Presentation :

Names) :

• Obsidian / Volcanic Glass: Mahogany or Magahony.

Etymology:

• Obsidian: Named after the Roman Obsius, who is believed to have discovered this stone in Ethiopia.

Group, Family:

• Natural Glass Family.

Color :

• Black with brown to mahogany red ribbons.

Chandelier:

• Glassy.

Origin :

• United States, Mexico, Japan, Hawaii.

Crystal system:

• Amorphous.

Chemical composition:

• SiO2 (66 to 72% + Oxides of Ca, Na, K, etc. Basaltic glasses are about 50% SiO2).

Transparency:

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density :

• 2.33 to 2.42 | 2.70 to 3.0 for basalt glasses.

Hardness:

• 5 to 6.

Cleavage:

• Null.

Break:

• Perfect conchoidal.

Line color:

• White.

Impact resistance:

• Fragile (Very brittle).

Heat resistance:

• Weak.

Properties, benefits and virtues in lithotherapy:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Improves blood circulation.
• Relieves aches and cramps.
• Stimulates lymphatic functions, kidneys and liver.
• Strengthens organs and tissues.
• Promotes detoxification of toxins contained in the body.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Addresses feelings of lack, frustration and dissatisfaction.
• Promotes perseverance, determination and brings more courage to face the obstacles along the way.
• Encourages reflection in order to make the right choices.
• Bring clarity to our thinking and decisions, dispelling doubt, confusion and indecision.
• Brings more stability and anchoring so that we can act more responsibly in our actions.
• Stabilizes mood and bipolar disorders and banishes negative moods or behaviors.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Promotes anchoring and refocusing.
• Promotes opening, helping to clear the anchoring channel, which is essential if we are to embody the full range of our energetic frequencies.
  
• Balances Yin and Yang energies.
• Protects against malicious people.
• Protects against psychic attacks, whether from negative entities on the astral plane (lower astral) or from third parties.

Chakras:

• Master Heart Chakra.

• Root 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 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."