How to cleanse gemstones and crystals.
- Echo Guo

- Nov 29, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 22, 2025

Why gemstones and crystals should be cleansed?
Gemstones and crystals give us wonderful energy. However, they may receive negative energy to protect you or to calm your stress. Eventually, they get energetically dirty and become less powerful. It is recommended to cleanse and charge gemstones and minerals periodically.
How to cleanse gemstones and crystals?
There are many ways of cleansing, but these are the safest ways for all gemstones and crystals.
1. Chip Crystal
Place the gemstones on plenty of chip crystals. The chip crystals can be any kind, but usually clear quartz.
2. Cluster Crystal
Place the gemstones on a big cluster crystal. The cluster crystal can be any kind, but usually clear quartz.
3. Moonlight
Place the gemstones under the moonlight, preferably when it’s full moon. It’s gentle alternative to the Sunlight.
When should gemstones and crystals be cleansed?
When it's purchased.
After each use.
When you feel it has become drained or dull.
How often should gemstones and crystals cleansed?
Regularly used stones, such as those worn or carried: daily.
Healing stones, massage wands and pendulums: after each use.
Altar stones and environmental healing stones: monthly.
Please see reverse for important points for each gemstone and crystal.
When you cleanse gemstones and crystals,
Avoid Water | Avoid Salt | Avoid Light | Avoid Smoke |
Azurite ◎ Apophyllite Amber Road Clossite ◎ Angelite Calcite ◎ Gibeon ◎ Gold Chrisocolla ◎ Coral Sugilite Seraphinite Celestite Selenite ◎ Turquoise Charoite Desert Rose ◎ Pyrite Purpurite Pearl Hemimorphite ◎ Fluorite Hematite Bornite Malachite ◎ lapis lazuli Larimar Rock Salt ◎ Howlite Aragonite Any Soft Stones
◎ stones are very weak, dry them up immediately if they get wet. | Azurite Apophyllite Amazonite Amethyst Flower Aragonite Anhydrite Amber Rhodochrosite Emerald Angelite Opal Calcite Chrysocolla Chrysoprase Sunstone Sugilite Seraphinite Selenite Celestite Sodalite Tiger Eye Turquoise Charoite Pyrite Pink Smithsonite Fluorite Hematite Boji Stone Malachite Moonstone Lapis Lazuli Larimar Lepidolite
Salt may damage the finish on some stones. | Aquamarine Amethyst Amber Rhodochrosite Emerald Opal Carnelian Calcite Citrine Smoky Quartz Selenite Celestite Turquoise Charoite Topaz Color Tourmaline Pearl Jade Fluorite Malachite Lapis Lazuli Larimar Ruby Rose Quartz
Over time, sunlight may fade the color of some stones, use moon light instead. | Agate Carnelian Chalcedony Jasper Turquoise Magnesite Lapis Lazuli Opal Any Porous Stones
Repeated cleansing with smoke may cause the resin get into the gap, which may cause discoloration. |




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