GREEN CALCITE.
Green Calcite is a sensitive soul, nurturing growth, and encouraging you to focus on what makes you happy. It has soothing, laid-back vibes with a hint of fresh energy, a bit like a refreshing cocktail in the garden on a warm day. When we are overstimulated, rushing from one appointment to the next, sometimes we need something to make us pause and reflect on our life and daily patterns - Green Calcite is that reality check, in crystal form. It encourages personal growth through self-awareness, acceptance, learning, and change. Its clarity helps stop you from being held back and just like any good gardener, Green Calcite focuses on an abundant crop—an abundance of love, an abundance of money, and an abundance of happiness.
The Gardener
Green Calcite is a form of calcium carbonate which is an extremely common mineral. However, the beautiful green variety is a bit more challenging to find with the main sources being located in Mexico and Brazil. The green colouring comes from either chlorite or the presence of copper-based minerals during its formation. Due to its “freshness” I tend to think of it as a relatively new crystal but it has been used to make amulets and jewellry for centuries. Below is a Seal Amulet made of Green Calcite from 3500–2900 BCE, to put that into context, this is around the period when The Great Pyramids in Egypt were being built.
Seal amulet, from the Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasrcaperiod, 3500–2900 BCE, Iran or Mesopotamia, made from Green Calcite
© The Met Museum
Buyer’s Guide to Green Calcite
Private Buyers
When you are buying Green Cacite it depends on what you plan to do with it. If you are making crystal elixirs then some cheap chunks, 1-2 EUR per piece are fine. If you want something to meditate with then a palm stone, although these are a lot harder to find. Just want a small inexpensive specimen, then a polished chunk. If you are going for something more impressive then an XL chunk makes a great value statement piece. If you prefer a bit of banding in your calcite then perhaps an Apache Calcite with a mix of various greens and browns may work better for you.
Always check for breakage and damage, calcite can be fragile and shear off along fault lines so make sure anything you buy feels “stable.”
Raw, unpolished Green Calcite. The surface is dusty despite washing. Avoid stocking this quality if you can.
Retail Buyers
Green Calcite should be relatively inexpensive to purchase wholesale. For bags of raw unpolished chunks only look to pay around 15 EUR per Kg. The quality will be a bit low and the contents will probably need a good wash before you sell it as it can have a rather dusty feel. It looks great in large containers in a retail store and it will sell, but customers won’t be overly thrilled with the quality they receive when buying online unless it's well-polished.
If you prefer to sell better quality then buying large slightly polished chunks or spheres will be more expensive but if the colour is good they will sell reasonably well. Look for a “waxy” finish so they feel soft to the touch.
The highest demand will be for raw small (5cm +/- wide) chunks that people can use in crystal elixirs, for the garden, or to add to collections.
Quick Guide | Green Calcite
Zodiac: Green Calcite is associated with all the zodiac signs Cancer, Virgo, and Capricorn.
Ruling Planet: The ruling planet for Green Calcite is Venus.
Chakra: Green Calcite is associated with the Heart (Anahata) Chakra.
Element: Green Calcite is aligned with the element Earth.
Crystal Charging: Green Calcite can be charged overnight under a Full Moon or in a freshwater stream. You can discharge any built-up energy by placing it on the ground, “like calls to like” so on some grass or moss would make it most happy.
Crystal Elixir: Green Calcite is a calcium carbonate and is water-safe so can be used to make crystal elixir.
Crystal Care: Green Calcite can be cleaned with lukewarm soapy water, with a soft cloth, a soft make-up brush, or a compressed air duster. Larger raw pieces may have loose pieces of crystal so be careful not to blast them into space with an air duster.
The chemical formula for Green Calcite: CaCO₃