Raw Green Calcite chunks at La Luna...
 
Key words: Relaxation, emotional balancer, release of stress and resentment, connection with the heart
Chakra: Heart
 
Green Calcite Crystal Healing Properties:
Green Calcite brings a renewed sense of purpose and vitality and a desire to make positive change in your life. It encourages forgiveness of yourself and of others, bringing in a softness to the heart, stimulating compassion. It brings a general air of health, energy and well being to the aura and can assist in releasing buried emotions from that heart that may have manifested into physical dis-ease.
 
Calcite History and Uses:
Calcite gets its name from the Greek word “chalix” meaning lime. It comes in a wide variety of colours including, red, green, orange, yellow, blue, pink, clear, black and white.  It is one of the most common minerals on Earth, making up the basis of limestone and marble, it takes many different forms and is formed in many different geological environments. Some forms fluoresce blue or red under UV light. It has been used to make cement and mortar and very clear translucent calcite has been used to make gun sights and geological (polarizing) microscopes.
 
Calcite Geological Description:
Calcite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. It comes in a wide variety of forms and colours and is found on every continent of the world. Calcite makes up the major part of marble and limestone. Orange Calcite usually occurs in massive rather than crystalline form and the best specimens come from Mexico.