Prehnite - Color, Facts, Power, Mythology, History And Myths

The beneficial qualities that Prehnite possesses are:

• Physical Healer

Prehnite helps in finding out the root cause of any illness. Healers use this amazing stone for lungs, kidneys, chest, thymus gland and bladder. It helps in a deterrence of atherosclerosis and diminishes the fatty deposits in the body.

Prehnite is also believed in increasing the blood count and relieving the wearer from anaemia.

• Emotional Healer

Prehnite helps in connecting wearer’s will with his one’s heart so that he can achieve the highest goodness. It brings peace and calm and enhances the protective shield around a person. The stone has the ability to lift up the person when he is facing some emotional turmoil. It clears the heart and mind from all the negative thoughts and ideas and promotes acceptance, forgiveness, emotional release, and empathy.

• Spiritual Healer

Prehnite is helpful in building the trust of the wearer in the facts and realities that the universe holds. Prehnite is largely used for meditation purposes, and it lets the wearer know and discover about himself. By enhancing inner knowledge, it enhances spiritual growth and allows the wearer to be in tune with the divine energies.

• Heals and Balances Chakra

Being the stone of vision, Prehnite is amazing in stimulating the third eye chakra. Hence, it also works well during meditation.

It opens up new dimensions of the wearer’s mind that induces him to welcome new ideas and approaches to make his life and activities better. Moreover, it is also associated with the heart chakra, which acts as the bridge between all the other chakras. The clarity of heart chakra is extremely important to maintain harmony between the relationships.

Prehnite is made up of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate and occurs in soothing apple-green, green, or greenish-yellow shades. Manny of the specimens of Prehnite has fascinating and radiant appearance. Prehnite has a vitreous to glowing lustre that makes it perfect to be used for jewels and gems.

On the Moh’s scale of hardness, Prehnite has a rating of 6 to 6.5, which determines its medium hardness. Most of the Prehnite is semi-transparent or translucent and at times even transparent specimens are also found.

Prehnite is generally cut in curves or cabochon shapes. There are even such specimens of Prehnite found earlier, which displayed the cat’s eye effect, however, they are rare. Some of the faceted stones are popular in the jewellery market. Prehnite can more often be found in large sizes, sometimes as large as 100 carats. 

Prehnite is a relatively an inexpensive gem, however, superior quality Prehnite may be sold approximately equivalent to that of Citrine and Amethyst.