Cleansing With Sea Salt.
You can also cleanse your stone by placing it in a bowl full of sea salt and then letting it set in the sun. The same kind of incantation can be said over the stone. Some Witches may like to use both methods and I personally do. Let it sit in the bowl of sea salt until sundown and then bring the stone in and wrap it in a cloth of black cotton and put it away until you are ready to empower it. Bless be.
Empowering A Gem Stone.
Once your stone has been chosen and cleansed you can now empower it with what you intend to use it for. Those of you who have done this before may not need this, but for those of you who are new to the craft, I thought I should add this to the site. Hold the stone in your power hand. (This is the hand you usually use the most.) Think about the spell you are planning to do and what it is that you want the stone to represent as stones will have more than one magickal properties. Hold the stone while you loose yourself in your thoughts and feelings on the subject. As you do this,, allow those thoughts to carry down your arm like a brilliant white light and flow into the heart of the stone itself. You will want to use not only your mind but every emotion you have within you. Magick is using your heart and your mind in connection with nature and a higher power. A chant or even a low hum can also rise this power to a greater height. Spend at "least" a half hour each day doing this for three days. The longer you empower a stone with your intent the better it will work for you. The craft is knowing when to listen to your inner self. Continue to empower the stone until you feel within your self that the stone has absorbed your thoughts and is connected to the purpose in which you want to use it for. Once you have empowered your stone, wrap it in a 100% all cotton black cloth and put it away until you plan to use it.