Physical Properties of Kyanite Stone / Crystal |
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Chemical Formula: | Al2SiO5 |
Chemical Composition: | Aluminum Silicate |
Crystal System: | Triclinic |
Lustre: | Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous, Greasy, Pearly |
Transparency: | Transparent to translucent |
Colour: | Blue, White, Light Gray, Green, Rarely Yellow, Orange, Pink |
Streak: | Colorless |
Hardness: | 5.5 - 7 on Mohs Scale |
Tenacity: | Brittle |
Cleavage: | Perfect |
Fracture: | Splintery |
Density: | 3.67 |
Refractive Index: | 1.71 - 1.73 |
Kyanite is a seldom found polymorph that blazes two different hardness's within one gem; a unique characteristic among all of the gem types. Similar to Diamonds, Kyanite gives a perfect cleavage in one direction this integrated with its vacillating hardness makes it quite an asserting thing to cut the gem. It occurs in triclinic crystal structure with a hardness of about 4 to 7 Mohs. The gem crystals are colours ranges from pale to deep blue or even white, grey or green. Colour dispersal in crystals is found to be uneven with dark blue patches further toward the interior.
It is stone which never collocates abrogating energies so it's never needed to be cleaned or cleaned. It is a stone with immense amount of energy but is serves the best purpose of consonance. It reposes your mind and fills your persona with serenity. It embellishes your communication skills and psychic awareness and braces and enriches the meditation endowments. It is an ideal stone to be worn in neck as it's quite propitious for the throat. It boosts up your dexterity of speaking skills and expressing yourself in a more specific way. It will also be salutary to you to when you learn a new language.
It is beneficial in the treatment of hearing impairments, eye ailments, as well problems related to the sense of smell. It provides a mechanism for meditation and relaxation purposes. It leads you to the opening of third eye chakra, and which empowers creativity, widens the perception and inculcates the dexterity to better apprehend other's feeling.
Kyanite gemstones / crystals are found in some of the countries of world are: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe