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.

  • Petalite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Petalite, also known as castorite, is a  lithium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10,...  />

  • Petoskey Stone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Petoskey stones are older than the dinosaurs, which roamed the earth beginning...  />

  • Petrified Peanut Wood - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Petrified Peanut Wood Stone from Australia shaped and polished into a cabochon. ...  />

  • Phosphosiderite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    The composition of Phosphosiderite is its namesake after phosphorous and the Greek...  />

  • Picasso Marble - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    This crystal is a type of marble and its name originally came...  />

  • Pietersite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Pietersite is a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of...  />

  • Pink Opal - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Pink Opal is a sedimentary rock formed at low temperature from an...  />

  • Plasma Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Plasma agate is a fairly rare material found in the Clear Creek...  />

  • Polychrome Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Polychrome Jasper, also known as Desert Jasper, is a variety of Jasper...  />

  • Poppy Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Poppy Jasper is a variety of Jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical...  />

  • Porcelain Jasper - Stone Treasures by the Lake

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

  • Prehnite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Prehnite is an inosilicate of calcium and aluminium with the formula: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2. Limited...  />

  • Priday Moss Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Priday Moss Agate is a very rare agate found many years ago on the...  />

  • Psilomelane - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Psilomelane is a group name for hard black manganese oxides including hollandite...  />

  • Puddingstone - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Puddingstone is a popular name applied to a conglomerate that consists of distinctly...  />

  • Purpurite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Purpurite is a mineral, manganese phosphate, MnPO4 with varying amounts of iron depending...  />

  • Pyrite Agate - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Pyrite agate is chalcedony (agate) with pyrite inclusions.  An inclusion is any...  />

  • Quartz - Stone Treasures by the Lake

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

  • Quartzite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone....  />

  • Rainbow Calsilica - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Rainbow calsilica is a man-made material created for the gemstone market from...  />

  • Rainbow Petrified Wood - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Rainbow Petrified Wood is good for grounding and stabilizing one's emotions. It...  />

  • Rhodochrosite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. In its...  />

  • Rhodonite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Rhodonite is a manganese inosilicate, (Mn, Fe, Mg, Ca)SiO3 and member of the...  />

  • Ricolite - Stone Treasures by the Lake

    Ricolite is a deep green variety of Serpentine with pale green banding.  It...  />