Presentation :

Names) :

• Nephrite / Jade-nephrite / "Jade" (actinolite variety).

Etymology:

• Nephritis: From the Greek nephros=kidney (Werner, 1780) probably due to the shape of the balls and nodules | Jade: Term bringing together two minerals of different natures but visually similar: Nephrite and Jadeite.

Group, Family: 

• Amphibole Group | Central member of the Tremolite to Ferro-actinolite series.

Color : 

• Light green, Apple green, Yellowish green, Green, Dark green, Brown, Grayish, sometimes Chatoyancy.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy to Bold, Mast.

Origin : 

• Germany, Poland, Colombia, China, Taiwan, New Zealand, Mexico, Burma etc.

Crystal system: 

• Monoclinic.

Chemical composition : 

• Nephrite~Actinolite: Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)5Si8O22(OH)2 central member of the series from Tremolite: Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 to Ferro-actinolite: Ca2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2 | Coloration: Green to yellowish green: Trace of chromium and/or iron in Fe2+ form in octahedral coordination.

Transparency: 

• Opaque to Translucent.

Density : 

• 2.90 to 3.06 (usually around 2.95).

Hardness : 

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage: 

• Null.

Breakage: 

• Fragile scarper.

Line color: 

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Very good.

Heat resistance:

• Good.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Treats the kidneys, urinary system and adrenal glands, which produce adrenaline.
• Yang energy stone, it brings back the vital fire throughout the body.
• Improves the body's endurance
• Helps eliminate kidney stones (renal colic) as well as cystitis and incontinence.
• Can help both young children and the elderly during the night to regulate their bladder.
• Gives a boost of energy to people who are weakened, nervous, easily exhausted nervously or physically.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Calms the ardor of overspending people who tend to buy compulsively.
• Detach from the desire for possession.
• Brings luck and prosperity to its wearer.
• Brings courage, strength and determination.
• Drive away unfounded and uncontrolled fears.

Spiritual virtues:

• Allows you to free the being from its blockages and lead it to the full realization of all its potential.
• Brings back to self-knowledge and one's inner self.
• Promotes meditation.
• Stone of wisdom which allows you to reconnect with the higher planes while maintaining a good foundation in your anchoring.
• Purifies energy during meditation clearing the body of negative energies and toxic thoughts.

Environmental virtues:

• Stone of protection, wealth, prosperity and abundance.

Chakra:

• Master-Heart Chakra, 4th 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."

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