Epidote
associated with Feldspar ("snowflake"), Quartz, Unakite

Meaning and symbol

The origin of its name comes from the Greek "epidosis", meaning "increase".

Epidote is linked to notions of growth and a strong connection with nature. It invites you to come to terms with and accept the natural time it takes for any action to reach the desired moment.

Waiting is not made of emptiness: knowing how to wait is knowledge.

It's with complete objectivity that you can draw up an effective strategy to achieve your goals. With this stone, reflection and your feelings can be reconciled; they will help you to favour a practical mindset, which will help you to see things in their entirety.

There's a path from repressed emotion to serenity. Epidote supports you along this path to overcome your fears and blockages.

You'll need to move forward without retreating as soon as an obstacle presents itself; and without placing yourself as a victim as soon as a situation calls for change. The stone introduces you to the art of patience, encouraging you to stay focused on your goals when making decisions.

Epidote's amplifying virtues will free your emotions and promote spiritual growth by intensifying positive energies, which are beneficial to creative actions - such as meditation and concentration. Global awareness often translates into new resilience and a calmer approach to life's inherent conflicts.

Feldspar Snowflake Epidote

This variant of Epidote is said to promote emotional healing by helping to free oneself from negative patterns. It is renowned for its anchoring, stabilizing power, ideal for meditation and for promoting renewal with a positive attitude.

On a physical level, Snowflake Epidote is ideal during periods of convalescence. It supports the immune system and brings new strength.

Nunderite: Epidote and Quartz

The combination of these two stones is considered in lithotherapy to amplify personal or environmental energies.

Its use is versatile: the right choice for those seeking to free themselves from emotional blockages, to connect with the Earth's natural energy for a renewed appreciation of life's milestones. Or for meditation and any spiritual practice.

On the physical level, Epidote and Quartz are used to strengthen the immune system and support healing processes in lithotherapy. It is said to benefit the heart and digestion.

Prehnite on Epidote

Prehnite is known in lithotherapy for its soothing energy, a source of inner peace and mental clarity. Combined with Epidote, it will help work on both personal evolution and emotional balance. This stone is ideal for meditation and spiritual practices.
The power of this combination is that of love and compassion. Unconditional, these feelings will foster a strong connection with nature, harmony with the Earth's energies, and strong and serene self-confidence.

On a physical level, these two stones together support the immune system, promote cell regeneration and improve sleep quality in lithotherapy.

Unakite: Epidote, Feldspar and Quartz

This combination is renowned in lithotherapy for its balancing and healing virtues. Emotional harmony and personal growth go hand in hand. This stone is often associated with emotional harmony and personal growth. It is a symbol of balance between heart and mind, of a deep connection with oneself. This makes it a great tool for reconnecting with intuition, the forces of nature, meditation and all spiritual practices.

Unakite can help you overcome trauma by encouraging you to move forward. It also creates and strengthens empathetic relationships with others, spreading a sense of new-found freedom.

Physically, Unakite is associated with reproductive health and fertility, and relaxation.
Its balancing power makes it a versatile and powerful stone in lithotherapy.

What other stones should Epidote be associated with?

• To soothe and balance emotions, the combination with Amethyst can be very instructive.
• to amplify the energies of Epidote, a synergy with Quartz prase will reinforce its power to harmonize transformative energies.

Mineralogy

Epidote is a mineral belonging to the sorosilicate group, consisting mainly of calcium, aluminum and iron, with traces of manganese and magnesium.

Its unique crystalline structure and optical properties, such as birefringence (an optical property of certain crystalline materials which causes light to split into two distinct rays when passing through them), make it a special stone for geologists and mineralogists.

It forms mainly in low- to medium-pressure metamorphic environments. Crystals can range in hue from green to brown, transparent, gray, grayish-white, greenish-black, yellowish, red and black.

Epidote is found all over the world - in metamorphic and sometimes igneous rocks: in the European Alps, Norway, USA, Canada, Africa (Kenya and South Africa), Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka), Australia.

Epidote has a hardness of between 6 and 7 on the Mohs scale: it is relatively hard and scratch-resistant.