Collection: Blue chalcedony

Blue chalcedony is a variety of microcrystalline quartz belonging to the chalcedony family. It has been valued since ancient times for its soft beauty, silky texture, and symbolic and energetic properties. Here's a complete overview of this stone:


💎 General characteristics

  • Color : Pale blue to lavender blue, sometimes slightly grayish or translucent.

  • Hardness (Mohs scale) : 6.5 to 7

  • Crystal system : Trigonal (like quartz)

  • Chemical composition : Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)

  • Origin : It is found in particular in Namibia, Turkey, Brazil, Madagascar, India and the United States.


🌿 Properties in lithotherapy

Emotional and mental benefits:

  • Soothing : It is known to calm anxiety, stress and nervousness.

  • Communication : Associated with the throat chakra , it helps to express oneself gently, to listen better and to promote clear speech.

  • Emotions : It would facilitate the control of emotions and bring a feeling of inner peace.


💠 Common uses

  • Jewelry : Necklaces, bracelets, pendants (often worn near the throat for their virtues on communication).

  • Decoration : Polished pebbles, spheres, sculptures.

  • Meditation : Used to calm the mind and harmonize energy.


🧘♀️ Symbolism

  • Associated element : Water (calm, gentleness, fluidity)

  • Astrological sign often linked : Gemini, Sagittarius, Cancer

  • Symbolizes : Serenity, tolerance, diplomacy.


🌍 Historical anecdotes

  • Used by ancient civilizations (notably Greek and Roman) to make seals, cameos and jewelry.

  • Its name comes from the city of Chalcedon (now Kadıköy, Turkey), an ancient mining center.

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Chalcedony is a mineral composed of silica.
Classically described as a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, it is today considered to be a mixture of quartz and moganite. The word derives from the city of Chalcedon, in Asia Minor, from the Greek khalkedôn)

The benefits: Stone of speakers, communication, gentleness, serenity, soothes anger, sorrow, anxiety, irritability and uncertainty.

Astrological signs: Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius, Capricorn.

Chakra: Throat, neck