Within the metaphysical realm of minerals, actinolite brings the believer's body functions into harmony and balance. It can affect the colour vibration of other stones and enhances their overall effectiveness. It stabilizes the physical crystallization process (a process that anchors either a positive or a negative ‘now’ consciousness) and can restructure the believer's cells into a positive crystallization. Actinolite helps strengthen the processes of the believer's physical body, and allows it to accept what has taken place. It encourages their spirit to explore new directions, and gives awareness if the believer has strayed from their original goals. It promotes a feeling of self-worth and strength and encourages inner balance and patience. It helps instigate the balancing process of emotional and physical acceptance, and produces the openness and the well-being that allows the believer to be available and receptive to Divine energies.

Please note that MIROFOSS does not suggest in any way that minerals should be used in place of proper medical and psychological care. This information is provided here as a reference only.

Certain types of actinolite are used as gemstones.

Actinolite is commonly found in metamorphic rocks, such as contact aureoles surrounding cooled intrusive igneous rocks. It also occurs as a product of metamorphism of magnesium-rich limestone.

Actinolite is an intermediate member in a solid-solution series between magnesium-rich tremolite, and iron-rich ferro-actinolite. Mg and Fe ions can be freely exchanged in the crystal structure. Like tremolite, asbestiform actinolite is regulated as asbestos. The old mineral name uralite is at times applied to an alteration product of primary pyroxene by a mixture composed largely of actinolite. The metamorphosed gabbro or diabase rock bodies, referred to as epidiorite, contain a considerable amount of this uralitic alteration.

Other than in the basic mineral form, actinolite can be found in one distinct variety:

Smaragdite

The following health hazards should be noted when handling actinolite:

BIOHAZARD Actinolite can cause asbestosis, lung cancer, and both pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma.

The following image shows the elemental breakdown of the mineral actinolite along with the mineral crystal structure.

Actinolite can be referenced in certain current and historical texts under the following seven names:

The mineral actinolite can be translated into the following select languages: