Gentle, Inspiring Crystals Every Beginner Needs

Crystals Every Beginner Needs | Empath Heart

Begin your crystal journey in a lovely, meaningful way with these key crystals every beginner needs.

If you’re new to healing crystals, you may be wondering or unsure where to start… To set off on the right foot, begin creating your crystal collection with a few beloved crystals that are ideal for beginners.

This list will help take the uncertainties out of choosing your first crystals. With these crystals, you’ll have a beautiful, inspiring set of stones to use and enjoy in all sorts of ways. And then, if you’d like, you can continue to grow your collection with other healing crystals over time.

Along with a list of ten essential crystals for new crystal lovers, you’ll also find below some simple, helpful tips for selecting, caring for, using, and storing these sparkly stones.

10 Healing Crystals Every Beginner Needs

As you may have discovered already, there are so many healing crystals available to us! While wonderful, this can also feel overwhelming when it comes to choosing crystals to bring home with you (especially when you’re new to crystals).

To keep things easy and effortless, why not start your crystal collection with these ten special crystals? You’ll fall in love with how gently supportive and impactful they are...

For Balance & Calming… Lepidolite

Comforting lepidolite is also known as “the grandmother stone,” due to its reassuring, nurturing energy. If you’ve had a trying, overwhelming, or worrisome day, keep some lepidolite nearby to encourage an aura of calm, balance, and tranquility.

Lepidolite is available in a variety of captivating colors: most commonly pearly, rosy pinks and various shades of purple, as well as grey, yellow, and clear.

For Love… Rose Quartz

Rose quartz is a lovely, shimmery variety of quartz, ranging in color from delicate pale pinks to richer rosy hues. Rose quartz’s beauty and gentle, uplifting energy make it a beloved stone for many crystal lovers.

This crystal is especially treasured for inspiring all types of love (love of self, friends, family, sweetheart…). Keep rose quartz close at hand to aid in strengthening bonds and fostering steady, unconditional love for yourself and others.

For Abundance… Chrysoprase

Invite abundance, prosperity, and good fortune with chrysoprase. If you’re experiencing feelings of scarcity or have new endeavors ahead, chrysoprase is a wonderful crystal to foster success and support you in reaching your goals and dreams of abundance.

Chrysoprase is a softly translucent, glowy, bright green crystal, often mixed with brownish inclusions. You’ll be charmed by the loveliness and positive, supportive energy of this enchanting crystal.

For Happiness & Joy… Golden Calcite

Brighten and lift your mood with lovely golden calcite. Ranging in color from soft, glowing champagne yellows to vibrantly rich golds, this crystal enhances positive energy, fostering happiness, joy, and fun.

Golden calcite also encourages you to see the potential and possibilities in life and be open to fresh starts and delightful new beginnings.

For Grounding… Black Tourmaline

Black tourmaline is an excellent crystal for grounding, helping you feel aware of this moment, connected to yourself and to the earth. This crystal also aids in feeling protected and safe from negative energies, while feeling strong and capable at the same time.

Tourmaline is found in many colors, but you’re sure to be especially drawn to the rich hue and calming, stable energy of black tourmaline.

For Comfort & Security… Angel Aura Quartz

Angel aura quartz is a very high vibrational crystal with a peaceful, soothing effect on the emotions, helping you feel comforted, safe, and secure. Keep nurturing angel aura quartz nearby to aid in releasing stressful or negative feelings about yourself or others.

To create angel aura quartz, silver and platinum are bonded to the surface of clear quartz. This lovely iridescent crystal has an incredibly calming, relaxing energy.

For Positivity & Hope… Green Calcite

Green calcite is lovely for those times in life when we’re feeling a bit more down or negative. This crystal encourages us to see the good and embrace a rosier, more optimistic outlook. Choose green calcite to lift your spirits and help you let go of any negative energy that’s been weighing you down.

Green calcite comes in many exquisite shades of green, from palest pastel green to bright seafoam green to rich teal or emerald hues. You’ll adore the beauty and soothing, uplifting energy of green calcite.

For Creativity… Blue Quartz

However your creative side shows itself, you’ll dearly love how blue quartz fosters and inspires creativity and supports you in expressing yourself. Having a creative block? Blue quartz is also known for helping to get us moving when we’re stuck or procrastinating, all while encouraging feelings of calm and hopefulness.

This is a mesmerizing variety of quartz, ranging in color from light and medium blues to deeper indigo hues.

For Dreams & Goals… Amber

Amber is fossilized resin from prehistoric trees, often containing plant or animal material. This golden stone has been treasured since ancient times for its supportive, protective qualities.

Amber is a great choice to support you in reaching your dreams and goals. This stone can aid you in viewing your aspirations realistically and choosing well. It also encourages you to strive for your dreams joyfully and enthusiastically and have faith that you can achieve them with a beautiful outcome.

And the Master Healer… Quartz Crystal

Quartz crystal, aka “the master healer,” is treasured as the most energizing and powerful healing stone. This crystal enhances the energy of other crystals and of those around it. Quartz crystal is an incredibly supportive stone in so many ways, especially in boosting feelings of contentment, pleasure, and positivity.

Quartz crystal is also referred to as colorless quartz, clear quartz, rock crystal, and the universal stone. Not only one of the crystals every beginner needs, this crystal is a must-have for every crystal lover’s collection.

How Do You Know Which Crystal to Select?

Whether you’re crystal shopping online or in a brick-and-mortar shop, you may be selecting one or two crystals from many (e.g. one rose quartz from a container of many rose quartz crystals). Here are a few simple tips for choosing your crystal…

Let your intuition guide you: When using your intuition to select a crystal, simply relax and open your heart to whichever crystal may want to work with you. When a crystal is right for you, you may feel a tingly sensation or that you must pick it up. Or you may be irresistibly drawn to the crystal, unable to look or move away from it.
Select by touch: Touching or holding a crystal can help you connect with it and its vibration. When you pick up a crystal, you may feel its energy (like a slight pulse or buzz) as you hold it. You may know right away if the crystal is right for you, or it may take a few moments before you know.

With this collection of crystals every beginner needs, you will also have a crystal for each chakra, if you’re longing to nurture or balance one or more of your chakras.

Let someone else choose for you: Feeling hesitant or unsure about selecting crystals? Ask a trusted person, like the crystal shop owner or a fellow crystal lover, to thoughtfully select them for you.

Visit our How to Choose Crystals page for more helpful ideas and tips for selecting stones.

Which Crystal Shape or Type Is Best?

When you’re first selecting and buying crystals, you may especially love beginning with small, smooth (aka tumbled) crystals. These have a softer energy and are so easy and convenient to use, whether tucking in a pocket or purse, holding in your hand, or setting on a desk or nightstand.

As your crystal collection grows, you may adore including other crystal shapes, such as a small crystal tower to use in a crystal grid, a palm stone for meditation, or a meaningful carved shape, such as a crystal heart, elephant, or angel. Healing crystal jewelry is another effective, pleasurable way to enjoy the exquisite beauty and supportive properties of crystals.

Once you bring your new crystals home, be sure to care for them well by cleansing them regularly and storing them appropriately. Your crystals will thank you by working well with you and keeping their wonderful luster and shape.

After you’ve started building your crystal collection, if you’re ready to explore other crystals, drop by our Healing Crystals and Their Meanings pages for ideas and inspiration. And we’d love to have you visit us on Pinterest to discover more about these crystals every beginner needs and other healing crystals, too.