Entry № 122
Danburite
Calcium Boron Silicate
A clear boron gemstone of pale-lit clarity.
Chakra
Heart · Crown
Element
Air
Zodiac
Leo
I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Danburite is worked with as a stone of tender clarity, kept nearby during heart openings, hospice work and the quiet room where forgiveness happens. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that light does not have to be bright to be complete.
- Chakra
- Heart · Crown
- Element
- Air
- Zodiac
- Leo
- Keynote
- A clear boron gemstone of pale-lit clarity.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Danburite is a calcium boron silicate first described in 1839 from Danbury, Connecticut. The finest gem-quality crystals come from the Charcas district of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where colourless to pale yellow prisms grow in hydrothermal veins cutting limestone. It cleaves poorly and takes a good facet.
- Formula
- CaB₂Si₂O₈
- System
- Orthorhombic
- Hardness
- 7 – 7.5 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- Mexico (Charcas, San Luis Potosí), Madagascar, Russia, Japan, USA (Danbury, Connecticut)
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- CaB₂Si₂O₈
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Mohs Hardness
- 7 – 7.5 (Mohs)
- Density
- 2.93 – 3.02 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- 1.630 – 1.636
- Provenance
- Mexico (Charcas, San Luis Potosí), Madagascar, Russia, Japan, USA (Danbury, Connecticut)
- Color Origin
- Transparent colourless to pale yellow or pink prismatic crystals
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
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