Dioptase

Presentation :

Names) : 

• Dioptase (also called copper emerald).

Etymology: 

• From the Greek dia=through and opsis=vision (Haüy, 1801).

Group, Family: 
Color : 

• Dark green Dark green, Blackish green, Emerald green.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy, ​​Oily on the cleavages.

Origin : 

• Russia, Peru, Iran, Africa: Namibia, Republic Democratic Congo, Congo, etc.

Crystal system: 

• Trigonal.

Chemical composition : 

• Cu6Si6O18.6H2O | Coloring: Copper in Cu2+ form in octahedral coordination.

Transparency: 

• Transparent to Translucent.

Density : 

• 3.28 to 3.35.

Hardness : 

• 5.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect to Good.

Breakage: 

• Fragile conchoidal.

Line color: 

• Green.

Shock resistance: 

• Fragile.

Heat resistance: 

• Bad.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Powerful anti-inflammatory stone due to the copper it contains, to apply to painful areas.
• Healing and beauty aid.
• Acts on the stomach, gastric disorders and ulcers.
• Treats heartburn.
• Soothes and treats pain in general.
• Treats poisonings.
• Effectively treats and supports the liver in its blood purifying activities.
• Relieves pain of nervous origin.
• Treats leukemia.
• Treats and soothes headaches.
• Treats fungal problems.
• Strengthens the cardiovascular system and the central nervous system.
• Treats heart and blood pressure problems.
• Vitalizes, balances and tones the physical and mental bodies.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Unties emotional knots and helps regain sensitivity.
• Excellent for those who have become hardened following a love injury.
• Tones and revitalizes the mind and reveals emotional blockages by stabilizing them.
• Allows you to create an energy shield around the heart.
• Promotes friendships and a sense of relationships.
• Promotes understanding.
• Promotes self-confidence.
• Develops imagination and creativity.
• Gives hope to people who have given up.
• Excellent for people who are too introverted, favoring extroversion.
• Develops and promotes tenacity and patience and perseverance, making projects achievable.
• Induces a state of sleep making dreams intensive and creative.
• Treats childhood trauma, helping to free us from it.
• Legend has it that dioptase helps bring us closer to our soul mate.
• Stabilizes emotions and calms the mind.
• Excellent for abundance, prosperity, progress, health and well-being.

Virtues on a spiritual level :

• Promotes deep relaxation and provides inner calm.
• In meditation, it helps us capture our past lives.

Fungicidal properties of dioptase elixir:

• Leave to soak in water overnight and then apply to the affected areas. It is a stone which is purified in spring water (follow protocol according to cleaning/purification/reloading/reprogramming article available in the group files) and which regenerates in the sun on a cluster of quartz a rock crystal geode or an amethyst geode.

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