Selenite Crystal Properties
Purification, Amplification, Spiritual Connection
Aka: Gypsum Selenite
Spiritual Properties
- Acts as a tool for enlightenment
- Great to amplify your manifestation
- Can connect one to the angelic realm
- Opens the inner self to the spiritual realm
- Builds the psychic gift of clairaudience — clear hearing
- Use during meditation to make contact with your guides and open yourself to spirit
- Ideal for cleansing a space, creating a safe space, and an uplifting environment protected from outside influences
Mental Properties
- Helps you gain mental clarity
- Helps you access your intuition
Emotional Properties
- Relieves stress and anxiety
- Known to unblock stagnant energy and release emotions
- Embodies a helpful energy to help alleviate anxiety, and instills a deep peace
Kundalini Properties
- Clears the aura
- Clears all blockages in the energy field
- A high-energy crystal that vibrates at a higher frequency
- Useful for empaths and healers who need to protect their energy
- Can be used to cleanse the energy of your crystals if you feel they have begun to dull
Correspondence
- Chakras: Third Eye and Crown
- Energy: Receptive
- Planets: The Moon
- Element: Air, Water
- Zodiacs: Gemini, Cancer
- Number: 8
Affirmations
- My mind is open to new information
- I release any energy that is not mine and call my energy back to me
- I think clearly and rationally and remain open to new ideas
- My mind is clear and at peace
- I have the power to manifest my wildest dreams
Health Benefits
- Helps with skeletal issues
- Can reverse free radical damage to cell structure
- Can help clear the glands of your body and give you the energy you need
Physical Properties
Color: Colorless, but can be tinted due to inclusion of matter
Habit: Earthy — dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities,
Rarity: Very Common
Luster: Pearly
Species: Sulfate Mineral
Zoning: Absent
Parting: Present
Streak: White
Gravity: 2.3–2.4
Tenacity: Sectile and slightly flexible
Fracture: Fibrous, Uneven — thin, elongated fractures produced by crystal forms or intersecting cleavages
Cleavage: [010] Perfect, [100] Distinct, [011] Distinct
Hardness: 2
Locations: Mexico, Morocco, Brazil, the United States, and Poland
Twinning: Very common forming cruciform and V-shaped twins; as a butterfly or heart-shaped twins.
Inclusions: It can come with a variety of conclusions and has to be examined on a case-by-case basis. Some include sand, limonite, and hematite
Dispersion: Strong; r > v
Chatoyancy: Absent
Pleochroism: Absent
Fluorescence: Present
Birefringence: 0.166 (very high)
Diaphaneity: Opaque to transparent
Melting point: 608°F
Luminescence: Long Waves (365nm): Yellowish White, Short Waves (254 nm): Bluish White
Chemical Name: Hydrous calcium sulfate
Refractive Index: nα=1.519–1.521, nβ=1.522–1.523, nγ=1.529–1.53
System/Structure: Monoclinic
Optical properties: Biaxial (+) 2V=58
Chemical Formula: CaSO4·2H2O
Chemical Classification: Sulfate
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