APPLICATIONS: | Used in some cements, a source of sulfate for sulfuric acid. |
ASSOCIATED MINERALS: | Calcite, halite, and occasionally sulfides such as galena and pyrite. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Aquarius. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | CaSO4, Calcium Sulfate. |
CLASS: | Sulfates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Three directions forming rectangles, but perfect in one, very good in another and only marginally good in the third direction. |
COLOR: | Typically white, gray or colorless but also blue to violet. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | Tabular, rectangular box formed by three pinacoids, often elongated in one direction forming a prismatic crystal. Most commonly massive and granular. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Orthorhombic, 2/m 2/m 2/m. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habit, rectangular and non-uniform cleavage and low density. |
FRACTURE: | Conchoidal. |
GENERAL INFORMATION: | Some specimens fluoresce under UV light. |
GEOGRAPHY: | Mexico; Peru; Germany and New Mexico. |
HARDNESS: | 3.5. |
LUSTER: | Vitreous. |
METAPHYSICAL: | This mineral is an excellent balancing agent. It polarizes and align the physical body with the ethereal world. It provides a protective field around the environment that it resides. It is a transmitter and receiver in telepathic communication. It is an aid in astral travel and spiritual journeys. It aids in the understanding and comprehension of astrology and mathematics. It raises the "state of conscious awareness" and aids in orderly and clear communication. It dispels anger, renews ones connected-ness with universal knowledge and initiates a parting-of-the-impediments during innovative pursuits. It can used to induce the re-birthing process, provide guidance in psychic healing and open the pathway for channeling. |
PHYSICAL: | It has been used in the treatment of infectious diseases, correct deficiencies of hemoglobin and renews and repairs that which has degraded. Aids in the rectification of sensory perceptiveness loss, inflammations of the throat and alleviate symptoms of heart affliction. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Transparent to translucent. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 3.0. |
STREAK: | White. |
VIBRATES: | To the number 1. |
