Presentation :

Names) :

• Emerald (variety of beryl).

Etymology:

• From the Greek smaragdos = green.

Group, Family:

• Beryl Group.

Color :

• Light green, Green, Dark green, sometimes Asterism or Chatoyancy, Trapiche.

Chandelier:

• Glassy.

Origin :

• Afghanistan, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, India, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, etc.

Crystal system:

• Hexagonal.

Chemical composition:

• Be3Al2(Si6O18) | Coloration: Chromium and/or Vanadium in Cr3+ and/or V3+ form in octahedral coordination.

Transparency:

• Transparent, Translucent to Opaque.

Dubbing:

• Null.

Density :

• 2.67 to 2.80.

Hardness:

• 7 to 8.

Cleavage:

• Null.

Break:

• Slightly conchoidal, uneven, crumbly.

Line color:

• White.

Impact resistance:

• Fragile.

Heat resistance:

• Bad: Destruction around 600°C (due to frost).

Properties and virtues in lithotherapy:

Virtues on the physical level:

• A stone of convalescence par excellence, ideal in association with Rock Crystal.
• Promotes regeneration and rejuvenation of tissues.
• Promotes the recovery of physical faculties.
• Helps strengthen the immune system.
• Helps cure viral infections such as flu or tonsillitis, otitis, sinusitis, rhinitis, chronic bronchitis and coryza .
• Treats and soothes the digestive system.
• Promotes the purification of the liver and pancreas.
• Effectively relieves migraines, especially ophthalmic ones, in combination with Hawk's Eye.
• Its results on vision disorders, such as cataracts, are excellent. Effects amplified in association with Hawk's Eye .
• Effectively treats seizures and epileptic conditions.
• Treats diabetic conditions.
• Reduces the effects of tachycardia.
• Helps regulate the thyroid.
• Soothes joint pain (arthritis, rheumatism).
• Protects joints and preserves the spine.
• Treats heart disorders.
• Maintains the cardiovascular system
• Treats multiple sclerosis.
• Treats hemorrhoid problems.
• Treats varicose vein problems.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Promotes harmony in relationships, within the family, the circle of friends or in the emotional sphere.
• Promotes courage and spontaneity in our daily actions.
• Develops feelings of righteousness and understanding.
• Brings great calm and inner peace.
• Soothes overly passionate people.
• Calms fears and anger about power deviations and manipulation.
• Emerald is a stone that responds to Yin (feminine) principles. It reveals a high degree of sensitivity in the man who wears it.
• Promotes honesty and integrity, to help us avoid succumbing to temptation and being manipulated too easily.
• Promotes discernment as well as intuition.
• Promotes patience and reflection in decision-making.
• Repel bad influences.
• Helps us discern false friends.
• Encourages fidelity in relationships, while protecting its wearer from their own jealousy and possessive impulses.
• Encourages kindness and openness to others.
• Encourages tolerance and moderation.
• Stimulates a taste for cooperation and teamwork.
• Contributes to the resolution of long-standing conflicts.
• Helps people suffering from claustrophobia.
• Can be of great help in cases of personality disorder or schizophrenia.
• Encourages study and learning by sharpening memory.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Promotes clairvoyance and telepathy.
• Good meditation stone that connects to higher planes.
• Promotes letting go.
• Promotes awareness and introspection of our inner truth, allowing us to see our dark and light sides in a dissociated way, in order to allow us to evolve towards a better being in phase with our incarnation.
• Promotes the reconciliation of our inner duality, between our dark and light sides.
• Promotes the dissolution of memories of suffering, even those linked to our previous lives, by understanding the reason for these wounds and what they came to teach us.

Chakra:

• Master Heart Chakra, 4th Ch.

Elixirs:

• It treats the entire digestive system, but also the liver, pancreas, kidneys, and especially the heart and the entire cardiovascular system, for which it has an effective preventive action.
• Emerald elixirs are recommended to improve visual acuity as well as to purify the body and strengthen defenses.
• The elixir can also be used to support curative treatments (varicose veins, hemorrhoids, thrombosis, cardiovascular accidents, etc.).

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 damages it). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with new spring or filtered water. 
• Direct recharging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser or rock crystals in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to recharge 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, 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 resonance with you to ask it to do what it must 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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