Selenite Healing Properties, Correspondences and Meanings
Ah, Selenite, named after Selene, the Greek Goddess of the Moon. Let’s lurk into the depths of this ethereal stone and talk about the healing properties, correspondences, and meanings… some geology too! Why not?
Is it Gypsum, Selenite, or Satin Spar?
As of late, some have gotten very geotechnical with the terminology on this. So please allow me to clarify a bit.
What many have called “Selenite” for years (perhaps as clear back as the 15th century!) is most likely actually properly termed as “Satin Spar” nowadays.
Gypsum
There’s much confusion among these three closely related minerals:
- Selenite
- Satin Spar
- Gypsum
Well, actually they’re ALL a form of gypsum. All three are close siblings in my mind. 😉
Giant gypsum crystals of the Cave of the Crystals in Naica, Mexico. Note person for scale!! Alexander Van Driessche, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
So technically, the Cave of Crystals in Mexico houses Gypsum crystals, not Selenite. What’s the diff?
Gypsum, Satin Spar and Selenite have the same chemical composition but where they … Read More