Stichtite

Composed of magnesium carbonate and chromium with traces of iron, Stichtite is a beautiful mauve-colored mineral that is often combined with Serpentine. When this is the case, it's nicknamed "Atlantisite".

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

The virtues and properties of Stichtite in lithotherapy

Stichtite is an ideal companion when you need to better manage your hyperactivity. It refocuses and helps to sort out the crowd of ideas racing through your head at the same time.

It prevents the formation of stretch marks by improving skin elasticity and helps with water retention.

Purifying Stichtite

Moon/sun, earth, running water, prayers, shape waves, chimes, singing bowls, wind, breath...

Chakras

3ᵉ eye and Coronal

Astrological sign associated with Stichtite

Virgin

Lithotherapy

  • Zodiac(s) :
    • Virgin
  • Purification :
    • Singing bowl, Water, Moon, Form waves, Sun, Breath, Earth
  • Physics :
    • Skin
  • Disorder(s):
    • Hyperactivity

Mineralogy

  • Hardness :
    • 1.5-2.0
  • Moths scale:
    • 1, 2
  • Strunz classification :
    • Carbonate and Nitrate
  • Crystalline system :
    • Trigonal
  • Chemical element :
    • Mg, Cr, C, O, H
  • Line color :
    • White, pale violet
  • Density :
    • 2.11-2.16
  • Cleavage :
    • Perfect at {0001}
  • Fracture:
    • Scaler
  • Transparency :
    • Transparent to translucent
  • Refringence :
    • w=1.516, e=1.542
  • Birefringence :
    • Uniaxial (+); 0.0260
  • Pleochroism :
    • Low: O = dark pink to lilac, E = light pink to lilac
  • Fluorescence :
    • No
  • Colors :
    • Violet, lilac, pink
  • 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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