The virtues and properties of copper in lithotherapy
With its fungicidal and antibacterial properties, Copper supports the body and immune system when weakened. It helps eliminate toxins from the blood and improves digestion.
Copper can help with rheumatism and joint pain linked to autoimmune disease.
As a conductor, it uses its gentle solar force to better convey cosmic energies through our bodies.
Lithotherapy
- Zodiac(s) :
- Leo, Scorpio
- Purification :
- Water, Fumigation, Sun
- Caution(s):
- Do not ingest, Toxic elixir
- Illness(es) :
- Autoimmune
- Physics :
- Antispasmodic, Joints, Brain, Liver, Immune system, Reproductive system (Female), Painful periods
- Emotional :
- Love, Balance
- Spiritual :
- Harmony, Purification, Spirituality
- Miscellaneous :
- Friendship, Creativity, Fertility, Libido, Menstruation, Relationship (friendship), Relationship (love), Relationship (family), Sexuality
Mineralogy
- Hardness :
- 2.5-3.0
- Moths scale:
- 2, 3
- Strunz classification :
- Native elements
- Crystalline system :
- Cubic
- Chemical element :
- Cu
- Line color :
- Pale copper red or metallic pink, pinkish-red streak
- Density :
- 8.9
- Cleavage :
- No
- Fracture:
- Scaly, difficult and jagged, because the metallic crystalline material is malleable and ductile.
- Transparency :
- Opaque
- Birefringence :
- Low after deformation
- Fluorescence :
- Non-fluorescent
- Colors :
- Copper red, orange, pink, metallic yellow-red, red-brown, cochineal red (sometimes covered with an oxidized layer of black or green, also altered to blue, green, brown, red, black)
- Magnetism :
- no
*Please note that lithotherapy is not a substitute for serious medical treatment.
*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.
*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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