Aquamarine
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Names) :
- Aquamarine.
Etymology :
- Aquamarine: From the Latin aqua = water and marina = marine in allusion to its color (Wallerius, 1747).
Group, Family:
- Beryls.
Color :
- Light Blue, Blue, Dark Blue, Sometimes Intense Blue (Maxixe), Asterism or Chatoyance.
Chandelier:
- Glassy.
Origin :
- South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, etc.
Crystal system:
- Hexagonal.
Chemical composition :
- Be3Al2(Si6O18) | Coloring: Aquamarine: Iron in tetrahedral Fe2+ form and/or Fe2+-O- Fe3+ | Maxixe: CO3- and NO3- colored centers due to irradiation.
Transparency:
- Transparent to translucent.
Density :
- 2.66 to 2.80.
Hardness :
- 7 to 8.
Cleavage:
- Perfect.
Breakage:
- Conchoidal.
Line color:
- White.
Shock resistance:
- Good.
Heat resistance:
- Can change color | Maxixe: Color unstable: Discolors when exposed to heat and/or light.
Mineralogical characteristics of aquamarine
Aquamarine composed of silica, aluminum, copper, beryllium and iron is classified as cyclo-silicates. Its hardness is 7.5/8 Mohs on a scale of 10. It has a beautiful shine and can be transparent to translucent. Aquamarine is part of the beryl family, also made up of the precious emerald and three other much more common minerals, colorless goshenite, pink-toned morganite and heliodor yellow. The more or less oxidized iron gives its color to aquamarine, blue or green and different light or dark shades. Very exceptionally, it can have tiny mineral inclusions causing a shimmering or asterisk effect. The dark blue “deep lagoon” shade is currently the most popular. To obtain it, artificial methods with unstable results are frequently used: heating stones considered too light or greenish to 450° or irradiation of neutrons and gamma rays.
The most important and renowned minerals are found in Brazil and Pakistan. Other places of extraction are located in Australia, Asia (Burma, China, India, Sri Lanka), Africa (Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe), the United States and in Russia. In France, there are deposits in Chanteloube (Limousin), Echassières (Auvergne) and La Villeder (Brittany). Aquamarine is a minor constituent of granitic and pegmatic rocks, it is also found in alluvial deposits. Aquamarine is sometimes found accompanied by other minerals: lepidolite, spessardite or its cousins, morganite and heliodor. In Pakistan, it is sometimes found on muscovite. 
We can confuse it with: kyanite, euclase, apatite or topaz and blue tourmaline. The name aquamarine is sometimes associated with erroneous or misleading names such as: "oriental aquamarine", "from Brazil", "from Siam", and even "synthetic aquamarine" which is generally a synthetic spinel.
Aquamarine extraction and famous stones
The extraction of very large crystals is possible but these are often opaque specimens with an unappealing grayish tint and are not suitable for jewelry. Beauty is not the only interest of aquamarine. A metal used in its composition, beryllium, has properties sought after in industry. This low density element, rare and resistant, is used in aeronautics and nuclear energy. The name Santa-Maria (named after a Brazilian mine) is reserved for the most beautiful aquamarines. The even more sought-after Santa-Maria Maxixe is a deep blue aquamarine that fades in the light.
The largest quality stone, weighing 110 kg, was discovered in 1910 in Marambaia in Minas Gerai in Brazil. Many gems are cut there with a total weight of 100,000 carats. In the same region, at the Pedra-Azul deposit, aquamarines with curious twisted deep blue reliefs have been extracted since 1957.
Properties and virtues:
Physical virtues:
- Beneficial effects on sore throats, allergies and even neuralgic pain.
- Strengthens the immune system by stimulating the thyroid gland
- Helps fight disorders and diseases related to the throat, eyes and mammary glands.
- Treats respiratory diseases, bronchitis, lungs, neck area, allergies, watery eyes. Protects against colds, inflammation of the larynx and strengthens the vocal cords. Combats throat irritation .
- Prevents myocardial infarction.
- Relieves sinuses, hoarseness and hay fever
- Calms migraines, dental and ear pain
- Helps regulate eating, manage osteoarthritis and muscle tension
- Placed on the jaw, it soothes dental pain.
- relieves problems relating to the kidneys, bladder and fluid retention in the body.
- Useful against insomnia and stress.
- Aquamarine helps calm dermatoses: eczema, psoriasis and acne. If you suffer from skin allergies, you can make an aquamarine elixir. Let your stone soak in a glass of water overnight. Apply the lotion several times a day without rubbing (keep in a cool place for a week).
- Travel sickness and nausea: A protective stone for travelers, aquamarine relieves travel sickness. It is particularly recommended for seasickness. In general, it helps to soothe nausea.
- Heart, high blood pressure and blood diseases: Aquamarine is known for its ability to regulate heart rate and its beneficial effects on the blood system. It is recommended in cases of high blood pressure, blood diseases and to strengthen the heart in general.
Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:
- Soothes anxieties.
- Brings serenity.
- Promotes communication.
- Helps dissolve emotional blockages.
- Brings the mind to rest, allowing better inner listening.
- Soothes anxieties and moody temperaments.
- Promotes listening without prejudice.
- Promotes singing, clear and calm speeches.
- Helps fight against fears of not being up to the task of facing the prejudice of others, but also facing one's own judgment.
- Combats the spirit of domination, excesses due to anger and daily stress.
Spiritual virtues:
- Restful, it helps to become aware of universal truths and to integrate them.
- Helps to strengthen and facilitate the use of psychic powers.
- Reduces the hold of our conscious mind on the psychic mind, and allows the ever-present psychic impulses to be perceived, and also allows us to enter into our consciousness.
- Purifies the soul.
- Increases our extra-sensory perceptions, clairvoyance and understanding.
- Increases our lucidity.
Chakras:
- Activates the throat chakra, 5th Ch.
Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:
- Cleaning with clear spring water or filtered water (never salt in the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, and then take it out in the morning to rinse it with new spring or filtered water.
- Direct recharge on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser or rock crystals in a circle (like a time dial), points toward the center, and place your minerals in the center to recharge them. Another method, place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl/mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method, place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other forms of sacred geometry.
- Reprogramming: Reprogramming consists not of telling your mineral what it should or should not do, but of putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask him to do what he needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleaning and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on different levels, for my greatest good as well as for the greatest good of the people around me."
