February Stones

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Florite is a mineral famous for its many colors caused by hydrocarbons within the stone. Fluorite can be found in clear, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown and in golden tones. Each of these colors can vary in intensity as well. Fluorite is a member of the Quartz family, the green variety is often called Chinese green quartz rather than fluorite, but it is softer and will break more easily than quartz.

Some types of Fluorite have fluorescent qualities from elements, unbonded Fluorine or organic matter found inside the crystal. The Red and Green Fluorite crystals do become phosphorescent if heated to the boiling point of water. The active element Fluorine can be found in Flourite, it is poisonous and one of the most active elements in nature. Flourine if mixed with sulfuric acid can produce deadly HF(hydrofluoric) gas. This HF is sometimes used in industry to etch glass.

Fluorite can be found in many places, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland and the US.

Magically Fluorite is a new stone in use. Its influences are just now being discovered. Because it is both air and fire energy it is said to be able to help dispel chaotic tendencies, and replaces them with harmony and order. This helps bring about focus; an important factor when using magic. It is also said that Fluorite promotes mental growth which in turn stimulates.the third eye and it help with meditation and ending bad habits.

Crystal healers consider Fluorite one of natures most powerful mental healers. Some healers say that certain colors serve to aid in specific areas, green to energize both the heart and mind, blue is for inner peace, purple to help with focus and to help getting out of a mental rut, yellow to improve comprehension and group communication, white is for building a path or bridge between an individual and the universal powers.

Although it is primarily looked on as a mental healer, Fluorite is good for physical health as well. It is said to protect a person from infection, eliminate almost any virus or bacteria. It is also a good healing stone for all chakras. It is said to recharge all the areas of the body healing holes in auras. It grounds excessive energy, be it mental, emotional, or nervous energies.


Hawk's Eye is the name given to gray-blue colored varieties of Tiger-Eye. It is also known as Falcon’s eye. It is a silicified form of asbestiform crocidolite (a variety of the mineral Riebeckite) and a member of the Quartz family. It's natural colors can range from green, blue-green, gray, gray-blue or blue.Hawk's Eye is the name given to gray-blue colored varieties of Tiger-Eye. It is also known as Falcon’s eye. It is a silicified form of asbestiform crocidolite (a variety of the mineral Riebeckite) and a member of the Quartz family. It's natural colors can range from green, blue-green, gray, gray-blue or blue.

Hawk’s Eye are found in Australia, Brazil, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, South Africa (the most important source of the stone is found here) and the U.S.

It is said that the fluid motion of light along the surface of the Hawk’s eye lead your thoughts away from the mundane into the realm of magic. This makes it very useful for magic, divination and meditation.

The Hawk’s Eye is said to open your third eye, help with perception and insight, enhance psychic powers and transform negative energy into positive.

The Hawk’s Eye helps us gain perspective or in other words provide an "aerial" and more objective viewpoint on a situation. It is said to bring strength, self-confidence, courage, balance and ground a person. It also elevate emotional tension, gets rid of fears, brings good feelings and optimism. For physical/mental ailments it is said to help with PMS, menopause, insomnia and alleviate depression. As a talisman the stone is suppose to help remind you to maintain integrity when you speak and to communicate with nothing except truth.


Hematite, an iron ore, occurs in opaque red, red-brown, gray or black. It often has a silvery almost metal look to it. Hematite has a high iron content; 70 percent. With the high iron it is subject to rusting although the iron does not make it magnetic.

Hematite can vary in compactness and form. Its hardest and most compact form is typically used for jewelry. Sometimes even as beads to imitate black pearls. The softer forms are used as red pigments and as jewelers rouge. When crushed or powdered hematite becomes red.

Hematite can be found in Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden, and US, Venezuela. The worlds largest deposits of hematite are found in the Lake Superior region. In 2000 crystalline gray hematite was discovered near the Martian equator.

Magical Hematite is said to have a beneficial effect on legal situations, to protect warriors, to win petitions before those in authority, enhance focus, concentration, bring balance, increase psychic abilities and help in grounding. It brings stability, courage, confidence, optimism and trust. It is also used as an aid in astral projection, meditation and scrying.

Hematite is used as magical amulets. Egyptians used it in their heart amulets and head rest amulets. These were used as treatments for madness and inflammation. It is also worn or carried as a protective stone. In modern times it is used to help with jet lag.

Said to be a good healing stone Hematite strengthens and draws illness away from the body. Hematite is said to help bring a positive influence to giving birth, surgeries, tumors, nervous disorders and alcohol abuse. Because of it's high iron it is said to help with blood and blood-related illnesses like hemophilia, anemia, heart, kidney, liver disease and cardiovascular disease.






Jasperis from the quartz family and it contains up to 20% foreign material. These materials are what determine the color and appearance of the stone. Jasper is often thought of as red but it is also found in assorted shades of blue, brown, green, gray, pink, purple and yellow.

There are many different types of Jasper.

Poppy Jasper is said to bring joy into life. It’s a rare orbicular jasper with red and yellow dots of "poppy flowers".

Opalite Jasper is said to help one sleep and is found in dark purple, lavender and creamy white with swirls of dark and light areas.

Biggs -- Bruneau -- Burrow Creek -- Cripple Creek -- Picture -- Dalmatian -- Deschutes -- Imperial -- Lavender -- Leopard Skin -- Morrisonite -- Ocean -- Owyhee --

Picture jasper is petrified or silicated mud that forms a banded picture on the stone.

Rain Forest -- Red -- Stone Canyon -- Willow Creek -- Yellow and Zebra

Jasper is common and found worldwide, France, Germany, North Africa, US, Italy, India, South America, Russia and Pakistan.

Magically Jasper is considered a power stone. It is said to be good for weather working (especially in calling rain), driving away evil, protection, stabilizing energy and the aura, astral travel and grounding oneself. All types of Jasper have some magical qualities in common but each have their own special qualities as well.

Jasper was thought to protect against snake and spider bites. It is said to help with relaxation, contentment, compassion, nurturing, consolation, tranquility, completion, wholeness, organization, courage for conflict, (either physical or emotional) and gentle endings.

Jasper has a long history of use in healing. Believed to aid in gall bladder, stomach, and kidney disorders. It is also used for liver, bladder, to restore lost sense of smell, soothe nerves, end hallucinations and sleep disorders.


Tekites are small glassy bodies found in several regions of the world. They come in various shapes; droplets, buttons, even dumbbells. Tekites are attributed to meteoric or cometary impacts. Earthly collisions melt quartz grains and splash the liquid droplets into the atmosphere where they cool and fall back to the earth.

Magically they are used as talismans to bring wealth and fertility. They are said to help balance female and male energies.


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I have not tested each of these stones and all their magical properties so can not verify the properties any stone is said to possess.

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