Tangerine Sun Aura Quartz

Also see Quartz, this is Quartz that has been treated iron and gold oxide that produces a yellow/orange iridescence. Tangerine sun aura quartz is also sometimes known as ‘Melon quartz’.
This form of Quartz is deeply spiritually supportive and is said to be of benefit for spiritual exploration/visualisation/ insight and higher connectivity (it grounds spiritual vision and manifests in everyday life). Making this quartz ideal for visualisation and gaining profound insight.
It has an uplifting energy that teaches us to face life’s challenges with equanimity and cheerfulness. It assists in clarity, perspective, lifts dark moods, and brings emotional balance and stability. It is said to be ideal to be worn when self-esteem needs boosting, in order to overcome low self-esteem. Stimulates creativity.
Tangerine sun aura quartz is said to connect strongly to abundance and may favourably influence the outcome of lawsuits, petitions and judgment.
Chakra: Opens a blocked or un-awakened third eye, solar plexus, root and naval.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; digestive system, spleen, liver, anaemia and improving physical and psychological strength.
Feng Shui:
Place in south-east corner to attract abundance and prosperity.
Tanzanite

A clear, blue-purple-violet Zoisite crystal – also see Zoisite.
It has a high vibration and with a deep profound meditative state it brings together both communication and psychic power. It can raise consciousness, induces visions, and invites protection during all activities, links to angelic realms/spirit guides / ascended masters, accesses information from the akashic records and can facilitate inner and outer journeying.
It is ideal for use in past life healing and to re-balance karmic ties/debts.
Chakra: Third eye, crown and throat
Folk Remedies:
It is believed to be beneficial for; head, throat, and chest (also see properties of Zoisite)
Hardness: 6.5-7
Chemical Composition: Ca2Al3(SiO4)(SiO7)0(OH)
Other Useful Information:
Contains Aluminium.
Tektite

Meteoritic glass from outer space of which moldavite is a well known example but moldavite is detailed separately.
It is thought to enhance communication with other worlds and give the ability to retain the knowledge gained by these communications. It diminishes negative impressions of undesirable experiences and encourages lasting impressions of positive/desirable experiences.
It assists in seeing the root of a matter and in being able to take the appropriate action. It balances male and female personality characteristics. In some cultures it is seen as a powerful talisman, where it can bring fertility and wealth to all endeavours.
Chakra: root – balances energy flow and can reverse a chakra that is spinning the wrong direction. Placed on the third eye it can enhance communication with other dimensions.
Folk Remedies:
Said to be of benefit for; reducing fever, stimulates circulatory balance, said to prevent transmission of diseases and has been used in the Philippines for psychic surgery.
Feng Shui:
Place in the centre to bring balance, northeast for self cultivation, southwest for fertility and to bring change place in any direction that is appropriate.
Hardness: 6-7
Chemical Composition: varies but includes SiO2, Al2, O3
Other Useful Information:
Contains Aluminium.
Thulite

Thulite is a form of Zoisite also sees Zoisite for additional properties.
This stone creates a powerful like to life force where it stimulates regeneration and healing. It is also said to be helpful when giving presentations to help promote the entertaining aspect within the self.
It can help combine aspects of logic and love and is also said to assist in; problem solving, self expression, and can reduce aimlessness.
Chakra: Crown, heart and root.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; calcium deficiencies, disturbances of the intestines, gastric upsets, enhances fertility, and can be energising for people suffering with exhaustion.connect to the south
Tiger's Eye

It has been used as a protective talisman for centuries, carried for protection against ill wishing and curses. It is said to combine the energies of both the earth and the sun which encourages stability and dynamic beauty.
It is helpful for those who are seeking clarity, it also helps with clarity of intention and is said to assist in gentle attunement of the third eye.
It helps life emotions bringing light and joy to those who feel down or ‘blue’, helps heal issues of self worth/self criticism and can help in creative blockages. It helps in teaching us where our gifts and strengths are whilst also showing us our weaknesses and how to overcome them.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; disorders of the eye, throat, reproductive system, assists in improving night vision, and can assist in aligning the spinal cord, and in the mending broken bones.
Feng Shui:
Place in the centre to create centring, balance and grounding.
Golden
It helps in giving more attention to detail and can warn against being complacent. It is ideally used for tests, exams and important meetings.
Chakra: Solar plexus
Tiger's Eye- Blue / Hawks Eye / Falcons Eye

It assists in gaining perspective and see situations fully and is known as a stone of vision, insight and psychic awareness. I can help to balance and overly pessimistic outlook and behaviour in life and dissolves negative energy. It enhances psychic abilities such as clairvoyance.
Chakra: Third eye
Folk Remedies:
It is thought to improve circulation and bowel movements as well of benefitting legs, stiff necks and frozen shoulder.
Feng Shui:
Place in the southeast for wealth to attract abundance.
Tiger's Eye - Red

It strengthens life force and energy as well as being highly grounding. It is also said that it can help speed up metabolism and increases low sex drive.
Chakra: Root
Hardness: 7
Chemical Composition: SiO2
Other Useful Information:
Fibrous forms are toxic, may contain asbestos do not place in water and also do not cleanse in water.
Tiger Iron

It is a combination of golden tiger’s eye red jasper and hematite see individual properties for additional information.
It is a highly creative stone promoting artistic abilities and creative endeavours. It is also highly protective and is said to assist in finding havens of refuge when danger is perceived. Gives vitality and is believed to benefit the assimilation of B complex, increasing white/red blood cell counts and is said also to strengthen the muscular structures of the body.
Hardness: 7
Chemical Composition: SiO2
Chakra: Root
Other Useful Information:
Fibrous forms are toxic, contains Asbestos do not place in water and also do not cleanse in water.
Topaz

It is often referred to as the stone of true love and success in all endeavours.
It will direct energy to where it is needed the most, soothes the heart, recharges and re-motivates, and actively replaces negativity with love and joyfulness. Provides confidence and trust in ones decisions, helps promote individuality and creativity.
It helps achieve a state of being rather than doing by helping illuminate ones path and highlighting goals and assisting in the ability to tap into ones resourcefulness. It is highly effective in assisting manifestation.
It brings joy, abundance, good health, successful attainment of goals, and is highly supportive for affirmations, manifestation and for visualisation. Brings relaxation, assists in discovering inner gifts, promotes openness and honesty, self realisation, self control, it also help promote sharing of riches and philanthropy.
Ideally used with amethyst for manifestation – amethyst will release any un-manifested energy into the universe as spiritual vibration bringing soothing, clearing and stabilising effect.
Chakra: Aligns and the energy meridians of the body, clears the aura.
Folk Remedies:
Used as an elixir it is said to help disperse the crystal energy throughout the body.
It is believed to be of benefit for; aid digestion, combats anorexia, assists on loss of sense of taste, healing of wounds, nerve fortification, stimulates metabolism and is of benefit for skin eruptions.
Blue
It stimulates the throat chakra to clearly, succinctly and consciously express that which one desires to manifest or that which is needed or wanted to be communicated. It helps bring mind body and spirit into alignment and interconnectedness with the perfection of the universe. It attunes to the angels of truth and wisdom and helps show you if you have strayed from your own truth.
Chakra: Throat
Clear
Assists in heightened awareness of thoughts and deeds and the karmic effects that these have, it is also said to have a purifying effect on emotions and actions and can also activate cosmic awareness. It is also believed to remove stagnant or stuck energy.
Chakra: Crown
Pink
It is said to be a stone of hope and can gently ease out old patterns of dis-ease. Dissolves resistance, it shows you the face of the divine and will assist on a path to radiant health.
Chakra: Heart
Hardness: 8
Chemical Composition: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Other Useful Information:
Contains Aluminium.
Topaz - Imperial / Golden

It is saiIt is said to act as a battery and recharges spiritually and physically it is said to also help strengthen faith and optimism. It assists in clear concise communication, assists in conscious attunement to the highest forces.
It assists in recognising your own abilities, attracts helpful people, it attracts people to wards you for business and/or friendship. Helps bring charisma, confidence, and helps in overcoming limitations
Chakra: Crown, third eye, throat, and solar plexus.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for nervous exhaustion and also help treats the liver, gall bladder and endocrine glands.d to connect to the south
Tormaline

It is an energy transmuter where it transforms dense energy into lighter vibrations and has the ability to ground spiritual energy and can also create a protective shield around the body.
It is said to attract inspiration, can diminish fears and dispels negative energies, removes blockages, balances male and female energies, and is said to promote balance between the left and right brain hemispheres.
It has an affinity with the devic kingdom and is highly beneficial for plants and gardening, it is even said to keep pests at bay even those buried in the soil and also to promote crop growth.
It is said to help in self understanding as well as understanding those around us, promotes self confidence, releases tension and attracts compassion, understanding, tolerance and prosperity.
Chakras: Relates to all of them and clears, maintains and stimulates each of the energy centres of the body. It also clears the aura
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; arthritis, dyslexia, anxiety, disorientation, balancing the adrenal glands, enhancing energy levels and energy flow.
Feng Shui:
Placed anywhere in the house or office it will neutralise negative energy, place in the north for personal journeys/life paths/career. Place in the west for creativity and childlike wonder, southeast for love and partners where two stones should be placed together. Place in the northwest for self growth and harmony.
Tourmaline - Black/Schorl

It has strong protective properties; protects user from electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, radiation, psychic attack, spells, ill wishing and repels and protects against negativity of all kinds.
It grounds to the centre of the earth, increases vitality, reduces stress, clears negative thoughts, enhances rational thought processes and with it brings a positive attitude.
Chakra: Root
Folk Remedies;
It is said to help boost the immune system, provide pain relief, assists in realigning the spine and treats dyslexia.
Tourmaline - Blue / Indicolite

It can strengthen the skills to communicate psychic awareness. It helps live in harmony with the environment whether it is people/places or things. It can stimulate and assist in development of intuition, prevents negativity from sticking, and assists in identifying the root of dis-ease.
Chakra: Throat and third eye
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; thymus, kidneys, bladder, insomnia, night sweats, throat, larynx, lungs, eyes, sooths burns, reduces scarring, and oesophagus.
Tourmaline - Brown/Dravide

It is highly grounding and us and is clearing and opening. It is protective on subtle levels, heals dysfunctional relationships and promotes pragmatism and creativity.
Chakra: Root and clears the aura and aligns the etheric body.
It is said to be of benefit for; intestinal disorders skin diseases and stimulates whole body regeneration.
Tourmaline - Colourless/Achronite

It is said to synthesis all other colours.
Chakra: Crown it aligns the physical meridians to the etheric body
Tourmaline - Green/Verdelite

A strong healing stone which is said to help seeing with the heart where it promotes patience, compassion, tenderness and a sense of belonging. It transmutes negativity into positivity and aid in dispelling fears. It is said to hold the essence of the plants and is ideal for use in gardening. It stimulates creativity, magnetises prosperity and abundance, an ideal aid in the study of herbalism and ideal for visualisations.
Chakra: Heart and third eye.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for eyes, aid to weight loss, heart regeneration, thymus, immune system, ductless glands, as a purgative, realigning the spine, quietens the mind, detoxifying and also heals constipation and diarrhoea.
Tourmaline - Multi Coloured

See properties of the individual components, multi coloured tourmaline can be used as a gate to the inner self and to the higher self.
It is said to promote dreams, enhance creativity and imagination and believed to be of benefit for the immune system and metabolism.
Tourmaline - Pale Pink

It makes a connection between the self and all that is, highly creative, is said to be an aphrodisiac and attracts love in the material and spiritual world. It enhances the higher aspects of love, trust, teaching self love is the key to attracting love around you promotes joy and peace and stimulates and heightens intuition.
It brings peace, disperses emotional pain, heals old destructive feelings, promoted relaxation and connects to higher wisdom.
Chakra: Heart and crown
It is said to be beneficial for endocrine dysfunction, balance, heart, lungs, skin and makes an excellent elixir that can be used topically or internally.
Tourmaline - Purple/Violet

It is a strong heart healer radiating a loving consciousness. It is said to increase devotion and loving aspiration. It helps strengthen and connect to one’s intuition clearing any blocks around the third eye and strips away illusions so the truth can be seen.
Chakra: Third eye, heart and root.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; depression, sensitivity to pollutants, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and chronic fatigue.
Tourmaline - Dark Pink -Violet Red/Rubellite

It produces a loving consciousness, strengthening the will to understand love and inspires tactfulness and diplomacy. Stimulates creativity and intuition, ideal for past life healing, reduces tension and stress. Brings a balance between aggression and passiveness and also helps give stamina and endurance.
Chakra: Heart and third eye
Folk Remedies;
It is said to be beneficial for digestive system, heart, lungs, pancreas, reproductive system, liver, spleen, muscle spasms, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, sensitivity to pollutants and chills.
Tourmaline - Watermelon

It iThis is tourmaline that is configured of green or blue edge with a pink or red core.
It is a super activator of the heart chakra linking
it to the higher self and brings with it love, tenderness and friendship. It
teaches tact and diplomacy, enhances/develops patience, helps appreciate the
beauty of nature and assists in understanding and seeing lessons in life. It
enhances cooperative efforts and balances emotions.
It assists relationships, helps find the joy and/or
humour in situations and dissolves resistance to becoming whole.
Chakra: Crown, throat, heart and root.
Folk Remedies;
It is said to be of benefit for; regeneration after
paralysis, MS, stress, heart, lungs and emotional dysfunctions.
Tourmaline - Yellow

It is said to enhance personal power and intellectual pursuits, beneficial for personal growth, stimulates spiritual development, ideal for business pursuits, and activates creativity.
Chakra: Solar plexus
It is said to be of benefit for; stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, gallbladder, and stomach.
Hardness: 7-7.5
Chemical Composition: (Na, Ca)(Li, Mg, Al)(Al,Fe,Mn)6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH)4
Tourmalinated Quartz

Tourmalinated Quartz is
clear or white quartz which has pieces of Black Tourmaline that have grown within
it. They are powerful crystals, which embodies both the energy of Black Tourmaline purifies one’s
own energies and protects from negativity, while Quartz amplifies energies
focused through it. This combination makes Tourmaline Quartz a powerful
shield-stone that, depending on the desired intent of the wearer, can amplify
and return negative energy, like a mirror spell, or can convert the negative
energy into positive energy for the wearer.
It encourages a large amount
of light to encircle your body, and this will heal you on many levels.
These are perfect for
psychic protection and create a strong spiritual grounding. It is beneficial for those needing clarity of
mind and emotional clarity. Tourmaline Quartz
strengthens the body’s energy field against external invasion and deflects
detrimental environmental influences.
It can be used to aid
problem solving and eliminating old patterns especially when they are
destructive patterns. It balances
yin/yang energy, it is also ideal for turning negative thoughts around into
positive thoughts.
Chakra: Earth star, crown,
third eye and soul star. It can be used
for auric cleansing to remove negativity.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for;
blood vessels, headaches (especially sinus related), nervous system and
recovery after accident.
Hardness: 7-4.5
Chemical Composition: SiO2
with NaFe3(Al, Fe)6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4
Tremolite

It can be used to contact those on the physical plane or elsewhere. Notably the stones energy is entirely dependent on the positivity or negativity of its location. It can be used for gridding to stabilise and balance chaotic locations. It is said that projecting the visualised form of a person into the stone helps draw them near always in spirit and occasionally in form.
Chakra: Root
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; calcium and magnesium deficiencies, assimilation of minerals and stabilising of nervousness and shakiness.
Hardness: 5-6
Chemical Composition: Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Other Useful Information:
Toxic, may contain Asbestos do not place in water and also do not cleanse in water.
Tugtupite

It anchors love into the world it helps bridge the compassionate heart with the illuminated mind. It teaches us about self love and that this is the key to happiness and attracting love in one’s life. Promoting peace, it is aligned with the pink flame, it is unique as when exposed to UV light if fluoresces also if worn or held it changes from pale pink to a deeper crimson.
In Inuit legend Tutu was a reindeer girl that went into the mountains to give birth, it was said that when her life giving blood fell to the earth Tugtupite was formed. They also say that the stone awakens forgotten love and intensifies lover’s passion causing the stone to glow fiery red.
When placed over the heart chakra of someone who’s vibration has been raised it is said it is like a shaman blowing into the chakra to awaken the dormant channel that connects t the compassionate heart to higher states of consciousness.
It helps face situations without fear, blocks peoples rage, cuts of inappropriate tugs on your heart strings, transforms anger to creative energy, eases anxiety/stress, cuts cords from past lives, clears the bio magnetic sheath, brings abundance on all levels, encourages forgiveness for one’ s self and others.
It is also said to enhance vision and clarity and assists in emotional honesty.
Chakra: Heart
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be of benefit for; blood pressure, SAD, increasing fertility, lifts depression, and heals the heart, motion sickness, reduce swelling/growths, and increases agility.
Feng Shui:
Place in any location to surround the environment in unconditional love or use in pairs and place in the southeast for relationships.
Hardness: 6.5
Chemical Composition: Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl
Other Useful Information:
Contains Aluminium.
Turquoise

It is highly protective and has been used as a protective amulet for centuries; it brings communication skills, creativity and intuition. Ideal for spiritual attunement and is also a good healer and cleanser. It enhances communication with both the spiritual and physical worlds and deepens meditation and if placed over the third eye heightens intuition.
It is grounding and helps to prevent losing touch with the conscious mind during deep meditations. It dispels negative energy, gives spiritual clarity, protects against pollutants, protects against electromagnetic smog, soothing, brings peace of mind, used in sacred ceremonies of shambhala, and balances male and female energies.
It aids in self realisation, assists in creative problem solving, strengthening, and emotional balancer, stimulates creative expression, stimulates romantic love and enhances love and trust.
Chakra: Throat, heart and sacral – strengthens and aligns all meridians of the body.
Folk Remedies:
It is said to be beneficial for; aiding absorption of nutrients, stimulates tissue regeneration, headaches, circulatory flow, muscular system, boosts immune system, cataracts, rheumatism, stomach, reduces stress, stress related disorders, reduces cramps/pain and is a detoxifier.
Feng Shui:
Place in the north for personal journeys, in the centre for grounding, protection and balance. Place two in the southwest for love and partnership.
Hardness: 5-6
Chemical Composition: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 4(H2O)
Other Useful Information:
Toxic, contains Copper and Aluminium do not place in water and also do not cleanse in water.