Helidor from The Crystal Shop, St Andrews.
Helidor
Gift of the Sun
Solar Plexus Chakra
Leo
Holistic Healing:
Traditionally associated with confidence, warmth and clear thinking. In crystal lore it is also linked to energy and vitality, and to a sunny, motivated outlook.
Metaphysical Traditions:
Regarded in tradition as a stone of the sun, carried for hope and personal power.
Be3Al2Si6O18
About Helidor –
Heliodor is the yellow to golden-yellow variety of beryl, the same mineral as emerald and aquamarine. It forms clear, six-sided crystals.
It grows in granite pegmatites, coloured by small amounts of iron.
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Cool Facts –
Heliodor is the golden-yellow variety of beryl, the same mineral as emerald and aquamarine, coloured by iron.
Its name comes from the Greek for "gift of the sun".
It was first found in Namibia in 1910 and is also mined in Brazil, Ukraine and Madagascar.
Its name comes from the Greek for 'gift of the sun', and it was named after a find in Namibia in 1910.
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