Aquamarine

Aquamarine is a stone associated with calm, courage, and clear communication. It has energy-clearing properties, alleviates anxiety and stress, and enhances self-confidence and assertiveness, making it helpful in meditation, relationships, and for those who work with their voice. Its physical attributes include high hardness (7.5-8 Mohs) and a distinctive blue color.

Spiritual and Mental Properties:

1. Calm and Courage: It brings inner peace, alleviates anxiety, phobias, and sadness, and also increases self-confidence, courage, and spontaneity, aiding self-expression.

2. Communication and Intellect: It improves interpersonal communication, promotes assertiveness, and clears thoughts and feelings. It is ideal for speakers and those in need of mental clarity.

3. Cleansing: It has strong cleansing properties, both emotionally and energetically, helping to process difficult emotions and grief.

4. Intuition: Strengthens intuition and perception, supports the development of paranormal abilities, and helps one see things from a broader perspective.

5. Supports transformation: Facilitates transitions, helps overcome fear of the unknown, and supports the grieving process.

6. Throat Chakra: Strongly associated with the throat chakra, it helps with throat and thyroid problems, soothes inflammation, and strengthens the immune system.

7. Other: Recommended for allergies, headaches, and insomnia, helps cleanse the body, and improves eyesight.

Uses:

1. Meditation: Calms, harmonizes the aura and all chakras, facilitating deep meditation.

2. Protection: Formerly a sailor's talisman, it now protects mother and child, and enhances positive behavior (tolerance).