L'Oncolithe

What is the significance of the Oncolith?

Oncolite symbolizes growth, luck and prosperity.

What are the benefits of Oncolithe?

Oncolite encourages reconnection to one's center and to the earth . Often recommended to improve stress management and boost self-confidence, it's a great stone for feeling more secure on both material and emotional levels. A centering stone, it is also very useful for asking yourself the right questions and finding the answers on your own, using your own resources.

It can also be used when you're feeling sluggish and need a good dose of motivation and courage . It's ideal for those who find it hard to get up in the morning, procrastinate or suffer regularly from acute "flemmingitis".

A stone of prosperity, it can help you to anchor your projects firmly in the material world and do everything in your power to bring them to fruition and make them prosper with faith, courage and enthusiasm.

What are Oncolithe's physical properties?

On a physical level, this stone can be used for digestive disorders. Apply directly to the affected area.

How do I use an Oncolite?

• Place your Oncolithe next to your alarm clock and shake it in your hand when you get up in the morning.
• Wear this stone to benefit from its virtues on a daily basis.

What stone should Oncolith be associated with?

• To stimulate your anchoring, give you courage and motivation, combine it with the pyrope garnet or almandine .
• To be well centered and encourage the earth-sky connection, place an Oncolith near your feet and a Scolecite above your head.

Oncolith in mineralogy, composition and formation

Oncolite forms in marine or lake waters, first on the surface before sinking and continuing its formation in shallow water.

On average, this rock is 50% limestone and 50% oncoids (the ovoid zones clearly visible in Oncolithes) trapped within the limestone. Oncoids are formed by superimposing layers of different elements (in this case, concentric algae layers and interlocking clay-limestone layers) around a core, usually the remains of a living organism (shellfish) or a mineral (limestone fragment).

Its name literally means "nodule stone", from the Greek onkos - tumor/nodule and lithos - stone.

Did you know?

Oncolithe has two misleading nicknames:

Quail's egg Jasper , which is not a Jasper at all.
And Leopardite , which should not be confused with Leopard Jasper, the nickname for Rhyolite.

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