Quartz (Clear)
Key words: Programmability, amplification of one's intention, magnification of ambient energies, clearing, cleansing, healing, memory enhancement
Element: Storm
Chakras: All

Clear quartz is by far the most versatile and multidimensional stone in the mineral realm. Three of its key properties are energy amplification, programmability and memory. Unlike most other stones, which carry certain relatively fixed properties, clear quartz can be 'programmed' by one's focused intention to assist one in achieving virtually any goal in inner or outer life. Sitting in mediation with a piece of clear quartz, one can visualize an image of one's intention or desired outcome within the crystal, numerous inner and outer events will seem to conspire synchronistically to bring about the manifestation of one's wish.

Onyx
Key words: Inner strength, focused attention, willpower, self-mastery, discipline, reason
Element: Earth
Chakras: Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Onyx is a stone of inner strength. It enhances one's endurance and persistence, enabling one to carry even difficult and dreary tasks through to completion. On a mental level, it increases one's ability to maintain focus, allowing one to learn challenging new material and use well all that one has mastered. It energetically boosts the retention of memory and encourages attention to detail. These traits make Onyx a helpful tool for students, teachers, business owners, accountants, lawyers, software and computer technicians, and all those whose work calls for high levels of focus, perseverance and discipline.
-from The Book of Stones by Robert Simmons

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