Entry № 114
Covellite
Copper Sulfide
An indigo mirror shot with peacock fire.
Chakra
Third Eye · Throat
Element
Water
Zodiac
Sagittarius
I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Covellite is worked with as a stone of intuitive review, kept nearby during dream journalling, memory work and the honest inventory that follows a long relationship. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that the mirror is kinder when the light is soft.
- Chakra
- Third Eye · Throat
- Element
- Water
- Zodiac
- Sagittarius
- Keynote
- An indigo mirror shot with peacock fire.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Covellite is a copper sulfide that forms as a secondary mineral in the enrichment zones of copper deposits. Its brilliant indigo colour and iridescent purple-bronze tarnish are diagnostic. It is soft and easily scratched, so cabochons and specimens should be stored separately from harder stones.
- Formula
- CuS
- System
- Hexagonal
- Hardness
- 1.5 – 2 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- Italy (Vesuvius), USA (Montana – Butte), Sardinia, Serbia, Australia
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- CuS
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Mohs Hardness
- 1.5 – 2 (Mohs)
- Density
- 4.68 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- Opaque metallic
- Provenance
- Italy (Vesuvius), USA (Montana – Butte), Sardinia, Serbia, Australia
- Color Origin
- Indigo blue metallic crystals with purple to bronze iridescence
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
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