Variscite

Variscite Meanings

Inner peace, simplicity, clarity, emotional healing, compassion

Chakra: Heart

Element: Water

Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Scorpio, Taurus

Number: 7

Variscite Crystal Healing Properties

Variscite is a powerful heart activation stone, helping to release judgement and allowing disparate people and views to be united. It is used to enhance higher brain functions such as learning, logic and reasoning and to help in finding self acceptance. It can help us to remember past lives and is a good meditation stone because it helps to calm and centre the mind. Variscite also helps to release negative thinking and bad habits, bringing clarity to one’s thinking and tranquillity to one’s feelings to enable simple solutions to long standing problems to be found.

History and Uses

Variscite is a relatively rare mineral which is often confused with Chrysoprase or Turquoise because of its colour ranging from pale to dark green depending on the chromium content. It was first described in1837 and after Variscia, the historical name of the Vogtland, in Germany where it was found. It is also known as Utahlite, Barrandite, Bolivarite and Lucinite. Traditionally it has been used to relieve stress and ease the mind of worries and fear.

Geological Description

Variscite is a hydrated aluminium phosphate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 5. It is formed by direct deposition from phosphate-bearing water that has reacted with aluminium-rich rocks and occurs as fine-grained masses in nodules, cavity fillings, and crusts. Variscite can be found in Utah and Navada, in the USA, in Germany, Queensland inAustralia, Poland, Spain and Brazil.