Stone Guide

Learn about the physical and metaphysical properties of stones with this guide of stone properties and meanings. 

This is a guide to the stones found on my website and a list of their physical structure, metaphysical symbolism, healing properties, powers, and spiritual meanings.

  • Cladopora Fossil - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Cladopora is a type of fossilized coral that can be found in...

  • Cobaltite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Cobaltite is derived from the German, Kobold, which means "underground spirit".  It is...

  • Colla Wood Petrified Wood - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Good for grounding and stabilizing one's emotions. Particularly useful in calming survival-based...

  • Copper Ore - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Within the state of Michigan, copper is found almost exclusively in the western...

  • Crazy Lace Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Agate is a rock consisting primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating...

  • Crinoid Fossil - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata). The...

  • Dalmatian Stone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Dalmatian Stone is a form of Granite containing potassium feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, quartz,...

  • Datolite Skarn - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Datolite Skarn is a Calcium Boron Silicate Hydroxide that occurs in fine...

  • Deer Creek Fire Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Deer Creek Fire Agate is a high quality fire agate gemstone.  The fire...

  • Dendritic Opalite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content...

  • Dinosaur Bone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    The unique pattern and different colors in dinosaur bone are caused by...

  • Dumortierite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Dumortierite is a fibrous variably colored aluminium boro-silicate mineral, Al7BO3(SiO4)3O3. Dumortierite crystallizes...

  • Emerald in Quartz - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Emerald is a precious gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl...

  • Epidote - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral commonly prismatic in habit,...

  • Epidote in Quartzite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Epidote is an abundant rock-forming mineral, but one of secondary origin. It occurs...

  • Eudialyte - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek phrase Εὖ διάλυτος eu dialytos,...

  • Favosite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Favosites or Charlevoix Stone is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal...

  • Feldspar - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Feldspar is the name given to a group of minerals distinguished by...

  • Feldspar and Mica - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Feldspar is the name given to a group of minerals distinguished by...

  • Feldspar Granite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Feldspar Granite is a felsic igneous rock and a type of granite...

  • Feldspar in Basalt - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Feldspars crystallize from magma as veins in both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks...

  • Fiber Optic Glass - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    This a synthetic (man-made) stone is composed of a substance known as...

  • Fluorite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2....

  • Flower of Peach Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Flower of Peach or Flor de Durazno Lace Agate is a rock...