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Nov 03 2009

Blue John

Posted by Robyn in Crystals, Metaphysical, tags: ,

A facebook friend said he has a Blue John pendant but didn’t know anything about it. I knew a little but not too much, so I volunteered to do some research on it.

Blue JohnBlue John is fluorite from the Blue John cavern in Derbyshire England. It comes in striped colors of mainly purple-red, dark blue, and yellow, which makes it name seem a bit odd to be called Blue John. The name supposedly comes from what the French miners of the past called it “bleu-jaune” meaning blue-yellow.  It’s reputedly the most expensive and prized fluorite in the world.  Roman legend says that drinking alcoholic beverages from cups or bowls of blue john kept away drunkenness.

Metaphysically, Blue John does have the properties of fluorite in general.  Additionally, it is especially good for bringing succor and relief to sensitives and mediums who give too much or take too much in. It is said to bring renewal and energy, as well as strength, health and well-being.  Blue John is said to be a catalyst for personal growth, encouraging experimenting, exploring, and understanding. It is a strong teaching and learning stone because of this. It is reputed to work very well with Magnetite for aligning the spine in polarization. Blue John is primarily related to the third eye and crown chakras with the solar plexus chakra tied in.

Blue John Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpape/ / CC BY 2.0

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2 Responses to “Blue John”
  1. Barry says:
    November 3, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    Robyn, you are an absolute star. Everything ties in with the ‘comfort blanket’ feeling that I get when I wear it. I work as a tutor dealing with the long term unemployed and have to put up with quite a lot of negativity and now, after reading what you have come up with, it all makes sense why I need it.

    My Blue John is actually a very dark blue on what I call the front without any other colours and on the reverse it’s dark blue at the top and graduates to the bottom where it becomes a milky white.

    Thank you ever so much for posting about it.

    Hugs
    Barry

    • Robyn says:
      November 3, 2009 at 4:58 pm

      Hi Barry, I’m glad I could help out! Being almost all blue would likely just mean that it was cut from a large patterned piece. The rest of the pattern on that original chunk is no doubt someone else’s jewelry now. *hugs back to you*

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