Since the beginning of recorded time, men and women have worn gemstones for their beauty, power and sheer endurance. In fact, many say that the origin of jewelry itself was for the purpose of keeping healing and protective gemstones close to the body, not just for pure adornment. By wearing gemstones near to one’s heart, hands, and head, the wearer can derive special qualities from each stone. (How does this work?) Adorn yourself in Stefanie Wolf Designs jewelry and enjoy both the beauty and the power in these gemstones. Below is a list of many of the gems used in Stefanie’s designs, and the special metaphysical properties associated with each.

AGATE, SILVER LEAF Used for grounding oneself and to bring abundance.

AMAZONITE Named after the Amazon River, amazonite balances feminine energy, promotes kindness and practicality, and improves self worth and confidence.

AMETHYST Healing for the soul, body, and mind, it has the universal vibration and enables the holder to be connected to it. Cooling and relaxing, amethyst is a stone of psychic power. Wearing it helps promote meditation, peace, tranquility and oneness with your spiritual goals.

AVENTURINE, GREEN Healing for the heart and soul. Enhances creativity, leadership and fun. It reinforces one's decisiveness and amplifies ones leadership qualities. Protects. Helps heal the heart, lungs & adrenals. Emotional tranquility, good health and well being.

AVENTURINE, RED This stone aids the wearer in self reflection.

BLACK ONYX Helps to enhance self-control, to stimulate the power of wise decision-making, and to encourage happiness and good fortune. Aligns wearer with their higher powers.

BOTSWANA AGATE Provides a healthy feeling to body, emotion and mind and reopens the wearer to the energy flows of mother earth. Helps to loosen up stuck energies within and around the body.

CARNELIAN Balances creativity and mental processes. Promotes peace and harmony. Dispels depression, doubt and negative thoughts. Strengthens the voice, bolsters the courage. Stills anger, jealousy, and hatred. Provides motivation, gives energy to turn ideas into form. Clears mind of extraneous thoughts. Protects against evil. Energizes blood. Aids kidneys, lungs, liver, gallbladder, pancreas. Aids tissue regeneration.

CITRINE Centering and uplifting, citrine keeps the wearer cheerful. Stimulates the body’s own healing resources, helps memory, and aids in problem solving. Helps elevate self-esteem, promoting confidence, self-discipline, and helps one to manifest one’s goals.

CRYSTAL QUARTZ Posesses a Similar energetic vibration to humans. Helps to know oneself when carried or used in mediation.

GARNET Invokes and releases one’s creative ability and inner fire. Repels negativity, gives courage and confidence, creates a defensive aura, guards against depression. Aids in raising and directing the flow of Kundalini energy and increases sensuality. It is associated with the root chakra. Given as a gift it symbolizes true and never-ending love and devotion.

RAINBOW FLOURITE Aids with life’s transitions. Helps one get out of ruts.

RAINBOW OBSIDIAN Cleansing, healing. Draws the wearer from the mind into the being and loosens tension in the body. Also helps spleen, gallbladder, pancreas and liver through harmonizing. Blood cleanser via the liver.

JADE It is a very popular gemstone projecting universal love, health, wealth and long life. Ancient Chinese used it also for courage, wisdom, justice, mercy, emotional balance, stamina, love, fidelity, humility, generosity, peace, and harmony. It was said to bring accord the environment, to transmute negativity and to instill resourcefulness. Healing for lungs, heart, thymus, immune, kidney and blood detoxification and the nervous system.

JASPER, PICTURE It can be used to further business pursuits, and to aid in the coordination of activities leading to abundance. Stimulates the proper functioning of the immune system, and helps in the treatment of skin and kidney disorders.

RED CORAL Instills courage in its wearer. Also ensures material happiness and recovery form diseases.

RHODONITE Brings calmness and clarity to the emotional state and assists in trusting one’s own truth and decisions. Sometimes called "the stone of peace", it restores peace and balance to the emotions.

ROSE QUARTZ Has been called "the stone of love" and helps one to achieve to his/her greatest potential. It activates and energizes the heart chakra, and conveys the resonance of unconditional love to the physical plane. It dispels anxiety and promotes coherence, bringing the user and observant nature and facilitating attention to details and interrelationships.

SERPENTINE Gets its name from the word 'serpent' as it resembles the skin of a snake. Used since ancient times to guard against disease and sorcery. Exceptional as a meditation stone, helps the user to find inner peace. Balances mood swings, encourages the ability to solve conflicts by peaceful means.

SMOKY QUARTZ Cleansing and grounding, alleviating fear, anxiety, depression. Gently dissolves negative energies and emotional blockages. Promotes personal pride and joy in living. Smoky quartz has been used to regulate creativity in business, and to encourage astute-ness in purchasing. It is also said to stimulate Kundalini energy.

TURQUOISE Sacred to both Native American and Asian traditions, this stone helps to connect with spirit and brings the energy of the sky down to earth. Moves the wearer toward integration and wholeness, is helpful in expanding awareness while still maintaining practicality. Worn on the throat chakra, promotes communication and the ability to speak honestly, clearly, and from the heart, and reminds us of our connection to Earth and Sky.