Presentation :

Names) : 

• Pectolite : Manganpectolite, Larimar.

Etymology: 

• Pectolite: From the Greek pektos=frozen/frozen and lithos=stone (Kobell, 1828) | Manganpectolite: According to the composition.

Group, Family: 

• Wollastonite Group.

Color : 

• Colorless, White, Gray, Dark bluish green, Light blue to Blue (Larimar), Sometimes Pink (Light Magenta), Chatoyance.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy to Silky.

Origin : 

• Dominican Republic (Larimar), Quebec/Canada, South Africa, Japan, United States, Sweden, Russia, etc.

Crystal system: 

• Triclinic.

Chemical composition : 

• Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH) forms a series with Sérandite: NaMn2Si3O8(OH) with Maganpectolite: Na(Ca,Mn)2Si3O8(OH) as an intermediate member | Coloring: Blue: Copper in Cu2+ form in octahedral coordination.

Transparency: 

• Opaque to Translucent rarely Transparent ( Quebec).

Density : 

• 2.74 to 2.88.

Hardness : 

• 4 to 5.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect.

Breakage: 

• Conchoidal.

Line color: 

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Weak.

Heat resistance: 

• Bad.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Promotes replenishment and regeneration throughout the physical body.
• Protects from stress due to overactivity and stabilizes the nervous system.
• Facilitates childbirth and strengthens joints.
• Helps reduce the frequency and intensity of hot flashes.
• Promotes the softening of cartilage
• Relieves sore throats.
• Facilitates flow in joints and narrowed veins by placing it on the skin.
• Helps effectively combat high blood pressure and stress-related illnesses
• Relieves fevers, infections and inflammations
• Treats skin conditions worsened by stress, such as hives, eczema and psoriasis.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Brings calm, balance, peace and joy of living.
• Soothes anger and irritability and allows you to be yourself and refocus while being in action.
• Calms the stress of future parents and helps avoid post-partum depression.
• Helps to free yourself from the opinions of others.
• Drive away negative emotions.
• Promotes creativity and inspiration.
• Develops the sense of communication and releases what is left unsaid.
• Ideal for singers, speakers and artists who need to dream to create.
• Helps and greatly promotes self-affirmation by helping to assert oneself through words and position oneself by daring to clearly say what is on one's heart with kindness and diplomacy.

Spiritual virtues:

• Balances and brings energy to the feminine principle (Yin energy).
• Reconstitutes and harmonizes the energy centers.
• Dissolves energy blockages, especially in the upper part of the physical body.

Chakra:

• Throat Chakra, 5th Ch.

© Copyright 1998