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Smithsonite on Linarite and Brochanite - Morocco

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Brochantite | ©T. Shearer

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BROCHANTITE

Colour: tiny emerald green or blue coloured needle crystrals.

Found in: mainly Morocco and throughout North Africa.

Also known as Blanchardite, Brogniartine, Konigite, Waringtonite, Warringtonite.  

Health:  it is said to be healing to the lungs, esophagus (oesophagus) and throat. It is also said that Brochantite aids the healing of cancer in those areas.   It is used for water retention, to rid food of free-radical oxides and protect from environmental contaminates. It is also used for the treatment of the pancreas, prostate, spleen and to balance the flow of blood in the body.

Chakra: all.

It brings out survival skills to emotional issues, stimulates initiative, optimism, diplomacy and independence. Brochantite is said to lose its luster to warn of impending danger.

REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 541-544.

Photograph: taken from Mindat, copyright © Crater Rock Museum More photographs can be found here: http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=779 This is not an advertisement/endorsement of any seller or dealer above any other. Other companies selling this item are available. Text copyright: © madcatwoman 2013, www.madcatwoman.co.uk For detailed healing properties and photographs of many of the more common gemstones and minerals, please visit the Madcatwoman Enterprise Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madcatwoman-Enterprises/139677792795144?ref=hl&sk=photos_albums 

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