![]() ![]() Labradorite is often found in the deep blue range of colors and is generally connected to the Third Eye Chakra. These stones or crystals are colored to correspond to individual chakras, red for the Root Chakra, orange for the Sacral, yellow for the Solar Plexus, green for the Heart, blue for the Throat, Indigo for the Third Eye and purple for the Crown Chakra. One way to do this is through the use of Chakra healing stones. Sometimes in life our Chakras become unbalanced or blocked and need to be realigned or cleansed. The seven chakras are as follows, Crown linked with the color purple, Third Eye (indigo), Throat (blue), Heart (green), Solar Plexus (yellow), Sacral (orange) and Root (red). There are seven Chakras throughout the body each influencing a particular physical, emotional or mental state and each has an associated color. ![]() Cutting a Labradorite gemstone to capture this display at its best is a real challenge.Ĭhakras are the energy centers in your body also known as Qi or Prana. The particular allure of this gemstone is its play-of-color which is produced by the light bouncing and scattering off the layers of different minerals which make up this stone. The play-of-color works best on a dark background but since the color seems to come from within the gemstone an almost translucent cover does enhance the look.Īs it is basically an opaque gemstone, Labradorite is usually cut into rounded or domed shapes – called cabochons in the gems trade. Technically, standard Labradorite can be described as opaque to translucent although to all intents and purposes it is an opaque gemstone. Transparent Gemstones allow light to pass through uninhibited so you can look through them and see objects or read words on the other side. Translucent gemstones allow some light to shine through but you cannot clearly see through the gemstone. Opaque gemstones do not allow any light to pass through even if you hold it up to a light source. There are many, many other stones besides quartz that will break down or change color or bleach out from exposure to bright light or heat - and iron pyrite (fools gold) will actually vaporize into sulphuric acid.Gemstones usually fall into one of three categories of clarity with variations within that category. ALL quartz will fade under excessive sunlight or bright hot electric lights, and amethyst and rose quartz are the most susceptible to bright light or heat. Trismegistus - I apologize for contradicting you but ALL quartz crystals are capable of changing their color naturally or of being changed by man-made means. If the stone becomes part violet and part yellow it will be ametrine and you'll have a highly desirable healing stone in your possession. Those threads might even grow and become like little sun-bursts of gold colored rutile (I have one here at home doing that right now). Look at them with a high powered magnifying glass and you may see what looks like little threads of color growing outwards from the spots. But if you soak the stone in water for several days the remaining maroon spots may begin to bleed their purple color or a purple-brown color back into the stone. The bright yellow isn't going to come back now, not even re-heating it will bring it back. Once heated at very high temperatures the manganese and other inclusions fade and bleach out, leaving the stone orange or an unaturally bright yellow. ![]() They are what gives the amethyst crystals their violet and purple colors - the colors can 'bleed' through the stone like a wash of water color and stain the stone purple. Those maroon spots in your stone are mineral inclusions of raw iron or manganese, and possibly even some titanium as well. Sometimes crystals are dug up from the earth that are part yellow and part purple and then they are known as Ametrine (a very powerful healer !!!) But natural citrine from the earth is a more natural shade of yellow. Actually, even yellow citrine straight from the earth is amethyst that changed color from heat within the earth. Most dark yellow or orange citrine found on the market is purple amethyst that has been heat treated in a heating chamber to make it turn yellow. Your citrine was heat treated, and not done very well either, and now it's fading and going through another transformation - but don't worry - it could become a really striking beauty! ![]()
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