Quartz lazulite
Histories and properties
Quartz is the most common mineral on the planet. the earth's crust. It comes in a range of varieties. For example, pure quartz and transparent is called rock crystal and is not contains only silicon. Quartz, on the other hand pink is a silicate with inclusions of various metal oxides, such as manganese, manganese titanium and dumortierite.
Lazulite quartz is a colored quartz light gray, dotted with blue spots. These spots are lazulite. Lazulite has been recently discovered in Austria in 1795 Styrian deposits. It is a mineral in general azure blue, composed of phosphate aluminum, magnesium and iron. However, they can be sometimes this mineral is also blue sky, pale blue, white, yellow-green, blue-green.
Lazulite is formed by metamorphism (set of transformations of a rock during changes in temperature conditions and pressure) in high-grade rock. silica: pegmatite (magmatic rock with large crystals) and quartz. Quartz is a species mineral of the silicate group, subgroup of the tectosilicates, composed of dioxide silicon.
The etymology of the name lazulite is the same than lapis lazuli. It comes from Persian "lazhuward", from the Arabic "lazaward", both meaning "azure". Then, the name lazulite comes from the German "lazulith", an alteration of the Latin "lazuli" (azure) and Greek "lithos" (stone).
Beware: do not confuse the lazulite with lazurite, a component of lapis lazuli, nor with azurite, a mineral from copper.
The etymology of the name quartz is explained with two hypotheses. Either the name quartz comes from name "quaterz" meaning bad ores until the 16th century, or the other hypothesis is a contraction of the German name "gewärz" designating a excrescence.
In the Middle Ages, the name quartz was applied to all crystals. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), a famous scholar considered to be the specialist of mineralogy and metallurgy, has restricted this term to rock crystals.
Quartz has a hardness of 7 on the scale of Mohs, lazulite has a hardness of between 5.5 and 6. For comparison, diamond has the highest hardness on the same scale, or 10.
Lazulite quartz is rarely mounted in jewelry, it is mainly used for its benefits in lithotherapy. It is a stone that is of particular interest to collectors.
The main deposits are located at Madagascar, Canada, the United States Austria, Brazil, and even in France in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
The benefits of lazulite quartz in lithotherapy
Benefits for the environment psychic
Lazulite quartz is a multi-purpose stone benefits, as it combines the virtues of both of quartz and those of lazulite. It gives off softness and soothing effect. It calms agitated thoughts and nervousness. It helps to channel the emotions and to take step back when dealing with situations complicated.
This stone is said to bring the self-confidence, self-assurance and a sense of well-being. It is excellent for students, people in difficulty learning process, as it improves concentration and memorization. It helps to store a large number of for more information.
Lazulite quartz is a stone that promotes meditation. It provokes connection with one's with your inner self, with your inner child. for everyone. Sometimes it leads to a better understanding of certain blockages or often related to childhood. She encourages reflection and spirituality. By it also helps to remember dreams.
Wearing a lazulite quartz encourages new departures. In this way, it facilitates new romantic and professional relationships or simply a move. It generates empathy for others. Its wearer and understanding. He likes to help the less fortunate.
Benefits for the environment physique
Lazulite quartz is a stone with a wide range of effects. physically powerful. It enables fight stress and promote restful sleep quality. The wearer regains vitality and energy. In some cases, it even physical activity.
This mineral combats the negative effects of stresses on the body, such as tension contractures in the or cramps. Wearing quartz lazulitis during withdrawal from various addictions gives you more mental strength and courage. It just touch it.
Lazulite quartz promotes good circulation of body fluids and reduces sensations of heavy legs.
Lazulite quartz and signs associated astrology
Lazulite quartz possesses numerous virtues acting on all natives of the zodiac. However, like many stones fine, there are affinities with certain astrological signs. These include for the following signs:
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Sagittarius: the symbol of philosophy religion and esotericism. This sign represents higher education, the spirituality and theology. Wearing a lazulite quartz gives it softness and calming. Helps channel emotions and take a step back when managing complicated situations. This sign loves big travels, wide open spaces and far away. Often enthusiastic and jovial, he is adventurous and adapts to any location where he is. He loves to travel the world and have a professional activity that leaves him free in its movements. He's feisty, determined and willing. Straightforward and serious, he knows the direction he wants his life to take, and will do anything to reach him. He hates routine and multiplying activities, that he doesn't rarely ends. Optimistic, he has a communicative energy. Sometimes provocative, and even insolent, he tells it like it is. may lack diplomacy. In love, this sign gets carried away quickly and can madly. He's an idealist and a seducer. However, he is afraid of losing his freedom and she needs a compassionate spouse. With the maturity, he becomes more serene and can establish a family;
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Fish: symbol of the infinite, of the religion and the unconscious. This sign represents mystery, sacrifice and clairvoyance. Wearing a lazulite quartz brings self-confidence, self-assurance and a feeling of well-being. Often worried, he has need to take refuge in a reality filled with sweetness and fantasy. Idealistic and impressionable, he can quickly fall in all kinds of addictions. It can to marginalize himself. Very introverted, he needs his moments to himself. solitude and will withdraw from the group. Hypersensitive, he feels the emotions others. He has an artistic bent. Creative, he shows a very sure taste whether it be or interior design. He is often guided by his intuition, and he has incredible flair. He is dedicated to others, often to his detriment. Sometimes he by people who aren't worth their salt. not worth it. In love, he's paradoxical. At Indeed, either he's looking for true love, or he wants to multiply experiments sexual. It can be very erotic. However, being a natural romantic, he wants to merge with its other half. He belongs to the emotional addicts and still needs to be reassured;
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Verseau: symbol of modernity, of the future and space. This sign represents friendship, freedom and science. The port of a lazulite quartz encourages reflection and spirituality. This sign dreams of a world where the dissemination of knowledge would be egalitarian. He trusts in human goodness. It's utopia and originality. It can go so far as to make comments revolutionaries and advocates of anarchy. He is rebellious and can't be pigeonholed. Looking to the future and advances technology, this sign still has many projects he doesn't realize. He is very hard to pin down. It is extremely versatile and can change his mind quickly. Despite his kindness, this sign can be dry and unpleasant. brittle. It can even be categorical, trenchant and lacking in flexibility. It needs to be busy and to be useful. If he does nothing: he can marginalize and turn against the world whole. In love, he is not passionate, nor romantic. Love impresses him and he prefers a friendly relationship love. He can't stand being locked up and needs to feel free. It is it's essential to have a spouse who's independent.
Lazulite and quartz chakras
Lazulite quartz helps balance the third eye chakra. This chakra is located between the eyebrows, at the base of the forehead. This chakra balanced, harmonized, creates a beautiful open-mindedness, imagination and intuition. It is grouped around the knowledge and wisdom. Visit analytical and analytical skills exceptional synthesis.
The third eye chakra, unbalanced, too closed, leads to problems of the psychic. The person is terribly lacking in confidence and self-assurance. She closes up to others. Always convinced she's right, she only listens to herself.
The third eye chakra, unbalanced, too open, leads to a lack of lucidity. The no one has any rationality left, can no longer manage her life. She feels constantly overwhelmed and lost the concentration. Sometimes she suffers hallucinations and can no longer make the difference between the real and the unreal.
Maintenance, purification and quartz recharging lazulite
From its extraction to your your home, your lazulite quartz could neither purify, nor recharge with the help of elements of nature such as the earth, the sun and water. Handled many times, it has necessarily come into contact with all kinds of influences, both negative and positive positive.
As soon as it arrives at your home, it is purification is essential, and then the to recharging. The following operations are to be carried out as a minimum once a month or after a lithotherapy.
Plunge your lazulite quartz into a glass spring water for 2 hours. Dry delicately with a soft cloth to remove to remove the last impurities. For a lighter purification, opt for the white sage fumigation technique or that of using a flower of life or a Tibetan bowl.
Recharge your lazulite quartz with sunlight afternoon sun for 2 hours or place it on an amethyst geode or on an a quartz cluster for 24 hours.
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