Glauberite Pseudomorph Calcite

[Guest guest]

Hiyas everyone,

 

I have a question or two or three. Has anybody ever worked with

crystals or minerals that have been pseudomorphed? I have a couple of

pieces of Glauberite Pseudomorph Calcite pieces that I picked up on a

collecting trip years ago in the Verde Valley district of Arizona.

 

There are a couple of things that I can tell you about the crystals.

The chemical composition is: Na2Ca(SO4)2, and is commonly found as

prismatic to tabular crystals often with striated faces. It also form

granular to massive layers. It is usually grey to slightly yellow in

colour. It mostly forms out of evaporate deposits with gypsum and

halite. Besides substituting calcite, it also can be pseudomorphing

gypsum and aragonite.

 

Those seem to be the primary physical, mineralogical properties, but I

am unsure of it's metaphysical properties. The best that a friend and

I can discern is that it is a crystal of transformation (pseudomorph)

and journeys. I am not sure what other properties they would have,

but it feels like there are a lot, but I'm not getting them (picking

up on them). I have the feeling that pseudomorphs also retain the

properties of the mineral that it morphed, i.e. Calcite. Would I be

right in saying that?

 

Any ideas? Thanks, take care, hugs,

 

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

I guess another way of looking at psuedomorphs is family relation.  For

instance with intermarrying races.........you will still have some ancestral

characteristics of, let us say, being Japanese intermarrying Nordic, you keep

the original form and basic dimensions, but have a new appearance that may leave

others guessing at your ethnicity.

 

  One of my favorite psuedomorphs is azurite (indigo blue) and malachite

(brilliant green).  Over time the azurite will morph in to malachite.  But they

are from the same family of copper deposits...just as you will find in

turquoise, chrysocolla, cobaltamin and others.  Thru oxidation the copper

will change the chief component of the compound...the addition of oxygen to the

azurite formula, but keeps a similar form and dimension as the original

crystal.  This happens all the time in the mineral realms.

 

In the case of Glauberite.....which is a common psuedomorph, it comes from a

family of salts....calcite, halite and so on.  It is also a very soft stone.  It

leaves a shadow of itself and it reacts to the atmosphere and dissolves

away....leaving only a trace.  I would create your own intuitive story.  Salts

are cleansing....the leave a protective reminder....and so on.  And never forget

the original region and the consciousness that is held there.....what did folks

in the community value it for.  That is how the stories are written and this on

is for you.  Remeber the cosmic mission of a stone/crystals should be congruent

with the minterals and metals found in the stone and the physical abilities that

are inherent.

 

Blessings,

Dawn

 

 

 

 

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, spiritcrystal_lynn <spiritcrystal_lynn wrote:

 

spiritcrystal_lynn <spiritcrystal_lynn

[CrystalHW] Glauberite Pseudomorph Calcite

 

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 10:49 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hiyas everyone,

 

I have a question or two or three. Has anybody ever worked with

crystals or minerals that have been pseudomorphed? I have a couple of

pieces of Glauberite Pseudomorph Calcite pieces that I picked up on a

collecting trip years ago in the Verde Valley district of Arizona.

 

There are a couple of things that I can tell you about the crystals.

The chemical composition is: Na2Ca(SO4)2, and is commonly found as

prismatic to tabular crystals often with striated faces. It also form

granular to massive layers. It is usually grey to slightly yellow in

colour. It mostly forms out of evaporate deposits with gypsum and

halite. Besides substituting calcite, it also can be pseudomorphing

gypsum and aragonite.

 

Those seem to be the primary physical, mineralogical properties, but I

am unsure of it's metaphysical properties. The best that a friend and

I can discern is that it is a crystal of transformation (pseudomorph)

and journeys. I am not sure what other properties they would have,

but it feels like there are a lot, but I'm not getting them (picking

up on them). I have the feeling that pseudomorphs also retain the

properties of the mineral that it morphed, i.e. Calcite. Would I be

right in saying that?

 

Any ideas? Thanks, take care, hugs,

 

Lynn