Duemorterite

Dumortierite is a variably colored mineral which varies from brown, blue, and green to more rare violet and pink. Substitution of iron and other tri-valent elements for aluminum result in the color variations. Dumortierite quartz is blue colored quartz containing abundant dumortierite inclusions.  It is used in the manufacture of high grade porcelain. It is sometimes mistaken for sodalite and has been used as imitation lapis lazuli. 

Sources of Dumortierite include Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Madagascar, Namibia, Nevada, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sri Lanka, USA.  In 1925, dumortierite mines opened in Pershing County, Nevada.  The most well known, was the Champion mine that shipped the raw dumortierite to their spark plug factory where it was used to make the porcelain for spark plugs.  The mines are no longer active, but dumortierite precious enough for jewelry can still be found there.

The mineral can be used to reduce excitability and to eliminate stubbornness while assisting in the facilitation of the continuance of “standing-up” for oneself;  it can also assist in providing the stamina to retain the self when one is subjected to harsh uncomfortable environments, assisting in the centering of the entire being.  It is the stone of patience allowing of the recognition f the potential of any or all with whom one is involved.  It van actually provide an element of accommodation to bizarre reality, helping one to both realize and understand that reality is illusion, and illusion is real.