As much as I love my shiney treasures, some Crystals & Gemstones can get quite pricey and not always easy to find. Some of the substitutions themselves are most costly than what is called for...this is just a list showing what can be switched out with what in a pinch. And let's not forget that any stone can be charged to do what you need it to do. Below are some substitutes you can use.
Stone needed - Stone Substitution
Amazonite - Aventurine Aquamarine - Beryl, Emerald Aventurine - Amazonite Beryl - Aquamarine, Emerald Carnelian - Coral, Red Jasper, Sard Cat’s Eye - Tiger’s Eye Chrysocola - Turquoise Citrine - Topaz Copper - US Penny before 1984, 80% Copper Coral - Carnelian, Red Jasper Cross Stone - Staurolite Diamond - Herkimer Diamond, Quartz Crystal, Zircon Emerald - Aquamarine, Green Tourmaline, Peridot Garnet - Red Tourmaline, Ruby Gold - Brass in Money attracting Rituals Jade - Green Jasper, Green Tourmaline Jasper, Green - Jade Jasper, Red - Carnelian Jet - Obsidian Kunzite - Pink Tourmaline Lapis Lazuli - Sodalite Lodestone - Magnet, Hematite Moonstone - Mother of Pearl Olivine - Green Tourmaline, Peridot Pearl - Moonstone, Mother of Pearl Peridot - Green Tourmaline, Olivine Ruby - Garnet, Red Tourmaline Sapphire - Amethyst, Blue Tourmaline, Blue Zircon Sard - Carnelian Silver - US Dollar & Half Dollar Coins before 1965 Sodalite - Lapis Lazuli Staurolite - Cross Stone Sugilite - Lapis Lazuli Sunstone - Carnelian Tiger’s Eye - Cat’s Eye Topaz - Citrine, Yellow Tourmaline Tourmaline, Blue - Blue Zircon Tourmaline, Green - Olivine, Peridot Tourmaline, Red - Garnet, Ruby Turquoise - Chrysocolla
Quartz Crystals & Opals can be charged with the magickal attributes of any stone through your own visualization.
Sterling Silver substitute for all Metals.
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Scott Cunningham Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic
Stones,Gems and Crystals
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Stone, Crystal, Metal Substitutions ☽○☾ by The Old Crones Corner
by Dept of PMM Artists & things
Jan 23, 2014
As much as I love my shiney treasures, some Crystals & Gemstones can get quite pricey and not always easy to find. Some of the substitutions themselves are most costly than what is called for...this is just a list showing what can be switched out with what in a pinch.
And let's not forget that any stone can be charged to do what you need it to do.
Below are some substitutes you can use.
Stone needed - Stone Substitution
Amazonite - Aventurine
Aquamarine - Beryl, Emerald
Aventurine - Amazonite
Beryl - Aquamarine, Emerald
Carnelian - Coral, Red Jasper, Sard
Cat’s Eye - Tiger’s Eye
Chrysocola - Turquoise
Citrine - Topaz
Copper - US Penny before 1984, 80% Copper
Coral - Carnelian, Red Jasper
Cross Stone - Staurolite
Diamond - Herkimer Diamond, Quartz Crystal, Zircon
Emerald - Aquamarine, Green Tourmaline, Peridot
Garnet - Red Tourmaline, Ruby
Gold - Brass in Money attracting Rituals
Jade - Green Jasper, Green Tourmaline
Jasper, Green - Jade
Jasper, Red - Carnelian
Jet - Obsidian
Kunzite - Pink Tourmaline
Lapis Lazuli - Sodalite
Lodestone - Magnet, Hematite
Moonstone - Mother of Pearl
Olivine - Green Tourmaline, Peridot
Pearl - Moonstone, Mother of Pearl
Peridot - Green Tourmaline, Olivine
Ruby - Garnet, Red Tourmaline
Sapphire - Amethyst, Blue Tourmaline, Blue Zircon
Sard - Carnelian
Silver - US Dollar & Half Dollar Coins before 1965
Sodalite - Lapis Lazuli
Staurolite - Cross Stone
Sugilite - Lapis Lazuli
Sunstone - Carnelian
Tiger’s Eye - Cat’s Eye
Topaz - Citrine, Yellow Tourmaline
Tourmaline, Blue - Blue Zircon
Tourmaline, Green - Olivine, Peridot
Tourmaline, Red - Garnet, Ruby
Turquoise - Chrysocolla
Quartz Crystals & Opals can be charged with the magickal attributes of any stone through your own visualization.
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Scott Cunningham
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic