Presentation :

Names) :

• Labradorite*: "Oregon Sun stone / Labradorite sun stone", "Labradorite moonstone", "spectrolite". Nb: note that the real moonstone is called "adular moonstone" and has nothing to do with labradorite and similarly the "Sun stone" is a stone in its own right which has no it also has nothing to do with labradorite.

Etymology:

• Labradorite: Named after the Labrador peninsula in Canada (Werner, 1780) | Moonstone and Sunstone: Probably Expressions commercial purposes aimed at describing respectively the adularescent or adventurescent effect.

Group, Family:

• Feldspar Group: Plagioclase Series.

Color :

• Colorless, Pale yellow to dark yellow, Orange, Apple green, Light green to dark green, Red, Multicolor: Dark blue-golden green on black background (iridescence / labradorescence) Orange-golden yellow on black background ("spectrolite") | Asterism, Chatoyance, Adventurescence ("Labradorite Sunstone" from Oregon, USA), Adularescence on a Colorless background ("Labradorite Moonstone") or on a black background.

Chandelier:

• Glassy, ​​Pearly.

Origin :

• Canada (azure blue variety); United States (Yellow, Green, Orange to Red variety ("Labradorite Sunstone", Utah, Oregon)), Mexico, Australia, Madagascar ("Labradorite Moonstone"), Canada and Finland (Labradorescent Labradorite), China, Greenland, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia.

Crystal system:

• Triclinic.

Chemical composition :

• Labradorite: (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 | Composed of 30 to 50% Albite: NaAlSi3O8 and 50-70% Anorthite: CaAl2Si2O8 member of the Plagioclase series: NaAlSi3O8 Albite -> Anorthite CaAl2Si2O8 | Coloring effect: Adulrescence (blue) and Labradorescence (multicolored): Diffraction of light on the structure | Adventurescence and Orange to Red Coloring: Microscopic to Submicroscopic Copper Metal Inclusions | Black: Inclusion of black minerals, etc.

Transparency:

• Transparent, Translucent, Opaque.

Density :

• 2.67 to 2.72.

Hardness :

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage:

• Perfect.

Breakage:

• Irregular, splintery.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance:

• Average.

Heat resistance:

• Average.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Anchors spiritual energies in the physical body.
• Protects against energy vampirism and energy-consuming people.
• Treats eye disorders.
• Treats brain disorders.
• Regulates metabolism.
• Treats colds.
• Treats gout and rheumatism.
• Balances hormones.
• Relieves menstrual tension.
• Lowers blood pressure.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Relieve stress.
• Stimulates intuition and psychic gifts, including the art of being somewhere at the "right time", highlighting messages from the unconscious and facilitating their understanding.
• Banishes fears and insecurities, as well as the psychic residue of previous disappointments, including those from past lives.
• Strengthens faith in yourself and trust in the universe.
• Removes the projections of others, including the thought-forms that have clung to the aura.
• Calms the hyperactive mind and energizes the imagination, sparking new ideas.
• Analysis and rationality are balanced by inner vision.
• Encourages contemplation and introspection.
• Leads to the synthesis between intellectual thought and intuitive wisdom.
• Perfectly dispels illusions going to the root of things and highlighting the true intention hidden by thoughts and actions.
• Brings us back to repressed memories of the past in order to help free ourselves from them.
• Communicates strength and perseverance.

Spiritual virtues:

• Highly mystical and protective stone, which brings light.
• Raises consciousness and puts you in contact with universal energies.
• Removes unwanted energies from the aura and prevents energy leaks.
• Forms a barrier against negative energies picked up during therapy.
• Stone of esoteric knowledge, facilitates initiation into the mysteries.
• Aligns the physical body and etheric body and provides access to spiritual purpose.
• Stone of transformation, prepares the body and soul for the process of elevation.

Chakra:

• Wear on the master heart chakra, maintain or place according to
• needs.

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