Lepidolite

Lepidolite

Lepidolite

Meaning of Lepidolite 

Like kunzite, this is the junkie's friend; its high lithium content is an excellent balancer, allowing a gentle withdrawal from compulsive behaviour. Is also helps adapt to change and aids business.
Lepidolite Magical Use - Love, luck, peace, nightmares to halt, protection, spirituality.
Lepidolite Healing Use - Strengthens the muscles of the heart and blood flow, while giving expression to your innate inner light and joy.

Lepidolite Physical Properties - Lepidolite is a member of the micas minerals. The micas are complex hydrous potassium-aluminium silicate minerals. Lepidolite mica occurs mainly in granitic pegmatites associated with quartz and occasionally the gem varieties of tourmaline and spodumene. It occurs as tabular, pseudo-hexagonal crystals, and as scaly aggregates. The colour is pink, purple, greyish and white, though it can be colourless. The streak is also colourless. Lepidolite is a transparent to translucent mineral with a pearly lustre. Group SILICATES, Composition K2(Li4-3Al2-3)Si8-6Al0-2O20(OH,F)4, Hardness 2.5-3.0, Crystal structure MONOCLINIC.