Physical Properties of Opalite Stone / Crystal |
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Chemical Formula: | SiO2 . nH2O |
Chemical Composition: | hydrated amorphous form of silica |
Crystal System: | Amorphous solid |
Lustre: | Vitreous, Waxy, Pearly |
Transparency: | |
Colour: | Black, Pink, White, Blue, Green, Purple, Grey, Yellow, Red, Orange, Brown |
Streak: | White |
Hardness: | 5.5 - 6.5 on Mohs scale |
Tenacity: | Brittle |
Cleavage: | None |
Fracture: | Conchoidal to uneven |
Density: | 2.09 |
Refractive Index: | 1.42 - 1.43 |
Opalite is better known as Purple Opal. It has few bizarre names like Opalized Fluorite, Ice Cream Opal and Tiffany Stone. It is a gentle and tenuous stone still a strenuous man-made glass lacquer. It subsumes mainly of the mineral dolomite melded with metal to outturn an opalescent manifestation. It is clear or milky in colour but also available in green, blue, pink, lavender and yellow colour also.
Opalite is known for its accrediting qualities. It breakthroughs one's self- venerate up-to skies. It is called as stone of personal endowment. It helps you to allege your unspoken words which were underlying deep in your heart and mind. It is indeed awfully propitious when you have to face a phase of distortion in your life. Like shifting of residences, switching on to a job etc. are the dominant changes in life and this stone will still keep our life into its rhythms. It espouses materialistic prosperity and fiscal wealth. It leads you to a path of success in your occupational affairs and prompts a life full with abundant materialistic possessions.
Partially it is fruitful for meditation purposes as it remits serene and soothing energy which relishes your mind but it also opens the third eye chakra, the chakra of perception, envision and insight. It impoverishes psychic endowments. It is salutary to establish communication with the spiritual world. It energizes the senses and boosts up the sexual experiences. It also counter balances the Yin - yang balance, the balance between the male and the female.
Opalite gemstones / crystals are found in some of the countries of world are: Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, USA