Selenite is a magical stone. Description and properties

Adularia, Moonstone, Selenite are the names of the same mineral. Adularia is named after the mountain in Switzerland, where this mineral is distributed. "Moonstone" is the translation of the word "selenite", derived from the name of Selene (the so-called ancient Greeks were the goddess of the Moon). Selenite is similar to the fragment of the night luminary emitting a special soft moonlight.

The color palette of the mineral is rich: from white translucent, bluish-silver to pale pink, yellowish, gray, greenish coloring, including different shades of brown color. There is also a black moonstone - a labrador, which has a beautiful shine and bewitching flicker.

Selenite is a stone that is a representative of the family of feldspars, but not those widespread, rock-forming, and precious ones, which are very rare, and are decorated with soft bluish-silvery iridescent thin-plate crystals from the depths of the mineral. Especially valuable lunar stones are mined in the Republic of Sri Lanka. In 1912, the National Association of Jewelers, on the basis of astrological treatises, compiled a list of stones recommended for signs of the zodiac. Selenite entered the list. The stone is not included in the list of talismans only for a certain sign of the zodiac. It suits the Lions and Aquarians. It is also the main stone of the crayfish under the control of the Moon. Particularly revered in India is the stone selenite.

Magic properties

The Moonstone was valued long before our era by Indians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Turks, Saxons, Romans and other inhabitants of European and Asian countries who believe in the magic power of the mineral. In Mesopotamia, only the priests were allowed to touch it, and among them only the high ministers took the selenite-stone under their tongue and created prophecies on the full moon - the time when he showed all the power of magical power.

The ancient Greeks believed that lunar stones are the gifts of Apollo. In each of them, this god of light, the healer and patron of the arts, breathes in the properties of providence and mystical revelations. In India, the selenite-stone is considered a healing remedy, you can immerse yourself in pleasant dreams, it promotes the development of intuition. He draws in himself the cooling lunar energy, soothingly acting on the mind, eliminating anger and relieving nervous tension. Selenite is a stone that induces dreaminess and tenderness, it radiates and attracts love. This gem is considered a symbol of fertility and a talisman of love - girls and women wear it around their necks, and men - in rings, cuff links, ties for a tie.

Therapeutic effect

It is said that some specimens of selenite on a full moon can "cry". Their "tears" (moisture) - a cure for any disease. Married woman selenium will help to find motherhood, moreover - to become prolific. The great Avicenna in his works noted that the powder of selenite, taken inwards by patients with epilepsy (paduchi), will cure it. The same stone cures mentally ill and epileptics Tibetan medicine and modern lithotherapy. Jewelry removes swelling, arising from diseases of the kidneys and bladder.