Presentation :

Names) : 

• Dumortierite.

Etymology: 

• Named after paleontologist ME Dumortier (1802-1873).

Group, Family: 

• Dumortierite group, Silicate and Borosilicate family.

Color : 

• Light blue, Blue, Dark blue, Blue-mauve, Blue-black, Red-brown, Dark green to Greenish, sometimes Magenta .

Chandelier: 

• Vitreous to dull.

Origin : 

• France (Lyon), Poland, Sri Lanka, Africa, Madagascar, Namibia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, etc.

Crystal system: 

• Orthorhombic .

Chemical composition: 

• Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3 | Often in fine crystals in quartz => Blue quartz / Dumortierite quartz .

Transparency: 

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density : 

• 3.21 to 3.41.

Hardness: 

• 7 to 8.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect .

Break: 

• Conchoidal .

Line color: 

• Blue (massive variety) .

Impact resistance:

• Fragile.

Heat resistance:

• Does not melt but whitens.

Properties, benefits and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Helps reduce inflammation in the body.
• acts on the ENT sphere as well as on the Thyroid gland.
  
• Regulates skin disorders.
• Relieves migraines.
• Stimulates and strengthens the body and the immune system.
• Promotes digestion by alleviating nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and gallbladder problems.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Promotes concentration and calming of the mind and stimulates memory.
• Helps to unblock problems related to communication and verbal exchanges by greatly promoting expression.
• Eliminates primary anxieties and fears and brings greater self-confidence.
• Ideal for shy, insecure and introverted people.
• Acts on the ego by allowing work on oneself in order to regulate one's echo on the right frequency.
• Promotes discernment as well as intuition.
• Treats and calms self-destructive behaviors and thoughts.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Promotes connection to higher planes, guides, angels and the divine plan.

Chakras:

• Throat chakra, 5th chakra.

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Clean with clear spring water or filtered water (never add salt to the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with fresh spring or filtered water.
• Direct charging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser crystals or rocks in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to charge them. Another method is to 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 form of sacred geometry.
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming is not about telling your mineral what to do or not to do, but about putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask it to do what it needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleansing and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on the different levels, for my greater good as well as for the greater good of the people around me."