Aragonite
white, blue, brown or brown, green and yellow gemstones

What does it mean?

Aragonite represents matter, the immortal structure.

What are its benefits?

In its raw form, Aragonite can take on surprising shapes! It can be crystallized. Its hexagonal crystals, clustered around a common center, give this stone appearances that stimulate our imagination and broaden our perception of the world.

It is a stabilizing, anchoring stone, helping you to rise vertically in the infinite field of possibilities open to you. It teaches you the importance of stability and structure, so that your explorations, creativity and imagination can unfold on a healthy and solid foundation.

Aragonite gives your mind greater clarity, teaches you patience ("slow is safe" is its adage), self-discipline, and soothes feelings of frustration and anxiety. It's an excellent stone for those who want to grow up too fast, for studying for exams, for hyperactive people and those with DYS disorders, hypersensitive people and all those who tend to scatter.

On the skeletal level, it works wonders in promoting bone recalcification, improving tooth enamel, hair growth and strengthening nails.
Aragonite can also help relieve growing pains and physical handicaps.

Blue or green Aragonite

Particularly soothing, blue Aragonite is indicated in periods of intense stress, nervousness or anxiety. It soothes torments and can help find the source of any problems that generate difficult emotions.

It is often recommended for hypersensitive and hyperactive people, to soothe them and help them cope better with their "troubles" on a daily basis.

Blue Aragonite can also be used to enhance harmony, benevolence and communication within the family home, especially when there are regular tensions between family members, things left unsaid or difficulties in communicating. With this stone, everyone is invited to express themselves, to share their ideas, thoughts and feelings, while taking others into consideration.

It's an ideal stone for study and exam periods, as it promotes concentration, structure, clarity and organization, while relieving stress and pressure. It's also ideal for school difficulties and DYS disorders.

Yellow Aragonite

It fosters openness to others, confidence in oneself, in one's potential, in life. It's a joyful stone, bringing good cheer and a spirit of cooperation. Its energy is welcome for group work, collective projects or any field where cooperation, bringing out one's potential, structure and creativity are of great importance.

Brown Aragonite

It's an ideal stone for anyone who lacks anchorage, feels unsupported, scatters easily, lacks structure or has trouble "being in their body".

White Aragonite

Particularly soothing, white Aragonite can be used in all stressful situations and can have a beneficial effect on sleep disorders. When thoughts and tensions prevent you from being in the present moment, it can help you regain inner calm and serenity. It can also be used to facilitate relaxation or meditation.

How to use Aragonite

• Contemplate raw Aragonite for its intellectual and creative benefits.
  Place a polished Aragonite in your pocket or a rough Aragonite close to you, as part of your daily work to improve structure, grounding and patience.
• Use Aragonite when you start a new project to ensure that it has a sound and solid foundation.
• In the event of a bone fracture, place it directly on the affected area to facilitate healing.

Where to place Aragonite?

• Crystallized Aragonite is perfect for the classroom, the workplace (especially architects' offices, start-ups and construction-related trades) or on your desk or creative workshop.
• In your home, Aragonite is very interesting because its crystals diffuse the energies around them in a harmonious way. It's ideal when each person needs to find his or her place within the family structure.

Aragonite in mineralogy, composition, formation and particularities

Like Calcite and Vaterite crystals, Aragonite can have both biological and physical origins (by precipitation in freshwater or saltwater aquatic environments). It may be formed inside shellfish, or be the result of calcium carbonate subjected to high pressure in metamorphic rocks.

A member of the calcite-dolomite-aragonite family and the carbonate class of minerals, Aragonite is a rhombic calcium carbonate containing barium, iron, manganese, lead, strontium and zinc and may contain traces of other elements such as copper.

Colors are defined by the quantity of the coloring element present. Iron gives it its yellow to brown color, white is given by zinc and strontium, pink and gray by manganese, traces of copper give it its green-blue color.

Depending on its origin, it comes in a wide variety of forms. It can be found in Spain, where it was first discovered, as well as in France and Slovakia.