Crystal Grimoire
Malachite
Chakras: Solar Plexus, Heart
Zodiac: Capricorn, Scorpio
Planets: Jupiter, Venus
Elements: Earth
Summary
Malachite is associated with the Solar Plexus and Heart Chakras and is known as the Stone of Transformation. It alchemizes negativity, reveals subconscious blocks, offers strength and balance through transitions and crises, and brings a sense of overall vitality.
Keywords
Often associated with: transformation, emotional support, subconscious blocks, transitions, vitalizing, heart-centered
Spiritual meaning
In crystal tradition: Stone of Transformation; alchemizes negativity
Emotional meaning
Often associated with: Potent emotional healer; reveals subconscious blocks & strengthens & balances through transitions & crises
History and lore
In history and lore: Kunz records that malachite worn as an amulet was believed to avert attacks of faintness, and that the stone, powdered and taken in milk, was once said to have 'cured cardiac pains and colic.' In an Egyptian papyrus of about the fifteenth century B.C., malachite was one of three stones strung as curative beads for a sick child. This was a historical practice only; malachite dust is toxic and the stone should never be ingested.
About the sources
- George Frederick Kunz (1856 to 1932), Tiffany & Co.'s chief gemologist and author of The Curious Lore of Precious Stones (1913) and The Magic of Jewels and Charms (1915).