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Azurite
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General
Gemstone Details
Azurite is an azure blue copper mineral, it is occasionally found as
prismatic crystals, but is rarely ever faceted. More often it is found in
massive form inter-grown with Malachite as a result of the
weathering and oxidation of copper sulfide minerals.
It is a beautiful deep blue stone that awakens the third eye, increases
contact with your spiritual guides and heightens your psychic
awareness.
The name
azurite comes from the Persian work lazhaward meaning blue,
it is often used in
jewelry and also collected as a beautiful mineral specimen.
The ancient Greeks and Romans used ground forms
of the stone for medicinal purposes and for dye.
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Scientific Properties:
Mohs Hardness of 3.5 with a monoclinic crystal structure.
Azurite is found particularly in many copper mining areas such as
Australia, Chile, Africa, China and the former USSR. Stones from
Chessy, which is near Lyons in France are named chessylite.
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Mystical
Properties:
Azurite is called the "stone
of heaven" as it is said to aid in developing psychic awareness, psychic
skills and abilities, enhances intuition, and guides you to be
accurate in depicting psychic experiences. It is also an
excellent stone for meditation, allowing you to enter a meditative
state easily, as well as enhancing prophesy and divination. Azurite can
help control the flow of energy and bring just the right amount of
it to any situation.
Azurite enhances
creativity, as well as inspiration and intuition. It aids in building
confidence as spiritual cleansing. It is quite useful when studying
for exams as it helps one to retain information.
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More Healing Information
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Healing
Properties:
Azurite will
address problems related to any type of dysfunctional throat and neck
issue, such as sore throat, neck ache, thyroid problems, hearing problems
and asthma. It can also assist the body in utilizing oxygen which in
turn helps strengthen the blood.
Azurite's strong
association with the mineral copper, it makes this gemstone a perfect
addition to an copper jewelry worn for arthritis or rheumatism.
Being that Azurite is an absorbing stone, it is said that it can
also be used to clear toxins from the body. This may be
environmental toxins as well as toxins from any prescription
medications.
After using Azurite in a healing session, it is best to
thoroughly cleanse the stone. The best way to do this is with sage or sweet grass smoke.
It is best not to use water, as Azurite is quite sensitive and has a tendency to crumble
while immersed in liquids.
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Magical
Properties:
Energy: Receptive
Element: Water
Powers:
Psychic powers, dreams, divination, healingAzurite
is a symbol of the eye of spirit, and will help to unlock other dimension
of being. When used on the third eye during meditation for spiritual
awareness and higher wisdom, it aids in removing blockages to psychic
powers, especially clairvoyance. It does so by energizing the third
eye and expanding ones inner vision.
If your desire is for deep
meditation or astral travel across time and space, tape this stone to the
center of your forehead over the third eye to aid you. It is not
recommended to attempt this more than once every ten days, as too frequent
use of azurite in this manner tends to make one quite spacey.
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Zodiac:
Associations: Venus
Not a traditional birthstone for any month.
Stone of
Capricorn, azurite symbolized insight and
discovery as well as promoting a sense of justice.
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Chakra
Classification:
Azurite is associated with the 5th,
Throat Chakra but is also associated with the 6th,
Third Eye or Brow Chakra and 7th,
Crown Chakra.
Is is most especially used
in association with the Third
Eye as a powerful vision enhancer, it can
balance, stimulate and empower it all at once.
Azurite will also work to
align all seven chakras.
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Gemstone
Properties
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Information Sources:
The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall, 2003
Wheels of Life by Anodea Judith, PhD, 2000
Crystal Enchantments by D.J. Conway, 1999
Smithsonian Handbooks Gemstones by Cally Hall, 1994
Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham, 2002
Chakra Healing & Karmic Awareness by Keith Sherwood, 2005
The Illustrated Directory of Crystal Healing by Cassandra Eason, 2003
Healing Crystals and Gemstones by Dr. Flora Peschek-Bohmer, Gisela
Schrieber, 2002
The
information here is presented to you to use as you see fit, but is
not to take the place of professional medical advice.
Crystals, Gemstones and Metal can accent, help, negate, protect,
encourage, strengthen, and balance and thereby promote healing.
Their effects can be extraordinary, but use in addition to medical
advice, and not as a substitute for proper care. If you are ill, we
beseech you to seek professional medical attention
from a qualified physician. |
