Presentation :

Names) : 

• Calcite: Icelandic Spar, Roselite / Manganocalcite, Cobaltocalcite.

Etymology: 

• Calcite: From the Latin calx = lime (Haidinger, 1845).

Group, Family: 

• Calcite Group.

Color : 

• Colorless (Icelandic Spar), Dark Yellow, Magenta to Reddish (Roselite / Manganocalcite), Orange, Bluish, White, Brown, Black, Magenta to Dark Magenta (Cobaltocalcite).

Chandelier: 

• Vitreous to Pearly.

Origin : 

• France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, United States, etc. Very widespread throughout the world.

Crystal system: 

• Trigonal: Trimorphic with Aragonite and Vaterite.

Chemical composition : 

• Calcite: CaCO3 forms a series with Rhodochrosite: Mn2+CO3 | Coloring: Pink: Cobalt in Co2+ form (cobaltocalcite) or Manganese in Mn2+ form in octahedral coordination (calcite/rhodochrosite mixture).

Transparency: 

• Transparent, Translucent sometimes Opaque.

Density : 

• 2.60 to 2.80.

Hardness : 

• 3.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect according to.

Breakage: 

• Conchoidal.

Line color: 

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Bad.

Heat resistance: 

• Average.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues :

• Treats the nervous system.
• Promotes the growth of children.
• Relieves and reduces physical pain.
• Calms joint pain, bloating and growing pains.
• Harmonizes and restores the proper functioning of the digestive organs, relieves gastric acidity.
• Promotes healing of tissues and bones (fragility).
• Promotes repair and consolidation bones.
• Reduces dental caries tendencies.
• Excellent for eliminating calcifications of the skeleton and joints in particular.
• Treats the spleen, pancreas and relieves pain.
• Brings energy and strength to the body in its entirety.
• Strengthens nails.
• Relieves sprains, strains and tendon pain.
• Facilitates the assimilation of calcium, particularly in children.
• Treats and strengthens the heart.
• Acts against colitis and dysentery.
• Good sexual stimulant, unlocks blockages, helps to accept physical contact and caresses.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Allows you to internalize yourself and face all the situations of daily life by finding a certain inner dynamism. Provides self-confidence and gives faith in the smooth running of life's hectic events.
• Gives self-confidence and leads to success.
• Brings cheerfulness, enthusiasm and warmth. Particularly beneficial for adolescents experiencing growth crises by combating irritability.
• Promotes optimism and strengthens self-respect and confidence in one's own abilities.
• Clarifies ideas and brings greater discernment.
• Nourishes the intellectual level through the emptiness and comfort it brings to the mental level.
• Strengthens memory.

Virtues on a spiritual level :

• Balances the energies between yin and yang.
• Refocuses energy, strengthens and stabilizes.
• Promotes the re-energization of the chakras.
• Reconnects with the matrix of life. This framework serves as a support for all living creations. It allows you to feel yourself growing and evolving. Its properties will be beneficial on a daily basis in a desire to harmonize one's environment with one's deep desires.

Chakra(s):

• Sacral Chakra, 2nd Ch.

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