Which chakra does Blue Kyanite work with?

Blue Kyanite is traditionally associated with the Throat · Third Eye chakra, the element of Air · Storm, and the sign Aries · Taurus · Libra.

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Blue Kyanite

Q: What is Blue Kyanite made of?

Blue Kyanite has the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, crystallises in the triclinic system and measures 4 – 7.5 (highly anisotropic) on the Mohs scale. Blue kyanite is the blade-form aluminium silicate whose colour comes from trace iron and titanium substituting into the triclinic lattice. Its most unusual property is directional hardness: about 4 along the length of the blade and up to 7.5 across it, a difference so pronounced the mineral was formerly known as disthene, meaning two strengths. High-grade specimens come from the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan and Nepal, and from the Barra do Salinas district in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Aluminium Silicate

Sapphire-blue blades that align a room.

Chakra

Throat · Third Eye

Element

Air · Storm

Zodiac

Aries · Taurus · Libra

I. The Metaphysical Reading

How the stone has been held.

Blue kyanite is worked with as a stone of alignment, physical, energetic and communicative. Practitioners hold it during meditation to steady the throat and brow, and it is one of the few stones in the modern repertoire commonly described as not needing to be cleared.

Chakra: Throat · Third Eye
Element: Air · Storm
Zodiac: Aries · Taurus · Libra
Keynote: Sapphire-blue blades that align a room.

II. The Scientific Reading

What the lattice actually does.

Blue kyanite is the blade-form aluminium silicate whose colour comes from trace iron and titanium substituting into the triclinic lattice. Its most unusual property is directional hardness: about 4 along the length of the blade and up to 7.5 across it, a difference so pronounced the mineral was formerly known as disthene, meaning two strengths. High-grade specimens come from the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan and Nepal, and from the Barra do Salinas district in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Formula: Al₂SiO₅
System: Triclinic
Hardness: 4 – 7.5 (highly anisotropic)
Provenance: Brazil, Nepal, India, Switzerland, USA (North Carolina)