Presentation :

• Carnelian is a red variety of chalcedony, which itself is a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz. The formula for this family of minerals is SiO2. Carnelian owes its color to hematite inclusions.

Names) :

• Carnelian (variety of chalcedony).

Etymology :

• From Latin corneus = horny (Agricola, 1546).

Group, Family:

• Quartz Family (Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline) | Chalcedony family.

Color :

• Red, Red-orange, Orange to Dark Yellow, Orange-Brown.
• Carnelian, translucent to opaque, is orange-red to dark red, uniform in color, unlike its mineralogical “cousin” agate which has layers of different colors. The sardonyx, from the same family, is browner. Long exposure to sunlight can naturally darken the color of carnelian.

Chandelier:

• Glassy.

Origin :

• Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Yemen, Madagascar, Mozambique, Russia and the United States.

Crystal system:

• Trigonal 296 / Microcrystalline.

Chemical composition :

• SiO2 | Coloration: Microscopic to submicroscopic inclusions of iron compounds.

Transparency:

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density :

• Typically 2.57 to 2.65 | Sometimes up to over 2.91.

Hardness :

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage:

• Null.

Breakage:

• Irregular, Conchoidal.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance:

• Good.

Heat resistance:

• Good.

Properties :

Physical virtues:

• Helps women in particular: its contact reduces the discomfort of women's pelvic pain (ovaries, tubes, etc.) and menstrual pain.
• Promotes fertility, and helps reduce pain during periods.
• Very good companion for pregnant women and during childbirth.
• Also helps all those who encounter blockages to procreation by stimulating, among other things, Intimate activity with the Partner.
• In men, it stimulates sexual potency.
• Like hematite, it has a significant detoxifying action on the blood.
• Reduces slight hemorrhages from small wounds and the nose.
• Treats the kidneys, gallbladder, liver, spleen and genitals.
• Anti-inflammatory effects (rheumatism, arthritis).
• Regulates blood circulation.
• Promotes the elimination of toxins that poison the body.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Regulates various disturbances.
• Help in times when we feel Fragile.
• Restores Confidence, Joy of living and more Lightness.
• Promotes Empathy, Conviviality, Sociability.
• Pushes you to reach out to Others.
• Increases our Concentration by grounding ourselves concretely in the present moment.
• Significantly reduces anger.
• Very effective in keeping Nightmares away, it can be good to sleep with it quite close to you, on your bedside table or even under your pillow. Its effectiveness in soothing your nights will only be reinforced if you combine it with hematite or amethyst.
• Keeps doubts, morbid thoughts and negative states of mind away.
• Soothes anger and jealousy.
• Anchors distracted and dreamy people in reality. It improves concentration and work capacity.

Virtues on the Spiritual level:

• In many Civilizations, carnelian accompanied the Dead on their Path to the afterlife. So for Us, Beings still incarnate, it will give life to all our projects and guide us in our Cycles of Incarnation / Reincarnation. 

Chakras:

• Placed on the Sacral chakra, it will activate and rebalance it, conducting the energy of the vital fire to the other chakras.
• Placed on the solar plexus, carnelian soothes anger and jealousy.

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