SiO₂
Opalite
Usually furnace glass with a milky sheen, about 5 to 6 on Mohs, and often labelled moonstone by mistake.
- Formula
- SiO₂
- Mohs hardness
- 5–6
- Crystal system
- amorphous
- Colour
- white, blue
- Element
- water
- Chakra (tradition)
- crown
- Zodiac
- Cancer, Pisces
- Month
- —
- Where the earth keeps it
- Czechia, China
What it actually is
Opalite is SiO₂ before it is a story. The lattice is amorphous, Mohs 5–6, and the eye meets white, blue.
The better pieces still come out of the ground in Czechia, China. Usually furnace glass with a milky sheen, about 5 to 6 on Mohs, and often labelled moonstone by mistake.
What the old tradition whispers
The parlour tradition ties Opalite to water and to the crown centre. The old site stood it near: Cancer, Pisces.
How not to turn it to ash
Softer than a steel knife. No ultrasonic bath, no acid, no sudden heat. Dust wants a dry cloth.