The function and efficacy of Tianhe stone
Amazonite, also known as "Amazon stone", is a blue - green variety of microcline. It is blue and blue - green in color, semi - transparent to slightly transparent, and similar to jadeite. Amazonite has obvious characteristics. It has green and white grid - like color spots and glitters, which is caused by its unique twin - crystal structure. This is the fundamental difference from jadeite.
Amazonite can be used as gemstones for rings or carvings. High - quality amazonite is characterized by a pure blue or emerald - green color, a bright texture, good transparency, and few cleavage planes. Emerald - green amazonite can be used as a substitute for jadeite.
The Symbolism of Amazonite
Amazonite is regarded as a stone of confidence. According to Western legends, the green - blue amazonite is endowed with the power of bringing luck, speculation, and turning danger into safety.
The Origins of Amazonite
The representative origin places of amazonite include Brazil, the United States, and Canada. In China, it is mainly produced in Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, and Jiangsu.
The Characteristics of Amazonite
It belongs to the triclinic crystal system. Ordinary twins have the same appearance as feldspar twins. In addition, the extremely special fine - lamellar twins and individual twins (visible under a microscope) are the characteristics of this mineral.
Microcline - Physical Properties and Identification: Its color is generally the same as that of orthoclase, but there is a green variety called amazonite, which has an uneven color tone. It has a vitreous luster, and the cleavage plane has a slightly pearly luster. The hardness is 6. The cleavage {001} and {010} are complete, but the intersection angle is not a right angle, with a difference of 20′. The specific gravity is 2.54 - 2.57.
The Applications of Amazonite
• Glass Flux: Microcline is one of the main components of glass - making mixtures. Feldspar contains a high content of Al₂O₃, a low content of iron, and is more fusible than alumina. It not only has a low melting temperature but also a wide melting range. It is mainly used to increase the alumina content in glass batch materials, reduce the melting temperature in glass production, and increase the alkali content to reduce the use of alkali. In addition, the process of feldspar melting into glass is relatively slow, and its crystallization ability is small, which can prevent the precipitation of crystals during the glass - forming process from damaging the products.
• Ceramic Body Batching: Before firing, microcline can act as a lean material, reducing the drying shrinkage and deformation of the ceramic body, improving the drying performance, and shortening the drying time. During firing, it can act as a flux to reduce the firing temperature, promote the melting of quartz and kaolin, and accelerate the formation of mullite through mutual diffusion and penetration in the liquid phase. The feldspar glass formed during melting fills between the mullite grains of the ceramic body, making the ceramic body dense and reducing voids, thereby improving its mechanical strength and dielectric properties. In addition, the formation of feldspar glass can also improve the light transmittance of the ceramic body.
The Functions and Efficacy of Amazonite
1. Amazonite is a stone of confidence. People who have suffered setbacks in love, exams, business, or battles can, through energy exchange with amazonite, obtain the infusion of confidence, courage, and luck, which helps to reignite confidence, make a comeback, and turn defeat into victory.
2. It helps to get rid of negative energy, prevent people from always thinking about the worst - case scenarios and getting into a rut, and prevent self - abandonment, self - harm, self - abuse, and suicide. For those who are hesitant in everything, it helps them make up their minds, enhance their ambition, and achieve their goals.
3. Carving amazonite into "gold ingots" and wearing them with you or placing them in the wealth position of your home in odd numbers has the flavor of luck, wealth, and noble people, as well as a bit of speculation, giving people the confidence and courage to "turn defeat into victory" and "make a comeback".
4. It has the energy of bringing luck, speculation, and turning danger into safety.
5. Amazonite can project the energy of peace and protect its owner.
6. It can heal emotional grief and promote emotional healing.
7. It mainly corresponds to the throat chakra, but its energy also leads to the heart chakra. (The energy can connect between the thymus and the larynx.) It can treat diseases of the trachea, respiratory tract, larynx, and lungs.
8. Traditionally, amulets can drive away bad luck, enhance personal luck, and promote intelligence, stabilize emotions, improve intuition, assist thinking, concentrate attention, enhance memory, and give people courage and strength.
9. The calm magnetic field can help insomniacs and those prone to nightmares sleep well. Especially for those who have many dreams, amazonite can suppress the occurrence of nightmares and help us remember our dreams, better enabling us to find the inspiration in our dreams.
10. Besides being a stabilizer, amazonite is also a very good crystal for enhancing wisdom. It can help us improve our attention, strengthen our cognitive ability and spiritual perception, and also has the effect of improving and enhancing memory.
11. Acting as an emotional stabilizer, amazonite can regulate the mood of the user, dispel anger, fear, and anxiety, and eliminate grief and depression, calming us down. It is an emotional stabilizer. When we have unstable emotions or feel irritable in life, wearing amazonite is most suitable to soothe our emotions. Especially for controlling angry emotions, amazonite is excellent at this.
The Taboos of Wearing Amazonite
• When wearing amazonite, it is not advisable to wear Buddha statues, Bodhisattva statues, Pi - xiu, Eight - Trigram mirrors, dragon turtles, cabbages, the God of Wealth, eagles, Wenchang Towers, Cornucopias, or Taishan Stones simultaneously. This is because wearing Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues represents the practice of Buddhism, which emphasizes not seeking this life but the next. Buddhism holds that everything is like a dream and all things are external to the body. Wearing amazonite together with "Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues" will render them ineffective, and they can only be regarded as ordinary ornaments.
• It is also taboo to have ivory, tiger bones, wolf teeth, wolf skins, leopard teeth, leopard skins, monkey skins, monkey bones, or crocodile products at home.
• Dietary taboos: The most prohibited foods include bear paws, shark fins, wild birds, venison, hazel - hens, monkeys, cats, dogs, snake meat, crocodiles, and masked palm civets. These food ingredients carry too much negative energy. Eating them can easily lead to being haunted by resentment, resulting in bad luck, and making it difficult for descendants to achieve success. Sudden disasters may occur, causing financial losses and marriage breakdowns.
The Purification Method of Amazonite
1. Take out the amazonite that needs to be purified.
2. Use 10 grams of talisman salt for each bracelet or pendant.
3. If using a special purification bowl, there is no need to calculate the amount of water. If using an ordinary glass or porcelain bowl at home, add water according to the ratio of 500 grams of water for each bracelet. The water does not have to be mineral water or purified water; ordinary tap water will do. This is because the purification ability of talisman salt is much stronger than that of crystal caves, so there is no strict requirement for the demagnetization consumables.
4. If you need to pray for blessings, such as for wealth or a happy marriage, after the previous step, take out the "talisman paper", also known as the talisman paper. Write your lunar birthday and wishes on the side of the talisman paper with the seal. Put the paper in the container. The paper can be folded. If you do not need to pray for blessings, you can directly proceed to the next step.
5. Put the bracelet in the prepared bowl. If there is talisman paper for making wishes in the container, put the bracelet on the paper and pour in clean water. If there is a filtering tool, it is best to put the talisman salt in the filtering tool and then put the filtering tool into the water. The purpose of using the filtering tool is to prevent impurities and dust particles from scratching the amazonite.
6. Wait for 24 hours to complete the demagnetization. The waiting time can be more than 24 hours, but not less than 24 hours.
7. Pour out the salt water used for purification, take out the talisman paper, dry it, and then burn it.