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Verdite Verdite is a member of the mica group that is often used for carvings and jewellery. Although it's a member of the mica group, it has no cleaveage and therefore easy to carve. Verdite can be easily worked with woodworking files and saws and takes a fantastic polish with tin oxide. The green coloring of verdite is unusual for carving material. Verditein its natural form is no longer being exported outside Africa and is now difficult to obtain. We may not be able to get more tumbled stoneswhen our current supply is gone.
A fairly rare gem and the few known deposits are found in the Barberton district of South Africa, where gold was first found. Some of the oldest outcrops of rock in the world, about 3 500 million years old are found here. Believed to cleanse the blood, reduce toxicity and improve oxygenation within the body. Thought to soften abrasive character traits.
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Used often in African traditional medicine, it is used to treat sexual impotency and in preparations for improving fertility. It also confirms hunches and improves natural vitality.
It opens the Heart Chakra for constitional healing It brings out the positive qualities of Gemini, Virgo and Capricorn
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