Hematite properties
Hematite is a mineral with a high iron content, we see it from the livers magnetized (polarized) to make games. Its name comes from the laton hematite which means blood, …
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Magnesite properties
Magnesite is a white to yellowish porous mineral. It was named after its chemical composition, magnesium, but also because of its place of discovery, Magnesia in Greece. Other synonymous names …
Jet properties
The jet is a variety of lignite consisting of fossil plants compressed by the ocean basin, its name comes from the Latin gagâtes, pledge is a Turkish city of discovery …
falcon’s eye properties
The hawk’s eye is a variety of tiger’s eye with blue reflections. Its name comes from its appearance similar to a hawk’s eye. Virtues in lithotherapy : Therapeutic efficacy: important. …
Sodalite properties
Sodalite is a dark blue mineral with white veins. When it was discovered it was given this name in reference to its chemical composition, soda for sodium and from the …
Serpentine properties
The serpentine . the green colour as well as the scaly aspect gave it its name lation serpentinus which means stone serpent. Virtues in lithotherapy : Availability on the market: …
Zirconia hyacinth properties
Zircon is a red-brown mineral sometimes green or blue, it is also called hyacinth in its brown colour, starlite in its blue colour. The name comes from the Arabic zargon …
Amethyst properties
Amethyst takes its name from its ancient use against drunkenness and excess. In the past it was sometimes used as a chalice to protect oneself from possible poisoning attempts during …
black tourmaline properties
Black tourmaline is a basic stone in lithotherapy. This completely opaque black mineral anchors deeply to the earth and frees from evil. The largest deposits are as often in Brazil, …
Aquamarine properties
Aquamarine is a well known and used in jewellery, in its best qualities this crystalline blue stone is used to make jewellery. It is more often found in a more …
Apophyllite properties
The apophyllite has the property of unblocking the chakras. It amplifies the power of thought, it is the stone of mediums and seers. Natural pyramid created by Nature in the …
Andalusite chiastolite properties
The Andalusite takes its name from Andalusia, the region in southern Spain where it was first found and recorded, it is also called Chiastolite. It is a brown and black …
Garnet properties
The garnet is a stone that can be orange, brown, red, black, green. the most used in lithotherapy will be the red-brown garnet called almandine garnet. the name garnet comes …
iolite sapphire water properties
Iolite is a purple variety of cordierite. It is also called Dichroite, Yolite, New Finland Blue Quartz, Water Sapphire, Steinheilite. Find an iolite Virtues in lithotherapy : Therapeutic efficacy: important. …
Lapis lazuli properties
Lapis lazuli means blue stone in Arabic, this stone has a hardness of 5 to 6. This magnificent mineral of a light to deep blue with golden glitter has always …
Peridot properties
Peridot is a transparent green stone, it is also called chrysolite or olivine, its name has two probable origins, the Arabic word faridat meaning precious stone, or the Latin word …
Alexandrite properties
Alexandrite in its transparent gem quality has an optical characteristic of changing colour from green to pink depending on the type of light passing through it, under synthetic lighting or …
labradorite properties
Labradorite has a hardness of 6 to 6.5 and was discovered in Labrador, hence its name. This stone is fascinating by its visual aspect, its brightly coloured reflections vary according …
Angelite properties
Angelite is the contemporary name given to anhydrite, the term anhydrite means without water, while angelite is a name that comes more from the energetic effects of the stone promoting …
Fluorite properties
Fluorite is a semi-transparent mineral with green, purple, blue or yellow as its colour. Its name comes from the Latin fluere which means melting or sticky. It is also called …
Black Onyx Properties
Black onyx is a variety of opaque agate, it is a very common stone found in most countries. It is commonly used in sculpture, ornament, or the realization of coatings …
Apatite properties
Apatite favours inspiration and communication in general, it is a stone that helps sociability and exchange. It is found in different colours, the most accessible are blue and green apatites, …
Heliodorus properties
The heliodore is a transparent yellow beryl, its Greek name hêlios, sun and dôrea, don. In lithotherapy this stone brings joy and positivity. Virtues in lithotherapy : Therapeutic efficacy: important. …
Moonstone properties
Moonstone is a stone with shades of colour that can be white, yellowish, orange, brown, the transparent bluish varieties found on the market are unfortunately often counterfeit (synthetic stone or …
Malachite properties
Malachite is a green-coloured stone, with shades of light to dark green marking lines in this mineral. The name comes from the Latin malachites, from the Greek molochē which means …
Red Jasper properties
The red jasper is a relatively common stone in the world we find it in most countries, symbol of strength and stability it has brick-red tones, it is not because …
Jade properties
The term jade refers to three different minerals : jadeite or imperial jade, nephrite and kosmochlor, it is a stone of generally opaque green color more or less dark. Jade …
Morganite properties in lithotherapy
Morganite is a pink beryl stone more or less transluicidal. Its name comes from the American collector banker John Pierpont Morgan. Virtues in lithotherapy : Therapeutic efficacy: important. Availability …
rhodochrosite properties
Rhodochrosite is a pink stone generally veined with pale pink. The name of this stone comes from the Greek rhodon which means pink “rhodon” pink and chros which means color. …
Sun Stone Properties
The sunstone, also called heliolite, is orange-pink with some pailette, its name comes from its shiny and warm appearance. Beware of common imitations. Virtues in lithotherapy : Availability on the …
Turquoise properties
Turquoise is also called callaite, it is a blue-green mineral. Its name probably comes from the Greek kalláïnos which means shimmering blue and green. Beware of false turquoise many sellers …
golden blue topaz properties
Topaz is transparent, it can be blue, white, yellow, pink, green according to tradition it can have the names chrysolithos, chrysolite of Saxony, physalite, pyrophysalite. Its name comes from the …
Amazonite properties
The Amazonite takes its name from the great river the Amazon, because it was discovered and named in this region. Moreover the green colour veined with lighter tones of this …
Amber properties
Amber is a resin that has been mineralized over millions of years. Amber at 50 million years is the difference with copal which is also a resin but it is …
Agates properties
Agates are found to be of many varieties throughout the world, they are part of the quartz family, the origin of the word agate comes from the river Achates in …
Aventurine properties
Aventurine is a quartz with inclusions of other minerals, the green aventurine is the best known, but there is also blue, red, or yellow. The name aventurine comes from the …
Aragonite properties
Aragonite generally strengthens the body’s bones, it is favourable for growth and in case of bone fragility. The name is derived from the geographical locality of discovery, Molina de Aragón …
Howlite properties
Howlite is a variety of porous white magnesite with grey lines, named after the Canadian chemist who discovered it in Nova Scotia, Henry How. Tinted blue it is widely used …
Obsidian properties in lithotherapy
Obsidian is a vitreous volcanic glass composed of black silica with some nuances, which we will see have an impact on the energetic properties. Its name comes from the name …
rose quartz properties
It is a pale pink to dark pink, semi-transparent quartz that can be found all over the world. This stone very much used in lithotherapy is a stone of love …
Tiger’s eye properties
It is a stone that visually reminds one of a tiger’s eye, hence the origin of its name. In the past it would also have been called wolf stone. In …
Ametrine properties
Ametrine is a yellow and purple stone, it can have more yellow than purple or vice versa, it depends on the proportion of amethyst for purple and citrine for yellow. …