Okenite

(OH-kuh-nite)
Main Origins:
Greenland, India, New Zealand, Ireland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Azerbaijan, and Chile.

What is Okenite?

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Okenite is a Zeolite and a silicate mineral found in basalt geodes, typically in a white cotton ball formation. The mineral mostly forms fibrous, radiating acicular, or spherical shapes and may be transparent or translucent. 

It is referred to by various names, such as Disclasite, Bordite, Bordit, Ockenite, Okenita, Okenit, and Bordita.

Did you know Okenite is called the Stone of Truth? The stone helps you find your most authentic self, traverse your karmic debts, and find ancient wisdom and awakening. 

Okenite is also called Disclasite and Bordite, which has a pearly to white hue, forming amygdules in igneous rocks. It is technically a secondary mineral from the alteration of basalts.

Fun Fact: While Okenite is quite fragile, it has an elastic tenacity and bendable fibers.

Okenite Metaphysical Properties & Benefits

Okenite is usually seen in a white color, opening the Crown and Stellar Gateway Chakras, thereby awakening clarity, enlightenment, purification, and psychic powers. 

When it forms with other crystals, this silicate mineral also opens the Earth Star, Lunar Star, Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, and Third Eye Chakras. Consequently, bonding with it facilitates karmic healing, grounding, manifestation, inspiration, health, and peace. 

Jupiter and Neptune rule the Okenita mineral in astrology, promoting fortune, hope, intelligence, inspiration, dreamwork, enlightenment, and intuition. 

These planets are why Bordite is recommended for Virgo, Pisces, and Sagittarius. It helps people born under these signs be honest, empathic, emotionally mature, and patient.

Deities such as Sedna, the Inuit Goddess of the Sea; Brigid, the Celtic Goddess of Poetry; Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge; Mithra, the Persian God of Friendship; and Pillan, the Mapuche Warlike God, are associated with Okenita silicate mineral. 

The Storm or Wind element is associated with the Disclasite mineral, bringing virtues like willpower, transformation, passion, knowledge, clarity, and expression. 

Given these elemental powers, you should place Okenite in your home’s West or Northwest areas. It’ll bring harmony, rationality, change, intelligence, and communication skills. 

Okenite Healing Properties & Benefits

Clarity and Creativity

  • Did you know Okenite clarifies your thoughts? Many varieties exhibiting white, snowy, and acicular characteristics also stimulate imagination and innovation. 
  • Place your healing mineral on your yoga mat and do sun salutations while facing the direction of the rising sun. Carry the charged stone to your office or class for creativity and mental clarity.

Forgiveness

  • Okenite Bloom, Puffball, and Calcite formations help you heal deep-seated hurt, regret, hatred, guilt, and revenge. 
  • Wrap your healing mineral in a fabric pouch before burying it under three inches of soil for 24 to 72 hours. Meditate with the charged stone to find forgiveness and to forgive others. 

 Emotional Balance

  • Okenite Puffball or Calcite helps you find stability, peace, and balance, especially when battling anxiety. You can carry the charged mineral as a worry stone to help ground you whenever you feel out of balance.
  • Charge your mineral by circling it with a lavender incense stick to foster empathy and deep healing.

 Immunity and Health

  • Puffball and Prehnite, Bordite varieties are ideal for clearing chakra blockages in your body. As a result, they’re good for vitality, immunity, and wellness. 
  • Create a crystal elixir by positioning your mineral adjacent to a glass of water for four to six hours in the daylight. Drink the elixir and make it daily for a week or up to a month. 

 Inspiration and Self-Discovery

  • Spherical, Tufted, and Gyrolite Okenita varieties help awaken your authentic self. As a result, you’ll realize your dormant talents and skills. 
  • Chant this affirmation to charge your stone for motivation and self-awareness. 

Okenite Spiritual Properties & Benefits

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Purification and Amplification

  • Okenite Bloom, Spray, Geode, and Calcite formations excel at removing negativity and amplifying positivity. To do this, circle the charged stone over objects you wish to purify or enhance.
  • Light a candle and hold your mineral safely from the flame for a minute or less to charge it for purification. 

 Psychic Abilities

  • Did you know certain Bordite varieties awaken psychic powers latent in your spirit? Spray, Spherical, Bloom, Tufts, Apophyllite, and Stilbite Okenite are useful for awakening clairvision, intuition, and clairvoyance. 
  • Construct a crystal altar by placing your mineral in the center, surrounded by lemongrass, roses, damiana, lilies, and a few drops of cedarwood oil. Light a silver, gold, or indigo candle to activate the altar daily.

 Ancient Wisdom and Karmic Healing

  • Natural formations of Okenite with Mordenite and Calcite are perfect for tapping into ancient wisdom. Once you’ve bonded with a charged stone, it will pave the way to karmic healing. 
  • Build a spell jar with the soil on the bottom and your crystal on top. Add other ingredients to set your spell jar for karmic healing, such as thyme, chamomile, lotus, sunflower, and rosemary oil. Seal the mouth while visualizing your intention.

 Enlightenment

  • Spiritual awakening is one of the benefits of using Snowy or Apophyllite Okenite. Having gem baths with the stone twice or thrice a month on moonlit nights will help you illuminate your mind and soul. 
  • Make a crystal elixir without direct infusion and pour the water into your bathtub. Soak up to 10 minutes in the gem bath while visualizing your intention.

Good Fortune and Divination

  • Okenite with Calcite and Blue Chalcedony attracts luck and success when you carry the charged mineral in your wallet or with cash. 
  • Charge your silicate mineral for good fortune, dreamwork, and divination by scrying with it on a moonlit night. 

Side Effects of Okenite

  • Obsession: Overusing this mineral can lead to an obsession with truth and general compulsiveness. If you experience this, hold a grounding crystal while using it.
  • Oversensitivity: If you are new to Okenite, there’s a likelihood it might lead to overwhelming emotions. Consider taking a break if this is happening to you.
  • Emotional Outbursts: Overusing your healing mineral can increase temper, meltdowns, and rage. Cleanse with Morganite and take a few days to calm down instead.

Okenite Meaning: What Does Okenite Symbolize?

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The meaning of Okenite is personal truth.

It’s often described as a healing crystal with childlike energy. This silicate mineral is a reservoir of psychic powers, ancient wisdom, intelligence, self-awareness, empathy, inspiration, enlightenment, and good fortune.

Did you know Okenite was first reported nearly 200 years ago on Greenland’s Disko Island? It’s named after German naturalist Lorenz Oken. 

The stone is often called Disclasite, from the Greek word “disklas,” meaning “twice broken,” due to its fragile nature and ease of breakability. 

Types of Okenite Crystals

  • Common Okenite: This silicate mineral typically appears in white and pale yellow colors and aligns the higher and lower chakras. Use it for purification, finding truths, and amplifying energies. 
  • Orange Okenite: Bordite in bright orange hues forms this variety and opens the Sacral Chakra, improving willpower, health, and self-esteem.
  • Snowy Okenite: This type of Disclasite has a bright white hue with a texture as soft as fallen snow. It’s an enlightenment stone that leads to awakening, divination, and creativity. 
  • Okenite Bloom: This silicate Ockenite mineral has blooming crystals with a thick radiating structure, like blooming flowers in white or off-white hues. Use it to let go of hurt, move on from the past, and clear your karmic debts. 
  • Okenite Spray: Bordite may naturally form with crystals fanning out into multiple directions with a spray-like appearance. It’s a powerful stone for purification, amplification, and self-discovery. 
  • Spherical Okenite: Also called Okenite Sphere or Okenite Ball, this type of silicate mineral may have solid or acicular crystals. They are great for emotional intelligence, forgiveness, and ancient wisdom.
  • Okenite Puffball: Disclasite appears in puffy, ball-like formations with a delicate structure, enhancing your immunity, spiritual development, and balance.
  • Okenite Tufts: Bordit in puffy-cloud-like formations often form white crystals with a fleece-like appearance. Use it for prosperity, inspiration, self-discovery, and psychic gifts. 
  • Acicular Okenite: This type of Ockenite forms needle-like acicular crystals protruding outward. It’s a good stone for clarity, intelligence, and innovation.
  • Okenite Geode: Disclasite mineral encased in a dark protective cavity of other minerals is its geode. It’s a purification, manifestation, dreamwork, and immunity stone.
  • Okenite on Blue Chalcedony: Okenita often forms with Blue Chalcedony, showing teal, blue, and indigo hues. Use this variety for intuition, fortune-telling, creativity, self-expression, and ancient wisdom. 
  • Okenite with Mordenite: This White Okenit forms with Quartz and Chalcedony with a yellow center and white surroundings, earning the name Sunny Side Up stone.
  • Okenite on Drusy Quartz: Bordit tufts and puffballs often form on sparkly White Druzy Quartz. It’s recommended for purification, psychic abilities, mental clarity, and enlightenment.
  • Okenite var Amethyst: Ockenite clusters can form with Amethyst crystals and geodes, making them excellent for spiritual awakening, creativity, divination, communication skills, and mind power.
  • Okenite Gyrolite: Adorned with Bordite Balls and Gyrolite on the outside, this variety is highly recommended for inspiration, dreamwork, and self-discovery. 
  • Okenite Calcite: Orange and Golden Calcite often form with Okenite, expanding your mind and spirit to be more forgiving, empathic, wise, lucky, and motivated. 
  • Okenite Prehnite: Disclasite balls and acicular form naturally with Blue and Green Prehnite in aggregates and clusters. It’s beneficial for healing karmic wounds, immune system issues, and emotional scars.
  • Okenite Apophyllite: Okenite Balls and Tufts form on Blue and White Apophyllite within vugs and cavities. Healers recommend it for wisdom, enlightenment, divination, self-discovery, and dream work. 
  • Okenite Laumontite: Ockenite Balls exist with Laumontite, often with Green Prehnite and encased in Gyrolite. They’re good for health, immunity, strength, creativity, and psychic abilities. 
  • Okenite with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K): Spherules of Bordite also form with white, pink, and golden Hydroxy Apophyllite. Use this variety for ancient wisdom, clarity, and forgiveness. 
  • Okenite with Fluoroapophyllite-(K): Disclasite also forms hairy fibers with another Fluoro Apophyllite in beige, white, green, and black crystals. This healing mineral is good for clarity, emotional balance, and inspiration. 
  • Okenite with Chabazite: Bordit forms with Chabazite-Ca with teal, blue, indigo, white, yellow, maroon, brown, and golden crystals. Use this healing mineral for wealth, prosperity, abundance, self-discovery, and success.
  • Okenite with Stilbite: Ockenite forms with many Stilbite Subgroups, forming white, green, purple, golden, peach, pink, and silver crystals. Psychics say it’s a good mineral for activating psychic gifts, like intuition, fortune-telling, and emotional balance.
  • Stalactite Okenite Stalagmite on Pyromorphite: A dark maroon to brown and reddish variety of Disclasite, Quartz, Stalagmite, and Pyromorphite comprises this variety. Use it for transformation, prosperity, dreamwork, letting go, and inspiration.

How to Cleanse Okenite?

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  • Seed Mantra: Hold your crystal near your lips and chant the seed mantra “YAM,” associated with the Air element, into the stone repeatedly to cleanse it.
  • Fire: Light a candle and hold your crystal for a few minutes at a safe distance before the flame to remove the negativity absorbed by your mineral. 
  • Moonlight: Place your healing mineral in a room with an open window during a moonlit night for 2 to 8 hours to restore its original positivity.

Questions and Answers

Is Okenite Crystal Dangerous?

Yes and no; Okenite is safe to handle, but inhaling or ingesting it is dangerous. 

Can You Touch Okenite?

Yes, you can touch Okenite, but its fibers and splinters may easily get damaged and splinter you. Hence, it’s not advised to touch Okenite. 

How is Okenite Formed?

Okenite is a Zeolite variety of silicate minerals that forms via hydrothermal processes that alter the rocks’ chemical makeup. 

Can Okenite Get Wet?

No, Okenite shouldn’t get wet as it can permanently damage the crystal. 

Is Okenite Safe in the Sun?

Yes and no; Okenite is safe for short periods under the sun, but direct and prolonged exposure may damage it. 

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