Vesuvianite: Meaning, Properties and How to Use It
Vesuvianite, also sold as idocrase, is given to held anger and to fear of one's own strength. Traditions call it a stone of release and of enthusiasm returning afterwards. It is described as a clearing stone that makes room rather than a comforting one.
What tradition says
What is Vesuvianite known for?
First described on Vesuvius in 1795, vesuvianite comes in bottle green, olive, yellow and brown, and the green material is sometimes passed off as jade. Its crystal reputation is modern and unusually specific: the stone for anger that has nowhere to go, and for people who were taught that wanting things loudly was rude. Enthusiasm, in this reading, is what is left once the lid comes off.
The practice
How do you use Vesuvianite?
Vesuvianite is used with something written.
People hold it while listing what they are actually angry about, unedited, then tear the page up and put the stone back on the shelf.
Others keep it in a studio or workroom as the object touched before starting, when the block is really irritation wearing a costume.
Read here as a language of symbols. Medical, legal and financial questions belong with a professional.
Two more
What does Vesuvianite pair with?
Stones are kept in small sets rather than alone, and these two are the usual company for this one.
What it is kept for
What do people reach for Vesuvianite for?
The same stone, read through the thing you came here with.
Questions
What else do people ask about Vesuvianite?
Is idocrase a different stone?
No, it is the same mineral under an older name. Jewellers tend to say idocrase, mineral collectors say vesuvianite, and crystal shops use both interchangeably.
Is green vesuvianite sold as jade?
It happens, especially with the massive green Californian material. A gemmologist can separate them in minutes. If the price is jade-level, ask for the identification in writing.
Next in the library
The stones beside this one.
Two ways on
One stone is a reminder, a library is a map.
A hundred and four stones and sixty four everyday uses, sorted the way a week arrives. If you came here through the body rather than the mineral, the seven chakras are the other way in.
- 104
- stones, each with what tradition says
- 64
- everyday uses, six stones under each
- 7
- centres, the same set read through the body