Aquamarine | Oval Cut | 8.35ct
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🌎 Source: Brazil
📏 Size: 14.9mm x 11mm x 7.9mm
⚖️ Weight: 8.35 carats
Stone Meaning
CALM | COURAGE | CLARITY
AFFIRMATION: “I meet uncertainty with courage and express myself with calm, clear confidence.”
BEST FOR: Thoughtful communication; courage during change; meditation and intentions for composure, clarity and self-expression
CHAKRA: Throat • Heart
SIGNS: Pisces, Aquarius
ELEMENT: Water
PLANET: Neptune
COMPANION STONES: Amazonite (compassionate honesty), Blue Lace Agate (gentle expression), Rose Quartz (self-kindness), Smokey Quartz (grounded perspective), Clear Quartz (focused intentions)
Aquamarine is sea-blue elegance with the confidence to keep things simple. From pale, watery shades to richer blue-green tones, its appearance makes a fitting symbol of clarity, openness and the kind of courage that doesn’t need to make a scene.
Think “I can handle this conversation” rather than mentally rehearsing seventeen arguments before breakfast. You’re allowed to pause, gather your thoughts and respond when you actually know what you want to say.
Metaphysical Properties
Modern crystal traditions associate Aquamarine with the Throat Chakra, often alongside the Heart, linking clear expression with compassion. These are spiritual correspondences, not scientifically established health effects, and associations vary between traditions.
Its Throat symbolism offers a focus for speaking honestly, asking questions and communicating without rushing. The Heart connection adds consideration for yourself and others. Clarity isn’t about having the perfect words; sometimes it starts with admitting that you need more time.
Aquamarine also has a history as a sailor’s protective talisman. That folklore offers a meaningful metaphor for courage through uncertainty, rather than a promise of physical protection. Its name comes from the Latin for seawater: a little maritime poetry built into the name.
Spiritually, keep Aquamarine beside your journal or hold it during meditation when reflecting on what you can influence and what you’re ready to stop wrestling with. Going with the flow doesn’t mean handing over the steering wheel.
Spiritual Benefits
As a focus for reflection and ritual, Aquamarine can represent:
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Courage to express yourself thoughtfully
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Composure without suppressing your feelings
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Openness to listening and understanding
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Self-trust when navigating uncertainty
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Flexibility without abandoning your values
Scientific Fun Fact
Aquamarine is the blue to greenish-blue variety of beryl, the same mineral family as emerald and morganite. Its chemical formula is Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, and its colour is associated with iron in the crystal structure.
It crystallises in the hexagonal system, often forming six-sided prisms, and measures 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale.
Aquamarine is commonly heat-treated to reduce greenish tones and produce a bluer appearance. Naturally greenish-blue material is genuine Aquamarine too; a green undertone isn’t a flaw or proof of imitation.
When to Use
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Before presentations or important conversations
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During meditation centred on courage and clarity
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When journalling through uncertainty or changing plans
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While practising thoughtful speaking and attentive listening
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As a symbolic companion for new experiences and fresh starts
ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Blue Beryl; Aquamarine Beryl
MINERAL FAMILY: Beryl; cyclosilicate
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Hexagonal
COLOUR: Pale blue to deeper blue and greenish blue; transparent to opaque depending on inclusions
ORIGINS: Notable sources include Brazil, Pakistan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria and Zambia; also found in the USA and other countries
RARITY: Commercial material is readily available; richly coloured, clean gems and exceptional crystal specimens are more prized
CARE: Clean with warm, mildly soapy water and a soft brush or cloth. Protect from strong heat and hard knocks. Avoid ultrasonic or steam cleaning if the stone contains fractures, liquid inclusions or fracture-filling treatments
Aquamarine’s message: take your time, say what matters and remember that courage doesn’t have to raise its voice.
How to use crystals?
CRYSTALS + YOU
Here are some of our favourite ways to incorporate crystals into your everyday life
✨ MEDITATION | Surely, we all know by now that a meditation habit is maybe the healthiest habit any of us can hope to develop (it beats smoking or gambling anyway, trust us). But transitioning into a meditative or mindful state isn’t always easy, and often, even with the best of intentions, people give up on their practice. They find it difficult to sit still and focus.
Never fear – this is where crystals come in handy. Crystals can cleanse the mind of chaotic thoughts and doubts, they calm and ground us and elevate our energy, so that you can fully immerse yourself in your meditation.
✨ SLEEPING WITH THEM | When you have difficulty sleeping, any number of things could be responsible for disturbing your rest. Whether you have too much on your plate and can’t switch off, or you can’t seem to settle your energy and are constantly worrying you’ve left your hair straightener on, crystals can bring you the peace you need to sleep easy.
If you are just lying there, sleeping sweetly for 8-ish hours every night, you might as well be absorbing some good vibes from your crystals, right?
To use your crystal at bedtime, try setting it next to you on your bedside table, placing it under your pillow or (best of all) holding it in your palm as you drift off.
✨ MASSAGE | Crystallising your massages can elevate your body work session to previously unknown levels of bliss. Using crystals along with soft tissue manipulation can reduce not only muscle pain, but also any pain or blocked energy stored in your mind or energy body, helping to bring your body and energy field back into balance to create stability.
✨ SKIN CARE ROUTINE | When used as part of your daily skincare ritual, a crystal facial roller and/or crystal infused facial serum can work to stimulate collagen synthesis, minimise fine lines and wrinkles, support lymphatic drainage, reduce pore size, boost elasticity, soothe irritation, minimise puffiness and promote deeper product preparation… Yikes – trying saying all of that without taking a breath.
Physically, it helps firm the outer layers of the skin through gentle massage. It also aids in detoxing through the lymphatic system, the body’s main major detoxification structure.
✨ WEAR THEM | Having your crystals close to you is the most effective way to utilise their power. Whether it be crystal jewellery or a little tumble in your pocket (or bra!) Having them close to your skin and vibrating with your aura is the most ideal situation to reach your goal or intention for them faster.
+ so much more, including but not limited to - elixirs, adding them to your altar, creating crystal grids, spells, the posibilities are endless.
CRYSTALS + THE HOME
You’d have to be living under a rock (pun intended!) to be oblivious to how popular gemstones, rocks, crystals and geodes have become in interiors. Seriously, if Instagram is anything to go by, we are definitely not the only ones using crystals to boost the ambiance and good vibes of our living space.
And while there are obviously plenty of creative ways (hello Pinterest!) to take advantage of the healing powers of crystals, if you’re looking to take full advantage of their witchy vibrations and magickal energy, there are ways to place them around your home intentionally, so that their energy can support you in various specific environments.
And don’t forget that the energy of your home can shift over time. If you’ve ever been in a space that was totally spick and span, and flooded with life giving natural light, but somehow just felt heavy, or uncomfortable, then you can understand how a home’s energy is dictated by more than just cleanliness.
The vibe of a space has a lot to do with the energy that has been expelled there, and not cleared away. Breakups, stress, deaths or grief, parties that got out of hand, or even arguments about whose turn it is to take the bins out can leave behind energy in your home and if you’re not smudging or getting rid of that negativity with high vibe crystals for your home, your space can start to feel dirty, no matter how hard your scrub.
Need somewhere to begin? Read our beginers blog on Crystal placements in the home here
REMEMBER, you don't HAVE to believe they're magic - you can just collect them because you think thy're pretty - there are no rules and we are not the gate keepers of crystals 💗
Shape significance
Using crystals for their spiritual and healing properties can be fun and fascinating and is a killer way to connect with the earth’s energy. But, when you really start digging into the magickal world of sparkly stones, it can start getting really overwhelming.
Not only do crystals come in every colour of the rainbow and serve different intended purposes, they are also found in many different shape formations. Newbies to the crystal world may think the way a stone is cut or shaped is purely aesthetic, but there’s a little more to a crystal’s shape than meets the eye. Just as the colours of the stones convey unique meanings, crystal shapes also matter. And while experts say that the structure of a crystal doesn’t change the type of energy it emits, the shape DOES affect the way you receive said energy.
We've put together a handy blog for you to learn about the possible reason or meaning behind the forms of crystals you're drawn to here
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