Sphene

Physical Features:

Sphene, commonly known as Titanite is a wedge-shapedflattened crystal. This is massive in size. Sphene is calcium rich metamorphicrock. Its color range is brown, green, yellow and black apart from these,colors like pink, red, orange are the rare specimens found. It is composed ofaluminum, impurities of iron and cerium, yttrium and manifold earth metals. Itis often confused with Sphalerite while examining the lustrous nature of thestone. Sphene is much harder than Sphalerite and it produces an odor of Sulphurduring a streak test. It can be identified by its high lustrous and highrefractive index. Sphene is one of the highest dispersion displaying mineral,which is even higher than the diamond. Earlier it was less available in the jewelrymarket because it is fragile as a ring stone and the commercial quantities of areliable supply of stones have not been evolved properly. But nowadays they canbe worn as a jewelry if you want. Sphene as gemstones ranging over 5 karats ishighly valued.

Use and purpose:

• Helpsin boosting mental state by making it more alert and active.
• Stimulatesgood vibration in the body and helps in retaining the creativity of one.
• Helpfulin meditation since it emits the Christ consciousness rays within the crownchakra.
• Helpsin maintaining the stability and balance of whole mind and body system.
• Helpsone to represent in an organized way.
• Itis a mind and soul healer gemstone.
• Itopens the thought pores to absorb new information.
• Developsand helps in proper functioning of the mind eliminating the nervousness.

This gemstone is less known by people but still hasemerged as a popular trading stone because of its unusual opticalcharacteristics. The rare specimens are highly valued in the gem tradeindustry.