Raw blue apatite, unpolished. In a blue running from turquoise to intense blue, this is the stone tradition links to motivation: getting started on what you keep putting off, and holding focus. It is a phosphate of medium-low hardness, so it is cleaned dry. Delivered in a 4 × 4 cm box, and every example is unique.
Blue apatite is the stone for getting started. Not the one that gives you ideas, you have plenty of those, but the one that gets you going: the thing you have been putting off for weeks.
Apatite is a calcium phosphate and the blue variety runs from light turquoise to intense blue, sometimes with greenish zones in the same piece. It is a stone of medium-low hardness: it scratches fairly easily and should not be left in water or salt, so it is cleaned dry.
It is credited with motivation and focus. This is the stone tradition turns to when the problem is not a shortage of ideas but getting moving.
It is best worked on a Waxing Moon🌒. The waxing moon is the phase for starting and growing, which is exactly what this stone is asked for. Put it where you work as you begin a project, a course or an exam.
Keep it in plain sight where you work or study. It is a desk stone rather than a pocket one, partly because it is soft and wears down. If you use it with intention, set it next to your list of outstanding things and say which one you will do first. It goes well with a blue or orange candle.
With blue kyanite to strengthen the part about voicing your goals. With ametrine when on top of starting you need to decide. And with hawk's eye if the project calls for the long view.
Better not. It is a phosphate of medium-low hardness and prolonged or salted water damages it. A dry cloth is enough.
Yes. Blue apatite often shows variation within the blue and greenish or lighter zones in the same piece. It is a natural mineral.
It is the same mineral in other colours. Tradition links the blue to motivation and expression; the other varieties are worked differently.
| Presentation | 4 × 4 cm box |
| Type | Raw mineral, neither polished nor cut |
| Piece | Natural and unique: shape, size and shade vary from stone to stone |
Clean it only with a dry or barely damp cloth. It is a soft, porous stone: prolonged water and salt damage it, so keep both away.
