About Queitite
A rare lead zinc silicate sulfate, typically colorless or pale. It's associated with promoting clarity, balance, and understanding complex issues.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, Pale Yellow, forms small tabular or prismatic crystals
Metaphysical Properties
A stone of clarity and balance. Believed to aid in understanding complex situations and promote emotional stability.
Associated Tarot Cards
Temperance
Type: Major Arcana
Rationale: Represents balance- harmony- and finding equilibrium- aligning with this rare sulfate.
The Star
Type: Major Arcana
Rationale: Symbolizes peace and gentle integration- resonating with Queitite.
Associated Deities
Harmonia
Pantheon: Greek
Domain: Harmony- Concord
Rationale: Harmonia as the goddess of harmony connects to this stone.
Kuan Yin
Pantheon: Buddhist
Domain: Compassion- Mercy- Healing
Rationale: Her gentle- balancing energy aligns here.
Metaphysical Uses
Emotional Balance Meditation
Harmonizing Energies Altar
Peaceful Resolution Focus
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Geological & Scientific Details
Queitite is classified as a minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7).
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Minerals
- Chemical Formula: Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7)
- IMA Symbol: Que
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Colorless, White, Pale Yellow
- Twinning: {100} and {001}
- Cleavage: Indistinct on {010} and {001}
- Luster: Greasy
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Transparent
Associated Minerals
- Larsenite
- Willemite
- Franklinite
- Sphalerite
- Galena (from its type locality at Tsumeb, Namibia, and other rare oxidized ore deposits)