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CRYSTALS
AND THEIR PROPERTIES
PLATINUM
Chemical
Composition: Pt
Crystal System:
Isometric Hardness: 4 - 4.5
Habit:
Nuggets and grains or flakes, rarely showing cubic forms
Colour:
White-grey to silver-grey, usually lighter than the platinum colour
of pure processed platinum
KEYWORD:
ENVIRONMENT
Native platinum is an exotic
mineral specimen and an expensive metal. Unfortunately,
well-formed crystals of platinum are extremely rare. Pure platinum is unknown of in nature as it usually is alloyed with other
metals such as iron, copper, gold, nickel, iridium, palladium, rhodium,
ruthenium and osmium.
It is typically more expensive by weight than gold,
mostly a product of its scarcity. Platinum
is very non-reactive and for this reason it is used in chemical reactions as a
catalyst. Metallic platinum can
facilitate many chemical reactions without becoming altered in the process.
It is also used in many antipollution devices; most notable is the
catalytic converter, and it has been given the nickname the ‘Environmental
Metal’.
Platinum contains the
energies of illumination; it is penetrating and focused, pristine and light.
It will reflect negative energies back to their source. It exposes the hidden and untrue, so it is a good ‘witness’ energy to
use in dowsing and kinesiology.
It is good to use in times of
stress and stressful situations. It
has also been used to bring alignment to the chakra system and facilitate Divine
alignment. Its energy is
incorruptible, which is why it has terrific potential for cleansing and
protecting not only the human energy field but also the environment.
Platinum works on the
endocrine system. Platinum supports
the life force within all the bodies, physical, emotional, mental, spiritual,
etc. and the surrounding auric field, allowing for a greater abundance of vital
energy. It gives a feeling of total
well-being.
Affirmation:
I now begin to harmonise my relationships and environment.
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