A large polished purpurite sphere with dramatic sweeps of deep violet across a pale silvery ground, and a lovely satin lustre right around. A gorgeous one off piece!
 
Purpurite
Insight
Third Eye & Crown Chakras
 
Holistic Healing:
Purpurite is associated with clear insight and speaking your own mind.
 
Metaphysical Traditions:
Traditionally regarded as a stone of freedom and independent thought.
 
Cool Facts:
Purpurite is a manganese phosphate, and the violet comes from the manganese itself.
It forms in granite pegmatites, the coarse-grained rocks that also produce tourmaline and beryl.
The name is simply Latin purpura, purple - one of the more literal names in mineralogy.