Sugilite

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Sugilite is a wonderful stone to have around you. A natural facilitator of physical and emotional healing it also dispels negativity and anger, creating harmony and opening one to spiritual energy and growth. Use it to open chakras, channel energy through the physical body and empower your creativity. The combination of Sugilite and manganese is excellent for dispelling a headache, lay it on your brow and visualize the headache being drained out.

Sugilite is one of the newest and rarest gemstone minerals known to man. Its rich shades of purple instantly made it a highly sought after and revered gemstone. Many have hailed Sugilite as the gem of the "New Age."

Since sugilite has been only recently discovered, there is little history and not much has been written about it (you may not even find it in your dictionary).

Metaphysical and Healing

It is widely held by Metaphysicians that Sugilite has just been recently discovered to help us into the "New Age". Sugilite can help to clear the mind, making the way open for the rising of consciousness. It is also beneficial in opening and centering of the Heart Chakra. These two inevitable enhancements are not mutually exclusive but are in fact the essence of the next evolutionary step for mankind.

Colors

Sugilite comes in many shades in the blue-red spectrum. The color of an individual stone will vary depending on the available light. In daylight stones will tend to be more bluish-purple, under incandescent light they will appear more reddish-violet.

History

The first known appearance of the mineral Sugilite took place on the Iwagi Islet in Southwest Japan in 1944. It was discovered by Professor Kenichi Sugi (for which it was later named ) and Mr. Kutsuna, a colleague of the professors. The color of this first variety was a light brownish yellow and was in the form of minute grains.

The second known occurrence came in 1955. A single dark red ore specimen was found that had pink crystals across its surface. It was found in manganese ore samples in the Madhya Pradesh in central India. It was not identified as Sugilite until many years afterwards.

Neither of these discoveries produced sufficient quantities or material of desirable color to be of any use to the gem maker.

In 1975 the third and most important occurrence took place in the Southern Khalahari desert near Hotazel, South Africa. This came in the form of a thin bright magenta band running through a core sample obtained at the Wessels Manganese mine. The part of the mine where the sample was obtained contained only low grade ore, so excavation of this area did not ensue until several years later (after the high grade areas had been mined). In 1979 they turned their efforts to the low grade ore area where the Sugilite had been found. At 3,200 feet below the surface, an inclined shaft's roof fell in, exposing the first major deposit of gem grade Sugilite. This great pocket yielded about ten thousand pounds of material suitable for gem making. Most of this original material has since been used up, but occasionally more has been found in limited quantities.

Sugilite is also known under the trade names of "Royal Lavulite" and "Royal Azel"

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