Presentation :

Names) :

• Bronzite.

Etymology:

• According to the characteristic bronze color.

Group, Family: 

• Pyroxenes Group (Orthopyroxenes).

Color : 

• Color Bronze, Colorless, Gray, Black, Brown, Orange-brown, Dark yellow-brown, Apple green to Dark green-brown, Sometimes 6-pointed asterism

Chandelier: 

• Glassy to Submetallic.

Origin : 

• Germany, Austria, India, Australia, Madagascar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Burma etc.

Crystal system: 

• Orthorombic.

Chemical composition : 

• (Mg,Fe)Si2O6 with 10 to 30% Fe | Belongs to the series including: Enstatite (0-10% Fe); Bronzite(10-30% Fe); Hypersthene(30-50% Fe); Ferrohypersthene(50-70% Fe); Eulite (70-90% Fe); Ferrosilite (90-100% Fe).

Transparency: 

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density : 

• 3.30 to 3.43.

Hardness : 

• 5 to 6.

Cleavage: 

• Good.

Breakage: 

• Uneven.

Line color: 

• White grey.

Shock resistance: 

• Fragile.

Heat resistance: 

• Weak.

Properties and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Treats acidity and stomach ailments.
• Stabilizes liver functions.
• Stabilizes and regulates menstrual cycles and hormone secretions.
• Treats prostate disorders.
• Helps prevent varicose veins by allowing good circulation of energy in the legs.
• Effective in the case of serious illnesses such as cancer.
• Improves and regulates blood circulation.
• Excellent analgesic which alleviates cramps by making the muscles more flexible and improving their blood circulation.
• Treat cysts.
• Treats skin problems such as eczema, herpes and other skin problems.
• Delays skin aging and prevents dehydration.
• Treats anemia problems.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Helps us to better respect ourselves in the face of our inner truth.
• Promotes feelings of well-being and happiness.
• Treats stress and anxiety as well as gloominess.
• Repels negative thoughts and thought forms.
• Brings more clairvoyance and discernment.
• Helps in decision-making, leading us to make the right choices by making appropriate decisions, making us more reasoned and insightful in our choices.
• Promotes generosity, kindness and courtesy in exchanges.
• Calms anger and allows you to maintain self-control.
• Encourages openness to others and constructive exchanges.
• Fights selfish and greedy minds.
• Gives the courage to move forward without giving up in order to achieve the goals set.
• Treats cases of hyper emotionality and hyper irascibility by bringing gentleness, serenity and inner peace.
• Brings tenderness and leads to more conciliation in our life and our exchanges with others.

Spiritual virtues:

• Promotes anchoring.
• Reharmonizes the energies between body and mind.
• Helps to return the negative energies of psychic attacks to its sender.
• Although not as effective as celestial eye obsidian or Manto Huichol or even black spinel, it will nevertheless be a good ally to ensure good protection against negative energies.
• Recharges the energy bodies.

Chakra:

• Master-Heart Chakra, 4th Ch.
• Solar Plexus Chakra, 3rd Chakra.
• Root chakra, 1st Ch.

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