Collection: Green Calcite

Green Calcite has a gentle, nurturing energy and is often thought to be a powerful healing crystal. It is a stone of the heart, that encourages compassion and kindness towards yourself and others while radiating love and boosting ones self worth. It inspires forgiveness, allowing you to let go of negative thoughts and patterns that no longer serve your highest self.ย ย 

Green Calcite promotes growth and positive change, it rejuvenates your energy giving you a renewed sense of purpose and vitality. It also has a calming effect that promotes feelings of relaxation and peace, allowing you to find your centre and bring back balance to your life.ย 

Green Calcite is a good stone to have if you are going through conflict with loved ones, it will help promote compassion and forgiveness while keeping the energy calm.ย 

History

The name Calcite comes from the Latin wordย calx, meaning lime because Calcite is extremely soft. It is used ornamentally and industrially and can be used to make fertilizers, cement and building blocks. Calcite is the principle component in limestone and marble.

Geology

Green Calcite is Calcium Carbonate mineral. Its green colouring is caused from inclusions of Chlorite getting trapped in the crystallisation process. It forms in large masses and although Green Calcite is a rarer form of Calcite, Calcite is one of the most abundant minerals in the world and has a hardness of 3 on Mohs scale. Majority is found in Mexico and Brazil.ย