About Arfvedsonite
A sodium amphibole mineral, typically black to bluish-black, often exhibiting flashes of blue or gold. It's a potent stone for manifestation, spiritual insight, and restructuring one's life path, enhancing psychic vision.
Primary Hues
Black, Greenish-Black, Bluish-Black, often with blue or gold flashes
Geological & Scientific Details
Arfvedsonite is classified as a inosilicatesamphiboles mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is [Na][Na2][(Fe2+)4Fe3+][(OH)2|Si8O22]. Common crystal habits include fibrous, radial prismatic aggregates.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: InosilicatesAmphiboles
- Chemical Formula: [Na][Na2][(Fe2+)4Fe3+][(OH)2|Si8O22]
- IMA Symbol: Arf[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Black, deep green on thin edges
- Crystal Habit: Fibrous, radial prismatic aggregates
- Twinning: Simple or lamellar parallel to [100]
- Cleavage: Perfect on [110]
- Luster: Vitreous
- Streak: Deep bluish gray, gray-green
- Diaphaneity: Translucent to opaque