Apache Warpaint
Country of Origin: USA
Apache War Paint is a dolomite that is colored by iron and copper. This material is being mined close to an abandoned copper mine near Morenci, AZ which is north and east of Tucson. The pattering and color of the stone reminded the miner of "war paint" since Native Americans, namely the Apache reservation, are near this area of mining and thus inspired the name.
Dolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral. Vast deposits are present in the geological record, but the mineral is relatively rare in modern environments. Dolomite is used as an ornamental stone, a concrete aggregate and as a source of magnesium oxide.
Dolomite encourages charitable actions and relieves sorrow in such a way as to assist one to recognize that there are actually more reasons to be sorrowful. It encourages energetic and impulsive original thinking and manifestation of those actions which are necessary to allow everything just as it occurs. It also assists in producing stamina when one is dealing with hyper-active individuals, such that one does not either give-up or give-in to the actions and demands of same.