Abundance: (We know that there are many forms of abundance--health, friendship, creativity. In this category we're talking about material abundance, or, if you prefer, money): Citrine, emerald, smoky quartz.

Anxiety relief: Rhodochrosite

Balancing of emotions and intellect: (or intuition and reason. Lack of balance can show up when people have a million new ideas which they never follow through on, when they are constantly overwhelmed by emotion, when they demand a scientific explanation for everything, or have difficulty expressing their emotions): malachite, moss agate, sodalite.

Calming: Amethyst, aquamarine, chrysocolla.

Communication: Amazonite, aquamarine, blue lace agate, turquoise.

Creativity: (whether you want to create a new job, relationship, living place, or more traditional art forms) carnelian, garnet, malachite, tiger's eye.

Depression/negativity relief: citrine, moonstone, smoky quartz

Dreams: Amethyst, sugilite.

Emotional healing: Emerald, moonstone, rhodonite, rose quartz

Emotional protection: hematite, rose quartz.

Energy: (this could be the ability to have more energy or to be more attuned to subtle energy) garnet, ruby

Grounding: all dark stones, including hematite, smoky quartz, tiger's eye. Carnelian and jasper are also considered to be grounding.

Letting go

of anger and grief: amethyst, rose quartz

of guilt and resentments: sugilite

Love: rhodonite, rose quartz

Mental clarity: carnelian, sodalite

Psychic development: Amethyst, lapis, labradorite/spectrolite

Relationships: quartz clusters, any of the love stones above

Self-esteem: All agates, rose quartz, smoky quartz

Stress relief: Amethyst, aquamarine