Sultanite - magical and physical properties, photo and who suits the zodiac

Sultanite is a stone, the price of which you can not be interested in, if you are not a sultan, padishah or a person equated to them. However, in stores you can buy it at a fairly modest price. The fact is that they are synthetic, and natural ones are fabulously expensive.

History and origin of the name

The mineral itself has been known since the end of the 18th century, when it was found in the Urals. The ferruginous kyanites found here are called "diaspores" from the Greek "diaspora" - "scatter, crumble." This name was given to him by René-Just Gaui, who described him in 1801. Later, the stone was found in Yakutia and in China.

In the 70s, two important events happened in the history of the stone. The Ural variety received a new name "tanatarite" in honor of the Russian geologist Joseph Tanatar. In 1977, a deposit of "zultanite" was found on a mountain near Lake Bafa at an altitude of 1200 meters in Turkey. Faceted Turkish gems were quite decent in size, often 20-30 carats.

The main feature of the gem was a pronounced alexandrite effect. Indoors, the stone looks light green, and in the light of the lamp it becomes reddish-brown. In daylight, sultanite shimmers with various shades of yellow and green, like mother-of-pearl.In ultraviolet light, a bright green glow is observed.

The stone entered the jewelry market in 1994 and became a symbol of Turkey. According to legend, only sultans and their entourage wore it, and the padishahs gave it to their beloved wives and concubines. At least, the ancient Eastern sages claimed so.

Noticed an inconsistency? Either the stone has been known since antiquity, or it appeared on the market 25 years ago, or it was found in Russia, or in Turkey. Where is the birthplace of the stone actually located? In addition to Turkey and Russia, China also claims this role.

The fact is that Turkey keeps all information about this stone in the strictest confidence. Neither the exact place of extraction is known, nor how many stones enter the world market. This country is really the only one where gem-quality stones are found. In Russia, China and other countries, the sizes of stones are small, and taking into account their incredible fragility, it is not impossible to make jewelry with them.

Most likely, the Turks pass off the description of some other stones as descriptions of sultanite. The price indicated in the catalogs of stores refers to the sultanite obtained artificially in Turkey. How many real stones exist in the world, no one knows. It is possible that the number goes to tens or hundreds.

Place of Birth

The deposit of jewelry sultanite is the only one. In addition to Turkey, it is found in the Middle and Southern Urals, in Yakutia, Uzbekistan, China, Azerbaijan, Hungary and the USA, but all the sultanites found there are not suitable for making jewelry, because they are too small and fragile.

Physical Properties

Sultanite has a hardness of 6.5-7, glass or mother-of-pearl luster. Transparent or translucent. The color can be from white to brown, lilac, pinkish and gray-green.

Density 3.2-3.5 g/cm3.The stone is very fragile, when heated or otherwise exposed, it easily cracks. This is due to perfect cleavage in one direction and not perfect in the other. Therefore, the stone is difficult to process and cut. When cutting, 98% of the crystal goes to waste, and only 2% becomes a cut gem. The fracture is conchoidal. The syngony is rhombic.

Refractive index 1.70-1.75. With different illumination and spectrum of light, the stone changes color like alexandrite. In terms of alexandrite effect, sultanite surpasses all other stones.

Chemical properties and composition

Sultanite is hydrated alumina or aluminum oxide. It is like corundum that has absorbed water. The color of the stone is due to the iron, manganese or chromium contained in it. The ratio of these impurities gives the sultanite a whole range of shades. Iron gives the stone yellow-brown, marsh and ocher tones, manganese - crimson and rose-red tones, and chromium - green.

The chemical formula is AlO(OH).

fakes

There are different opinions about fakes. They even claim that everything is a fake, regardless of whether it is a Turkish store or a Russian one.

The Turks grow artificial sultanites from aluminum gel at a temperature of 1700 C and a pressure of thousands of atmospheres. At the same time, crumbs from real stones are added, obtained as waste during cutting. They become the center of crystal growth. However, the Turks keep the technology of their production in the strictest confidence.

In Russia, sitalls are more often produced with a full range of properties of natural stone, but at the same time they most often warn about a synthetic origin, adding the word "sitall" to the name "sultanite".

It is almost impossible to distinguish an artificial stone from a natural sultanite, since having seen it only in a photo, it is simply impossible to imagine the play of colors of a gem from it.

Sultanite is a stone that many recipes tell about with a description of how to distinguish it from fakes, but other than the unnaturally bright colors of fakes, they are all dubious. Even the alexandrite effect of fakes is quite at the level of natural gems.

magical properties

Sultanite is a stone that is credited with many magical properties, so it is difficult to find someone for whom it does not suit.

Sultanite is the talisman of creative people. It reveals hidden talents, brings inspiration and charisma to the owner. The stone gives the opportunity to see the world in a new unusual light and translate non-trivial creative ideas into reality. Sultanite will not let you leave the work you have begun, even if it seems impossible, will not allow you to calm down until the plan is brought to the end.

The talisman will drive away despondency and charge any bore and skeptic with optimism. The gem sets the owner in a philosophical mood, helps to see any problem from an unusual angle and find a non-standard solution.

As a talisman, sultanite will protect the owner from any witchcraft, whether it be damage, evil eye and love spell. Those who plot evil will be put to shame by him.

If the stone cracked in the jewelry for no apparent reason, then this may be evidence that the owner is in danger of major financial troubles and health problems.

Interesting: According to Turkish sources, it can be used to determine real gold from fake.As if in a frame of real gold, the gem shimmers and plays with all colors, and in a frame of fake gold it fades and fades.

The non-gem-quality diaspore was used by witches to predict fate. The person was asked to hold the stone in his hand, after which the fortune-teller threw the crystal on the burning coals. The stone cracked, forming a bizarre network of cracks, in which the fate of a person who wished to know his future was encrypted. The method is also used by modern fortune tellers.

Medicinal properties

Little is known about the medicinal properties of sultanite. It is said to relieve headaches and cure colds, as well as relieve depression. Such a very modest list, perhaps due to the fact that the sultans, who can afford the treatment with real sultanite, are unlikely to want their illnesses to be made public.

Zodiac signs

Sultanite has no contraindications for the signs of the zodiac.

Ideal for Aries, Sagittarius and Leo. To these signs, he gives them balance and reduces ambition, which only benefits them. Some of the representatives of these signs awaken clairvoyance. This is especially true for Sagittarius and Aries. He will give strength to the lions to realize the craziest ideas and plans.

Taurus under his influence become more reasonable and do only the right things. With the help of sultanite, they can find family happiness.

He will make Scorpios romantics, and give women irresistible charisma.

Virgos can count on a sudden romantic relationship, while they will not lose their practicality and prudence.

He will make Aquarius dreamers and romantics. True, they do not have these qualities anyway.

Libra, he will help get rid of indecision and the pangs of choice, since the right decision in the presence of a stone will appear intuitively.

Capricorns will easily find a balance between romanticism and practicality, allowing everything to manifest at the proper time.

Compatibility

Sultanites in jewelry are often combined with cubic zirkonia, diamonds, aquamarines and other precious stones with cold shades, but this is purely for aesthetic reasons. Sultanite itself can be friends with all stones.

Red stones distract from the main stone and make its play of colors less expressive. Therefore, they are never included in the same jewelry with sultanite.

Jewelry with Sultanite

Sultanite looks great in a frame made of silver, platinum or white gold. In yellow gold, it looks much worse.

Jewelry with Sultanite can be very different: earrings, rings, necklaces, pendants, brooches, bracelets, pendants. Their cost with a natural stone is not really known, because even at auctions you can rarely meet them, and the confidence that a stone sold at the price of a diamond is mined from the ground is rather a matter of faith. Distinguishing a real stone from a high-quality, but artificially obtained, sometimes beyond the power of an experienced jeweler.

If you do not aim to use a ring or pendant as a talisman or amulet, then you can safely buy artificial ones, because the play of colors in such a fake is sometimes not inferior to a natural gem. Honest manufacturers immediately indicate that this is “g / t sultanite”, that is, hydrothermal, or “sitall sultanite”

You can also find Sultanites quite inexpensive, but only the manufacturer knows what they are, natural stones of low quality or artificially grown sultanites.Earrings or rings with such sultanites can be bought for 2-3 thousand rubles.

stone care

To understand how delicate the attitude towards this treasure should be, one should remember another name for the stone. Diaspore, in full accordance with its name, is capable of splitting from the slightest blow or when falling from an insignificant height.

You need to store such a gem separately from other stones.

Do not touch it with greasy hands, avoid contact of the stone with cream and other cosmetics. Do not wear it to the gym if you have already become the owner of such a curiosity. From contact with human sweat, the stone loses its play of shades.

You can wash very carefully, avoiding any chemicals. Mild soapy water only! After that, the stone is washed in clean water and immediately dried with a dry cloth.

Artificial stones can be handled less delicately, since they are much less fragile, but it's not worth the risk. And suddenly you miraculously got a natural gem.

Sultanite is a very expensive gem, but even an inexpensive artificial stone will give the owner the attention of others, because the play of overflows simply fascinates anyone.

Photo of Sultanite stone