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Chrysoprase Meaning and Spiritual Properties

Explore the beauty, symbolism, and spiritual traditions of Chrysoprase.

Chrysoprase crystal
A note on crystal traditions: this article explores spiritual beliefs and folklore. Crystal healing is not an established medical treatment or a substitute for professional care.

Power & Benefits of Chrysoprase

Chrysoprase is a crystal that encourages happiness, joy, and optimism, activating and opening your heart chakra. It reminds you to allow yourself to receive with an open heart. It is considered the feel better stone. It is beneficial for yin/yang balance, self-acceptance, balance, and acceptance of others.

Spiritual & Emotional Influence

Chrysoprase imparts a sense of being a part of the divine whole. It is good for general wellbeing, helping you to see through the mental fog. Also good for dexterity. It helps with anxiety, depression, guilt, promotes truth-telling, broken heart, fear, neurotic patterns, inferiority, and judgmental attitudes. It is excellent for peaceful sleep and relaxation. It is said to heal your inner child.

The Physical Connection

Chrysoprase is thought to have a strong detoxifying action. It is said to help to mobilize heavy metals out of the body and stimulate liver function. It is believed to be good for fertility and the heart and spleen. It is also thought to help scurvy and schizophrenia.

The Chakras Connected to Chrysoprase

Heart Chakra and Sacral Chakra. At the Third Eye (Brow) Chakra, the stone opens psychic vision. It resonates with the Sacral Chakra and Heart Chakras, bringing universal energy into the physical body.

Astrological Signs

Libra.

Locations Found & History

Australia, Brazil, Poland, Russia, Tanzania, and United States. Chrysoprase used to be referred to as the stone of Venus. It was often used by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans to make jewelry, seals, signets, and other ornamental objects because of its beautiful, vivid green color. It is also said to have been the favorite gemstone of Alexander the Great.

Rarity, Value & Variations

Apple green or lemon yellow variety of chalcedony. Opaque, flecked, and often small. Common stone. It has a Mohs hardness of 7.

How to Use Chrysoprase

Wear or place Chrysoprase as appropriate for what you need. In acute cases, use it as an elixir. Carry the stone for long periods to help attune it to the devic realm.

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