Prehnite

Pronounced (pree-night)

Associated Chakras: Heart & Solar Plexus

Benefits:

❖Working With The Heart Chakra- This Stone Opens Your Heart To Receiving And Giving Unconditional Love

❖Is Said To “Heal The Healer” By Helping You Say “No” When You Need To 

❖Said To Be Connected The Archangel Raphael

❖Will Help Guide You Through Your Spiritual Journey

How it is formed: Originally prehnite was considered rare. Used thousands of years ago by Shamen in South Africa, Prehnite was discovered in 1744 by Col. Hendrik Von Prehn, commander of the Dutch military & governor of Cape Good Hope. Prehnite forms in low temperatures with matter from groundwaters settling in areas with volcanic rock that includes mineralized acid igneous rocks, hydrothermal crystals, zeolites and serpentine rocks. It has been mined in South Africa, the United States, New Zealand, China, and Australia.

Color: translucent but not transparent, usually found with a green hue but can be found in yellow, white, pink, blue, brown and grey.

Mohs Scale: 7

Compound: calcium aluminum silicate mineral Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Fun Facts:

  • Can Be Known As Karoo, Grade Jade, Chiltonite, Coupholite, Chrysolite Of Sage, And Adelite.

  • The Chinese Call It Grape Jade Due To Its Spherical Clusters That Look Like Grapes!

  • Rare Formations In Orange Were Found In The Kalahari Manganese Fields Of South Africa In 2000

  • Lots Of Time It’s Found With Epidote