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Iolite Sri Lanka 4mm Faceted Rounds
$ 65.00 $ 39.00
- Iolite Sri Lanka 4mm Faceted Rounds
- Approx. 15.5" long
- Sold by the strand. Price is for ONE STRAND ONLY
- Origin is Sri Lanka
- The name Iolite comes from the Greek ios, which means violet.
- The Vikings possibly mined Iolite crystals from deposits in Norway and Greenland. Viking sailors allegedly used Iolite as a polarizing filter to find the sun on cloudy days for a safe offshore navigation. The Viking sailors allegedly used thin pieces of Iolite as a lens, and the folklore surrounding this idea says they could determine the exact position of the sun on cloudy days, and navigate safely to their new worlds and back.
- Iolite is a stone that forms most often with Granite, and is found mainly in Sri Lanka, India, and Burma.
- It is associated in folklore and stone lore with vision, both in terms of eyesight and intuition, as well as expression and clarity of emotions.