Stories and legends
The first traces of larvikite date back to more than 295 million years BC, to Permian period. The exact date of its discovery is unknown. The main deposits of this stone are located in the Larvik, Norway, hence the name larvikite.
Waldemar Cristofer Brogger, geologist Norwegian (1851 - 1940), identified larvikite for the first time and describes in his book "Les roches éruptives des environs d'Oslo" published in 1894.
Larvikite is a magmatic rock composed of mainly feldspar. It is a mineral containing little quartz, but aluminium, sodium, potassium, calcium and silicon. It also contains augite and biotite.
The formation takes place at a depth of 30 km. and its crystallization takes place close to the surface in sub-volcanic zones.
All the elements that make up larvikite give it an opaque or translucent appearance, shades ranging from light to dark blue, black highlights, steel grey or even silver bronze. It has a hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale.
Larvikite is reputed to have been at the origin of Oslo's construction. It has often used as solid material in the construction. It has been frequently used in the manufacture of ornamental objects tombstones, slabs and in the facade design.
It is found in large quantities in Oslo. It is also recognized as a Norway in 2007. We meet her under other names such as "le blue granite", "blue pearl granite royal", "the black moonstone" or "the bird granite".
Larvikite is a stone found on the facades of numerous monuments and buildings, sometimes even inside as an ornament. She can be seen at UN headquarters in New York, on the Sultanate of Brunei mosque, etc.
For the record, the bust of the famous anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl (1914 - 2002), known for his rafting expedition between the of South America and Polynesia, has been decorated with larvikite. It is currently on display at the Casa Chacona museum in Tenerife.
In conclusion, this magnificent rock is widely used in the construction of buildings. Today, it is also used for jewelry making. Her reflections make it a special stone unique.
The deposits
The main deposits are located in Norway. It can also be found in Canada China, Madagascar, etc.
The benefits of larvikite in lithotherapy
Benefits for your health psychic
Larvikite is an excellent stone for protection. It absorbs negative energies around her and then eliminate them. She gives you the opportunity to accompany a loved one in its suffering without being imbued with the malaise it reflects.
From the depths of the Earth, it is also a formidable anchoring stone. It to rediscover its origins and bring the awareness of the present moment. It enables set goals and achieve them. It develops realism and encourages introspection.
During states of intense fatigue or psychological exhaustion, wearing a larvikite provides the strength to get through these blocking emotions. The wearer of this stone can then overcome them and regain a certain serenity.
This stone is particularly recommended for for hypersensitive people. It has soothing virtues, a role as a shield against and sorrows. She is highly beneficial, while also providing analytical skills. She contributes to better control of emotions and outbursts anger.
Larvikite promotes reflection, the creativity and imagination. It is perfect for for all artists, writers and people involved in creation. She is also recommended for working in the social, medical or educational sectors. It develops listening skills, understanding and compassion. She the right attitude for every situation circumstances.
Benefits for your health physics
Larvikite enables the binding of calcium and sodium. Calcium is essential for proper functioning of the body.
Parallel to this, sodium deficiency can have serious consequences.
The larvikite also fights against the states of intense sadness. Wearing a larvikite diffuses soothing waves and keeps the stress. Stress can have serious consequences for the body.
Larvikitis and signs associated astrological
Larvikite has many virtues and properties that act on all natives of the zodiac. However, it can happen that certain signs develop a special bond with this stone. These signs are as follows :
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Lion: symbol of the power, royalty and vanity. This sign represents pride, generosity and flattery. Wearing a larvikite contributes to control emotions and anger. This sign likes to place himself above others. He wants always be admired and do everything to be at the top. center of attention. He sometimes has too much of a tendency to speak for everyone. He leaves no one indifferent and very charming. He loves parties, luxury and pleasure. It has a ego and can be violent, even violent. tyrannical. Dominant, he has a lot of determination. He does everything to reach the professional success. He is loyal and great frankness. He can't stand and pettiness. A great generosity, he willingly shares with his entourage. In love, he loves to seduce, to go off to the conquest of new prey. He is charming and passionate. He burns with desire and ardor. He has a great need to be loved and admired. He can't stand solitude;
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Scorpion: symbol of the mystery, passion and death. This sign represents sexuality, instinct and passion. Wearing a larvikite provides him with serenity and soothes it. This sign can be destructive, sadistic and jealous. He loves pornography and man's baser impulses. His sense of psychology enables him to identify his interlocutor. For example, it can go as far as manipulate it. This sign wants to succeed and shows formidable. It is implacably demanding. He doesn't hesitate to crush anything that gets in the way. his way. He has a great sense humor and loyalty. He is a very ironic, but can't stand criticism. In love, he doesn't give himself up easily. He remains secret and magnetic. He's looking for anything experiment sexually. He can't stand live a calm and peaceful love. He needs passion, is jealous and possessive. However, it's not enough, he wants to start a family and he loves children;
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Verseau: symbol of the future, new technologies and science. This sign represents fraternity, friendship and originality. Wearing a larvikite confidence and self-assurance. him. This sign dreams of a more egalitarian world. He has very utopian ideas. He even keeps a revolutionary and anarchist side. He has a very idealistic view of life. He possesses an infallible intuition and rarely wrong. Freedom is essential in his life. He likes to be independent. He has many ideas for reforming the world. never puts anything into practice. He hates routine and boredom is his worst enemy. He is often curious and creative. He loves all new technologies. This sign is very mysterious and has a hard time revealing himself. In love, he's wary of passion. He won't is not looking for tumultuous love affairs. He prefers a friendly, loving relationship where he'll feel safer. Besides is not looking for marriage and prefers the pacs.
Larvikite and the chakras
Larvikite helps balance the chakra of the third eye. It is located between the eyebrows, at the beginning of the bridge of the nose. The chakra of the balanced third eye generates knowledge, memory, intuition and imagination. Visit can attain wisdom and develop altruism. It is detached from possessions material.
The unbalanced third eye chakra, showing an overactive state, plunges the person into excessive mysticism. She rejects reality and physical pleasures. She is unable to have relationships classics.
The blocked third eye chakra causes rejection of spiritual truths. The person no longer has intuition. It no longer seeks acquire knowledge.
Maintenance, purification and recharging the larvikite
As soon as it is extracted, the larvikite can no longer purify and recharge themselves with the help of elements that surround it, such as the earth or rainwater. As soon as you arrive home, your stone will need to be purified and reloaded. The following operations are required at least once a year months or after use in lithotherapy.
Place your stone under running water for a few seconds. Dry with with a soft cloth. You can also purify it intensely using the buried in the ground for a week. For gentler purification, use a bowl or sage fumigation white.
Recharge it with the sun's rays from in the afternoon for 3 hours. You can deposit on a quartz cluster or geode of amethyst for 24 hours.
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