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.

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