Planet: Uranus
Keywords: Clarity, Awareness, Vision, Freedom, Innovation
Qualities:
A stone linked with sudden understanding and freedom of mind, Aquamarine is associated with the planet Uranus. It enhances mental functions, and brings a heightened sense of truth in any situation.
Aquamarine has long been associated with the faculties required to perceive something clearly. Its mineral content amplifies the subtle electrical filed in the body, allowing access to subliminal levels of information that give a more whole understanding of any situation.
Spiritually, it has been said to awaken spiritual growth and intuition. But the awakening here is different from the intuitive influence of a stone like Amethyst. Aquamarine works directly on the nervous system to stimulate the higher mind. It allows a more evolved mental function to operate, which can grasp the entirety of something in a moment and make intuitive connections leading to advanced decision-making processes.
As a member of the beryl family, Aquamarine is aligned with other stones such as emerald and heliodor. It forms in hexagonal crystal lengths which make it especially suitable for emerald and brilliant-cut settings.
The quality of Aquamarine is determined by its clarity and colour. Stones with very few inclusions are rare and of high commercial value. Stones with a deep blue-green colour are worth even more. Large stones are very hard to source. Care must be taken when having the stone set into jewellery, as it is brittle and sensitive to pressure.
Untreated aquamarine is hard to find. Often clear specimens will be changed with irradiation to give a deeper colour, or the stones may be heated to deepen their colour effects. This will drastically alter their therapeutic qualities. Natural aquamarine of good clarity and colour brings a high price on the market, owing to their relative scarcity. Glass imitations are often used as a substitute, as is a synthetic form of spinel. Buyers should make sure they use reliable and certified sources.
Composition:
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Manner of Formation: primary
Mineral Class: ring silicate
Colour: Green to light blue
DR (doubly refractive)
RI: 1.564-1.596
Be3Al2(Si6O18) + K,Li,Na + (Fe)
SG: 2.76
Moh’s Hardness: 7.5-8
Size: Please contact orders@starslikeyou.com.au for our ring sizing chart.
Care Instructions: Aquamarine should be cleaned with warm, soapy water and then dried with a soft cloth. As the stone is brittle though hard, care should be taken that it does not receive any hard knocks.
