Description

Pyrite Cabochons

Attributes of this stone are based on Daoist Stone Medicine and our own Vibrational Research.

Shape / Form: Function/ Other characteristics:
Cabochons

Color / features:
Metallic, brassy yellow, or gray
Can appear as smooth or grooved cubes, disks; aggregates, rods, and dodecahedrons

Applications:
Worn on the body, placed on key energy centers during treatments, given as an elixir

Function(s):
Fast acting and analgesic, appropriate for digestive, circulatory, and respiratory conditions, opens the chest

Five Elements Affinity:
Warming

Organ / Body Affinity:
Liver, Gall Bladder

Meridian Affinity:
ST/LR
Luo Channels

Crystal Structure / Sacred Geometry:
Cubic

Chemical Composition:
Iron sulfide
FeS2
Common impurities include gold, nickel, cobalt, silver, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, thallium, and vanadium.

Level of Formation / Strata and Effect:
Igneous/Yuan
Metamorphic/Ying
sedimentary/Wei

Cautions:
Use only for relatively acute conditions
Apply pyrite topically for a short time only, because it interacts with sweat and rusts
Do not take internally. Use only potentiated quartz crystals for elixirs.
Store carefully since crystals also decay when exposed to moisture in the air