About Melanterite
Hydrated iron sulfate, forming green to bluish-green crystals that dehydrate to white powder; water-soluble. It's associated with energetic cleansing and vitality, but mainly a collector's mineral due to instability.
Primary Hues
Green, Bluish-Green, White, Yellowish (dehydrates to white powder), (Water-soluble, handle with care)
Metaphysical Properties
A stone of energetic cleansing and vitality. (Use with caution due to solubility and iron content that can stain).
Associated Tarot Cards
The Moon
Type: Major Arcana
Rationale: Represents emotional release and purification- aligning with this soluble sulfate.
Eight of Cups
Type: Minor Arcana
Suit: Cups
Rationale: Symbolizes walking away from emotional burdens- resonating with Melanterite.
Associated Deities
Kuan Yin
Pantheon: Buddhist
Domain: Compassion- Purity- Healing
Rationale: Her gentle- purifying energy aligns with this mineral.
Nepthys
Pantheon: Egyptian
Domain: Grief- Protection- Comfort
Rationale: Nepthys who comforts in times of release connects to this stone.
Metaphysical Uses
Emotional Cleansing Rituals
Releasing Old Patterns
Understanding Emotional Cycles
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Geological & Scientific Details
Melanterite is classified as a sulfate mineral mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is FeSO4·7H2O. Common crystal habits include encrustations and capillary efflorescences; rarely as equant pseudo-octahedral, prismatic or tabular crystals.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Sulfate mineral
- Chemical Formula: FeSO4·7H2O
- IMA Symbol: Mln[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Green, pale green, greenish blue, bluish green, colorless
- Crystal Habit: Encrustations and capillary efflorescences; rarely as equant pseudo-octahedral, prismatic or tabular crystals
- Cleavage: {001} Perfect, {110} Distinct
- Luster: Vitreous
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Subtransparent to translucent
Associated Minerals
- Pyrite (alters from)
- Marcasite
- Chalcopyrite
- Gypsum
- Copiapite
- Rozenite (common as an efflorescence on oxidizing sulfide ores)