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Libra

MARCASITE or PANDES (21st, 22nd and 23rd degrees of the sign of Libra)

Description: Stone well known by men. There are three types, depending on their colour: golden (gold colour), argentea (silver colour) and copper (copper colour). Healing/medicinal properties: ► The milled golden marcasite heals the sores, heals the fistulas anywhere, and removes the film that forms in the eyes (could refer to a cataract). Hanging the stone on young children takes away their fears of their nature. ► The burnt argentea marcasite frizzes the hair, improves vision and applied to the skin, heals the morphea (thickening of the skin). ► The burnt and ground copper marcasite, introduced into the eyes, eliminates the leftover meat and improves vision. ★ The name Marcasite was given in Arabic to the PYRITE. Both minerals belong to the Class called Sulphides and have the same Chemical Formula (FeS₂), but Pyrite crystallizes in the cubic system and Marcasite in the rhombic system. 😉 Visit our shop and find out more about Pyrite.

Escorpión

CRYSTAL (ROCK CRYSTAL) or BOLLAR (5th degree of the sign of Scorpion)

Description: Very well known stone, found in many places. It was believed that it was formed when water froze. White stone, like clear water, hard and moderately difficult to break. It has two qualities opposite to the other stones: one, that when heated, receives any color put in it and another, that the older it is, the less it is worth. It melts with fire and can be shaped into any figure. Modelled in a round shape and exposed to the sun’s rays, it can burn whatever is in front of it with ease to burn. Healing/medicinal properties: none indicated. ★ Rock Crystal is the name given to Hyaline Quartz, which is transparent. 😉 Visit our shop, get more information about Quartz and get to know the great selection and variety of Quartz  we have at www.mineralitum.com.

Sagitario

SEDINECH o AMATITES (HEMATITES) (2º grado del signo de Sagitario)

Descripción: De color bermejo, es fácil de quebrantar. Piedra muy conocida. Es mejor cuanto más tinta (rojo oscuro), más limpia y si no se desbrizna.
Propiedades curativas/medicinales: Adelgaza la gordura de las cuencas de los ojos. Mezclada con leche de mujer, sana la oftalmía (inflamación de los ojos) y las llagas de los ojos. Sus limaduras rojas son muy buenas para sanar la sarna y comezón de los ojos.
Mezclada con vino, sana el mal producido por retención de la orina y hace que las mujeres que enferman por frecuente sangrado, lo pierdan. Igualmente se beneficia aquel que escupe sangre, ya que sana más rápidamente.
Aúna fuerza retentiva con agudeza, por lo que es muy preciada. Para aumentar sus efectos, hay que beberla con vino, previamente quemada y reducida a polvo.
★ La piedra Hematites pertenece a la Clase Óxidos, es un Óxido de Hierro, y su Fórmula Química es Fe₂O₃. Hematites deriva de una palabra griega que significa “sangre” y se denomina también Oligisto.
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AZARNECH o ZINDERCH u OROPIMENTE (12º y 13º grados del signo de Sagitario)

Descripción: Hay dos variedades, una de color bermejo y otra jalde (amarillento). Se halla en muchas partes.
Propiedades curativas/medicinales: Quemada, reducida a polvo y colocada sobre los dientes y encías, se obtiene gran provecho. Colocada sobre el cabello, lo rae, incluso, si se mantiene mucho tiempo, quema la carne.
► La piedra bermeja es ligera de quebrantar. Molida y mezclada con zumo de visquiamo y aplicada sobre los cabellos raídos, no nacerán nunca más. Mezclada con resina, sana la alopecia. Mezclándola con pez, quita las gotas blancas que salen en las uñas. Se usa como medicamento contra las enfermedades de la nariz, de la boca, de llagas, de fístulas y de hemorroides. Es buena para meter en las medicinas que hacen para los que tienen afección en los pechos. Si ahúman con ella al que tiene tos antigua obtiene gran provecho y, si comen un poco de ella mezclada con miel, aclara mucho la voz.
► La piedra jalde es la más noble. Es de color oro y está formada por hojas. Mezclada con cal, es tóxico mortal. Molida y mezclada con leche, mata a toda mosca que se acerque. Mezclada con aceite o cera es buena para el que es azotado o para las heridas de rascamiento, eliminando la carne mala. Sana la enfermedad corrosiva que se forma en la boca (fermes estiominus) y mezclada con la grasa del cerdo, cura las apostemas.
★ Cada una de las variedades podrían corresponderse con el Rejalgar (bermeja) y el Oropimente (amarilla) respectivamente. Ambas pertenecen a la Clase Sulfuros, son Sulfuros de Arsénico, y su Fórmula Química es AsS (Rejalgar) y As₂S₃ (Oropimente).

STONES OF SALT (18th and 19th grade of the sign of Sagittarius)

Description: It is found in many places and there are several types, although it focuses on those of a stony nature: Salt that comes from India, which is brown with black drops, strong, very hard to break and very salty, and Gem Salt, which is also hard. It mentions another type, Kneading Salt, which is taken from the lagoons and formed by fire or the heat of the sun, which helps men more than all the others. Healing/medicinal properties: ► Indian Salt helps against phlegm, due to its power to expel moisture from bodies. It is also good for apothemas coming from phlegm and, mixed with medicines applied to the eyes, it eliminates protuberances of the lacrimal caruncle. Mixed with oil and smeared on the body, it removes fatigue. It has the power to cleanse the bodies and make the gold and silver much clearer, each in its own colour. It removes the dirt. When it is put into the flesh of any animal, it makes the humidity come out of it, making the body last a long time, without rotting, smelling bad or damaging it.

► Gem Salt takes care that bad flesh does not grow in sores, it is also good for the abscess that come from the phlegm or that suffer the hydropics. Drinking a little of it, it purges the phlegm. It is one of the medicines made for the disease related to a grape-shaped tumour in the uvula and also for the abscess that grows in the throat (it could be tonsillitis). It heals the insteps. Mixed with mastranto and applying the poultice in the wound of the scorpion, it is very good. Also in poultice, it is used in Egypt as the best medicine for the wound of the atimzach. It also makes you vomit. ★ These Salt Stones correspond to Halite, of the Halides Class, whose Chemical Formula is ClNa.

 

AXEP or ALUM (21st of the sign of Sagittarius) Description: They illuminate and clarify everything that is cooked with them. They are used for dyeing and the dyed receives very beautiful and clear colours.There are several types, highlighting three (zacaztir, zatiriculi, uguria / ayamei) and have various colours (green, white gray, yellow). They all have an acidic taste and break easily. Healing/medicinal properties: They are good for eliminating the excess film from the eyes and the leftover flesh from any place that is, they enter into the medicines that are made for the scabies, propitiated by the excessive humidity, and heals the sores that are made in the mouth. If it is burnt, it is mixed with something and smeared on the armpits, it removes the bad smell. It helps the gums and the cracks that are made by the scabies, called scrofula. ★ Alum belongs to the Sulphates Class and its Chemical Formula is KAl(SO₄)₂ • 12H₂O.

Capricornio

ZEBECH or JET (4th degree of the sign of Capricorn) Description: It is very black, hard, light, easy to break and reflects like a mirror. It is found in many places. Its appearance resembles boards, some thicker and others thinner. It can be carved in any shape you want. Healing/medicinal properties: Ground up and mixed with the medicines made to sharpen the eyesight, it helps a lot. Likewise, if the stone is made into a mirror, looking into it will greatly improve one’s eyesight, even if it was deteriorated due to old age or illness. ★ Jet is a variety of Carbon formed by plant debris.

 

CARNELIAN or ALAAQUIC (6th degree of the sign of Capricorn) Description: Of red color throwing to yellow, is clear, bright and transparent. There is another species that resembles the water that goes out of the meat when throwing salt to it, which is less noble. It is located in many places. It is very beautiful. Healing/medicinal properties: It is good to stagnate the blood, especially for women, when it comes out more than it should. In powder form and applied to the teeth, it cleans them and makes them clear, growing flesh on them and making the gums very red. These effects are greater in the variety whose color resembles the water that comes out of the flesh when salt is added. In addition, Carnelian helps lawyers when they carry it with them to reason fearlessly and neatly. ★ Carnelian is a type of Chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline variety of Quartz. 😉 Read more about Carnelian in our shop.

 

TALC or ALFATH or ARAT ARAROZA (10th degree of the sign of Capricorn) Description: It has the colour of shells and is found in many places. Arat Araroza means “bridal sweat”. It was believed that it was formed when the dew settled on the earth, arranging itself like films, one over the other. If it is hit with a hammer, it falls apart into sheets, which are used as lights for baths, as if it were glass. The thinner they are, the more they let the light through. If it is ground, it turns to dust. Healing/medicinal properties: If a limb is smeared with talcum powder, it does not burn as quickly as a limb that has not been smeared. It retains the blood of those who spit because of illness or women, when they bleed more than they should.It helps to heal moisture-damaged flesh, whether it is in women’s breasts or in men’s virile members or behind the ears. It also cleans the sores that appear on top of the curved and non-moving fingers, and they heal. ★ Talc belongs to the Silicates Class, subclass Philosilicates, being its chemical formula (Si₄O₁₀) Mg₃ (OH)₂.

YESO (19º grado del signo de Capricornio)

Descripción: De color blanco, bermejo o una mezcla de ambos, blanda y fácil de quebrantar. Se localiza en muchos lugares. Molida y mezclada con alguna cosa, endurece y se hace piedra. Se usa como material para la construcción de casas.
Propiedades curativas/medicinales: Se usa en las medicinas desecativas. Se usa para estancar la sangre cuando sale mucha. Quemada es mucho más eficaz para retener la humedad y lo es aún más amasada con vinagre, deteniendo el sudor del cuerpo que haya sido untado con esa masa. Si de ella se bebe antes de ser quemada, es veneno mortal.
★ El Yeso pertenece a la Clase Sulfatos y su Fórmula Química es CaSO₄ • 2H₂O.
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