Ametrine
Joy, Peace, Meditation
Spiritual Properties
- A powerful meditation stone
- Aligns the physical and spiritual realms
- Manifests visions, and brings dreams to reality
- Ideal to keep near while you are studying or working
Mental Properties
- Helps break self defeating habits
- Detoxifies the mind
- Inspires creativity and living by Divine guidance
- Strengthens your focus when putting a plan to action
- Can alleviate depression and help with addictive behaviors
- The energetic vibration inspires a creative flow of new ideas
- Enhances learning by increasing mental clarity, deepening concentration, and improving problem solving abilities
Emotional Properties
- Promotes an overall sense of well being
- Brings a fusion of inner peace and tranquility
Kundalini Properties
- Balances masculine and feminine energies
- Clears negative emotional programing by releasing emotional blockages from the aura
Correspondence
- Chakras: Solar Plexus, Third Eye, and Crown
- Energy: Receptive
- Planets: Mercury
- Element: Air, Water
- Zodiacs: Libra, Gemini
- Number: 4
Affirmations
- I move forward powerfully in alignment with my spiritual path
Health Benefits
- Detoxifies the body
- Aids in weight loss
- Offers support when overcoming any type of addiction
Fun Facts
- The name derived from a bold combination of the words amethyst and citrine directly pulling from its color and chemical composition
- the indigenous Ayoreo tribe discovered and prized ametrine pre 1600’s
- When an amethyst is heated or parts of an amethyst naturally receive more heat than the rest of the stone, it will turn to citrine in that area.
- Ametrine was first introduced to the wider world in the 17th century through a Spanish conquistador named Don Felipe de Urriola y Goitia, who received the stone as a wedding gift when he married into the tribe byway of the princess
Physical Properties
| Color | Purple and Yellow, Light Orange |
| Habit | Long, six-sided prismatic crystals that end in six-sided pyramidal terminations |
| Rarity | Highly-Rare, Single Source |
| Luster | Vitreous |
| Species | Quartz |
| Zoning | Present, Strong |
| Parting | Absent |
| Streak | White |
| Gravity | 2.65 |
| Tenacity | Brittle |
| Fracture | Conchoidal |
| Cleavage | None |
| Hardness | 7 |
| Locations | Only found in Bolivia. |
| Twinning | Brazil-law |
| Inclusions | No inclusions can be seen with the naked eye however microscopic pockets of water can form within the crystal structure (lattice) |
| Dispersion | 0.013 |
| Chatoyancy | Absent |
| Pleochroism | dichroism |
| Fluorescence | Absent |
| Birefringence | 0.009 |
| Diaphaneity | Transparent to Translucent |
| Melting point | 1650°C (±75°C), 3002°F |
| Luminescence | Weak |
| Chemical Name | Silicon Dioxide |
| Refractive Index | 1.544 to 1.553 |
| System/Structure | Trigonal system |
| Optical properties | Polariscope Behavior & Twinning |
| Chemical Formula | SiO₂ |
| Chemical Classification | Silica |
