Love stones
What is love? – says a famous Haddaway song. The definition says it is a line of strong and mostly positive mental states that include deep interpersonal affections. It is a feeling that many wish for, and it comes with no surprise a lot of people look for love crystals and stones in an attempt to control and influence it.
Selenite pendulum. Selenite is one of the crystals used to attract love
What stones attract love or are used as love gems? Here is the list of top 10 gemstones for love and stones that represent love and the features of those rocks.
Opal – a beautiful love rock that can reflect a myriad of colors. The ancients believed that it should only be worn when love is real, true and faithful. There is a porous version of opal that floats on water and is commonly called ‘Float Stone’. It is said ‘lovers join hands over a Float Stone floating on a vessel of water and pledge their troth with the utmost solemnity, misfortune being bound to dog the footsteps of the faithless one.’
Ruby – arguably the most famous red stone that is also a symbol of love, affection, and passion. It had a reputation of attracting and retaining love.
Crystal – or also rock crystal, is a variety of quartz. There are a few notable varieties of this love rock relevant to our topic. One of the is pink quartz. Katy Perry said that she was never single because she would always carry pink quartz crystals with her. Another variety of the love stone is rutile quartz that was called ‘Flèches d’Amour’ in France which literally means ‘Love’s Arrows’.
Selenite – the name of this love crystal is derived from the Greek word ‘selene’ meaning Moon. Among our ancestors selenite had the reputation of being an important love attractor, as well as having the ability to reconcile disputes between lovers.
Turquoise – a gem of love and happiness. It was considered a good gift for lovers and the newlyweds. According to an old Eastern saying ‘a turquoise given with the hand of love carries with it true fortune and sweet happiness.’
Emerald – the green birthstone that can also be considered as the stone for love. Many researchers identified emerald as being close to Venus – the symbol of love. It was believed to be particularly fortunate for women ‘bringing happiness in love, comfort in domestic affairs, and safety in childbirth’.
Rutile quartz - a variety of love gem called ‘Flèches d’Amour’ in France which literally means ‘Love’s Arrows’
Beryl – it signifies ‘the good of charity and faith or the spiritual love of truth’ according to the Swedish mystic and scientist Swedenborg. The gemstone was thought to reawaken the love of those who are married.
Diamond – a girl’s best friend. A lot is said about this ‘queen of gems’ and the popularity of birthstone diamond. 16th century physician and gemstone researcher Franciscus Rueus called diamond ‘a gem of reconciliation’ because he thought it enhanced the love of a husband for his wife. This is arguably one of the reasons why diamond is used on engagement and wedding rings.
Amethyst – this rock was made famous as a symbol of pure love by St. Valentine who was a bishop. Roman wives wore amethyst rings or amulets to use the birthstone powers of preserving affections of their husbands.
Uvarovite garnet - named after Count Uvarov, a famous scientist in imperial Russia. This love gem is emerald green color and has a spectacular brilliance. In Siberia it was thought that it was a gem of love and passion, and wives used to secretly insert Uvarovite garnet into husbands’ pillows.
Needless to say that it is considered that lovestones are much more powerful if they are person’s birthstones. For example, amethyst is a February birthstone, November guardian angel and special apostle birthstone, and Aquarius zodiac birth gem. Please consult our page that consists the information about birthstones by month and by zodiac sign.
