5 Healing Crystals For Beginners & Their Meanings

The most common question when starting a crystal collection is which ones to choose first. There are so many fabulous options that it is hard to pick! Here's a list of some must-haves for your selection and their meanings. Hopefully, these suggestions will help you to initiate your collection, more in tune with your needs.

1. Clear quartz, is one of the most common crystals and also one of the most amazing. It works with every type of energy and crystal, and it amplifies energy, moreover, it's a self-cleansing crystal, which is quite remarkable. Clear quartz helps to clarify situations, purifies energy, opens intuition and higher awareness. It's a great addition to any collection.
2. Amethyst is a beautiful purple crystal, it amplifies energy and works well with clear quartz and citrine. This crystal is strongly connected to intuition, dreams, creativity, and the higher self. Amethyst is also a natural tranquilizer, blocking geopathic stress and negative environmental energies. The stone also can assist in overcoming addictions and blockages of all kinds. Amethyst relieves physical, emotional, and psychological pain or stress. The stone also reduces bruising, swelling, hearing disorders, skin conditions and helps provide a night of restful sleep. 
3. Rose quartz, the stone of unconditional love and infinite peace, perfect for emotional self-healing and forgiveness. It works great with clear quartz and amethyst. Rose quartz removes negative energy and replaces it with love. It is perfect for strengthening empathy, sensitivity and aids the acceptance of the change. Emotionally there is no better stone, allowing you to realize unexpressed emotions while teaching you to love yourself. 
4. Citrin is a gorgeous and powerful crystal, The stone carries the power of the sun ensuring that it is warming, energizing, and highly creative. The citrine is one of the few crystals that never needs cleansing. It is excellent at absorbing negative energy and is therefore an extremely protective stone. The gem promotes joy in life all while getting rid of negative traits, fears, and helps stop anger. Excellent for energizing and recharging. Works with clear quartz and amethyst.
5. Rainbow fluorite absorbs energy and it's excellent to work with all chakras, you can pair it with clear quartz or amethyst. Excellent for processing information and keeping a sharp mind. Cleanses and stabilizes the aura helping overcome stress and the truth behind a situation.  

Always remember to follow your intuition when in doubt, some crystals may seem more appealing to you because it's what you need at the moment. There are so many wonderful options, with beautiful colors, different textures, shapes, and energies. As you build your collection you will have the chance to work with different crystals for different intentions and in different moments, keep them well stored since some crystals may scratch easily or lose color intensity when exposed to intense and direct sunlight for long periods like happens when you have them near a window.