CHARACTERISTICS OF APATITE STONE

Origin of the name: From the Greek "deceive", the name Apatite is evocative.

Chemical Composition: Basic calcium fluorochlorophosphate, Ca5 (PO4) 3 (F, CL, OH)

Hardness: 5

Crystal System: Hexagonal

Deposits: Burma, Brazil, United States, India, Madagascar.

Color(s): Blue, yellow, colorless, pink, purple. It is often found green to bright blue-green.

History:

The Spanish naturalist Pedro Francisco Dávila (1713-1785) described the mineral and called it "phosphoric stone." A few years later, the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) studied the topic. Because of the stone's deceptive appearance, Werner named it "apatite."

In the last years of the 18th century, mineralogists were able to determine the chemical composition of the apatite stone.

Legends:

Unknown

Curiosities:

• Only mineral found in the human body

• It is also present in dinosaurs and fish

• It makes up 65% of our teeth and nails.

• Many confuse it with topaz, beryl and olivine.

• Sometimes it takes the form of tourmaline and others calcined

• It is difficult to recognize it because it is deceptive due to its similarity to the various varieties of stones.

• Traces of the stone have been found in lunar rocks collected by NASA astronauts during the Apollo space program.

Lithotherapy Properties:

• Sincerity, used for bonds of friendship

• Calms emotional anguish

• Gives self-confidence

• Increase creativity

• Increases concentration (red and gold variants )

• Increases intuition ( purple and blue variants)

• Increases motivation at work (green variant)

Physical Properties:

• Reduces Appetite

• Relieves high blood pressure

• Promotes strong bones

• Helps with joint pain

• To calm otorhinolaryngology disorders (Blue Variant)

Signs of the zodiac:

Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra and Pisces

Chinese signs:

Tiger and Rabbit 

Chakra:

Depending on the color