Gemstone of the Day
Benitoite
Benitoite is named for its occurrence near the headwaters of the San Benito River in San Benito County, California.
Hardness: 6 – 6.5
Specific Gravity: 3.6
Chemistry: BaTiSi3O9, Barium Titanium Silicate
Class: Silicates
Crystallography: Hexagonal; bar 6 m 2
Cleavage: poor
Fracture: irregular
Streak: white
Luster: vitreous
Healing: Benitoite is used to treat disorders of the blood and to ameliorate excessive bleeding. It is also used to expedite the healing process.
Workings: Benitoite is used for astral traveling and connecting with other-world beings. Benitoit is worn to enhance feelings of emotional sensitivity, empathy and understanding. It aids in instances of telepathy. Benitoite is used to help one overcome one’s fear of water.
Benitoite is associated with the astrological sign of Virgo and vibrates to the number 9.
Chakra Applications: Benitoite is associated with all of the chakras.
Foot Notes: Benitoite is a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. Benitoite is thought to have been derived during a phase of low temperature and high-pressure metamorphism which relates to a blueschist metamorphic facies. The elements that comprise benitoite are thought to have been mobilized from the host rock and deposited in a late stage cooling of hydrothermal fluids in veins fracturing the wall rock of serpentine.
Source:
Author: Crick
Author: Crick
Website: The Whispering Woods
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