Chrysocolla

A copper-containing silicate of variable, and often uncertain, composition, chrysocolla has been used as an ornamental material since the antiquity. The cyan-colored mineral is often found in close association with its better-known copper-containing counterparts, namely azurite, turquoise and malachite, with these four materials together comprising the green and blue “Eilat stone” of ancient Israel. When intergrown with the much harder quartz, chrysocolla forms a significantly more durable, rare and valuable gemstone known as “chrysocolla chalcedony” or “gem silica”.
Chrysocolla is usually encountered in the form of veins, crusts and botryoidal, or “grape-like”, masses within the exposed oxidation zones of copper deposits. The most significant of these are located within Israel, DR Congo (Zaire), Chile, Mexico, Russia, Peru and the United States (Arizona), with the latter two localities also producing the valuable, quartz-containing material described above.

Meaning of Chrysocolla

Chyrsocolla is first and foremost a Stone of Communication. Its very essence is devoted to expression, empowerment, and teaching. The serenity of its turquoise-blue color discharges negative energies, calms, and allows truth and inner wisdom to surface and be heard. A peaceful stone, it emphasizes the power our words and actions have on those around us and encourages compassion and strengthening of character.

Chrysocolla is a copper stone, ranging from light green to deep blue, and is often found in association with Malachite and Azurite. Some chrysocolla contains Cuprite. It is favored as a stone of prosperity and business astuteness, reacting upon the analytical and intuitive abilities. Like a balance scale, it can stimulate the mind and relax emotions at the same time. 

Chrysocolla is a stone of empowerment of the feminine energies, teaching that genuine power is best expressed through gentleness. It is a stone of the Goddess, and those who resonate with it will likely feel her ancient and enduring energies rising within themselves. 

It is the stone of forgiveness, peace, and the strengthening of emotional bonds. It encourages compassion and helps us recover our natural spontaneity. 

Chrysocolla is a teaching stone, encouraging us to reveal our highest knowledge so that others may benefit from our experiences. This may come in the form of speaking lovingly to a friend and offering insights, a teacher to a student, or by simply modeling the power of words, chosen wisely with knowledge of their impact in the world. It is also a valuable tool for those who speak for a living.

On an emotional level, Chrysocolla teaches the value of both expression and the virtue of keeping silent. One can speak and say nothing, or remain silent and speak volumes. This stone’s soothing energy dispels highly charged emotional situations, angry words or fear-filled sarcasm, to allow one’s truth to be shared with wisdom and true communication.

Chrysocolla is powerful for opening and stimulating the Throat Chakra, allowing one to channel the loving knowledge of the heart to others. It allows for clear communication of one’s innate inner wisdom, even discerning what that wisdom maybe. The surprise of hearing oneself speak aloud a thought more profound than what one had in mind demonstrates this gift of expression. 

The Throat Chakra is the voice of the body, a pressure valve that allows the energy from the other chakras to be expressed. If it is blocked or out of balance, it can affect the health of the other chakras. In balance, it allows for the expression of what we think and what we feel. We can communicate our ideas, beliefs, and emotions. When the throat chakra is in balance and open, we can bring our personal truth out into the world. We have an easy flow of energy within the body and spirit. The energy that springs upward from the lower chakras can continue its path enabling free expression and natural release.

Also aligning with the Heart Chakra, Chrysocolla calms and helps ease emotional heartache, providing strength and balance. It further increases the capacity to love.