Specimen- Smokey quartz with Aegirine (Malawi)

Chakra: Solar Plexus/Base

Metaphysical properties: 

In addition to the properties of smokey quartz this specimen includes aegirine. Aegirine encourages independence, it can provide for the strength to be true to yourself. This is a mineral of non conformance, it can act to concentrate positive energy and unification.

 Scientific properties:

Colours range from dark green, greenish black and brownish, will produce a yellow flame upon a flame test. Magmatic, mainly in alkaline magmatic rocks (syenites, carbonatites, alkaline granites and their pegmatites), rare hydrothermal in sediments. Well formed prismatic crystals up to 150mm long come from Mount Malosa, Malawi.

Crystal system: Monoclinic