APPLICATIONS: | Manufacturing of spark plugs, etc., gem stones and mineral specimens. |
ASSOCIATED MINERALS: | Cordierite, biotite, feldspars, quartz, kyanite and sillimanite. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Virgo. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | Al2 SiO5, Aluminum Silicate. |
CLASS: | Silicates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Good in two directions. |
COLOR: | White, red, brown, orange and green. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | Prismatic crystals with a square cross section terminated by a pinacoid, also massive and granular. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Orthorhombic, 2/m2/m2/m. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habit, color, inclusions and hardness. |
FRACTURE: | Splintery to subconchoidal. |
GENERAL INFORMATION: | Dark inclusions produce cruciform shapes in the variety, chiastolite. Index of refraction is 1.632-1.638. |
GEOGRAPHY: | Andalusia, Spain; Austria; California, USA and China. |
HARDNESS: | 7.5. |
LUSTER: | Vitreous. |
METAPHYSICAL: | Used in viewing the different facets of ones character and ones emotional, physical and intellectual being while allowing one to remain grounded and unbiased about the results. It promotes chivalrous aspects of ones character and encourages moderation in all things. It stimulates the mind in the aspects of memory and recollection, and helps in the clarification of material from ancient test. It allows for the connection of ancestral awareness and accessing knowledge from the spiritual channel via channeling by awakening ones inner knowledge. It assists in helping to provide clarity in the messages received and enhancing the understanding and appreciation of the same. It helps one to recover when "thrown" out of balance by circumstance or individuals, helping in the re-alignment of the center and the balancing of oneself. |
PHYSICAL: | Used in treatment of chromosome development, cellular disorders of hands and eyes and disorders related to oxygen deficiency. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Transparent to translucent. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 3.15+. |
STREAK: | White. |
SUBCLASS: | Nesosilicates. |
VIBRATES: | To the number 7. |
