Zoisite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Zoisite Crystals Meanings and Properties Origin of Name & Mythology: Named after Siegmund Zois, Baron von Edelstein (1747-1819), an Austrian scholar who financed mineral collecting expeditions Alternative Names: Tanzanite (mauve/purple) Bi-colour Tanzanite (yellow and mauve) Thulite (pink) Mineral Information Origin: India, Australia, Norway, Tanzania Mineral Species: Zoisite Mineral Group: Epidote Group Chemical Formula: Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH) Hardness: […]

Zircon – Red Crystals Meanings and Properties

Zircon – Red Crystals Meanings and Properties Gienger suggests using zircon to become detached from materialism and experience spiritual reality. He also recommends it for overcoming loss and grief. Alternative Names: Mineral Information Origin: Pakistan Mineral Species: Zircon Mineral Group: Silicates Chemical Formula: ZrSiO4 Hardness: 7.5 Crystal System: Tetragonal Colour: Red to dark red Typical […]

Zircon Crystals Meanings and Properties

Zircon Crystals Meanings and Properties Mineral Information Origin: Brazil Mineral Species: Zircon Mineral Group: Silicates Chemical Formula: ZrSiO4 Hardness: 7.5 Crystal System: Tetragonal Colour: Colourless, yellow, grey, reddish-brown, green, brown, black. Typical Appearance: Tabular to square prismatic crystals Esoteric Information Birthstone: Virgo, Libra and Sagittarius Chakra Alignment: Base; Heart and Third Eye Element: None Origin […]

Zincite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Zincite Crystals Meanings and Properties All colours of Zincite have a strong Solar Plexus and Navel Chakra connection, making it energising and mood-lifting. It bestows inner strength, and it can aid grounding. Zincite is considered a synthesis mineral, as it brings together many aspects of self. On a personal level it aids the coming together […]

Xenotime Crystals Meanings and Properties

Xenotime Crystals Meanings and Properties Alternative Names: Mineral Information Origin: Pakistan, Brazil Mineral Species: Xenotime Mineral Group: Phosphates Chemical Formula: YPO4 Hardness: 4-5 Crystal System: Tetragonal Colour: Yellowish brown, red-brown, light green, grey. Typical Appearance: As short to long prismatic crystals; also equant, pyramidal. Esoteric Information Birthstone: Virgo and Taurus Chakra Alignment: Root (Base) and […]

Wulfenite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Wulfenite Crystals Meanings and Properties   Mineral Information Origin: Notably U.S.A. Mineral Species: Wulfenite Mineral Group: Molybdates Chemical Formula: PbMoO4 Hardness: 2.5-3 Crystal System: Tetragonal Colour: Commonly bright orange-red, yellow-orange, yellow or yellowish grey, but can also be brown, olive green and even black. Typical Appearance: Typically as thin tabular square crystals, often with bevelled […]

Wavellite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Wavellite Crystals Meanings and Properties  Mineral Information Origin: Arkansas, U.S.A. Mineral Species: Wavellite Mineral Group: Phosphates Chemical Formula: Al3(PO)4)2(OH,F)3.5H2O Hardness: 3.5-4 Crystal System: Orthorhombic Colour: Green to yellowish-green and yellow, greenish white Typical Appearance: Typically as radiating clusters of fibrous crystals forming globular masses. Often massive, filling fracture surfaces within the host matrix. Esoteric Information […]

Vivianite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Vivianite Crystals Meanings and Properties   Mineral Information Origin: Bolivia Mineral Species: Vivianite Mineral Group: Phosphates Chemical Formula: Fe3(PO4)2.8H2O Hardness: 1.5-2 Crystal System: Monoclinic Colour: Dark green, appearing almost black. Typical Appearance: Usually as flattened prismatic crystals which are very sectile. Esoteric Information Birthstone: Capricorn Chakra Alignment: All, but mainly Throat Element: None Origin of […]

Vesuvianite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Vesuvianite Crystals Meanings and Properties   Alternative Names: Idocrase Mineral Information Origin: China, Italy Mineral Species: Vesuvianite Mineral Group: Silicates Chemical Formula: Ca10(Mg,Fe)2Al4Si9O34(OH)4 Hardness: 6.5 Crystal System: Tetragonal Colour: Usually brown, yellow, brown-black, green. Less commonly, white, red, purple, violet, blue-green to blue. Typical Appearance: Flattened pyramidal to long prismatic crystals. Also, columnar, granular, massive. […]

Variscite Crystals Meanings and Properties

Variscite Crystals Meanings and Properties   Mineral Information Origin: Notably U.S.A. Mineral Species: Variscite Mineral Group: Phosphates Chemical Formula: AlPO4.2H2O Hardness: 3.5-4.5 Crystal System: Orthorhombic Colour: Usually pale to emerald-green, bluish green. Typical Appearance: Usually as fine-grained or cryptocrystalline masses in veins, crusts or nodules. Esoteric Information Birthstone: Secondary birthstone for Scorpio, Taurus and Gemini […]