Lepidolite Upright Tower

Here we have another Lepidolite Upright in an organic free form shape. Great for your desk or bed side table adding lovely height. It is one of our most popular organic uprights to be sold.

These Namibians are more purple with less sparkle compared to Madagascan which have crimson undertones – click here. They are also much harder to source.

These crystal were bought a few times by those wanting to help their mother who is experiencing depression. Consider this crystal when amethyst feels wrong but you want similar benefits.

• Here is a video of these crystals – click here.
• Dimensions are for the one on the right.

Lepidolite Crystal Tower Meaning

This crystal encourages harmonious relationships because it promotes feelings of comfort and safety. This then aids in encouraging new friendships to blossom. Personally, I find it most often focuses on lifting depression and worry from those who are more “Earthy” in their energies and amethyst is the wrong fit.

Read more on Healing tab.

Enjoy a high quality lepidolite tower or free form in an upright shape on a shelf or table.

 

Weight	112 g
Dimensions	40 × 28 × 66 mm
Colour	Purple / Violet
Country Crystal Grew	Namibia
Country of Shaping	Africa
Size	Medium

Healing Properties

Benefits of Lepidolite, Purple Mica

Transition, Business Communication, Reduces Stress

• Stone of Transition.
• Dissipates negativity bringing in cosmic awareness.
• Aids in shamanic or spiritual journeying accessing Akashic records helping you tune into past life stories.
• Reduces stress and depression, halts obsessive thoughts, relieves despondency, reduces mood swings and sleep disturbances (remember - it is lithium!)
• Helps overcome emotional and mental dependency and so alleviates despondency.
• Releases and reorganises old psychological and behavioural patterns so change can occur, so it is good for birthing and re-birthing.
• Great for business pursuits as combines diplomacy with direction and unimpeded communication, as well as furthering openness and honesty of those close to it.
• Clears electromagnetic pollution so use on electronic equipment to absorb emanations or other "mopping up" requirements.
• Enhances and promotes generation of life-sustaining negative ions in one's environment.
• Helps with stress related disorders, camping/tightness in body and sooths the nervous system.
• Consider using multiple pieces to grid a space to calm, uplift and release disorder in classrooms, shopping centres, conference rooms.

Fuchsite and Muscovite

• refer separate article

Shamarah's Insights

Mica in general helps amplify the effectiveness of other crystals. Lepidolite is often a great alternate to amethyst for relieving stress especially great in the sparkle form as it uplifts the inner Child.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Mica Family

• Section mainly covers: Fuchsite, Lepidolite, Muscovite
• Mica grows as sheets layered - rather like a filo pastry.

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Silicates
• Group: Micas
• Crystal System: Monoclinic
• Formula: AB_2–3(X, Si)₄O₁₀(O, F, OH)₂
• Hardness: 2 - 3
• Luster / Diaphaneity: pearly, vitreous, transparent (thin sheets) to opaque
• Colour: purple, rosy, silver, gray, dark green, brown, black, yellowish-brown, green-white, colorless, transparent

Special Notes

• Mica is widely distributed and occurs in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary regimes.
• The earliest use of mica has been found in cave paintings created during the Upper Paleolithic period (40,000 BC to 10,000 BC).
• Powdered mica glitter is used to decorate traditional clay pots
• Sheet mica is used principally in the electronic and electrical industries. Its usefulness in these applications is derived from its unique electrical and thermal properties and its mechanical properties.
• The purple variety is coloured by lithium and is known as lepidolite.
  • Lepidolite comes in flat sheets and botryoidal sheet form
  • More geological information.
• Mid to dark green variety is called fuchsite
  • Combined with quartz creates green aventurine
  • Much which is currently available in stores is fuchsite layered into quartz and some parts are so merged they have are now green aventurine. Recently if the fuchsite is dominant they call it fuchsite aventurine.
  • More geological information: fuchsite;
• The bladed variety is called muscovite.
  • It is usually lemon green or khaki green
  • KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
  • More geological information: muscovite.
• A dark green- brown variety is biotite
  • K(Mg,Fe)₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(F,OH)₂
  • More geological information: biotite
• A yellow, greenish, or reddish-brown mica is called phlogopite (magnesium mica)
  • KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(F,OH)₂
  • More geological information: phlogopite