Andean Opal

Andean Opal contains a swirling of pink, black, beige, and sometimes blue colors. The swirling effect comes from the orderly, stacking of spherical structures. This results in a diffractive grating wehich can divide light into the spectral colors. The diameter of the spheres within any grouping determines the resultant color combinations. Conversely uncolored opals (Common Opal or Potch) contains spheres which are not of orderly size or stacking.

Chemical Constituents:	Hydrated Silica (SiO2 . nH2O)
Hardness:	5.5 to 6.5
Crystal Structure:	Submicroscopic layered spheres
Key Words:	White, Purification; Pink, Emotional healing; Blue, Calming the mind; Brown and Black, Emotional protection.
Element:	Earth, Water
Chakras:	White/Crown, Pink/Heart, Blue/Throat and Third Eye, Brown and Black/Creative/Root and Sexual
Astrology:	Virgo, and Aries
Numerical Vibration:	2
Spiritual:	It can be used for spiritual journeying to protect, to assist one in selection, and to bring an availability to the location one wishes to visit. It can also be used to induce a state of hypnosis and to facilitate divination.
Emotional:	It further instils a knowledge of "right action" and dispels reaction.
Physical:	Has been used in the treatment of disorders associated with the heart and lungs, and the thymus. It can also be used to ameliorate water retention, muscular swelling, and spinal dis-alignment.
Affirmation:	While I open myself to purification and spiritual upliftment. I heal my emotional body through gentle compassion. I quiet my restless mind by sitting as a silent witness. I am safe and protected and I grow stronger each day.