Prehnite Meaning & Crystal Healing Properties
Quick Answer
Prehnite is a pale green to yellow-green stone of unconditional love, known as the crystal to heal the healer. It helps your mind become peaceful and relaxed, letting go of restlessness and worry, connects you with spirit guides and angels, and eases nightmares, phobias and deep fears. It is a stone for dreaming and remembering. It works with the heart and solar plexus. At 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale it is moderately hard.
Hi, I am Laurie, and I run Wholehearted Crystal Creations here in Regina. Prehnite is one of the softest, most soothing greens I carry, often with fine black needles running through it. Here is what it is.
What Is Prehnite?
Prehnite is a calcium aluminium silicate, usually pale green and often in rounded, bubbly forms. Many pieces contain dark needles of epidote. It was the first mineral named after a person, Hendrik von Prehn, who brought it from South Africa in the 1700s. Today much of it comes from Australia and Mali.
At 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale it is moderately hard.
Prehnite at a Glance
- Colour: Pale green to yellow-green
- Chakras: Heart and Solar Plexus
- Element: Water and Earth
- Zodiac: Libra
- Mineral: Silicate
- Hardness: 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale
Prehnite Meaning and Healing Properties
Prehnite is a stone to help you live your life wholeheartedly, as it is the stone of unconditional love and the crystal to heal the healer. It will help your mind become more peaceful and relaxed, letting go of restlessness and worry.
Prehnite will help you connect with your spirit guides and those on the higher planes, including the angels. Prehnite eases nightmares, phobias and deep fears. It is a stone for dreaming and remembering.
Prehnite Benefits
- Healing the healer: support for caregivers and helpers.
- Unconditional love.
- A peaceful mind: letting go of restlessness and worry.
- Easing nightmares, phobias and deep fears.
- Dreaming and remembering.
- Connection with guides and angels.
Chakra-wise, prehnite works with the heart and solar plexus chakras. It is associated with the elements of Water and Earth and with Libra.
How to Use Prehnite
- Keep it by your bed for peaceful sleep and dream recall.
- Carry it if you work in a caring role.
- Hold it when worry or fear takes over.
How to Cleanse and Care for Prehnite
- A quick rinse is fine. Dry it straight away and avoid soaking.
- Handle it gently. It can scratch or chip if knocked against harder stones.
- Skip harsh chemicals, acids and ultrasonic cleaners.
- Store it padded and away from quartz and other harder stones.
- Gentle cleansing works best: moonlight, sound, smoke or a selenite plate.
Is Prehnite Right for You?
If you are a caregiver, struggle with nightmares or fears, or want a peaceful, loving stone, prehnite is a beautiful choice.
Related Crystals
- Chrysoprase: apple green, for joy.
- Epidote: often found inside prehnite, for amplification.
- Amethyst: for calm and restful sleep.
- Stilbite: for sleep and vivid dreams.
Shop Prehnite at Wholehearted Crystal Creations
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Prehnite FAQ
What is prehnite good for?
Healing the healer, unconditional love, a peaceful mind, easing nightmares and fears, and dreaming and remembering.
What are the black needles in prehnite?
Usually epidote.
Can prehnite go in water?
A quick rinse is fine.
What chakra is prehnite?
The heart and solar plexus.
With love, Laurie. Wholehearted Crystal Creations, Regina SK
Wholehearted Crystal Creations highly recommends that healing crystals are to be used in combination with other therapies and modalities and are not meant to replace recommended treatment from a licensed medical practitioner.