Where is the gem used?
Mukaite has found application among handmade craftsmen, stone cutters, and decorators:
- Serial jewelry is rarely produced due to the cheapness of the stone. But single craftsmen create a full range of jewelry.
- Stone cutters create boxes, photo frames, small plastic items, candelabra, and other nice things.
- The production of artificial panels, mantelpieces, and furniture decor has been established.
The intricate pattern of the stone surface makes each piece unique. The set looks exclusive, but it is difficult to assemble.
Physical properties
Mookaite is usually found in vibrant colors consisting of red, yellow flowers, including crimson, orange, mustard, terracotta, dark red and chocolate shades.
Sometimes several colors are combined in one stone at once. Occasionally there are white and ivory colors, as well as pink shades. It is the manganese ions that give the stone its pink color, while yellow or chocolate pebbles are obtained due to the presence of chromium and iron in the rock. It should also be added that each stone has its own pattern. This is where different types of mucaite come from, for example, floral, striped, speckled, wavy, linear, variegated and even brocade.
- Chemical formula – SiO2
- The hardness of the stone is 7 on the Mohs scale.
- Gloss: glass
- The stone is opaque
- Refractive index – 1.54
- Density – 2.58 – 2.91 g/cm³
How to care
The mukaite mineral is durable and low-vulnerable to external influences.
But you need to take care of it:
- Protect from sudden changes in temperature, open fire, and long swims.
- Clean with soap and water.
- Store in a closed box (can be shared with other gems).
If you follow these easy rules, the stone will retain its condition for decades.
Medicinal properties
Lithotherapy has been around for a long time.
Indeed, in those days when there was no need to rely on doctors, all possibilities were used - surrounding objects and natural phenomena. Used and mukait. And as was noted, it strengthened the immune system and was used in the treatment of kidney diseases and the genitourinary system. Lithotherapists also claim that beads made from mucaite will increase metabolism, and therefore the owner or owner of the stone will be able to speed up their weight loss. This promise seems to be the most interesting, because almost every one of us wants to lose weight.
It is recommended to wear jewelry for those who are concerned about cardiovascular diseases or depression. But Avicenna himself recommended that those suffering from stomach disease wear mukaite so that the stone touches the location of the diseased organ. The stone is promising, perhaps it will help in some way.
Therapeutic effect
Avicenna also prescribed wearing the stone for people suffering from gastrointestinal ailments.
Today the medicinal properties have been studied in more detail:
- Jasper mucaite heals skin diseases: eczema, open wounds, itching after insect bites, burns (including the consequences of prolonged sunbathing).
- Helps with sore throat, runny nose, sinusitis, fever.
- Neutralizes excessive sweating.
- Relieves depression, protects the heart and blood vessels.
- Strengthens the immune system, makes a person healthier.
- Makes childbirth easier.
Mukaite jasper speeds up metabolism and removes toxins, so it is useful for those trying to lose weight.
However, the gem is contraindicated for people suffering from insomnia.
Mukaite jewelry
Mukaite appeared on the jewelry market for a little over 30 years, and quickly attracted the attention of both jewelers and admirers of jewelry art.
Its main advantage, which has fascinated many, is its color. The stone has bright and rich colors, and one can say that each one resembles caramel, somewhere cherry or strawberry, and somewhere orange or raspberry. Looking at the polished cabochons, you just want to taste them. Mookaite also resembles candies in the form of peas and beans (especially if it contains inclusions of a chocolate shade), or sea pebbles (by the way, such candies exist). Mukaite is often polished in the form of cabochons. In decorations there are shades of yellow and red, white ones are less common.
Among the products you can find rings, bracelets, earrings, brooches, pendants, and beads. Jewelers frame mukait in silver and gold. And since the quality of the stone differs in the products, and the frame can also be made of different metals, the cost of the jewelry fluctuates over a wide range. However, among the cabochons you can find those that will be accessible to many. Not only jewelry, but also amulets are made from mukaite.
Magic properties
Mukaite is used for personal purposes by sorcerers, esotericists and people far from magic.
Mukaite jewelry
Adepts of magical practices use the stone for meditation and access to the astral plane.
For ordinary people, the magical properties of mukaite are also useful:
- It is worth giving to a person who lives by the motto: “Don’t do today what you can do the day after tomorrow.” He will become more disciplined.
- It will help unsociable introverts get along more easily with family and colleagues.
- Its significance for a person absorbed in business has been revealed. A figurine on the desktop will simplify the process and improve the microclimate in the team. Will attract profitable partners.
- It does not leave any misunderstandings between people, does not allow people to have their head in the clouds, and makes the owner a seer.
The magic of mukaite will help you find yourself, your calling, your life’s work and your soulmate.
- The importance of the stone as a home “guardian” is invaluable. It will make the home inaccessible to robbers, ill-wishers, and conflicts.
- This is a talisman for solo travelers against unkind people and wild animals on the road.
An amulet with a stone will help at a casting, interview, and first date.
A product with an unknown “pedigree” must be cleaned under running cold water.
Origin
Flour Creek Hundreds of millions of years ago, the waters of a warm ocean splashed here. In its thickness lived myriads of tiny organisms related to ordinary amoebae - radiolaria. By the way, this group of unicellular organisms, including a total of about seven thousand species, has successfully survived to this day. The skeleton of radiolarians consists mainly of silicon dioxide (silica) and strontium sulfate. In an incomprehensible way, tiny single-celled creatures build openwork structures from this material of amazing beauty, reminiscent of space stations in their shapes. After each radiolaria dies, its skeleton sinks to the bottom. Countless shells are compressed, forming the so-called diolaria mud. Over time, in some places it becomes part of the mineral radiolarite. Australian jasper from the town of Flour Creek is just such a radiolarite. We can say that in every piece of it lives the memory of myriads of single-celled creatures.
Typically, mucaites are dominated by bright reds and yellows, although there are areas of white, ivory, pink, crimson, orange, mustard and maroon.
Most often the stone is polished into cabochons, and indeed polished mucaites are very similar to caramel candies.
Sample of unprocessed mucaite
Mukaite bracelet $100
When you hold a sample of mucaite in your hand, you get the impression that the stone seems to have absorbed the yellow waters of the Gascoyne River and the red soil of the Australian continent. In addition to red and yellow colors, mucaite specimens can have burgundy, orange, white, mustard, pink-gray and crimson shades. Their combination on the mucaite surface is especially evident after polishing the stones. They are usually given the shape of cabochons. They are used to decorate rings, earrings and pendants. Australian mucaite is used to cut beads and other jewelry, make linings for knife handles, and massage balls.
Healing properties
The mineral has powerful healing properties. A body jewelry made of red jasper can restore the body in just a day. The gem is used to comprehensively maintain physical fitness and strengthen the immune system. The stone strengthens memory and improves concentration. Jasper helps neutralize anxiety.
Regular wearing of jasper jewelry restores vision. If you leave the stone under your pillow at night, it will protect you from nightmares. Previously, red jasper was used to stop bleeding and cleanse blood vessels. The mineral of this shade has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system. For women, the gem helps in the treatment of gynecological diseases.
Green stones can be used to restore the psyche and fight depression. Beads made from this mineral will help normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Yellow gems have proven successful in removing toxins from the body and treating the gallbladder. Our ancestors attached great importance to orange jasper, which promotes skin rejuvenation. White stones comprehensively restore the body.
Influence on Zodiac signs
Who does jasper suit according to the horoscope of the zodiac signs? The elements of this mineral are Air and Earth, and the planets are Mercury and Jupiter.
The stone relieves the Virgo sign from boringness, passion for teaching, and makes the character lighter and more reasonable. The mineral is suitable for Capricorn, but he should not wear dark shades. Taurus, under the influence of a magical gem, will not be subject to outbursts of anger, will gain flexibility of thinking, and get rid of conservatism.
Jasper stone is considered the patron saint of creative people, which is why it is well suited for Gemini and Aquarius. It would be a good idea to purchase a talisman with this stone for Libra; it will give them greater self-confidence and relieve them of constant doubts. Jasper has a good effect on Lviv and Sagittarius. Helps these signs find balance and not waste energy. But for Aries it will not be as useful as for Leo or Sagittarius. The gem can harm this sign; Aries can lose self-confidence and turn into a loser.
Jasper and the zodiac sign Pisces combine well. She supports these sensitive people in life, gives them new creative ideas. The mineral softens the character of Scorpio and teaches you better contact with people. For Cancer, the mineral will be useful only if its shades are white, blue or light green. The red variety, on the contrary, makes you experience failures even more strongly and deprives you of strength.
