APPLICATIONS: | Gemstone and ornamental stone. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: | Capricorn and Sagittarius. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | SiO2, Silicon dioxide. |
CLASS: | Silicates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Not present. |
COLOR: | Black and brown. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | Widely variable but the most common habit is hexagonal prisms terminated with a six sided pyramid (actually two rhombohedrons). Three of the six sides of the pyramid may dominate causing the pyramid to be or look three sided. Left and right handed crystals are possible and identifiable only if minor trigonal pyramidal faces are present. Druse forms (crystal lined rock with just the pyramids showing) are also common. Massive forms can be just about any type but common forms include botryoidal, globular, stalactitic, crusts of agate such as lining the interior of a geode and many many more. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | trigonal; 32. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habit, hardness, striations, lack of cleavage and good conchoidal fracture. |
FRACTURE: | Conchoidal. |
GENERAL INFORMATION: | Index of Refraction: 1.544-1.553. Birefringence: 0.009. |
GEOGRAPHY: | Brazil and USA. |
GROUP: | Quartz. |
HARDNESS: | 7. |
LUSTER: | Glassy to vitreous as crystals, while cryptocrystalline forms are usually waxy to dull but can be vitreous. |
METAPHYSICAL: | The energy of Smokey Quartz is mainly applicable with the solar plexus chakra and also useful with the chakras of the hands and feet. The energy from this mineral can dissolve transform negative emotions, negative energy and emotional blockages. It can be used to give relief to blockages which may occur between the alpha and beta state of mind. It refines vibrational energies when one is in meditation, allowing for clarity of thought and elimination of impeding willfullness. It can be used to initiate a powerful force field which will absorb many forms of negativity, both from the inner self and from outer sources. This stone works at a slow pace, but is intense and gentle. It provides for balancing of the Yin and Yang energy. It can be used to align the meridians of the physical body of the ethereal body. It also provides aid with mind balance, energy balance, balancing and attuning the energies required for spiritual growth. Smokey quartz is an excellent stone for enhancing attentiveness to the moment and producing the grounding aspects necessary during the meditative state in order to stimulate higher awareness. It acts as a protector, providing an encompassing barrier of energy around the user. It promotes personal pride and joy. It provides for a stronger link of communication when contacting the other world. |
PHYSICAL: | It has been used in the treatment of Attention Deficit Syndrome (ADD), Anger, Rage, Congestion, disorders of hands and feet. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 2.65. |
STREAK: | White. |
SUBCLASS: | Tectosilicates. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Transparent to translucent, cryptocrystalline forms can be transparent, translucent or opaque. |
VIBRATES: | To the numbers 2 and 8. |
