Which chakra does Dallasite work with?

Dallasite is traditionally associated with the Heart chakra, the element of Earth · Water, and the sign Taurus · Cancer.

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Dallasite

Q: What is Dallasite made of?

Dallasite has the chemical formula Basalt / epidote breccia with SiO₂ and CaCO₃ cement, crystallises in the aggregate system and measures 5 – 7 (Mohs, mixed) on the Mohs scale. Dallasite is a Vancouver Island trade name for a volcanic breccia in which angular fragments of pale silica (quartz, chalcedony) and epidote-rich altered basalt are cemented within a dark green basaltic groundmass. It formed when Karmutsen Formation basalts were fractured and then rehealed by later hydrothermal fluids depositing silica and epidote in the cracks.

Vancouver Island Breccia

A green Pacific basalt healed with white quartz.

Chakra

Heart

Element

Earth · Water

Zodiac

Taurus · Cancer

I. The Metaphysical Reading

How the stone has been held.

Dallasite is worked with as a stone of Pacific coastal steadiness, kept nearby during grief-tending, sea travel and any practice that asks a person to accept that what has broken can still hold together. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that a mended thing is not a lesser thing.

Chakra: Heart
Element: Earth · Water
Zodiac: Taurus · Cancer
Keynote: A green Pacific basalt healed with white quartz.

II. The Scientific Reading

What the lattice actually does.

Dallasite is a Vancouver Island trade name for a volcanic breccia in which angular fragments of pale silica (quartz, chalcedony) and epidote-rich altered basalt are cemented within a dark green basaltic groundmass. It formed when Karmutsen Formation basalts were fractured and then rehealed by later hydrothermal fluids depositing silica and epidote in the cracks.

Formula: Basalt / epidote breccia with SiO₂ and CaCO₃ cement
System: Aggregate
Hardness: 5 – 7 (Mohs, mixed)
Provenance: Canada — Vancouver Island, British Columbia

References & Sources

Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.

Mineral Profile

Fact Sheet

Chemical Formula: Basalt / epidote breccia with SiO₂ and CaCO₃ cement
Crystal System: Aggregate
Mohs Hardness: 5 – 7 (Mohs, mixed)
Density: 2.60 – 2.90 g/cm³
Refractive Index: 1.54 – 1.72 (mixed phases)
Provenance: Canada — Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Color Origin: Dark green groundmass with angular white, pale green and cream clasts