Epidote

Keywords:   Release of negativity, Embracing positive patterns, Attraction of what one emanates

Element:  Earth, Water

Chakras:  All

Description

Epidote is an aluminium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its crystal system is monoclinic and it often grows in prismatic crystals. It can also occur in fibrous, granular or massive habits. Its color can be black, dark green or yellow green. It forms in metamorphic and igneous rocks, in association with many other minerals, including Albite, Quartz, Chlorite, Garnet, Vesuvianite, Diopside and Calcite. Fine Epidote crystals have been found in Austria, Pakistan, Mexico, Norway, Mozambique and the USA.