APPLICATIONS: | Mineral specimens. |
ASSOCIATED MINERALS: | Quartz, apophyllite, feldspars, heulandite, stilbite, scolecite and other zeolites. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Gemini. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, Calcium Iron Silicate. |
CLASS: | Silicates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Good in one direction and perfect in another. These are pinacoidal but are at near right angles to each other, forming rectangular prisms. |
COLOR: | Black to dark green. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | Short stocky prismatic crystals or tabular to platey forms. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Triclinic, bar 1. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habit, color, associations with zeolites and luster. |
FRACTURE: | Uneven to subconchoidal. |
GENERAL INFORMATION: | Weakly magnetic. |
GEOGRAPHY: | Poona, India; Devon, England; Baveno, Italy and Massachusetts,USA. |
HARDNESS: | 5. |
LUSTER: | Vitreous. |
METAPHYSICAL: | Used to facilitate ascension. Provides for a viewing of this present life. Can be used during "re-birthing" sessions to enhance ones understanding of the blockages that are removed and the reason why the existed. Can be used to overcome shyness and rectify a negative outlook with respect to possessions and the worldly aspects of ones character. It provides for grounding to communicative skills and activates and energizes the heart chakra, culminating in the actualization of ones ability to verbalize with subtlety and alacrity. |
PHYSICAL: | Used in the treatment of thyroid disorders, to eliminate restrictions within the structures of the veins and to ameliorate distressed conditions related to the throat and heart. Also, enhances the sense of taste. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Opaque with thin crystals or splinters that can be translucent. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 3.3. |
STREAK: | Brown to gray. |
SUBCLASS: | Inosilicates. |
VIBRATES: | To the number 55. |
