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Crown chakra Silicate mineral, variety of clinochlore  Bridges the energy between physical & spiritual worlds Psychic ability, connection to life's purpose Implementing positive change & removes limiting beliefs    Geology Kammererite was discovered in 1841 and was named after August Alexander Kämmerer, a famous chemist and mining director in Russia.  Kammererite is a rare silicate mineral that is a variety of clinochlore. Clinochlore is apart of the chlorite group, which is a subgroup of silicates. Clinochlore is a phyllosilicate mineral, meaning the silica tetrahedra in the crystal structure is arranged in sheets.  Kammererite is known for its unique pink/purple color...

Heart chakra  AlPO4 · 2H2O Emotional healing, stability, peace  Optimism & acceptance  Improves relationships & communication      Geology Variscite is a rare hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral known for its green color due to chromium impurities. Variscite has a hardness that ranges from 4.5-5 out of 10 on the Moh’s scale of hardness. It has a waxy or sometimes vitreous/glassy luster and a white streak.  Variscite is in the orthorhombic crystal system, but rarely forms crystals large enough to be seen without a microscope. It is usually found in masses or within cavities and veins.  Variscite is a secondary mineral, meaning...

Geology Mookaite is found only in Western Australia, and named after Mooka Creek which it was discovered near.  According to locals, the Aboriginal word "mooka" means "running waters".  Mookaite is often thought of as an ordinary jasper, a type of microcrystalline quartz, but it is actually a type of fossiliferous sedimentary rock! It is composed of a type of microcrystalline quartz formed from the silica shells of ancient marine organisms called radiolaria. Mookaite is a rock, not a mineral because it does not have a defined chemical composition. It contains varying degrees of silica, and is classified as chert, chalcedony,...

Throat & third eye chakras  Al2SiO5  polymorph with andalusite & sillimanite  Psychic ability, lucid dreaming, meditation Communication    Geology Kyanite is an aluminosilicate mineral formed mostly from the metamorphism of sedimentary rocks. Because of this, it is often found in mountain ranges where extreme metamorphism has taken place.  It is most commonly blue, but is often seen in green or black as well. Less commonly it can be found as clear, purple, or even orange. It gets its blue color from titanium & iron impurities. With no impurities, kyanite crystals would be colorless.  (Image source) Some pieces of kyanite even have...

Geology As you could guess, rose quartz is a variety of the mineral quartz. Rose quartz gets its pink color from microscopic mineral fiber inclusions.  As with other varieties of quartz, rose quartz has a hardness of 7 out of 10 on the Moh’s scale of hardness.  Rose quartz often shows a feature called asterism, also known as star rose quartz. Other crystals can have this feature as well such as garnet, sapphire and ruby. This star effect is caused by light reflected off of needle-like inclusions within the stone. Asterism is quite common in rose quartz and can best...