Physical Properties of Labradorite Stone / Crystal |
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Chemical Formula: | (Ca,Na)Al1-2Si3-2O8 |
Chemical Composition: | Sodium calcium aluminum silicate |
Crystal System: | Triclinic |
Lustre: | Vitreous to pearly |
Transparency: | Transparent to translucent |
Colour: | White, Gray, Blue, Light Green, Pale Orange-Red, Black |
Streak: | White |
Hardness: | 6 - 6.5 on Mohs Scale |
Tenacity: | Brittle |
Cleavage: | 2,1 - basal ; 2,1 - prismatic ; 3,1 - pinacoidal. |
Fracture: | Conchoidal to uneven |
Density: | 2.68 - 2.71 |
Refractive Index: | 1.56 – 1.568 |
Labradoriteis is a member of albite family. Gem quality labradorite is better known as spectrolite. It is a colourless variety of albite darkened with needle like embodiments, it is quite often referred as black moonstone. It is a dark and prismatic blue twinkling light which hits it. It possess a triclinic crystal structure with a hardness of about 6 Mohs.
It quickly alleviates you from anxiety, blue funk. And reimburses it with a ray of hope and inspirations. It empowers your confidence and raises your morals. It expels all the abrogating thoughts and adorns your dexterity to have a clarion understanding by espousing the pellucidity of thoughts. It also enhances your dexterity to have a mutual understanding and to cooperate with other fellow beings with amity. It also enroots you with perseverance, tenacity and embellished intuition during your tough and conflict times in your life. It serves like a gratuity to treat the eye and brain ailments and helps to counter balance metabolism and the digestive process of your body. It can grant you the endowment to unravel the hidden mystery. It embellishes intuition and psychic envision. It is salutary for the envoy to release the judgement and better apprehend their destiny.
It can throw light on our disguised dominion and embellish ourselves. It is emphatic in relieving you from bone issues. It curbs disorders related to that of spinal column and wear and tear of the joint. It can also cure Rheumatism and arthritis. It outturns an appeasing effect and kills all abrogating energies.
Spectrolite
Labradorite gemstones / crystals are found in some of the countries of world are: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Pacific Ocean, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Russia, Saint Lucia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tonga, UK, Ukraine, USA