The color palette of the mineral is rich in:from white translucent, bluish-silver to pale pink, yellowish, gray, greenish colorization, including various shades of brown color. There is also a black moonstone - a Labrador, which has a beautiful brilliance and fascinating shimmer.
Selenite m stone, which is representativefamily of feldspars, but not those widespread, rock-forming, but precious, very rare, iridescent with soft bluish-silver iridescent light of thin-lamellar crystals from the depths of the mineral. Particularly valuable moonstones mined in the Republic of Sri Lanka. In 1912, on the basis of astrological treatises, the National Association of Jewelers compiled a list of stones recommended for zodiac signs. Selenite was included in this list. The stone is not included in the list of talismans only for a certain zodiac sign. It is suitable for Leo and Aquarius. It is also the main stone of the Crayfish under the control of the Moon. Especially revered in India is Selenite stone.
Лунный камень ценился задолго до нашей эры Hindus, Chaldeans, Greeks, Turks, Saxons, Romans and other inhabitants of European and Asian countries, faithfully believing in the magic power of the mineral. In Messopotamia, only priests were allowed to touch him, and among them only high servants took the Selenite-stone under the tongue and prophesied during the full moon — a time when he showed all the power of magical power.
Древние греки верили в то, что лунные камни – gifts of Apollo. In each of them, this god of light, healer and patron of the arts inhales the properties of providence and mystical revelations. In India, Selenite-stone is considered a healing agent, with it you can immerse yourself in pleasant dreams, it contributes to the development of intuition. It draws in the cooling moon energy, soothingly affecting the mind, eliminating anger and relieving nervous tension. Selenite is a stone that leads to reverie 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 wear rings, cufflinks, tie clips.
Therapeutic effect
It is said that some specimens of selenite infull moon can "cry." Their "tears" (moisture) - a cure for any disease. Selenite will help a married woman to gain motherhood, moreover - to become fertile. The great Avicenna, in his writings, noted that a powder of selenite, taken inside by a patient with epilepsy (epilepsy), would cure him. The same stone treats the mentally ill and epileptics Tibetan medicine and modern lithotherapy. Jewelry relieves swelling that occurs in diseases of the kidneys and bladder.
