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ATLANTISITE

The Stone of Compassion and Emotional Healing

✦ GEMSTONE INFORMATION ✦

COMPOSITION: Intergrowth of Serpentine (hydrated magnesium silicate) and Stichtite (hydrated magnesium chromium carbonate)

MOHS HARDNESS: Approximately 2 to 4

TRANSPARENCY: Opaque to translucent

LUSTRE: Waxy to greasy, taking a soft glow when polished

COLOURS: Swirls of green and lilac-purple to pink

LOCATIONS FOUND: Tasmania (Australia), South Africa, Canada

FORMATION: Forms in magnesium-rich rock where chromium-bearing minerals are altered by fluids, creating purple stichtite within green serpentine

★ DID YOU KNOW? ★

• The purple colour comes from chromium, an element more often associated with green gemstones such as emerald.
• Stichtite was first described in Tasmania in 1910 and named after Robert Sticht, a manager of the Mount Lyell Mining Company.

■ METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES ■

• Promotes compassion, forgiveness and emotional healing
• Associated with the Heart and Crown Chakras
• Believed to encourage calm and ease stress
• Said to support spiritual growth and self-awareness
• Traditionally used to release old emotional patterns

Metaphysical properties listed above are drawn from widely published crystal healing literature. These claims have not been scientifically verified and are not intended to be used for medical treatment, advice or diagnosis.