Aquamarine - Meaning and Effect
Aquamarine can promote far-sightedness and spiritual growth, so this type of stone can be a good companion especially for the start of the second half of the year. The efforts and endeavors of the first six months have brought tangible results and visible success. Now we can turn to the deeper meanings of things.
With the support of the Aquamarine, we can now find and formulate the right approaches and goals for the second half of the year. Confusions and errors can be clarified with his help, started can be completed. With ease, composure and openness, which gives us the blue stone, we can successfully continue to go through the year, our intentions always firmly in sight.
Mineralogical profile of aquamarine
Chemical formula: Al2Be3[Si6O18]
Mineral class: ring silicate, beryl group
Evolution. igneous, on druses and fissures in granite pegmatites
Color: light blue to blue-green, sea blue
Gloss: Vitreous luster
Crystal system: hexagonal
Mohs hardness: 7.5 to 8
Cleavability: Imperfect cleavability, conchoidal-uneven, brittle fracture
Source, main supplying countries: Brazil (in the pegmatites of Minas Gerais), Pakistan (in the pegmatites of the Himalayas), Afghanistan, Ceylon, India, Mozambique
The blue-green beryl has been known since ancient times, but the mineral did not receive its name until the Renaissance. Aquamarine derives from the Latin term "aqua marina" for "sea water" and alludes to the color of the stone.
The beryl became its name due to an invention in the Middle Ages - the glasses. Lenses for the first eyeglasses were cut from beryl, a mineral whose varieties include not only emerald but also aquamarine, which is usually sea-water blue. Aquamarine stands for farsightedness and confidence - qualities that are becoming increasingly important, especially in today's world. The stone can be used for support when confused situations should be clarified and the wheat should be separated from the chaff. Already in ancient legends it is reported that the Aquamarine indicates truth and lie, friend and foe by changing color. New possibilities and paths can be recognized more clearly and distinctly with the help of this stone.
The mineral supports to look with open senses and alert eyes into the future and not to lose sight of one's own goals. With a single-minded view, what has been started is calmly and quickly brought to a good end, overview and order set in.
