Stichtite & Serpentine Obelisk | 109gms

⚖️ Weight: 109gms 

📏 Size: H 8.9cm x L 2.9cm x W2.3cm

🌏 Source: South Africa

🔮 Stichtite: The Stone Of The Seeker

💚💙 Heart & Third Eye Chakras

These striking obelisks from South Africa bring together purple Stichtite and contrasting green Serpentine, creating naturally patterned pieces where no two will ever look quite the same.

Throughout each obelisk, lilac, mauve and deeper purple Stichtite moves through shades of green Serpentine in irregular patches, veins and natural formations. Some pieces may have strong concentrations of purple, while others feature predominantly green Serpentine with smaller areas of Stichtite appearing throughout.

Stichtite is a magnesium chromium carbonate hydroxide mineral, with chromium responsible for its characteristic pinkish-purple to violet colouring. It can occur alongside Serpentine within chromium-rich, altered ultramafic rocks, producing the distinctive purple and green combination seen in this South African material.

Serpentine is the name given to a group of magnesium-rich minerals rather than one individual mineral species. Its colouring can range from soft yellow-green and olive through to deeper greens, creating a wonderful natural contrast against the purple Stichtite.

The obelisk shape works particularly well with this material. Its long polished faces allow the natural patterning to travel vertically through the piece, while the tapered point draws attention to different bands, patches and transitions between the two minerals.

The obelisk itself is an ancient architectural form, most strongly associated with ancient Egypt, where monumental stone obelisks were connected with the sun and were erected at temples. In modern crystal symbolism, the shape has also become associated with focus, direction and the concentration of energy toward its point.

Metaphysically, Stichtite is associated with compassion, emotional awareness and gentle healing, while Serpentine is traditionally connected with grounding, renewal and personal growth.

With their beautiful contrast of purple and green, each of these South African Stichtite and Serpentine obelisks has its own completely individual pattern and character. 💜💚

🏛️ Obelisk

Ancient Monolithic Obelisks are situated all around the world and are made from one piece of stone.

It is believed they act as a channel for built up energy within the earth to be distributed and released for the greater good of all that exist.

Whether it is an Obelisk in Egypt or one that you have in your home, their main function is to shift any energy that has been built up within the surrounding space and release it. Clearing, transmuting, and bringing back a balanced and aligned frequency depending on the crystal type of the Obelisk.

Obelisks can also be used the same way as a wand, by channelling energy through the wand and in or out of the Apex depending on its healing uses at the time.

Because of the 4 sides tapering to a point at the end, it makes for a more previsioned process for healing.