Iolite/Cordierite

Properties: Stone consecrated by vision. Stimulates the activity of the 6th chakra, helps to evoke visual images and the ability of intuitive insight. Supports connection with inner knowing. Suitable for shamanic journeys and astral travel. It helps to uncover and understand the causes of various habits. It makes it easier to express your own personality and break free from the expectations of others. It purifies old thought patterns. It reveals disharmony in personal relationships. It encourages its owner to take responsibility for himself and thus helps to overcome dependence on a partner. Along with Tanzanite and Danburite, it heals past lives and removes old stereotypes of karmic imbalance, creating a space in the soul where new ways of acting can be inserted.
Medicinal uses: Iolite forms the basis for maintaining good health. It supports detoxification of the body, regeneration of the liver, reduction of fat reserves in the body. It cures fever. Suppresses migraine and headaches. It destroys bacteria. Heals the respiratory system and sinuses.
Location: USA, Canada, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa.
Technical description: silicate, vitreous to matte luster, transparent to semi-transparent, pleochronic, has three different colors - blue, blue-green, grey-violet. Jewelry quality is mined in Madagascar, Tanzania and South Africa.

Degree of hardness: 7-7.5