About the product:

🪨 💎 Mineral / Gem Type: Iolite

⛓️ Metal Type: Silver

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: Brazil

📐 Pendant dimensions: 18 millimeters high x 10 x 5

📐 💎 Stone/gem dimensions: 6 millimeters high x 4 millimeters wide x 4 thick.

⚖️ Weight : 3 grams.

🔷 Shape: Pear

✨ Clarity: Transparent with blue, indigo and violet reflections

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: From Gem & Zen

🎁 Comes with a black waxed textile cord with 2 discreet sliding knots for an elegant, adjustable fit, adaptable to all body shapes, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

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📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Category	Details

Mineral family

Silicate – Cyclosilicate group

Chemical formula

(Mg,Fe)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈

Color

Blue-violet to gray-blue, sometimes translucent colorless

Hardness (Mohs)

7 – 7.5

Crystal system

Orthorhombic

Glow

Glassy

Density

2.6 – 2.7

Transparency

Transparent to translucent

Main origins

India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Madagascar, Tanzania

Etymology

From the Greek ion (“purple”) in reference to its color; also called “Viking Stone” because it is used for navigation

Optical peculiarity

Strong pleochroism (blue, gray, yellow-brown depending on the angle)

Emotional virtues

Helps with emotional clarity, calming inner conflicts

Mental virtues

Promotes concentration, intuition and creativity

Spiritual virtues

Stone of vision and inner journey, helps with meditation and lucid dreams

Physical virtues

Symbolically associated with sight, the liver and the regulation of breathing

Associated Chakra

3rd Eye (6th) – sometimes Throat (5th)

Element

Air & Water

Astrological signs

Sagittarius ♐, Pisces ♓, Libra ♎

Purification

Clear water, fumigation (sage, palo santo), scallop shell

Recharging

Moonlight, amethyst geode or rock crystal