Dolerite is a stone whose properties are not fully used by people. Moreover, many have not heard of the existence of such a mineral. And those who know the name usually associate it with Yakutia or Kamchatka. People familiar with the mineral are often confident that this is one of the bath stones and nothing more.
Meanwhile, dolerite is a stone whose properties are not at all limited to the healing effect in bath procedures. And its deposits are found not only in Yakutia, they are scattered around the world. For example, one of the oldest and most famous is located in the United States of America, in Arizona. And this suggests that the mineral played an important role in the culture and religious rituals of the indigenous inhabitants of the West.
However, the history of dolerite is associated not only with the Indians, but also with other peoples. For example, the very name of this stone refers to Greek culture.
About the name of the mineral
Dolerite stone was not always called that. It used to be known as diabase. However, it is impossible to say that the mineral changed its name. Both names were in use, just one of them has lost its relevance today. In France, for example, the mineral is still called diabase. In general, in the world it is now customary to call the stone dolerite itself, and its deposits - the "diabase rock structure."
Both names come from the Greek language, but have different meanings:
- διάβασς (diabase) - splitting something, crossing;
- δολερός (dolerite) - deceptive, insidious.
However, many geologists and esotericists claim that diabase and dolerite are different minerals, although similar to each other. In ordinary life, you can also get confused in the names. For example, in stores selling bath stones, dolerite and diabase are often presented as different minerals.
Since there is no final point in the dispute between scientists and mystics about the name and types of stone, it is worth considering it not as two different, but as one mineral. Which of the values is more suitable for the stone? This can only be judged by reading its history, application and, of course, a list of properties.
How many varieties of this mineral exist?
Geologists today know more than thirty-five varieties of stones known as dolerites, or diabases. However, it is very difficult for people far from scientific studies related to minerals to distinguish them without explanation from specialists.
In other words, the differences between different species are in characterizing details that are noticeable only when looking at a stone through a magnifying glass. At the same time, you also need to know what exactly to look at. Varieties are determined by the features of rock formation that are inherent in a particular deposit. That is, the Yakut dolerite will differ from that mined in Arizona or Wales in its structure and composition. Impurities that join the main breed will be different, as well as grain size.
Why in ancient times used this mineral? Case Studies
As a rule, minerals are perceived as mascots, material for various crafts, bath procedures, massage, and, of course, for the manufacture of jewelry.
However, the hardness of dolerite makes it possible to use it not only for the above purposes. Furniture, statues were made from it, buildings and altars, occult constructions were built. They even paved the area.
For example, the Vorontsov Palace, located in Alupka, is built of local Crimean dolerite. He was also once paved and Red Square in Moscow. Most of the statues presented in museums at expositions dedicated to the culture of the ancient Egyptians are made of dolerite. For example, the world-famous black statue of the “Sitting Pharaoh,” depicting Neferhotep the First, is made of this stone.
The world famous Wonder of the World, located in England, in the county of Wiltshire, is made of dolerite. Of course, we are talking about Stonehenge. The stone boulders that make up this structure are nothing more than large pieces of mineral, slightly polished by people.
If you do not go back to antiquity, then you can recall the commemorative tablets, monuments on the city streets of Europe, black serving tables at the beginning of the last century and much more. This stone is also used in funeral affairs, monuments are made from it, graves are made out to them.
However, the use in architecture, in art, in urban planning, and even in everyday life, does not make a mineral a material devoid of mystical properties. The stone has powerful energy and has a significant impact on the health, well-being and fate of the person who carries it with him.
The healing properties of the mineral
Dolerite is a stone whose properties have a strong influence on the human nervous system. Even a careful look at a piece of furniture or some trinket, a decorative figurine from this mineral is already calming. And already in direct contact with the human body, its influence increases manifold.
This is probably why many Muscovites like to walk on Red Square, and tourists who have visited the Vorontsov Palace note a special, pacifying atmosphere that fills the rooms. Probably because of this property, the mysterious boulders of Stonehenge attract people like that, and those who are interested in the art of Ancient Egypt pay special attention to the feeling of “calm greatness” that blows from black statues.
In addition to a beneficial effect on the human nervous system, the stone affects:
- on the kidneys;
- liver;
- bladder.
The mineral normalizes blood pressure, stabilizes the heart, relieves stress, relieves fatigue, and neutralizes bouts of irritability, aggression and anger.
In East Asia, balls from this mineral have been used since ancient times to massage the feet. However, even today, anyone relaxing in Thailand or in the southeast of China can try the massage procedures performed by balls made of this stone.
How studied are the mystical properties of the mineral?
Dolerite is a stone whose properties, on the one hand, have been studied very well, and on the other, are completely unknown.
For example, no one can answer the question of why Stonehenge was built precisely from this stone. Explanations of the choice of material by its availability or ease of processing do not stand up to criticism. Dolerite does not lie everywhere on the surface in anticipation of when it will be used. And the deposit closest to Stonehenge is very far away even by today's standards.
Probably, people will never be able to find out about how and for what the indigenous people of North America used the mineral. The choice of dolerite as a material for some Egyptian statues will also remain incomprehensible. Indeed, not all figures of cats, gods or pharaohs are made of this stone.
However, it is absolutely known about everything that relates to the interaction of the mineral and human energy. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand whether it is worth using this mineral as a talisman.
How does a mineral interact with a person?
Dolerite is a stone whose photo mesmerizes with its beauty, mystery and inexplicable sensation of force emanating from a mineral. Of course, each person, considering the pictures, involuntarily thinks about purchasing for himself any product from it.
However, the mineral is not suitable for everyone. The stone is “in love” with people who are active, optimistic, impulsive, strong-willed, determined and energetic, able to value themselves. Products made of it are contraindicated for "tikhon", shy and negatively related to changes in people's lives. The mineral is not suitable for those who suffer from low self-esteem, do not feel confident in their actions, do not know how to make decisions and bear responsibility for them. A stone is not suitable as a talisman for passive, not inclined to the manifestation of initiative, lazy people.
How good is dolerite stone? Properties, which suits the zodiac and what is combined with
What is this mineral useful for? This is a very important question, because stones have completely different effects on a person’s energy, on his fate and emotional state. Products made from natural minerals can both attract something good and necessary to a person, such as money, and take it away.
What will attract dolerite into human life? The properties of the stone are as follows:
- attraction of good luck;
- assistance in making the right decisions;
- averting the risk of fraud or scam;
- increased performance;
- the influx of vitality and energy.
The stone is "friends" with jasper. Together, they form a powerful energy ring that protects a person and directs his activity in the right direction.
Who is this zodiac mineral suitable for? The answer to this question is very simple - to everyone. Each person can wear a charm of dolerite, regardless of the patronage of which zodiac constellation he was born. The stone belongs to the ancient, so-called "primary" energy sources. Therefore, its suitability is determined not by the influence of stars, but by the type of person's personality, the qualities of his character.
How to wear this mineral?
In the windows of Russian jewelry stores offering jewelry with natural minerals and gems, you can often see the Yakut dolerite in earrings, pendants, brooches, bracelets. In Western Europe, cufflinks, tie clips and pins for neckerchiefs decorated with this stone are extremely popular. You can see other varieties of jewelry with this mineral.
Such a variety involuntarily raises the question of how to properly wear products with dolerite? After all, each stone "loves" its specific place. Depending on where the mineral is located, its properties and intensity of influence change.
There are three places on the human body that this stone “prefers”:
- neck;
- left-hand side;
- right side of the body.
A mineral is worn on the neck if it is necessary to achieve good luck in a new endeavor, for example, to start a business or to successfully pass an interview, go somewhere. In other words, a stone needs to be worn around the neck when something uncharted, new to a person, something in which there is no experience.
On the left, the mineral is worn if necessary:
- get someone's help;
- to ensure the participation of influential persons, officials in something;
- gain sponsorship;
- when you need investments, grants, loans.
It makes sense to wear a product on the left with this stone even if you need a high-quality and clear consultation of a specialist, for example, a lawyer or real estate agent.
On the right, the stone is placed in exceptional and dangerous situations. For example, if the company faces ruin or a court hearing is pending, then you should put on the item with the stone on the right.
What is a mineral. Dolerite Composition
It is quite peculiar. And it is he who explains both its unique properties and the breadth of its scope.
Dolerite is a type of basalt. That is, the stone formed many millennia ago in the vents of active volcanoes. And this means that he absorbed all the power and grandeur of the fiery element, all its indomitability.
The composition of the stone is dominated by:
They are joined by various impurities. Their presence and variety depend on the place of formation of the mineral.
The use of mineral in baths: advantages and disadvantages
The use of the mineral in bath procedures is determined by what dolerite consists of. The use of stones in the baths depends on their density and heat resistance. The composition of this mineral is ideal for such use.
The most famous variety of these stones among the bathhouse attendants is gabbro-diabase. It is a volcanic rock of cenotir origin. Outwardly, the dolerite for the bath is not particularly attractive, which is not surprising, because the stones are not polished, not processed at all and sold in "small wholesale". The difference with the minerals that adorn jewelry is enormous. Bath stones are dark minerals with whitening streaks that give the impression of being covered with a layer of “age-old dust”. It’s not always possible to understand that they are not gray.
However, in this case, the impression is very deceptive. Dolerite for the bath has unique properties, it simply has no analogues. The most important of them are:
- high level of heat transfer;
- resistance to heating and cooling cycles;
- immunity to sudden temperature changes.
Dolerite withstands at least 300 cycles of instantaneous temperature changes without any changes, fully preserving its integrity.
However, professional bath attendants rarely use this mineral alone, usually it is combined with other stones. This is done due to the fact that dolerite heats up very slowly. Although it keeps heat much longer than all other varieties of bath stones, its single use, so to speak, “solo”, is not practiced by specialists.
Other disadvantages of this mineral include the following:
- permanent formation of "soot", which is difficult to remove;
- the formation of persistent stains upon contact with the surface of essential oils.
Traces of oil cannot be removed from the surface of dolerite. No modern tool will help. They do not pass over time. Of course, for their own personal bathhouse, this nuance is not a significant drawback. But if we are talking about public places, then this property of the stone is extremely important. It is impossible to explain to visitors that the minerals are not dirty. People are rather squeamish and are unlikely to visit a bathhouse in which stones are constantly splattered with something.
How durable is this mineral when used in a sauna? How does it collapse?
Dolerite withstands 300 cycles of sharp temperature changes, but after that it collapses. Cracks form on the stones, and subsequently the mineral breaks up into several parts.
This feature has led to the fact that many owners of public baths have a "passing business." That is, various amulets, charms, and jewelry are made from fragments of dolerite that has fallen into disrepair. Often they do not do this on their own, but sell the spent mineral to art workshops or to craftsmen working in private. Of course, a product with such dolerite does not have any magical or healing qualities. The stone cracked in the sauna has already given everything that it could to people; it not only lost its properties, in fact, the mineral “died”. Therefore, when purchasing products with dolerite, you need to be very careful and extremely careful. Although harm from such jewelry, of course, will not be, they also will not bring benefits.
As for the mineral service life in saunas, bath attendants limit them to two years. Of course, the shelf life of dolerite directly depends on the frequency and intensity of use of the sauna.
At the time of destruction, the stone literally "gives off the spirit." Falling apart, dolerite releases a “cloud” of sulfur, filling the room with a specific pungent odor, which is very difficult to get rid of. Particularly impressionable people say that the stone actually “dies” in the same way as any living creature does.