Presentation :

Names) : 

• The name 'selenite' is primarily synonymous with gypsum but was used historically to describe the transparent variety, as opposed to satin spar gypsum for the fibrous variety and alabaster for the massive, fine-grained form.

Etymology:

• From the Greek σελήυη, for "moon", alluding to the mineral's moon-like white reflections or the quality of light transmitted through semi-pellucid gypsum plates of cleavages used as windows.

Group, Family:

• Gypsum.

Color : 

• Colorless, white, gray | Impurities may color yellowish to dark yellow, brownish, reddish to brownish magenta-red, sometimes ribbon-like or marble-like

Chandelier: 

• vitreous to silky, pearly to shimmering, subvitreous to matte for compact varieties, often pearly and pearly on the cleavage faces or surfaces, sometimes fibrous for fibrous varieties or simply dull and earthy.

Origin : 

• United States, Mexico, Chile, England, Italy, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Morocco, Namibia, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe .

Crystal system: 
Monoclinic
Chemical composition: 

• CaSO4.2H2O.

Transparency: 

• Transparent to Translucent.

Density : 

• 2.30 to 2.33 usually 2.32.

Hardness: 

• 1.5 to 2.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect according to.

Break: 

• irregular, micaceous, splintery, sometimes conchoidal or fibrous.

Line color: 

• White.

Impact resistance: 

• Very weak.

Heat resistance: 

• Bad.

Properties, benefits and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Treats muscle and joint pain and tension problems.
• Treats back pain and more specifically spinal and skeletal problems.
• Treats skeletal deformity problems by allowing realignment of the spine.
• Treats nerves and tendons and promotes flexibility.
• Prevents cramps and contractures after strenuous physical exertion.
• treats migraine and headache problems.
• Facilitates relaxation and calming in pregnant women during their contractions.
• Supports the abdominal organs during pregnancy.
• Treats infertility problems.
• Treats the stomach and acts against obesity problems.
• Treats skin problems such as: acne, eczema, psoriasis etc.
• Treats baldness problems.
• Strengthens tissues, restoring elasticity to the skin, it prevents and treats wrinkles that appear with age.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Promotes understanding and open-mindedness.
• Promotes memory, concentration and alertness.
• Treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
• Promotes introspection and deep self-analysis, beyond superficial perceptions.
• Helps to get rid of previous blockages, responsible for certain complexes.
• Treats and soothes conditions such as: agitation, nervousness, stress, anxiety and banishes dark thoughts.
• Acts against mood swings.
• Acts on sleep by treating insomnia disorders.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• A stone of guidance, it facilitates connection with higher dimensions and creates a bridge with divine planes.
• Allows connection with its guides.
• Promotes spiritual development.
• Facilitates intuition as well as parapsychic gifts and faculties such as telepathy, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairvoyance.
• Promotes meditation, brings about a state of calm and absolute serenity. Relaxing, it creates a feeling of inner peace.
  

Environmental benefits:

• Balances and harmonizes the energies of the place in order to create a calm and serene atmosphere.
• chases away negative energies and agitation contained in the place where it is placed in order to calm the place and bring more gentleness there.

Chakras:

• Although often used on the crown chakra, 7th ch, selenite will be more effective on higher chakras such as the soul star chakra 8th ch, the stellar consciousness chakra 9th ch, or the intergalactic consciousness chakra 10th ch.

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 is to 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."

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