Dolomite is a gentle stone that encourages charitable actions, generosity and giving of all kinds, as well as receiving. It also encourages energetic thinking, original thinking, spontaneity, creativity, and manifestation. It can help develop stamina for dealing with hyperactive people. It is also used to stop energy leaks from the chakras, and to balance and align the chakras. It stabilizes both human and mineral energies, and when placed strategically in a home with other minerals they balance the energetic atmosphere. It is a particularly good stone for relieving sorrow, and soothing hurt, loneliness and anxiety. Sometimes it is called the "herb" of rocks. In the physical realm it is also beneficial for strengthening bones, teeth, muscles, and the female reproductive system. It reduces the effects of PMS.

Dolomite, which is also known as dolostone, is a sedimentary carbonate rock that is composed of mineralized calcium magnesium carbonate, along with various trace impurities. These are typically either iron or manganese, with the former imparting a yellow or brown hue, and the latter a pinkish color. It is nameafter the French geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801), who first described it in what are now known as the Dolomite Alps in Northern Italy, in 1791. Dolomite often replaces certain proportions of limestone, and where this has happened, the resulting material is known as dolomite or magnesian limestone. It has a vitreous, pearly, or waxy luster and a white streak.