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What Do Brown Gemstones & Crystals Mean?

Learn the names and meanings of brown gems and green crystals including smoky quartz, tiger eye, apache tears, aragonite, mahogany obsidian, and more.

What do brown gemstones mean?

Brown gemstones correspond to the root chakra, grounding, and nourishment. They each have different meanings, but many are used for grounding, nurturing, processing grief, endurance & stamina. Brown crystals are stabilizing, supportive stones with gentle energy that help you integrate your feelings & experiences and create a balanced life.

Pietersite

Pietersite clears stagnant energy and patterns, which can lead to short-term upheavel on the path to deeper healing and transformation.

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Mahogany Obsidian

Mahogany Obsidian is useful for clearing self-imposed blocks that lurk in your subconscious due to past harmful experiences. If you feel you are not expressing your full potential due to abuse or trauma in your own life, past lives, or your family lineage, wearing Mahogany Obsidian can help you release these limitations & move forward with renewed purpose.

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Petrified Wood

Petrified wood is an ancient fossil of a tree. It is calming, soothing, and nurturing and can help heal problems arising from family history or past lives.

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Aragonite

Aragonite bolsters the strength of your emotional core, helping you confront painful feelings and embrace past wounds. This clears the way for lasting positive emotional states. Because it acts to balance the energy system and chakras, it is both calming and energizing.

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Tiger Eye

Tiger eye helps you stay centered and calmly practical despite the ups and downs of life. It helps you balance polarities and accept contradictions, taking life as it comes and responding to the needs of the moment without judgment. It is a helpful stone for protracted difficult situations, as it lends endurance and keeps you in the best state of mind to deal with problems as they come without getting overwhelmed, hopeless, or reactionary.

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Smoky Quartz

Smoky quartz clears negative energies from the environment by grounding them in the Earth. It also serves as a general grounding stone, helping you integrate insights from higher vibrations by keeping your feet on the ground and helping you handle practical matters.

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Picture Jasper

Picture jasper is a like a window into the Earth. It facilitates inner journeying to specific places or times in the past, and connecting to sacred sites. It is a good stone to use in ceremonies working with Earth energy, especially when you are working with dreams or visioning.

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Rainforest Jasper

Rainforest Jasper connects you to Planet Earth, the joy of being alive, the energy of growth, and the desire to be in balance with nature. It can help you realign your busy life and find your own natural rhythm of balance and harmony. It can help you let go of negative physical habits like overeating or smoking, and create a naturally healthy state of everyday existence.

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Apache Tears

Apache Tears are helpful for surfacing grief held in the emotional body in order to cleanse and heal old trauma or wounds from a previous life. They also have the protective and cleansing properties of obsidian, in an easy to carry form.

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Onyx

Onyx focuses and directs your energy toward your goals, helping you stay the course. It can help you rebuild your vitality after a prolonged illness or period of depletion, and is useful for work that requires disciplined focus and perseverance.

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How to Choose a Gemstone or Crystal for Healing

Start in a calm state of mind. Gaze at the images of the stones and feel your energetic link to them. Look for crystals that “call” to you, and confirm your intuition by reading the description.

Ideas for Using Your Healing Gemstone or Crystal

Wear it as a necklace or other spiritual jewelry, or carry it in you pocket. Good for everyday, ongoing support.
Place it in your environment. Good for changing the mood in the room, or supporting specific activities, like focusing at work.
Meditate while holding it. If you have a spiritual practice, incorporate stones into it. Good for receiving deep insight, guidance, and healing.

Disclaimer: Gemstone and Crystal Properties and Spiritual Gemstone Meanings listed here are not a substitute for medical care. If you have a physical or mental illness, please see a doctor or mental health professional.