Diaspore

Keywords:  Adaptability, Mental enhancement, Meditation, Inner exploration

Element:  Wind

Chakras:  Solar Plexus (3^rd), Heart (4^th), Third Eye (6^th)

Description

Diaspore is an aluminium hydroxide mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. Its forms are widely varies, including platy, acicular or tabular crystals, and also massive, granular, scaly or foliated habits. The color range includes pink, purple, brown, greenish, yellow, white, colorless or gray. Diaspore is found often in bauxite clays or crystalline limestone. A discovery of fine Diaspore crystals in Turkey in the 1990s sparked considerable interest in Diaspore’s use as a gem and as a metaphysical stone.