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The swirling purples of Charoite
resemble the eddys and rushing waters in a fast moving stream.
The colors range from deep purple to pale lavender inter-spiced
with white. It almost looks unnatural, the colors are so intensely
beautiful. In fact, there is so much going on in this stone
that I find myself gazing at it for many minutes - it reminds
me of life, as you look back on your life you understand that
it was full of eddys, perhaps whirlpools and mountains to climb
and descend. With God's help it is a beautiful pattern. (See,
when you get old you get to be a philosopher.)
Fact: Charoite is composed of: Hydrated Sodium, Calcium,
Barium Strontium, Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride. (That is probably
more than you wanted to know.)
Charoite is found only along the Chara River Valley in a very
remote area of East Central Siberia. The only source for these
gems is located about 325 miles NE of the northern tip of Lake
Baikal. It is in the Chara Region (State) and is near the Region's
northern border. The Russians first discovered charoite in 1947,
but I believe it was not known in the west until 1978.
My thanks to Thomas M. French, Chairman, San Francisco World
Trade Associates, Inc. for this information.
Fancy: It is said to be useful for the cleansing and
purification of one's energy body as well as for the transmutation
of negative energies within oneself.
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