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.

  • Mary Ellen Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    At over 2 billion years old, this subvariety of Jasper is a...

  • Maury Mountain Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Maury Mountain agate is a particular type of moss agate which dendritic...

  • Milky Quartz - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous...

  • Monte Cristo Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases,...

  • Mookaite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Mookaite Jasper is found in Western Australia in the Kennedy Ranges near Mooka...

  • Moonstone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula (Na,K)AlSi3O,8 and belongs...

  • Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper  is variety of orbicular Jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical inclusions...

  • Morrisonite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Morrisonite Jasper comes from the famous Morrisonite Ranch area, above the Owhyee Mountains...

  • Moss Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Moss Agate is a semi-precious gemstone formed from silicon dioxide. It is a form...

  • Mother of Pearl - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Nacre, also known as Mother of Pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material...

  • Munjina Stone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Munjina Stone is a colorful silicified pelite from the Jeerinah Formation of the...

  • Mushroom Picture Rock - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Mushroom Picture Rock Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic (silica-rich) composition...

  • Noreena Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Noreena Jasper is a new material that comes from Pilbara region of Western...

  • Ocean Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Ocean Jasper is a trade name for a multicolored stone from Madagascar, typically...

  • Onyx - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Onyx primarily refers to the parallel banded variety of the silicate mineral chalcedony....

  • Opal Butte Opal - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    The northeastern Oregon deposit of precious opal at Opal Butte has been...

  • Orpheus Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    The story of the Orpheus stone is shrouded in mystery. According to...

  • Owyhee Picture Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Owyhee Picture Jasper (pronounced Oh-WAH-hee), comes from the rugged Owyhee mountain area situated...

  • Painted Canyon Picture Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Picture-Jasper is an opaque stone of the microcrystalline Quartz variety. What sets...

  • Painted Valley Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

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

  • Pakistani Onyx - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Onyx primarily refers to the parallel banded variety of the silicate mineral chalcedony....

  • Parrot Wing Stone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Parrot Wing Stone is a mixture of chrysocolla, jasper, azurite, and quartz.  It...

  • Patagonia Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Patagonia Agate from Argentina consists primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating with microgranular...

  • Patagonia Brecciated Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    The word "jasper" is derived from the Greek word iaspi meaning "spotted...