Chalcedony Healing Properties

What is Chalcedony?

A natural form of silicon dioxide, Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz.
 

Chalcedony Associations

Chakras - Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra
Zodiac - Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Aquarius
Numerical Vibration - Number 9
Typical colours - white to grey, greyish-blue, or brown ranging from pale to nearly black.  Chalcedony has a waxy lustre, and may be semitransparent or translucent.

 

Healing with Chalcedony

♥ Emotional balance ♥ Vitality ♥ Stamina ♥ Endurance ♥ Energy ♥ Intensity ♥ Hardiness ♥ Nurturance ♥ Generosity ♥ Liveliness ♥ Kindness ♥ Charity ♥ Friendliness

Chalcedony is a nurturing stone that promotes brotherhood and good will.  It absorbs negative energy.  It brings the mind, body, emotions and spirit into harmony.  Chalcedony instills feelings of benevolence and generosity.  It alleviates hostility and transforms melancholy into joy.  Eases self-doubt.  Creates openness and enthusiasm.  Absorbs and dissipates negative thoughts, emotions and bad dreams.

Chalcedony improves mineral assimilation and combats mineral buildup in veins.  Lessens the effects of dementia and senility.  It increases physical energy.  Heals the eyes, gallbladder, bones, spleen, blood and circulatory system.
 

Colour Healing with Chalcedony

In addition to the generic healing properties of Chalcedony, specific colours have additional attributes:

Blue Chalcedony Healing Properties

Chakras - Throat Chakra
Planet - Moon
Element - Water

A creative stone, Blue Chalcedony imparts mental flexibility and verbal dexterity.  It stimulates the ability to learn new languages and improves memory.  Gives feelings of light-heartedness and optimism.  Improves self-perception.  Aids regeneration of mucus membranes.  Enhances the immune system.  Blue Chalcedony has an anti-inflammatory effect and lowers temperature and blood pressure.  Heals the lungs and clears the respiratory system of the effects of smoking.

Other Varieties of Chalcedony

Concentrically banded varieties of Chalcedony are known as Agate.  Flat layered / banded varieties of Chalcedony are known as Onyx.  Different varieties of Chalcedony include:

• Agate
• Bloodstone
• Blue Lace Agate
• Botswana Agate
• Carnelian
• Chrysoprase
• Dendritic Agate
• Jasper
• Mookaite
• Moss Agate
• Onyx
• Petrified Wood
• Sardonyx
• Tiger Eye

Descriptions of the healing properties of gemstones are from the following sources:

• My own experiences and observations of gemstones;
• "Love is in the Earth : A Kaleidoscope of Crystals" by Melody (I highly recommend this book);
• "The Crystal Bible Volume 1: Godsfield Bibles: A Definitive Guide to Crystals" by Judy Hall (I highly recommend this book).