The flat, drilled heart made of dark Labradorite (dark) is approx. 28 x 28mm in size, the hole is approx. 2.2mm.
Dark labradorite belongs to the Feldspar group. Labradorite is used in gemstone healing to strengthen reflection and truth, intuition, depth of feeling and mental abilities.
The first labradorites arrived in Europe in the 18th century after they were found on the Canadian Labrador Peninsula in 1770. The Czech missionary Father Adolf found the first pieces there when the Moravians founded numerous settlements on the forest-covered peninsula in the Atlantic.
settlements on the wooded peninsula in the Atlantic. The mineral was given its name "labradorite" in 1832 by the French mineralogist and professor François Bedaunt (1787 - 1850) due to its location on the Labrador Peninsula. Occasional spellings such as labardorite, labradoride, labradoriet, labradorite, labratorite or lapradorite are therefore incorrect.
Labradorite is the stone of the month for August 2020.