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LUCKY MINERALS

-Aries: Jasper gap (Jaspe Brecha) -Taurus: Lapislazuli (Lapislázuli)-Gemini: Aguamarine (Aguamarina)-Cancer: Amethyst (Amastista)-Leo: Quartz (Cuarzo)-Virgo: Rodonite (Rodonita)-Libra: Agate banded (Ágata bandeada)-Scorpio: Esmerald (Esmeralda)-Sagittarius: Pyrite (Pirita)-Capricorn: Jet (Azabache)-Aquarius: Turquoise (Turquesa)-Pisces: Calcite (Calcita)

INDEX

All signs of the zodiac are associated with a lucky mineral and are:

The Jasper gap is a sedimentary rock.It has a soft surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gem. It can be polished and used in vases and stamps. The color is red or, sometimes, reddish brown.

ARIES: JASPER GAP

TAURUS: LAPISLAZULI

The lapislazuli is an ultramarine blue gem, highly prized in jewerly since antiquity. Its a semiprecious stone, composed of the minerals lazurite, wollastonite, calcite and pyrite.

GEMINI: AGUAMARINE

Because of its color it was for mearly no known as the sailors stone. The sailors carried it as an amulet against the tide and the storms.

It has been know for thousands of years, since in Egypt it was used to create jewelry. The amethyst symbolizes divine wisdom. It is dark violet with colorless tips.

CANCER: AMETHYST

Mineral composed of silica, is very common in the earth´s crust, present in a large amount of rocks. It is very hard and resistant.

LEO: QUARTZ

It is reddish pink, it can change to brown black when it is out in the open. It is used large masses as oramental stone.

VIRGO: RHODONITE

LIBRA: AGATE BANDED

The agate is not a specific mineral but a set of microcrystallinevarieties of quarzt (silica).In fact they are varieties of chalcedony that present bands of several littel contrasted colors. The agate is found in volcanic rocks. It is a hard and resistant rock.

It is a precious stone. It unites to its especially intense green color the property of being transparent or translucent. It is a variety of beryl whose color is due to the presence of chromium and /or vanadium.

SCORPIO: ESMERALD

SAGITTARIUS: PYRITE

The pyrite when brushed with metals emits sparks. Also known as "the gold of the fools" or "the gold of the poor". It cubes and releases sulfur vapors.

CAPRICORN: JET

The jet is a bright black mineramineraloid, it originated from trunks of buried trees and subjecected to high pressures. It is compact, soft to the touch, light and quite soft.

AQUARIUS: TOURQUOISE

The tuorquoise is a blue-green mineral, very apprectated as a precious stone .It is scare and vluable for its quatly, it is rare and it is found in desert regions.

The calcite is a very common mineral, always produces effervescence with acids. It is one of the best type minerals for collections, as there are many interesting shapes and varieties, as well as colorful and beautiful specimens

PISCES: CALCITE

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