Stones vary slightly in shape and color from piece to piece.

Color / features:
Bright orange to deeply red
Somewhat translucent

Applications:
Worn on the body, placed on key energy centers during treatments, placed in the living environment, given as an elixir, use with massage

Function(s):
Conveys the ability to look at one’s life with compassion, reflect on one’s boundaries, and begin to change; improves the absorption of vitamins and nutrients; helps emphasize and prioritize the process of healing over the process of illness.

Five Elements Affinity:
Cooling

Organ / Body Affinity:
Lungs, Kidney

Meridian Affinity:
LU/LR/SP/ST/HT/KI
Governing Vessel/Du Mai

Crystal Structure / Sacred Geometry:
Trigonal

Chemical Composition:
Silicon dioxide plus iron
SiO2

Level of Formation / Strata and Effect:
Igneous/Yuan

Cautions:
Should not be combined with azurite