The fabulous aquamarine stone can be found around the world in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Ireland, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Ural Mountains in Russia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In the United States most aquamarine stones can be found in Connecticut, Colorado, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Vermont. The gemstones mined in Massachusetts as a unique color of sapphire blue so people believe it the most beautiful of all the aquamarine colors. But these gemstones tend to be smaller making them harder to work with and use in jewelry.

Aquamarine is a blue-green variety of beryl and is a sister gemstone of the Emerald. It's name is derived from two Latin words meaning water and sea which is probably why sailors wore amulets made of it to ensure they were fearless and to protect them while they were at sea. They often engraved a likeness of Poseidon on a chariot, for extra protection from all things in the sea.

Traditionally seen as the birthstone for March, it gets it's color from iron ferrous and has been known since ancient times as a gemstone of hope, happiness, good health, fidelity, eternal youth and lasting love.

Aquamarine stone cleanses and aligns the chakras and the etheric and mental bodies. It helps you to reduce fear and communicate with those around you in a loving and compassionate way, all the while it is flushing out your lymph system.

It attracts friends and friendly people to you. People you can trust and that show compassion for you. It is often used to calm disrupted situations with it's ability to bring harmony.

Aquamarine crystal help facilitate communication and is especially good to help couples work out their problems in a friendly and peaceful manner.

Feeling disconnected to the world or your fellow man? An Aquamarine stone can help you get in tuned with your spiritual side and see that you are part of a larger whole. Helps you develop a sense of community and the desire to help those less fortunate.

Wear a gemstone on your ears so you can hear when a wealthy man calls you name to come to him for a happy marriage that lasts forever.

Aquamarine stone helps keep you connected to Spirit and the light of the angels. Wear it and you will always have a roof over your head and plenty of food on the table.

Have a child going off to college soon? Give him/her a ring with an aquamarine stone in it. It gives them courage and the ability to excel in learning and just might help your child go on to become one of the intellectual leaders of the world.

A myth that has been passed down through the ages is the aquamarine stone was first found in a treasure chest belonging to a mermaid.

Sailors have long used Aquamarine as a protective talisman to keep them safe at sea.

If you need help with Varicose veins, make an elixir by placing one or more aquamarine stones in a glass container of water. Leave it sitting outside overnight, preferable under the light of the full moon. The next day, lightly massage the elixir into the skin about the troubled area.

This same gemstone elixir can be used to bathe joints affected by arthritis. The blue ray of the gemstone is cooling to the joint helping to reduce inflammation and relieving pain.

If you find yourself suffering from a sore throat, try weaing an aquamarine stone close to your neck. If need be, use an elastic hair band as a choker around your neck and slide one of more gemstones under the band so they stay on the neck.

It has been said that if you need the powers of the aquamarine stone and want them to be as powerful as possible, wet the gemstone while drawing upon the powers for water doubles it strength.

To purify yourself with a water meditation, hold an aquamarine stone in your hands. Visualize water coming out of the gemstone and into your hands. See it swirl through your body removing all negativity and impurities as it washes through your body, then down your legs and out of your body via your feet. Allow the water to be soaked up by the earth where she will absorb and transmute the energies into something useful.

Any time you and a loved one needs to sit down and work through problems, place an aquamarine stone between you. It not only helps keep your emotions under control but also helps you find the most affective words to use in the situation.

To calm the nerves, help heal emotional traumas or to prepare for a good nights sleep, take one or more aquamarine stones and wrap them in a cloth so they won't get lost beneath the water, then toss the cloth into a bath tub full of nice hot water. Step in, sit down, lean back and relax and allow the aquamarine to do its work.

To help with allergies or immune system problems, wear one or more gemstones near the heart so they can transmit their energies directly to the blood.