Raw Red Calcite

Raw Red Calcite chunks at La Luna...
 
Key words: Energy, clarity, grounding, sensory awareness, vitality
Chakras: Base, crown
Element: Fire, Earth
Zodiac: Cancer
 
Red Calcite Crystal Healing Properties:
Red Calcite is a vital stone that increases energy and willingness to experience life. It is grounding and protects energetic and emotional boundaries, alleviating ‘spaciness’ and overextension of ones energy.
Red calcite is an excellent stone for women as it assists with balancing hormones and absorbing minerals, it can also help women prepare for pregnancy and childbirth.
Red Calcite is a powerful magnifier and cleanser of different kinds of energies. It emanates a revitalising, purifying, and soothing energy.
Red Calcite will help open and activate your base chakra, which will bring vitality and promote increased energy.
 
Calcite History and Uses:
Calcite gets its name from the Greek word “chalix” meaning lime. It comes in a wide variety of colours including, red, green, orange, yellow, blue, pink, clear, black and white.  It is one of the most common minerals on Earth, making up the basis of limestone and marble, it takes many different forms and is formed in many different geological environments. Some forms fluoresce blue or red under UV light. It has been used to make cement and mortar and very clear translucent calcite has been used to make gun sights and geological (polarizing) microscopes.
 
Calcite Geological Description:
Calcite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. It comes in a wide variety of forms and colours and is found on every continent of the world. Calcite makes up the major part of marble and limestone. Orange Calcite usually occurs in massive rather than crystalline form and the best specimens come from Mexico.