SHUNGITE SPHERE SMALL

SHUNGITE SPHERE SMALL

Absolutely Stunning Shungite Sphere Small.  Comes with an oresome rustic Shungite Base.

Karelia is not only a land of forests and lakes but it also a place where the natural mineral Shungite is found.  Shungite represents a black colour rock formation with graphite sheen.  According to some sources, Shungite is nearly two billion years old.

The name of this stone comes from the village of Shunga not far from the Zazhoginskoy mine.  Shungite has unique mineral properties.  The solid possesses sorption, catalytic and antibacterial properties.  It has the ability to absorb and neutralize high frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.  It has been known of for centuries in Russia where people would bath in water from the area for its curative properties.  It is the presence of Fullerenes in Shungite that generates much of the interest in the material.  Discovered in 1985, a Fullerene is a molecule of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, or other shape.  Only minute quantities of Fullerenes, in the form of C₆₀, C₇₀, C₇₆, C₈₂ and C₈₄ molecules, are produced in nature.  Hidden in soot and formed by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.  The Fullerene family, and especially C₆₀, has appealing photo, electrochemical and physical properties.  These properties can be exploited in various medical fields.  In 1992, Fullerenes were found in Shungite from Zazhoginskoy.

Location:
Zazhoginskoy mine, Shunga, Russia.

Dimensions:
Sphere 7cm diameter, 585g.
Base 460g.

Shungite from Zazhoginskoy deposit consists of:

Main components:

carbon…………………………………………………………..30
quartz……………………………………………………………45
composite silicates (micas, chlorites)………………..20
sulphates………………………………………………………..3
others…………………………………………………………….2 

Chemical composition(mass in %):

Physical properties:

density – 2.25-2.40 g / cm3;
porosity – 0.5-5%;
compressive strength of 100-150 MPa;
modulus (E) – 0.31 * 105 MPa;
electrical conductivity – (1-3) x 103 sim / m;
thermal conductivity – 3.8 W / m · K.