Thulite – the stone of vitality and ingenuity
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- Size: stone size varies between 2.5 cm and 4.0 cm
- Material: Pink variety of zoisite
- Hardness (Mohs): 6–6.5
- Form: Polished and tumbled natural stone
Symbolic Meaning
A powerful stone believed to be connected with vitality and to support healing and renewal. Thulite is considered helpful in situations where resistance needs to be overcome. It is believed to help bring out extroversion and strengthen self-expression and performance skills.
The stone is said to encourage curiosity and ingenuity in solving problems, and to help in examining the duality of human life by bringing together love and reason.
On an emotional level, thulite is believed to encourage the expression of passion and sexual feelings. It is thought to teach that desire, sensuality, and sexuality are natural parts of life, and to encourage their constructive and positive expression. Thulite has also been believed to support fertility.
The stone has been regarded as strengthening and renewing, and it has traditionally been considered helpful in cases of severe weakness and nervous exhaustion.
About the Stone
Thulite is the pink variety of the mineral zoisite. Zoisite is a calcium aluminum silicate mineral that belongs to the epidote group. The color of thulite is caused by manganese, which replaces part of the calcium in the mineral’s structure and gives the stone shades ranging from pale pink to reddish. Zoisite has a hardness of about 6–7 on the Mohs scale, which makes thulite a fairly durable decorative and jewelry stone. It often occurs in metamorphic rocks together with minerals such as quartz and calcite.
Thulite was first discovered in 1820 in Norway, near Sauland in the Telemark region. The mineral was named after Thule, mentioned in ancient sources as the northernmost known land, later associated with Scandinavia. Norway remains one of the best-known localities for thulite, although it is also found in other countries.