Apatite

General information

Apatite can be white to gray, yellow, green, blue, violet, or pink. It is a translucent, sometimes fluorescent stone with a vitreous to semi-resinous luster.

Effect

Apatite stimulates communication and self-expression and promotes mental, physical and spiritual growth and development. It makes one open, sociable, extroverted, lively and has a motivating and activating effect. This counteracts apathy, exhaustion, listlessness, aggression, worry and irritability. It increases the need for variety and adventure and promotes creativity. Spiritually it promotes spiritual skills and meditation. The stone also has a vitalizing physical effect and stimulates cell growth, growth of cartilage, bones and teeth and calcium absorption. As a result, it has a positive effect on arthritis, arthrosis, joint complaints and bone fractures. Apatite also has a positive effect on metabolism, hyperactivity and autism.

Care

Apatite should not be cleaned with water.

Chakra

Blue apatite works on the throat chakra (5th) and the forehead chakra (6th) and the yellow-green apatite works on the solar plexus chakra (3rd) and the heart chakra (4th).

Etymology

Apatite comes from the Greek word apatan = to deceive because the stone occurs in so many color variations that it can easily be confused with stones such as beryl, topaz or tourmaline.

Origin

Apatiet is een veelvoorkomend mineraal en kan o.a. gevonden worden in de Verenigde Staten, Portugal, Duitsland, Brazilië en Mexico.