Origin: Worldwide
Mineral Species: Mimetite
Mineral Group: Arsenates
Chemical Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Hardness: 3.5-4
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Colour: Pale-yellow, yellowish-brown, orangish-yellow, orangish-red, red, green, white, colourless.
Typical Appearance: Typically as simple hexagonal prisms, frequently as rounded, barrel-shaped forms. Also globular, stalactic, reniform and granular. Acicular at times.
Birthstone: Capricorn
Chakra Alignment: Dependent on colour
Element: None
Origin of Name & Mythology: Not known
Like most lead ores, mimetite has a remarkable cleansing and clearing effect on both the physical body and the energy field, getting rid of old, held “stuff”, and drawing the user’s awareness to areas that may be in need of further attention. Although it does its work throughout the body, it maintains a special focus on the Solar Plexus and the chakras immediately above and below, as well as the Throat.
Mimetite brightens the outlook and lifts the spirits, and balances on many levels – this includes emotional and hormonal balancing. It can also bring added support to the immune system and boost the body’s ability to heal. It is sometimes recommended for stimulating the energy of other crystals around it.
