Andalusite or Chiastolite
Presentation :
Names) :
- Andalusite: Viridine, Chiastolite.
Etymology :
- Named after the province of Andalusia (Spain) where it was discovered (Delametherie, 1789).
Group, Family:
Color :
- Green-brown, Green-yellow to Apple green (viridine), Dark yellow, Orange-brown, Red-brown, Brown, sometimes almost Colorless to White-gray or Blue, Sometimes Black cross pattern on Brown andalusite (chiastolite : sometimes assimilated to a trapiche type crystallization), Sometimes asterism or chatoyance.
Chandelier:
- Vitreous to Subvitrous.
Origin :
- Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Spain, Germany, United States, Russia, Belgium, Chile, France.
Crystal system:
- Orthorhombic: Trimorphs with Kyanite and Sillimanite.
Chemical composition :
- Andalusite: Al2SiO5 forms a series with Kanonaite: (Mn3+,Al)AlSiO5.
Transparency:
- Transparent, Translucent, Opaque.
Density :
- From 3.12 to 3.18.
Hardness :
- From 6, 7 to 8.
Cleavage:
- Imperfect (but quite sharp and parallel to the faces of the prism) to Good depending.
Breakage:
- Irregular, Subconchoidal fragile.
Line color:
- White.
Shock resistance:
- Fragile.
Heat resistance:
- Good.
Properties and virtues:
Physical virtues:
- Helps reduce gastric acidity.
- Promotes the reduction of gout.
- Relieves rheumatism as well as osteoarthritis.
- Strengthens the nerves.
- Strengthens the skin.
- Strengthens the joints.
- Balances the immune system.
- Promotes recovery and rest, especially in cases of exhaustion due to great physical and psychological efforts.
- Helps stimulate lactation.
Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:
- Helps to transmute conflicts into more harmonious relationships.
- Strongly helps in decision-making when making difficult choices, helps to sort things out in order to take the right path.
- Helps to fight against the fears that prevent us from moving forward peacefully.
- Keeps away deep terrors (fear of dying for example).
- Makes one's destiny more realistic, and helps us realize it.
- Calm nervous people.
- Brings balance and regulates emotional excesses.
- Stimulates intuition and facilitates introspection and self-knowledge.
- Helps you think better about your future.
- Helps you not waver in the face of doubts and questioning.
- Allows you to dispel illusions.
Spiritual virtues:
- Good protection.
- Stone of balance between the material and spiritual plane.
- Facilitates centering and rooting.
- Refocus energies.
- Useful in meditation to promote astral travel.
- Opens the mind and boosts intuition.
- Serves as a portal for extracorporeal travel.
Chakra:
- Placed on the master heart chakra it allows you to reach the meditative state more quickly.
- Placed on the master heart chakra, it is perfect for balancing cosmic energies and telluric energies.
- Placed on the third eye chakra, it rids the mind of parasitic thoughts and promotes extrasensory perceptions.
- Placed on the root chakra, it connects to the earth's core and telluric energies, ensuring very good anchoring.
