, and this means loving ourselves first. In this way, Pink Opal helps to transform any feelings of subservience to others into those which allow us to trust ourselves, love our own individuality and strengthen our resolve to happiness and joy without compromise.

It is unsurprising to note how helpful this crystal can be in healing from emotional trauma, loss and even in long distance relationships.

Pink Opal helps us gain the courage and strength to love and be our true selves in every relationship.

Origin: Peru, USA, Australia and some South American countries.
Energy: Activates.
Colours: Pink.
Works with: Green Calcite, Rose Quartz and Garnet.
Helps with: Love and relationships, trauma, stress relief, patience, wisdom, self-exploration, spiritual awakening, sleep, selflessness, self-healing, individuality, strength, courage, inner peace, healing emotions.
Usage tip: Do not expose Pink Opal to sunlight: this will cause the stone to become dry and brittle, and potentially break. Place a piece of Pink Opal in your child’s bedroom or pocket to help calm fears, dispel anxiety or increase their confidence. Use Pink Opal in meditations to aid in a strong connection to and clearing of your Heart Chakra.

The energy of heat, action and emotion helps to ignite your ideas and concepts, facilitating and activating your inner balance. Polychrome Jasper will feed that heat, passion and life giving energy force within you, revitalising your purpose and inner being.

This stone will help create safe, secure and happy energy within you, has great healing properties and is a powerful tool in manifestation.

Pink Opal helps us gain the courage and strength to love and be our true selves in every relationship.

Origin: Madagascar.
Colours: Red, brown.
Helps with: Energising and rejuvenating, manifesting desires, calming, security, attracting love, actioning dreams and goals, protection.
Usage tip: Feeling a little blah? Hold a sphere of Polychrome Jasper in your hand and feel its energy enliven your spirit. Attract love and emit a sense of vibrancy by carrying Polychrome Jasper with you at all times.

Also referred to as ‘Fools Gold’ this iron sulphide mineral has been used in protection talismans and jewellery throughout the centuries, whilst Native Americans used it as a powerful meditation and ceremonial tool. This is a very strong determination stone, and coupled with its connection to the Solar Plexus (personal will) is an excellent aid in activating your purpose, action and confidence

Pyrite helps to manifest your heart’s desire by enhancing those energies needed to achieve them.

As an enhancement stone, Pyrite helps to build on our success and achievements, whilst providing protection from negative energies. Inspiring you to remain focussed and determined during challenging times, this stone is excellent for anyone who struggles to remain grounded or on task. As an added bonus, Pyrite promotes energy, vitality and confidence.

Origin: Worldwide, Peru and Mexico.
Lattice: Cubic (Isometric).
Energy: Determination, grounding.
Colours: Metallic, pale brass, pale yellow.
Works with: Quartz and selenite.
Helps with: Manifestation, determination, action, confidence, focus, motivation, clarity and protection from harm.
Usage tip: Pyrite is an excellent stone to meditate with when seeking financial abundance. Focus on attracting wealth during the meditation and channelling the energies which will help make this intention a reality. Wear pyrite in jewellery to help keep you focussed during your day and to provide protection from those who wish to harm you. Like to exercise? Got fitness goals?? A large chunk of Pyrite in the room where you exercise will help keep you focused for the entire length of your workout. When you feel fatigued, this powerful motivation stone will help channel those determined energies to keep you going! A pyrite crystal placed in the centred of a space will bring balance to the space, assuring that equilibrium and harmony is maintained.