Aventurine – what properties does it have, who is it suitable for and how to wear a dark blue stone

History and origin

The blue variety of aventurine is called "Cairo Nights".

This is how the appearance of the mineral, reminiscent of the southern sky strewn with stars, is poetically reflected.

Unlike the reckless green, the blue variety is more noble and restrained. Shimmering inclusions of deep blue embody the mystery of love. Although love is the same adventure.

In the aventurine family, blue stone is the rarest and most valuable.

The history of the name of the mineral is interesting. In the 16th century, at a glass factory in the town of Murano near Venice, metal shavings accidentally fell into the liquid glass mass. The glass came out sparkling. It and subsequently found natural stones with a similar effect were called aventurines. In Italian, peravventura means chance, aventura means a fun adventure.

The shimmering blue is produced by adding cobalt oxide to the glass alloy. In the 19th century, they did not spare a gold frame for the “stone”. The inserts of antique rings, earrings or bracelets are not always natural.

Blue aventurine stone

Over four centuries, the technology for producing aventurine glass has improved, but the works of Venetian masters are becoming more expensive. A gold brooch from the century before last, made of blue glass, framed with diamonds, was auctioned at Sotheby's for $170,000.

Aventurine is a metamorphic rock created when clay and sand are compacted into quartzite or schist.

Mining and stone processing

Blue aventurine is the rarest variety of quartzite. There are two deposits of it in the world that are on the verge of depletion:

• in India;
• in Austria.

In Russia there are deposits of aventurine in the Urals. Mostly golden gems are found there, but blue stones are also occasionally found.

Found gems are immediately sent to jewelers. They are given a variety of shapes and then polished.

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Physicochemical characteristics

Blue aventurine is a semi-precious or ornamental stone, a type of quartz. The color range from blue to blue-black creates an admixture of cobalt.

The structure also contains fine-grained mica flakes, chlorite and hematite. Light, reflected from the scales, causes the stone to shine (adventure).

Medicinal properties

In Rus', blue stone was used to heal wounds, treat the evil eye and remove damage.

Eastern healers believed that the gem improves vision, relieves nervous tension, and helps the heart and blood vessels.

Modern healers and lithotherapists use the healing properties of the stone for the following problems:

• diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• asthma or bronchitis;
• allergies;
• hair loss;
• prostration;
• indigestion.

Eczema, psoriasis, and other skin ailments are treated by applying the stone daily to the affected area or by constantly wearing it on the body.

It is believed that each decoration helps in its “own” direction:

• ring, ring or bracelet - lowers blood pressure;

Bracelet with blue aventurine

• earrings - inhibit hair loss;

Earrings with blue aventurine

• short beads - treat the thyroid gland;

• ring on the middle finger - neutralizes depression;

Ring with blue aventurine

• a necklace, beads to the solar plexus, a pendant or a brooch - normalize heart function, breathing, soothe coughing attacks, treat bronchitis or allergies.

Necklace with blue aventurine

Any product, especially a rosary, will help you stay calm during a “problematic” event and reduce the intensity of passions.

Blue aventurine balls are used for massage in yoga. They are often counterfeited, which needs to be taken into account when purchasing.

BENEFITS OF GREEN AVENTURINE

Aventurine is famous for its healing and magical properties.

Medicinal properties

Has healing qualities:

• fights dermatological diseases. Effective for the treatment of warts and papillomas;
• helps cope with hair loss;
• wearing a talisman allows you to get rid of allergies (or reduce the intensity of their manifestation);
• minimizes the impact of negative radiation when living in a geopathogenic zone;
• meditation with products made from green aventurine relieves stress and stabilizes the psycho-emotional state;
• in India, healers conduct therapeutic sessions by massaging the client’s body with such green balls. It is believed to strengthen the immune system;
• If a person is prone to acne, the gem will help get rid of the deficiency if you wash your face with aventurine water. It is very simple to prepare such a liquid: just leave the stone in a vessel with clean water overnight.

Helps cope with hair loss

Magic properties

The magical properties of green aventurine are extolled by esotericists and specialists in the field of traditional medicine.

It is believed that the stone:

• gives a person optimism and helps to cope with difficult circumstances of fate;
• gives faith in one's own strength. People who suffer from excessive shyness should wear a talisman;
• brings good luck in love affairs, helps to meet your other half or make relationships harmonious and trusting.

It is believed that the stone brings the most luck to people who are not afraid of change and do not value their position in society. It will not be of any use to persons in positions of power who are afraid of losing power.

Green aventurine is considered a talisman for gamblers and travelers.

Feng Shui and decor

1. According to the teachings of Feng Shui, green aventurine is related to the element Wood.
2. The amulet favors growth and expansion, new beginnings.
3. Talismans for the home made from this stone increase vital energy and give strength for new achievements.
4. Green aventurine souvenirs should be kept in the kitchen or children's room, as well as in the room where the inhabitants of the house begin new projects.
5. It is best to place aventurine souvenirs in the eastern or southeastern sectors.
6. Feng Shui experts advise keeping amulets in the office or store to attract benefits and new customers.

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Jewelry

Amulets and talismans made of green aventurine should be worn:

• at business meetings. It is better to choose a ring, bracelet or ring. The amulet will help you recognize the possible deception of potential partners and will make others like you with your ideas;
• people over 30 who dream of finding love. The jewelry must be worn in the area of ​​the heart chakra (in the form of a pendant or brooch);
• during the journey;
• when writing a scientific paper or while conducting research.

Green aventurine amulet

To attract good luck to your home, you need to place three untreated pieces of rock in the hallway.

Magic properties

Blue aventurine is beneficial in many ways:

• helps you concentrate and be more attentive;
• has a positive effect on the psyche, calming and eliminating negativity;
• helps on the road or travel;
• builds relationships with others;
• makes the owner a speaker.

The stone is of particular importance for a person of mental work, public figures or representatives of dangerous professions (rescuers, firefighters, police officers), extreme sports enthusiasts in life.

Blue aventurine is suitable for those who want to change their lives, easily endure adversity and believe in themselves. They receive a charge of positivity, inspiration and good luck from the stone.

The owner of the talisman can be a child or a teenager: the pebble helps to discover talents, find oneself or avoid disappointments.

A crystal sewn into the mattress will ensure a sound, healthy sleep.

The magical properties of aventurine are especially noticeable for women: “Cairo Nights” is an attribute of femme fatales.

Talismans and amulets help people more than others who are not burdened by family ties or career concerns.

The stone (primarily black and blue) is not suitable for people with weak psyches or those prone to mood swings.

The blue gem was considered a sacred stone by the charming adventurer Cagliostro. According to legend, when the count lost his aventurine, Fortune abandoned him.

Which zodiac signs is green aventurine suitable for?

This gem is not a traditional stone for any particular zodiac sign and is suitable for many representatives. Both women and men can wear products with aventurine. Who can wear products with aventurine? It is recommended to be worn by Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio for positive changes in life, improved health and success in all good endeavors. Capricorn can buy an amulet with aventurine and it will be a talisman against all troubles.

But Aries, Leo and Sagittarius should wear this stone with great caution due to the difference in energy vibrations. It makes sense for these signs to use green aventurine strictly to achieve specific goals. For example, when going to an exam, a card game, a competition, or climbing the career ladder, it makes sense to keep such a mineral in your pocket to attract good luck. This stone can also become a universal talisman for travelers and scientists - for them it will serve as a guiding amulet. Green aventurine is also a stone for students and everyone who learns new things.

Thus, we can say that green aventurine is an almost universal stone that changes the world and destiny. It can greatly enhance actions to remove any negativity, open new roads, bring happiness in love and friendship, and even heal from many diseases. Of course, not a single amulet or ritual is suitable or will work if a person does not want it. The gem only helps you achieve your goal. If we begin to change ourselves, our lives will change, and green aventurine will help in overcoming obstacles and finding love, health and success - everything that is called happiness.

Who is suitable according to their zodiac sign?

According to the zodiac sign, the blue variety is suitable for Taurus and Virgo. Signs of the Air element (Libra, Aquarius and Gemini) should wear jewelry periodically for important events.

Bracelet with blue aventurine

For Aries and Scorpios, it is better to only contemplate the stone, but not wear it: its influence is unpredictable.

(“+++” – fits perfectly, “+” – can be worn, “-” – is strictly contraindicated)

Who is the stone suitable for?

Owning a pebble does not automatically ensure luck and happiness. But by analyzing the properties of whom the stone is suitable for, esotericists found that some will feel its help simply by taking it with them.

1. The gem is not suitable for people at the top of the social pyramid. Not useful for managers or decision makers. But it helps those who are not burdened with responsibility for others, are not interested in power, and look at the world through the eyes of a child.
2. A pebble in your left pocket will make risky ventures and businesses successful.
3. With the mineral, you can recognize in advance the hostile intentions of others and react accordingly.
4. The stone helps at any age, but it is better to use its help before adulthood. An aventurine talisman placed over a crib, stroller or the door of a children's room will protect the child from illness and charge him with luck. Premature babies and children up to adolescence will be healthier, smarter, more diligent with it.

In any case, jewelry with a gem is not worn all the time; three to four days a week is quite enough. Otherwise, its power destabilizes the energy balance of the host’s body.

The golden-green stone loves fair-haired people. As a gift, aventurine is only suitable for relatives or people you know well.

Compatibility with other stones

Aventurine is a stone of the earth element. It is “friendly” with all minerals, except for transparent fiery gems such as diamond or sapphire.

The energy of Fire suppresses the power of earthly aventurine. In response, he will refuse to work or begin to intrigue the owner, who did not separate the blue mineral in the box or jewelry.

Bracelet with blue aventurine and white opal

The magical properties of Green Aventurine as a Spiritual Stone

The Green Aventurine Stone can become for any mature person the very Stone with which you can go into magical dreams, perform Slavic northern rituals, and attract the favor of the Native Gods. Here we show the spiritual relationship of magic stones with the Slavic Gods and Goddesses, whom we honor in the north. Each God or Goddess, of course, has more than one Stone, with the help of which one can perform rituals of clairvoyance and clairvoyance, secrecy, confession, and glorification of the Gods.

Touching the Higher Powers: Alive - Goddess of Early Summer Pereplut - God of Sailors

This beautiful, romantic and thoughtful Stone, with mysterious golden sparkles, is beautiful in rituals of turning to the Mountain World. The magical properties of the Green Aventurine Stone give us hope for the protection of the bright Goddess. Turning to Her will help you heal and increase your health, receive news, and learn secrets. Appeals to God will help to put protection against enemies, to receive respect and honor from strangers, to ensure safety during the journey.

These are the magical properties of the Green Aventurine Stone! Now you know the meanings and properties of the Green Aventurine Stone, who Green Aventurine is suitable for and what it gives. We have tried to collect here the very essence for your acquaintance with the northern magic of Stones. Write who has this noble Stone at home, share your experience in discussions. For good!

Artificial analogues

The rarity of the natural blue variety of the mineral has encouraged people to create imitations.

A worthy option is the synthetic stone “Cairo Nights,” which is visually indistinguishable from natural stone. Some people value it more than natural.

The basis is Murano (Venetian) glass - an alloy of quartz sand, soda and dyes. Real Murano has been made in Italy for nine centuries using traditional technology. The result is high quality and beautiful.

However, there is not much of it on sale.

Most products made from aventurine are imitations of Murano, created using primitive “aventurine” technology.

Where is it used?

Aventurine in blue shades is used only for beauty or healing paraphernalia. It is more expensive than analogs of other colors, but buying a stone is problematic.

Blue aventurine jewelry is framed with white material. Natural stones are awarded platinum or gold; imitation stones are silver, cupronickel, jewelry or rhodium-plated alloy, and medical steel.

Blue gems in brooches, earrings, and pendants are complemented by stones of other shades. Most often these are sardonyx, coral, labradorite, rhinestones, cultured pearls, lapis lazuli, and crystal.

Brooch with blue aventurine stone

In almost all showrooms you can buy an imitation (it’s good if it’s made of Murano glass, not ordinary glass). The product description does not always indicate the origin, but the price serves as a marker.

Cost of jewelry with aventurine in the Russian segment:

• pendant 24 x 30 mm - 539 rubles;
• brooch - 889;
• suspension - 758;
• beads - 950.

Silver ring - 1900 rubles, earrings - 2100.

Products with imitation stone:

• ring - 250 rubles;
• earrings - 170;
• beads - 320;
• bracelet - 260.

A ball 50 x 50 mm is offered for 860 rubles.

Polished dark blue aventurine ball

How to spot a fake

The blue mineral, along with the golden brown one, is the most often counterfeited. The ancient Egyptians, Venetians and Chinese knew how to do this. But their product was distinguished by quality, which cannot be said about modern followers.

You can distinguish a fake by knowing the qualities of the stone:

• Shine. Natural stone is distinguished by aristocratic minimalism: the blue variety sparkles less than the yellow or cherry variety. There are specimens that are not shiny, but with a faint shimmer coming from the depths of the stone. Instances with high gloss are fake.
• Irisation. Rainbow tints are noticeable on the surface of the mineral; the fake has a normal shine.
• Color. Natural pastel tones, matte.
• Structure. Natural stone has microscopic cracks and uneven color distribution, often with a grayish tint. Glass is endowed with an impeccable deep blue.

Natural stone glows slightly in the dark, unlike glass.

Glass is easy to scratch with quartz, but mineral is difficult to scratch.

Ring with blue aventurine

A certificate or other document confirming authenticity will help you avoid counterfeiting. It is always attached to blue aventurine.

Properties of the stone

Aventurine is quartzite with admixtures of mica and other minerals. They create a golden shine on the surface, which makes the mineral stand out from other quartzites.

This is especially noticeable on polished specimens.

The green variety is one of the most common. It is mined in the region of the Kursk magnetic anomaly, but most of all in the Indian state of Madras. The gem is called Indian jade and has a full range of green. Some people mistakenly call green aventurine Indian jade.

Of the entire family of minerals, green aventurine is the most durable. It is dense, with a uniform texture and color, for which it is valued by stone carvers. They create jewelry and small plastic items from stone.

Aventurine is loved by landscape designers; it is used in the manufacture of monuments and religious objects.

How to wear and care

It is believed that aventurine can influence a person’s energy, calm him down or make him irritable or weak. Shiny pebbles are not always appropriate and not everywhere; they need to be properly cared for.

How to wear jewelry

Jewelry with blue aventurine suits both brunettes and blondes. Light inserts with golden sparkles in silver are appropriate for young girls, darker ones, with less glitter in gold, for older ladies. Natural “Cairo Nights” will decorate an expensive evening wardrobe; copies with moderate shine are worn to the office, to a party or a day out.

It is better to wear jewelry on the waning moon, in autumn and winter.

In spring and summer, the stone pushes the owner to take rash actions. This applies to communicating with people, career or spending money.

You should not use the amulet for more than five days in a row.

If discomfort appeared earlier, you need to remove it and evaluate your condition. The power of the stone increases in silver.

Tips for care and storage

From physical dirt, jewelry is cleaned with soapy water in a spacious container so that the jewelry fits freely and completely. Problem areas are treated with a soft brush and rinsed.

Set of earrings and ring made of silver with blue aventurine

Tarnished jewelry is refreshed by washing with warm soapy water and polishing with a soft cloth. Chemicals are prohibited.

Store jewelry in a durable box, soft on the inside, or in fabric bags.

The stone does not like sudden changes in temperature.

The bad energy of the mineral is washed away with running water. To recharge, the stone is exposed to the light of the moon.

Green Gem and Zodiac

Most of all, the energies of the green pebble coincide with the elements of the Earth.

The pragmatic Virgo will become softer with him, the pebble will become, as it were, her inner adviser. For down-to-earth Taurus, the gem will bring renewal, success in new endeavors, and good health. Inert Cancers will become more persistent.

The connection with water signs is not so obvious, although they will also receive support in matters with a certain touch of adventurism.

But even Virgos, Taurus, Pisces, Scorpios, and Cancers should not wear jewelry with it for more than one lunar month. And the zodiac sign Capricorn must be careful so that the combined energy of the stone and the patron sign of Mars does not cause trouble.

For airy Aquarius, Libra, Gemini, it is better to use the stone as a talisman, wearing it at important moments - for an exam, interview, casting. Frequent wearing can add frivolity or adventurism to the owner.

The gem is contraindicated for fire signs; its magic will only cause grief. The stone will turn their super emotionality into hysteria.