This beautiful faceted freeform Lepidolite (stab.) is about 3.5cm tall and has three large facets on the surface of each. The hole is about 2.5mm.
The sparkling, purple-aubergine Lepidolite (mineralogically: lithium mica) is used in gemstone healing to protect against external influences and to give inner peace. The mineral helps to concentrate on the essentials and not to be distracted by distractions.
The Jesuit Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723 - 1798) discovered the mineral Lepidolite and first named it Lilalith (Lila stone). This designation was criticized in the technical world as too little scientifically, so that the mineral received 1795 the designation Lepidolite, which is still in use today. This name derives from the Greek words "lepidion" (scaly) and lithos (stone) and means translated "scaly stone" or "scaly stone". Spellings like leipolite, lepitolite, lepitolite or lepidolite are therefore not correct.
Synonyms are lithium mica, lilathite, hydropolylithionite, lithium mica and rhomium mica.