Chrysocolla Stone

Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla is a very beautiful green-blue color gemstone belonging to the Quartz family which resembles Turquoise. The meaning of this name is ‘golden lime’ in Greek. This stone is also known as Gem Silica.

The name comes from the Greek chrysos, “gold”, and kolla, “glue”, in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold, and was first used by Theophrastus in 315 BCE.

The gemstone Chrysocolla is often confused with turquoise. It is a copper bearing mineral found wherever copper deposits occur especially in areas of the southwestern USA, Chili, Zaire, Australia, France and England.

Pure chrysocolla is too soft for jewelry purposes but it is often found in quartz deposits which makes it hard enough to polish for cabochons. It is often found mixed with malachite, turquoise and azurite.

This stone promotes clarity of thought, emotional balance, wisdom, intuition and patience. It also decreases stress, overcome negativity, nervousness and irritability. This stone is best worn as pendant made in copper and around the throat.

Chrysocolla is a very beautiful stone with many beneficial energies. It is known as a healing stone among Native American Indian cultures where it was used for strengthening the body’s resistance and bringing about calm feelings where there is ups

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