Metaphysical Properties of Selenite

• Element: Wind
• Birthstone: Taurus, Cancer
• Chakras: Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th & Above)

A powerful activator of the upper chakras, Selenite is extremely effective at clearing negative energies from one's physical and etheric body while cleansing the auric field to promote inner purification and healing. It can lift awareness to the higher realms, allowing one to consciously contact his or her own spiritual guides or guardian angels to facilitate the process and experience of receiving information and advice. Selenite assists in bringing forth a conscious awareness and understanding of one's subconscious. Selenite has been used as scrying tools to allow one to see into both the past and future. It is beneficial in promoting dream recalls as well as past life regressions. Selenite also creates a protective grid in and around the house and when placed in the house, will promote a peaceful atmosphere.

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History of Selenite

The name Selenite comes from the Greek word for "moon," since the pearly to vitreous luster of its appearance reminds one of the moon. Another origin of Selenite may derive from the Greek moon goddess, Selene.

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Chemical Composition of Selenite

• Hardness: 1.5 to 2
• Crystal System: Monoclinic
• Chemical Composition: Hydrous Calcium Sulfate

Selenite, a very soft mineral with a 1.5 to 2 on the Mohs Scale and a chemical make-up of hydrated calcium sulfate, is a form of gypsum that forms from the sedimentary deposits of evaporated saline water. In the process of this evaporation, pockets of trapped air or water, called "enhydros", become common occurrences that are found within the gypsum. When the environment becomes dry or hot, the heated gypsum will dehydrate, solidify, and become harder. When overly dehydrated, gypsum will become an anhydrite, which will become a gypsum once again when re-introduced with water. As a form of gypsum, Selenite possess insulating properties which makes them warm to the touch and are commonly utilized in the production of drywall. There are several varieties of gypsum: (1) Selenite, which exudes a translucent, colorless display and is extremely valued and rare, (2) Satin Spar, fibrous and translucent with a pearly or milky appearance, (3) Desert Rose, a rosette shaped gypsum with an outer crust of sand, and (4) Gypsum Flower, another rosette shaped gypsum with spreading fibers throughout that forms a variety of different shapes. Gypsum is one of the most common of the sulfate minerals and can be found throughout the world including England, Austria, Greece, Australia, the USA, and Mexico, which carries the most popular and well-known Selenite crystals in the Naica Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico.