Last updated : June 12, 2026 1:19 PM
Aegirine is a beautiful black stone considered as the epitome of personality and truthfulness. The beautiful black blades of Aegirine give the stone a mighty look and make it the noblest stone ever. The nobility of Aegirine is not just because of its looks, but also due to the qualities that Aegirine holds. It aligns one’s truest belief with life and provides him the confidence of being strong and passionate enough to follow them. The earthy and natural energies that Aegirine holds guard the physical body and aura of the human being. It reinforces the spirit in times of difficulty by eliminating negative thoughts, and energies.
It is believed that carrying or holding an Aegirine stone in your hand removes all the negative energies that have made a place in the aura of the person. Moreover, it also reduces drug or alcoholic abuse of any kind, which makes the protective field weak.
Primary Stone : TOURMALINE rough
Model # P94850
Stone Weight : 15.55
Size (inch) : 1 6/8
Weight (Gms) 6.48
Primary Stone : TOURMALINE rough
Model # P44320
Stone Weight : 17.36
Size (inch) : 8
Weight (Gms) 7.89
Primary Stone : TOURMALINE rough
Model # R15963
Stone Weight : 14.72
Size (inch) : 1 5/8
Weight (Gms) 6.69
Primary Stone : TOURMALINE rough
Model # P94825
Stone Weight : 15.43
Size (inch) : 1 6/8
Weight (Gms) 6.43
The noteworthy localities where Aegirine is found are Localities include Narsarssuk, Greenland; Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; Kongsberg, Norway; Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA; Kola Peninsula, Russia; Kenya; Nigeria and Scotland.
Physical Healing : Aegirine aids the body of the wearer in the detoxification process by eliminating all toxins. It boosts the immune system, nervous system, and metabolism. In particular, Aegirine supports and reinforces spleen, gallbladder, and liver. Aegirine is an important and excellent crystal for generating stamina and physical energy, and it also heals the person from injury, pain or illness. Aegirine is an extremely useful crystal for alleviating troubles of bones, muscles, and nerves. Aegirine is a valuable Reiki stone, and an energy transferring crystal that works on the power of touch.
Emotional Healing : Aegirine becomes a supporter when it comes to overcoming sorrow and sadness, despair or misery by melting all the negative and emotional energies, approaches and patterns caused by shame, guilt, remorse, unimportance or feeling of abandonment. It engenders optimistic thoughts and replaces the toxic ones, which boosts the negative attitude, and helps to mend the emotional body. Aegirine encourages one to follow truth and see the bigger picture of life by leaving behind small things and thoughts. It gives the power to accept things. It also assists in recovering from an unsuccessful relationship by transforming grief.
Spiritual Healing : Aegirine lets the wearer focus on and generates all the energies that are universal and personal. It inculcates in the wearer the feeling that there is light after dark, and light heals all the negativities of life. It nurtures a sense of worth and reliability and give power to the wearer to express and live the truth out into the world. The noble Aegirine upholds the character of honesty and high calibre and bears the spiritual, karmic, and progressive energies.
Heals and Balances Chakra : Aegirine gemstone is believed to activate the root or base chakra. This chakra is located at the base of the spine and is the source of spiritual and physical energies of the body. It also controls the kinesthetic movement and feelings. When the base chakra is out of balance is leads to low enthusiasm, low activity and lethargy in the body. The person feels detached from the spirituality, reality and emotional relationships. The body regains its strength when the base chakra is in balance.
Aegirine may also be used in arousing of the Kundalini energy that resides in base chakra only, and can help to calm down the energy fields through the activation of Kundalini energy.
Some facts about Aegirine
Aegirine is a component of the Pyroxene group, which is a sodium iron silicate mineral that forms prismatic and long crystals. In some cases, even fibrous and compact grains are also formed.
This noble crystal was named after the god of the sea called Aegir. The stone was discovered in Norway and is also termed as Acmite, which is a Greek word. Acmite means “Point”.
The hardness of Aegirine is 6-6.5 on the Moh’s scale of hardness.
| Cleavage | Good on {110}, (110) ^ (110) ≈87°; parting on {100} |
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| Other Names | Acmite |
| Crystal Habit | Prismatic crystals may be in sprays of acicular crystals, fibrous, in radial concretions |
| Streak | Yellowish-grey |
| Refractive Index | nα = 1.720 - 1.778 nβ = 1.740 - 1.819 nγ = 1.757 - 1.839 |
| Diaphaneity | Translucent to opaque |
| Moh's scale (hardness) | 6 |
| Sources | Canada, Norway, Greenland, Russia, USA, Kenya, Scotland and Nigeria |
| Chemical formula | NaFe3+[ Si2O6] |
| Lustre | Vitreous to slightly resinous |
| Color | Dark Green, Greenish Black |
| Chakra Healing | Root or base chakra |
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Aegirine is often opaque to translucent, mostly black in color. However, sometimes it is also brownish-black or greenish-black in color. Aegirine is found commonly in alkaline-rich volcanic rocks.

Aegirine is a black colored crystal which was first discovered in Norway. Today, this stone is...