Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase is a variety of Chalcedony. It consists of silicon dioxide and its green color is due to nickel inclusions. Its name means "golden leek", from the Greek "khrusos" gold and "prason" leek.
Virtues and properties of Chrysoprase in lithotherapy
Chrysoprase carries a springtime energy, that of renewal, of the blossoming of life after the harsh winter. A stone of rebirth, it symbolizes the beginning of a new cycle.
Its energies are those of nature awakening with enthusiasm and joy. A stone of luck and success, it is ideal for new beginnings, giving you the impetus you need to experience the changes that lie ahead with wonder. It gives you a sense of security, allowing you to use all your energies to focus on your projects, ideas and goals.
With it, anything is possible!
It's a stone that opens the heart and helps create or consolidate the mother-child bond. During pregnancy and childbirth, it is the breath of tenderness that honors the life-giving woman you are, your doula, your support that offers you a space of serenity and trust in your potential and in nature.
In the Middle Ages, Chrysoprase was used to detect poisons. Today, it is used to help eliminate toxins from the body. It contributes to the proper functioning of the liver and digestive system. It also helps regulate high blood pressure.
How to use Chrysoprase
Wear a Chrysoprase on you, as jewelry or in your pocket, when you're going through a period of change. It'll bring you luck.
For a spring detox, do a Chrysoprase water cure (simply place a Chrysoprase in your carafe).
Looking for spring energies in your home? Has a situation stagnated for too long? Spray Chrysoprase water in every room of your home or workplace.
In the event of a liver attack, lie down with a Chrysoprase on the painful spot.
Keep a Chrysoprase with you after your period to accompany that beautiful life force of the pre-ovulatory phase. Or when you're in your premenstrual phase and find yourself in a situation where you need to be dynamic and enthusiastic.
Where to place a Chrysoprase?
In your home, a Chrysoprase will bring energies of youth, freshness, renewal and Love. It will bring nature into your home. It's perfect for children's bedrooms, playrooms, offices or living rooms. In the kitchen, it will make you want to eat healthier and more in tune with nature and the seasons.
Purifying a Chrysoprase
Moon, fumigation, breath, running water, intention, singing bowl, form waves, prayers...Chrysoprase can tarnish and lose its color in sunlight.
Associated astrological signs
Balance and CancerChakra
4ᵉ chakra - Heart - Specifically between the solar plexus and the heartElement
WaterLithotherapy
- Element(s) :
- Zodiac(s) :
- Libra, Cancer
- Purification :
- Singing bowl, Water, Fumigation, Moon, Form waves, Breath
- Physics :
- Cardio-vascular (System), Digestive system (System), Detox, Liver, Reproductive system (System), Female, Painful periods
- Emotional :
- Love, Anger, Confidence, Enthusiasm, Balance
- Spiritual :
- Harmonie
- Miscellaneous :
- Childbirth, Chance, Pregnancy, Prosperity
Mineralogy
- Hardness :
- 6.5-7.0
- Moths scale:
- 6, 7
- Strunz classification :
- Silicate
- Crystalline system :
- Trigonal
- Chemical element :
- Si, O
- Line color :
- White
- Density :
- 2.58-2.64
- Cleavage :
- No
- Fracture:
- Conchoidal
- Transparency :
- Translucent
- Colors :
- Apple green, pale green, turquoise blue
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*Please note! Some minerals may be toxic and must not be licked or ingested (as such or in the form of powder, elixir or stone water) or be in prolonged contact with the skin or mucous membranes.
*The information on the stones described here are general indications based on our research and experience, and are not exhaustive.
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