Australian zircon raw stone Grade A++++

Presentation :

Names) :

• Zircon.

Etymology:

• Zircon: From cerkonier, a term used by German jewelers, which later became cirkon, then zirkon (Werner, 1783) | Hyacinth: From Latin hyacinthus | Jargon: From Old French jargunce (Walerius, 1772) | Starlite: Probably a name given in/by trade.

Group, Family:

• Zicons Group.

Color :

• Colorless (often treated) to Yellow (jargon), Dark Yellow to Orange, Golden Orange (treated), Light Green to Dark Green (often metamict/low), Light Blue (starlite: treated) to Dark Blue with Rarely Color Change [CC: Blue under fluorescent light and daylight (F7 & D65), Green-blue under incandescent light (A)], Magenta, Violet, Brown, Red to Orange (hyacinth), Black, etc. Sometimes Asterism, Rarely Thermochromic (color change depending on temperature (i.e. Brown at room temperature / Red when heated with a lighter)) .

Chandelier:

• Vitreous, Adamantine, Fatty .

Origin :

• Canada, Russia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Australia, France.

Crystal system:

• Tetragonal (=Quadratic) .

Chemical composition:

• ZrSiO4 | Coloration: Blue: Uranium in U4+ form (Note: Blue zircons are almost always obtained by heat treatment) | Red: Center colored with Niobium in Nb4+ form (can tarnish in sunlight).

Transparency:

• Opaque (raw), transparent to translucent (cut) .

Density :

• 3.90 to 4.10 (metamict/low zircon) or 4.64 to 4.70 (high zircon) and all densities in between .

Duration :

• 6 (metamict/low zircon), 7 to 8 (high zircon) .

Cleavage:

• Imperfect.

Break:

• Very friable conchoidal .

Line color:

• White.

Impact resistance:

• Fragile.

Heat resistance:

• Good to Bad (color change on some stones) .

Properties and virtues in lithotherapy:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Strengthens the nervous system.
• Promotes endurance and resistance.
• Helps to be more resistant to extreme conditions.
• Stimulates life force.
• Relieves and soothes pain.
• Soothes and relieves cramps.
• Promotes and strengthens the immune system.
• Protects against infectious and contagious diseases.
• Effectively soothes and treats allergic disorders.
  
• Treats asthmatic disorders.
• Promotes good circulation of the body's energy flows.
• Treats the cardiovascular system as well as the respiratory system.
• Helps fight viral and microbial infections.
• Soothes intestinal problems, stomach cramps.
• Soothes painful periods.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Helps weak and impressionable people not to be corrupted by events.
• Soothes the mind while bringing serenity.
• Helps to combat anxieties and fears.
• Promotes a sense of independence at all levels.
• Promotes self-confidence, ideal for weak and fragile people.
• Protects from people who tend to pollute our energies.
• Helps to effectively overcome periods of mourning or great sadness.
• Helps repel negative energies and remove energy blockages.
• Instills strength and courage in its wearer.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Helps to strengthen the vitality of the etheric body, as well as the energy of the sacred fire.
• Promotes anchoring.
• Promotes meditation.

Chakras:

• Root Chakra, 1st Ch.
• Solar Plexus Chakra, 3rd 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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