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Dumortierite:
Neosilicates (Aluminum borosilicate) Al7O3(BO3)(SiO4)3 AKA: Blue Quartz, Denim lapis, Quartz |
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System: Orthorhombic; crystals rare; usually in compact fibrous and columnar masses. Appearance: Pale-blue to blue, pink to brown; Vitreous, greasy luster; streak white. Physical Properties: Hardness: (7.0), Specific gravity: (3.3), Cleavage: Good, one direction, and poor in a second direction; fracture uneven, hackly; translucent; sometimes fluorescent. Similar species: Lazulite and lazurite are not fibrous. Occurrence: It has many associated minerals including quartz, kyanite, sillimanite, staurolite, andalusite, muscovite, lazulite and pyrophyllite. Dumortierite occurs in Beaunan, France as well as Quartzite, La Paz County, Arizona; Colorado; Oreana, Nevada; New York, New York and Alpine, San Diego County and Los Angeles County, California, USA; Magadanskaya, Siberia, Russia; India and Sahatany, Madagascar. Miscellaneous: The name is after Eugene Dumortier, 19th-century French paleontologist. Dumortierite is used as a gemstone. A variety of quartz called "dumortierite quartz" is massive quartz colored blue by included crystals of dumortierite. Conventional Wisdom: Helps improve heart, lungs, throat and thymus. Good for people suffering from emotional traumas. Aids the release of inner emotional tension from deep within the body. Dumortierite, is a stone of order that can enhance organizational abilities, self-discipline, and orderliness. This enhancement is believed to be due to the effect it can have of balancing the throat chakra and enhancing communication between lower chakras (physical) and higher chakras (mental/spiritual). Dumortierite brings this sense of order to all things, and releases fear, bringing courage to one's life. It is also a boost for creativity and expression. Emotionally, dumortierite greatly reduces problems with scattered mind and disorganization, and brings mental clarity. It also helps one to see and accept reality, and react to it intelligently in one's behalf. It can lift depression and replace it with peace and happiness. It also can help reduce stubbornness, particularly stubbornness that is ultimately bad for one. Dumortierite helps reduce emotional tension. In the psychic and spiritual realms, it brings spiritual development, and contact with spirit guides and angels. It can also help you express your spiritual thoughts and dreams. Dumortierite is excellent for peaceful mindfulness or meditation. Belongs to the Astrological Sign of Leo. |