Chiastolite from The Crystal Shop, St Andrews.

Chiastolite

Cross Stone

Root and Crown Chakras

Libra

Holistic Healing:

Traditionally associated with protection, balance and steadiness through change. In crystal lore it is also linked to easing worry, and to feeling anchored in difficult times.

Metaphysical Traditions:

Carried for centuries as a protective amulet, and regarded in tradition as a stone of the crossroads.

Chiastolite

£4.00

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Composition
Al2SiO5

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About Chiastolite –

Chiastolite is a variety of andalusite with a dark cross running through it. Slices show a pale brown square crossed by black lines.

It grows in mudstones and shales baked by nearby magma, trapping carbon from the rock in a cross pattern as it forms.

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Cool Facts –

Chiastolite is a variety of andalusite with a natural black cross inside, formed by carbon trapped as the crystal grew.

Its name comes from the Greek letter chi (X) for the cross.

Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago have worn it since the Middle Ages.

Its name comes from the Greek 'chiastos', meaning marked with the letter X.

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Chiastolite

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