#valentinite

Flowers Of Antimony(Antimony), In The Halls Of Usurper(Valentinite) and La Danse Macabre(Kermesite)

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San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

 Valentinite Valentinite was named in the middle of the 19th century in honour of Basilius Valentinus, a German chemist and alchemist, who discovered the properties of antimony. Hardness: 2.5 – 3 Specific Gravity: 5.6 – 5.8 Chemistry: Sb2O3 Class: Simple Oxides Crystallography: Orthorhombic – Dipyramidal Cleavage: perfect Fracture: uneven Streak: white Luster: adamantine Healing: Valentinite is used in the treatment of issues related to the heart, lungs, larynx, esophagus, stomach and the upper intestines. Magical Workings: Valentinite is a excellent stone for use in meditation. It is also useful in telepathy and other forms of communication. Valentinite is associated with the astrological sign of Gemini and Cancer and vibrates to the number 5. Chakra Applications: Valentinite is used in the stimulation of both the Herat and Crown chakras. Foot Notes: Valentinite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and typically forms as radiating clusters of euhedral crystals or as fibrous masses. It is a weathering product of hydrothermal antimony bearing veins, where it forms as a seondary mineral through oxidation in the upper parts of the deposits. Source: Author: Crick Website: The Whispering Woods

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VALENTINITE Colour: colourless, white, light grey, light yellow. Found in: many worldwide locations. Named after Basilius Valentinus (1394?), German chemist and alchemist, who discovered the properties of antimony. Valentinite is a high lustered, often fibrous oxide mineral. It forms sprays of crystals that are usually matted to the host rock in radiating clusters. It helps communication, bringing the love of the heart to the actualization of the spoken word. It facilitates relationships of physical love, as well as spiritual love. It can bring a loved-one close in heart and mind. Health: brings warmth and wellbeing through the whole body. It can be used to provide for immunity to infectious dis-ease, and can be used in the treatment of frigidity (female), and in the treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, larynx, esophagus, stomach, and upper intestines. Good at removing muscle stiffness. Chakra: It stimulates both the heart chakra and the crown chakra. Starsign: Gemini & Cancer. REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY: Melody (2002): Love is in the Earth, pp679-680. Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 547-550. Acta Crystallographica: B30: 458-461. Photograph: taken from Mindat, copyright © no details given. More photographs can be found here: http://www.mindat.org/photoscroll.php?frm_id=pscroll&cform_is_valid=1&searchbox=Valentinite This is not an advertisement/endorsement of any seller or dealer above any other. Other companies selling this item are available. Text copyright: © madcatwoman 2014, www.madcatwoman.co.uk For detailed healing properties and photographs of many of the more common gemstones and minerals, please visit the Madcatwoman Enterprise Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madcatwoman-Enterprises/139677792795144?ref=hl&sk=photos_albums