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📐 Dimensions: 700 millimeters in diameter x 30 millimeters in thickness
⚖️ Weight: 30 kilograms
✨ Finish: Polished
🔬 Treatment: None
📜 Certificate: Gem and Zen
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📋 Mineralogical sheet:
Property
Details
Name
St. Lucia's Eye ( Spondylus gaederopus )
Kind
Fossil and contemporary marine shell
Composition
Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Color
White, cream, beige with pink or orange spots or patterns
Hardness (Mohs)
3.5 – 4
Density
2.6 – 2.8 g/cm³
Crystal system
Trigonal (calcite in the shell)
Glow
Pearly
Transparency
Opaque to slightly translucent
Origin / Deposits
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic (mainly Philippines and Indonesia)
Training
Shell of a bivalve mollusk living in tropical seabeds
Special feature
Used since ancient times as a talisman and jewelry, often polished to reveal a circular pattern reminiscent of an eye
Virtues / Lithotherapy
- Protection and luck 🍀 - Develops clairvoyance and intuition - Promotes calm and emotional balance
Purification
Clear water or salt water, gentle fumigation
Recharging
Soft sunlight, quartz clusters
Use
Jewelry, talismans, decoration
Value
Medium to high depending on size, polish and pattern
Short story / Anecdote
Considered a protective talisman since ancient times; the name “eye of Saint Lucia” refers to the patron saint of sight, a symbol of protection and vigilance.
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