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Selenite is a form of Gypsum. Gypsum forms when salt water evaporates. The evaporation of ocean brine forms extensive beds of Gypsum with similarly formed Anhydrite (also known as Angelite) and Halite (a form of crystallized table salt). Gypsum forms all over the world wherever there is salt water, deserts, tunnels, new formations in old mines.

Gypsum is an evaporite, so it evaporates out of water and then it crystallizes. Gypsum is the first mineral to separate from evaporated sea water because of its low solubility (its capability of being dissolved). Then it crystallizes and blows into sand dunes. White Sands, New Mexico has 225 square miles of white Gypsum sand blown up to 60 feet high sand dunes. The Cave of Swords in Naica Mexico has Selenite crystals growing 6 feet long and more!

Gypsum is originally clear to white, but other minerals cause some of its many forms to show color. Selenite is the crystalline version, transparent, colorless with a pearly luster. Selenite has many thing layers with square shapes which are easily peeled. Orange Selenite has been colored by another mineral for its peach to orange color. Fishtail is a twinned crystal (a crystal that has two parts growing like a mirror). Satin Spar is the striated compact and fibrous form. Desert Rose forms in the desert with Quartz and sand and looks like a brown sandy flower. Alabaster is the fine grained massive stone which is translucent white. When Alabaster is heated it looks like marble. It is also often dyed. Alabaster has been popularly used to carve ornaments of all kinds

Energetically:

• Selenite is the best crystal to seal the aura from energy leaks and susceptibility of unwanted energies entering the aura.  Scan the aura with a wand or if working on yourself hold a sphere.
   
• Selenite helps in cell regeneration and is therefore popularly used against cancer, wrinkles, and tumors.
   
• Selenite is self cleaning and will clean other stones, place them on a Selenite log or cluster.
   
• Use at the Crown chakra to raise your vibrations and connect with other dimensions.
   
• Make a crystal grid or layout to anchor the light body back to earth.
   
• Desert Rose: keeps you centered and calm while you are multi-tasking
   
• Desert Rose: reminds you or your uniqueness and individuality in the world.

Note: Do not place Gypsum in water.  Selenite is 70% water. Use Selenite carefully as it is very fragile. It is only a 2 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness and can be easily scratched by a fingernail.
 

Mineral Facts

Surface Color: Brown, White, Clear, Yellow, Red, Gray, Orange

Streak Color: (can vary from surface color, this is the color of the crystals’ powdered minerals): White 

Group: Calcium Sulfate (Sulfates commonly form in evaporitic environments)

Cleavage (where the crystal breaks off naturally to form a new face, parallel to its structure. This is a clean break and can cleave over and over again along the same face, retaining the crystals structure): Good in one direction, poor in another.

Fracture (where you break the crystal not on a natural cleavage): Subconchoidal (Not as curved as Conchoidal. Conchoidal is a clam-like fracture which looks like broken glass) to Uneven/Brittle

Luster: Vitreous (glassy) to Pearly

Tenacity: Brittle (little resistance to breakage)

Transparency: Transparent (light flows through crystal) to Translucent (allows light through the crystal but not fully transparent)

Crystal System: Monoclinic (3 unequal crystal axis)  

Crystal Habit: Tabular

Personal Experience – I like the raw form of Satin Spar. The intensity of the stone is amazing. Holding a Selenite sphere and focusing on my aura feels like a white light is sealing my energy body. I always use Selenite in my crystal healing sessions to seal the client’s aura.

Jewelry – Selenite is not popularly found in jewelry because of its fragility.

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