Even 100 years ago, a person who assured that he feels an energetic connection with some kind of stone would have been looked strange at best. Today, no one is surprised when people pick up a talisman from a mineral or a gem according to the zodiac sign.
All this is because scientists were able to look into the "stone soul" and found in it the same energy that all matter consists of. The larimar stone, whose magical properties have been proven by many generations of sorcerers and shamans, is again ready to help people today, as at all times.
Deposits of stone
Larimar is of volcanic origin and belongs to the pectolites. This stone-amulet, as many admirers call it, is actually a calcium and sodium silicate combined with a hydroxyl group. Such a boring definition is given by scientists to this unusually bright mineral with a silky surface.
It is always mined manually, since it belongs to stones with medium hardness, which is good for jewelry processing, but it is completely unsuitable for mechanical “weaning” of it from the bowels of the earth. The main mineral deposits are in the Dominican Republic and Italy, although pectolite deposits are found in Haiti, the Bahamas, Alaska and Canada.
Outwardly, this stone, whose price in the market can reach $ 1000, is similar in structure and transparency to glass, which gave rise to gross fakes. Only a person who is completely inattentive can confuse them. Due to the unique color of the larimar, it is unlikely that anyone will be able to copy it so accurately that jewelers do not see the fake.
Shades and varieties
“The azure purity of the sea lagoon, over which clouds float” is how romantic natures describe the semiprecious larimar stone. Its magical properties are most likely associated precisely with its coloring. Stones range from pale blue to deep aquamarine, from deep blue to milky.
It is impossible to completely fake this stone due to the fact that it is never painted evenly or evenly. On one mineral there can be several variants of blue color at once, and at the same time they are located inside it, pierced by white veins, and not outside.
The world first learned about him in 1974, when the jeweler Miguel Mendes decided to check whether it was real turquoise or not. As it turned out, he confused stone with a well-known mineral, which no one had previously used in the manufacture of jewelry.
But long before this event, the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and other islands of the Caribbean region wore it as a stone-amulet and used it to clean their homes of evil spirits.
The magical properties of stone
Typically, minerals are credited with several magical properties at once, depending on whose hands they fall into. But not the Larimar stone. His magical properties were never used by evil forces, and he also did not participate in the rituals of black magic. But he can very cheer up or relieve the blues. That's because his positive energy is so strong that no magic can destroy it, no longing to cloud.
From ancient times, it was used in feng shui to harmonize the living space in a room. It is enough to set the larimar in silver so that its properties increase significantly. Putting it in a place with poor energy, it will soon be possible to replace significant changes. He also belongs to the category of “stones for women”, as he helps the sensitive lonely heart to find his soul mate.
It is not necessary to wear the larimar stone as an ornament. Its magical properties are manifested, even if you keep it in your pocket or cosmetic bag. But this applies only to the silver-plated mineral.
Healing properties
Lithotherapists had little time to thoroughly study the larimar (stone). Properties, the sign of the zodiac are already known, but the therapeutic effect on the human body has not yet been precisely determined.
Over the past 50 years, it has been identified:
- that larimar relieves inflammation in the throat and normalizes body temperature;
- that it has a positive effect on diseases of the bronchi and lungs;
- improves the respiratory system and stabilizes the heart, while normalizing blood pressure;
- helps to get rid of mental oppression, improves the patient's psycho-emotional state;
- Helps speedy healing of wounds and postoperative sutures.
This stone turned out to be like that. The price for it has been consistently high for many years, which means its effectiveness and obtaining results when using it.
Jewelry
Looking at this mineral, people seem to see how solar glare plays in the azure sea water. You cannot confuse such beauty with anything, therefore, probably, jewelers put it in rings, and in earrings, and in pendants, and in bracelets, and pendants. It looks impressive everywhere, but the best effect of its coloring is in products with a flat surface.
This is manifested because in this form it becomes translucent, which gives it additional advantages when playing with daylight or electric light.
Products with convex stones are somewhat dull, although they also look noble. Larimar is rarely “dressed” in gold, because silver shades its mystery and depth even more.
Those who wear jewelry with this mineral should remember that he does not like the sun (burns out), is subject to mechanical and chemical effects. It cannot be kept with other jewelry, as there may be scratches on the surface. They clean it with ordinary water, preferably without any detergents.
Zodiac sign
According to astrologers, the larimar is the talisman of Aquarius, Libra and Taurus. It is to them that he brings peace of mind and balance. But this mineral also quite coexists with other signs of the zodiac, at least it does not harm, that's for sure.
Perhaps, for medicinal purposes, he will not help Scorpions, Pisces, Gemini and Cancers, but the talisman for them will be faithful and reliable. He also favors those whose horoscope correlates with Venus.
Avoid fakes
The high cost of larimar has caused fakes that are made of glass, plastic or ceramic. A fake can be distinguished by a number of signs:
- stone is mined in the Caribbean, so there should not be an indication of another country of origin on the documents;
- if the stones have similar spots or stains, or they are repeated in jewelry, then this is 100% fake, the original always has a different color and a wavy pattern;
- the separation of colors is characteristic of a "linden", since in a real mineral they spread and light up from the inside;
- there is no pressed larimar;
- it is not sold among jewelry, but exclusively in jewelry stores;
- if the product has a low price, and the name is written in quotation marks, then save money - all this is fake.
It is clear that in some jewelry stores you can “run into” a “linden”, but scammers will not succeed with this stone. It is too original, and no one has yet learned how to give the inner glow to plastic.
Stone value
The talisman of Aquarius, as astrologers began to call it, is very much appreciated among jewelers. This is due to the fact that when polishing the larimar always reveals itself from a new perspective. The azure stone before processing suddenly begins to acquire a heavenly blueness, which thin cirrus clouds cut through.
No less, he is loved by people who practice meditation, since the stone tunes and normalizes energy and the effect of immersion comes faster.
Lithotherapists admire his ability to harmonize the internal mental state, which helps patients recover faster.
People are sluggish and uninitiated, holding this stone in their hands, begin to show creativity and give others new ideas and suggestions.
It also has a good effect on a person who is prone to bouts of anger, who criticizes everything and is touchy. The imperceptible influence of the energy of the stone “straightens” the human aura, making it cleaner and more harmonious.
There is such a stone on the planet for which it is not a pity to pay dearly in order to become more perfect.