Gemstones for your dreadlocks!
- Sep 18
- 6 min read
Gemstones are beautiful minerals that have been used in jewelry for centuries. They are distinguished from ordinary stones by their beauty, durability, and rarity. Each gemstone has a different hardness, with diamonds being the hardest and most valuable. The most well-known gemstones are rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. Many people believe that gemstones have medicinal properties.
Gemstone or colored stone?
Not every beautifully colored mineral can be called a gemstone. This depends on the elements of beauty, durability, and rarity. Beauty refers to optical properties such as color, luster, fire, and transparency. Durability relates to hardness, susceptibility to fracture, cleavage, and chemical resistance. Hardness is determined using a relative scale called the Mohs scale. Diamond is the hardest gemstone, followed by sapphire, ruby, topaz, and quartz. Beautiful stones that are not considered gemstones, and are therefore called colored stones, include amethyst, topaz, peridot, citrine, etc.
Special effect?
Many people believe that gemstones have healing properties and that each birth month corresponds to a specific stone: moonstones. Moonstones are a collection of gemstones, each representing a month. Each moonstone is attributed with unique properties that positively influence the wearer. For example, these moonstones are said to have a positive effect on health, love life, or character. Giving a piece of jewelry corresponding to the recipient's birth month has symbolic value and is a protective gesture.
What is a birthstone?
For centuries, gemstones have fascinated us with their beautiful colors and vibrant play of light. According to astrology, each birth month is associated with a gemstone: so-called birthstones. Each birthstone is said to have a unique effect on people, especially strong when it corresponds to someone's birth month. A birthstone can have a positive influence on health, love life, or character. What a unique and protective gesture to give a piece of jewelry with a personal birthstone as a gift! Or wear the birthstone of a loved one yourself, so you always have it with you.
Gemstones have an effect on people
Perhaps it has something to do with energy fields, or simply the beauty of a stone, which has a positive influence on us. Our philosophy is that the effect and symbolism of gemstones enhance our jewelry. We've worn many stones ourselves to experience their energy.
Choosing a gemstone
Often, someone has a strong preference for a particular gemstone at first glance. This indicates that the stone and the overall jewelry piece suit them. We look for a piece of jewelry that adds "extra sparkle" to the person, and vice versa. Furthermore, a person's physical, mental, or emotional characteristics can provide clues to the choice.
Cleaning gemstones
If you want to cleanse or charge a piece of gemstone jewelry, leave it in a dark place for a day or longer, or place it near a piece of rock crystal. It's not advisable to leave jewelry in water, soil, or sunlight for extended periods.
Gemstones in the webshop
At Dreads&Frutsels we have more than 30 different types of gemstones for your dreads.
We've listed a large number of them here! (click on the link, and you'll find the right stone in my shop):
But we're still adding new gemstones. Want to see them all? Click the link at the bottom of this article.
White Agate : White agate is milky white, sometimes with a beige or gray tint. Agate has a grounding, stabilizing, and protective effect. The stone has a calming effect, makes you feel safe, and provides both mental and emotional peace and balance. It helps you accept yourself and trust yourself.
Gray Agate : Gray agate is associated with qualities such as stability and inner peace. The gemstone is said to help process grief and reduce negative emotions. Gemstones have a positive effect on the atmosphere of a home and are beautiful to look at.
- Indian agate : This stone promotes inner peace and a calm and level-headed attitude. It stimulates spiritual and intellectual growth by encouraging self-reflection and encourages us to step back and look at everything more objectively.
- Fire agate Besides agate's general properties, fire agate is one of the most grounding agate varieties and provides strength, energy, and perseverance. It has an activating effect, revitalizes your life, and stimulates passion and sexuality. It also reduces anxiety and insecurity and instills confidence.
White Jade : White jade is a very slightly translucent white to off-white color. Jade is a protective stone and attracts happiness, prosperity, success, and wealth. It has a calming and stabilizing effect on negative thoughts and emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, and irritation.
Malaysian Jade : Jade works on all chakras, especially the root chakra, the solar plexus chakra, and the heart chakra. Jade heals damaged heart chakras and root chakras. From the solar plexus, jade stimulates and heals the nervous system. This accelerates reaction time, both mentally and physically.
Opal : Opal is a protective and energizing stone. It makes one cheerful, optimistic, lively, spontaneous, original, and creative, and stimulates an interest in art and an appreciation for beautiful things. The stone also has a strong connection to love, passion, and (enjoying) sexuality, and promotes faithfulness and loyalty.
- Rose quartz Rose quartz is a true stone of the heart. It allows unconditional love to flow from your heart and creates harmony and loving kindness. It's an excellent stone for allowing gentleness to flow toward yourself and others. It's also healing for heartbreak and emotional trauma.
- Picture Jasper : Jasper teaches you to think quickly and promotes organizational skills and project oversight. The stone stimulates the imagination and translates ideas into action. Physically, Jasper prolongs sexual pleasure, offers support during long-term illness, and re-energizes the body.
Red Jasper : Red Jasper promotes the flow of energy and breaks through any blockages in the lower chakras. Red Jasper cleanses and balances the chakras and empowers you. It promotes perseverance. Jasper also helps you stand up for yourself and reduces the fear of conflict.
Carnelian : Carnelian has a grounding, activating, and vitalizing effect. The stone is uplifting and motivating, boosts self-confidence, and therefore has a positive effect on depression, apathy, and confusion. Carnelian protects against negative emotions from others, such as jealousy and anger, thus counteracting abuse.
Citrine : Citrine is a sunny and warming stone. It promotes self-confidence, self-respect, individuality, extroversion, and encourages self-realization. It provides energy, zest for life, and courage, helping to overcome depression, fears, phobias, and self-destructive behavior.
Tiger's Eye : Tiger's eye is a protective stone that directs attention inward and toward the bigger picture. It protects against negative external influences and provides insight into ourselves and others. It has a positive effect on colds, asthma, eyes, throat, and genitals, and relieves tension.
- Unakite : Unakite is a grounding stone. It has powerful healing properties and stimulates the body's self-healing ability after illness. It improves physical condition and strengthens the liver and spleen in particular. It also has a positive effect on the reproductive organs and promotes pregnancy.
Green Aventurine : Green Aventurine is a stone that strongly influences the Heart Chakra and has a positive effect on the heart, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Green Aventurine is effective against skin inflammation, rashes, and allergic skin reactions.
- Green & Blue Turquoise Turquoise is a powerful healing, purifying, and protective stone. It brings balance: turquoise can have a calming effect and provide inner peace, but it can also be invigorating in cases of exhaustion. It has a positive effect on depression, mood swings, apathy, and panic attacks.
Malachite : Malachite is a powerful stone. It protects against radiation, pollution, accidents, and other sources of negative energy and danger. The stone brings emotional balance and stability and increases resilience. It reduces anxiety and can bring repressed feelings and experiences to the surface.
Celestite : Celestite is a powerful stone that promotes spiritual development and clairvoyance. It attracts prosperity and happiness and helps you trust your own intuition. Celestite is also called the angel stone because it promotes contact with angels and guides during meditation or dreams.
Lapis Lazuli : Lapis Lazuli is a versatile stone and helps with anxiety, headaches, and nerve pain. It has anti-inflammatory properties and promotes the healing of bruises and broken bones. It also helps with insomnia and lowers blood pressure.
- Amethyst Amethyst has a protective and purifying effect. The stone promotes self-awareness and helps you be honest with yourself about behavior that can be harmful and not in the service of your highest self. For example, it helps you recognize and address addictions.
Labradorite Labradorite is a highly protective and spiritual stone. It lowers blood pressure and has a calming effect, regulates metabolism, and has a positive effect on colds, gout, rheumatism, the eyes, and on irregular menstruation and menstrual complaints.
Rhodonite : Rhodonite is a powerful wound healer for both emotional and physical wounds. It's also a good "first aid" stone that calms and helps maintain a calm head during shocking and extreme events, dangerous and threatening situations, panic, confusion, fear, and danger.
- Black Onyx : Black onyx. Carrying black onyx can help in stressful and demanding situations. The stone provides support, strength, and perseverance, helping you achieve your goals. Physically, onyx has a positive effect on hearing, the nervous system, the immune system, and the feet.
These are all the smaller gemstones that Dreads&Frutsels sells in her shop!
All sizes are 14 x 8 a 9 mm, with a hole size of 6 mm.
And they're all tumbled gemstones. The properties of the gemstones are listed for each product. Perfect for the average dreadlock.
You can create super cute rows of them, and even wear them with multiple gemstones in your dreads! They also look great paired with silver or wooden rings.
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