Sphalerite

Composed of zinc sulfide, sphalerite comes in a variety of colors: burgundy, brown, beige, green, yellow or orange.

Read more: The virtues of sphalerite, its history and mineralogy

The virtues and properties of Sphalerite in lithotherapy

It's the ideal stone to combat procrastination and stop (finally) putting everything off until tomorrow. By stimulating the nervous system, it encourages action.

People with intestinal problems have wonderful results with Sphalerite thanks to its antibacterial and fungicidal properties.
Applied directly to the skin, it helps heal boils, fungus and chapping.

Purifying sphalerite

Sun, running water, prayers, shape waves, chimes, singing bowls, wind, breath...

Chakras

Depending on its color :
Brown-yellow-orange: Plexus and Sacré
Green: Heart
Bordeaux-brune-noire: Racine

Lithotherapy

  • Purification :
    • Singing bowl, Water, Form waves, Sun, Breath
  • Physics :
    • Intestines, Nervous system
  • Emotional :
    • Action, Procrastination

Mineralogy

  • Hardness :
    • 3.5-4.0
  • Moths scale:
    • 3, 4
  • Strunz classification :
    • Sulfides and Sulfosalts
  • Crystalline system :
    • Cubic
  • Chemical element :
    • Zn, Fe, S
  • Line color :
    • White, yellow to light brown
  • Density :
    • 4.08-4.10
  • Cleavage :
    • Perfect
  • Fracture:
    • Uneven, crumbly
  • Transparency :
    • Transparent to translucent
  • Refringence :
    • n=2,396 ; n=2,47
  • Birefringence :
    • Isotropic
  • Fluorescence :
    • For transparent, UV and X-ray varieties. Thermoluminescent, triboluminescent
  • Colors :
    • Brown, yellow, red, green, black
  • Magnetism :
    • no
  • Radioactivity :
    • 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.

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