Labradorite
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Do you often feel sensitive to other people's energies, moods and ? Does your high sensitivity sometimes cause you pain? In crystal healing, labradorite could be the stone that supports you.

Symbols and magical properties

The name Labradorite comes from the Labrador region of Canada, where it was officially discovered in 1770.
For the Inuit and Innu peoples, Labradorite links the terrestrial to the invisible worlds and contains the spirit and wisdom of the ancestors.

According to Inuit legend, Labradorite is the source of the northern lights. A warrior pierced a rock containing Labradorite with his spear and, thanks to this breach, light was able to escape and dance across the sky.

Another legend explains that Labradorite is the fire of the aurora borealis which, frozen by the cold, fell back to earth.

Some South American Indian cultures consider her to be a messenger of the gods and heavenly protector.

Benefits of Labradorite

A highly renowned protective stone, it acts in lithotherapy as a protective shield for the aura. Labradorite could therefore act as a mirror that reflects and negative energies, transforming and absorbing and .

Regenerating on an energetic and level, it is welcome in cases of fatigue or moments of weakness.

She is nicknamed the therapist's stone : its action is said to help you avoid taking on what does not belong to you, helping you feel completely free from all the projections (conscious or not) that others may make on you.

Her support encourages you to take a more realistic and view of your environment, to look beyond appearances; she teaches you not to get caught up in other people's turbulent emotions or problems that are not your own. This will make it easier for you and focus on your own issues and falling into the famous victim-persecutor-rescuer triangle.

His play and light and can help you dare to engage in introspection, to shed light on your shadows, your repressed emotions and wounds, so that, by reconciling your opposing or contradictory forces, the beauty of your authenticity can be revealed and the infinite path of possibilities that opens up to you and .

Revitalize the eyes

A renewed connection to intuition can then turn your gemstone into a creative muse: its company will help you see the magic present in all things and to greater openness of mind.

Tradition also grants it the power to promote the development of your extrasensory perceptions (which can also be seen as a metaphor for broadening your spiritual horizons).

On a physical level

According to tradition, but without scientific support, labradorite stimulates the kidneys, helps maintain the body's acid-base balance and help improve memory.
 

Labradorite Meanings: Its Different Varieties

There are different varieties of Labradorite. All possess the properties described above, each with its own unique characteristics:

White Labradorite

White labradorite (which isn't really labradorite) and specifically, peristerite stone, emanate a lunar energy filled and gentleness and . With it, you bathe in light tinged with poetry.

Spectrolite or Blue Labradorite

It diffuses an energy of remarkable intensity and can be particularly powerful.

Larvikite

She's the aurora borealis of your dark nights, the one who transforms and makes the shadows dance in the subtle colors of a night sky to show you the magic that lies dormant within you.

Golden Labradorite

She's the sun that can shine in the middle of the night. With her, you shine and bring back to life what has remained dormant for too long.

Violet Labradorite

The violet iridescence of this Labradorite invites you to open yourself to spirituality and be receptive to the teachings of the subtle world, without letting yourself be fooled by illusions.
 

Which stones to match it with? a ritual

To cultivate your intuition and understand the stone's messages with greater clarity, in lithotherapy you can combine Labradorite with the powers of Moonstone and those of Rock Crystal.

Here is a proposal for a simple ritual to benefit from the magic of these three stones:

If you have a choice to make or a direction to take but you are unsure of what your intuition is telling you, write down your question(s) (in a precise manner and negation) on a piece of paper.

Lie down with this sheet next to you. Place your Labradorite on your heart, your Rock Crystal above your head and Moonstone on your third eye. Breathe deeply until you feel your entire body relax.

Formulate your questions aloud, asking your stones and help and see and the answers to your questions. Breathe deeply for at least 10 minutes without trying to hear the answers. Pick up and paper and and, under your question, spontaneously write down the^first message that comes to you before your mind gets involved.

Precautions

Labradorite has a hardness of 6/6.5 on the Mohs scale. It can therefore scratch and scratched by moonstone (which has the same hardness) or be scratched by rock crystal (7). Handle your stones with care!
 

How to use Labradorite

To benefit from its protective virtues on a daily basis, wear it as a talisman.

In lithotherapy, contemplating Labradorite can help you sleep, concentrate, remember, reduce stress and anxiety and, according to tradition, broaden your mental and extrasensory perceptions.

Where to place it?

A Labradorite in your living space gives off a protective and purifying energy. It raises the vibratory level of the space in which it is placed.

In your bedroom, if you want to enjoy a more restful sleep and have a clearer memory of your dreams.

In your living room, centerpiece or hallway for its protective properties.

In a therapy practice, an office, a hairdressing salon or any place where it's essential not to be disturbed by the problems, difficulties or emotions of others, so you can concentrate on your work.

Labradorite, for whom?

Labradorite is suitable for anyone who is hypersensitive and easily affected by energies in and environment and social circle.

For all those engaged in social or medical work, or work in which they are exposed to the difficulties, illnesses, projections and of others: psychotherapists, holistic therapists, doctors, nurses, lawyers, massage therapists, hairdressers, waiters, social workers, politicians, etc.
 

Labradorite mineralogy

A member of the plagioclase feldspar family and the tectosilicate class, Labradorite is of magmatic or igneous origin - it occurs mainly in pegmatites and gabbros.

It forms in the upper layers of the earth's crust. The result of changes in pressure and temperature during its growth, its chemical composition is essentially a mixture of sodium and calcium, with silicon and aluminum.

Its marvellous play of colors on the cleavage planes and in the mass of the mineral, called labradorescence, results from the diffraction of light on its internal lamellae.

Variants according to optical and geological characteristics

Labradorite is gray or white with blue, green, yellow, gold and violet iridescence.

White labradorite is called peristerite, but it is not actually labradorite (it is a plagioclase feldspar with a composition similar and albite and oligoclase), often bearing the (incorrect) nickname of rainbow moonstone.

Spectrolite is a variety of Labradorite discovered in Finland, renowned for its intense iridescence, ranging from violet to red.

Another rock variety, Galaxite, features small inclusions of Labradorite.

Larvikite is a dark-gray variety of Norwegian Labradorite with dark-blue, gray or different-colored iridescence.

Golden Labradorite has golden and coppery highlights.

Black labradorite reveals soft metallic flashes.

Green Labradorite displays lamellae with greenish labradorescence.

The hardness of labradorite ranges from 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale. It's a relatively hard mineral - but can still be scratched by quartz.