Quick Answer
Maw Sit Sit is a vivid green crystal used in modern crystal healing for heart healing, abundance, and protection. It measures 6.5 on the Mohs hardness scale and typically costs $25 to $150 for a tumbled stone. In the chakra tradition, Maw Sit Sit is associated with the Heart chakra.
Worth knowing: Its principal mineral, kosmochlor, was first described from iron meteorites and named for the Greek kosmos, so the gem's electric green comes from a mineral first known from space.
“A vivid green Burmese composite of kosmochlor, jadeite, and other minerals, of heart vibrancy.”
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
- Zodiac
- Taurus ♉, Leo ♌
- Element
- Earth 🌍
- Planet
- Venus ♀
- Hardness
- 6.5 / 10 (Mohs)
- Colors
- Vivid green, Emerald, Black flecks
- Origin
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Price Range
- 25 to 150
Care + Safety
Maw Sit Sit at a glance
- Water: brief rinse safe
- Sun: tolerates sunlight charging
- Mohs hardness: 6.5 (occasional wear only)
What is Maw Sit Sit?
Maw sit sit is a rock rather than a single mineral, an intergrowth dominated by kosmochlor, a chromium-rich pyroxene, with jadeite and albite feldspar. The Swiss gemologist Eduard Gubelin characterized it in 1963 and named it for the village near the jade mines of Kachin State, Myanmar where it is found.
Maw Sit Sit measures 6.5 on the Mohs scale and shows vivid green, emerald, or black flecks coloring. It is filed with the heart stones, and the work it is most often asked to do is relational: heart healing, abundance, and protection.
The stone connects primarily to the Heart (Anahata) chakra, carrying Earth energy. Sources include Myanmar (Burma); deposit matters more than beginners expect, and collectors learn to recognize where a piece of Maw Sit Sit was mined by its color depth and pattern.
Maw Sit Sit is a vivid green composite rock from northern Myanmar, made of kosmochlor, jadeite, albite, and chromite. Hold this stone and notice a saturated, almost emerald-green heart vibrancy. The classical sources describe Maw Sit Sit as a stone of joyful heart vibrancy and protected good fortune.
Also catalogued as Jade Albite and Burmese Green Composite, whether it is your first stone or your fiftieth, Maw Sit Sit tends to find its role quickly, and heart healing is the natural place to begin.
History and Mythology
The history of Maw Sit Sit is short and honestly so. The name comes from the trade, coined to describe a distinctive material from Myanmar (Burma), and the metaphysical profile was assembled by modern hands. Treat it as a contemporary working stone, and let the geology, which is genuinely deep time, supply the gravitas.
Astrologically minded practitioners file Maw Sit Sit under Taurus and Leo and give Venus ♀ the rulership. The pairing is a 20th century convention rather than an ancient decree, and it is read as favoring heart healing work.
Whatever the age of the name, the geology is patient: every piece of Maw Sit Sit took shape over geological timescales, arriving at its Mohs 6.5 hardness through slow heat, pressure, and chemistry long before any hand reached for it.
Maw Sit Sit Meaning and Metaphysical Properties
First Touch
Maw Sit Sit meets the hand cool and composed: at Mohs 6.5 it takes a glass-bright polish, and that first chill lingers a while before your warmth wins. As you hold it, track the chest rather than the head; the heart stones are traditionally listened for there, whatever does or does not arrive.
Primary Properties
Maw Sit Sit carries a relational property list: heart healing, abundance, protection, and vitality. Stones in the heart family do their work by softening, never by force, and the earliest evidence is usually the tone you take with yourself. Read the list as invitations to begin, not promises to collect.
How Crystal Energy Works
At the center of the chakra map sits the Heart, and that crossroads is where tradition places Maw Sit Sit for its heart healing work. Practice here follows the breath rather than the clock: the stone at the chest, attention settling on heart healing, abundance, and protection, force left at the door. Hall's catalog reads the heart stones through relationship work and keeps circling the same point: kindness toward yourself is the groundwork for the partnered kind.
Amplification Through Intention
Earth stones such as Maw Sit Sit are traditionally treated as keel rather than sail; they hold a heart healing course. Give the assignment once, clearly, and then let routine carry it.
Healing Benefits
Emotional Support
Maw Sit Sit does its emotional work at the tender layer, heart healing, abundance, and protection, where connection lives. Keep it in hand for the conversations that invite armor, and let the stone stand for the choice to stay open instead. Tradition, not treatment: heart healing work with a stone sits beside professional support, never in place of it.
Spiritual Connection
Spiritually, the heart stones frame connection as practice rather than reward, and Maw Sit Sit is traditionally used to keep the Heart center engaged during loving-kindness style meditation. It suits the prayers and sits that are about people.
Physical Presence
Physically, Maw Sit Sit belongs to the slow systems: steady meals, regular sleep, the unglamorous maintenance that heart healing actually rests on. Keep it where the routines happen as a quiet vote for keeping them; anything clinical belongs with clinicians.
Chakra Connection
Maw Sit Sit resonates most strongly with the Heart (Anahata), the energy center traditionally drawn in green / pink and the traditional seat of this stone's heart healing work. When this center runs clear, the classical markers are love, compassion, and emotional openness; heart healing, abundance, and protection are what Maw Sit Sit is most often asked to bring to it.
Lie down with Maw Sit Sit at the heart center, letting the breath rock it; a quiet unmeasured stretch of that is the oldest heart-stone session in the book, and heart healing is the usual request.
Zodiac and Astrological Connection
Astrological tradition links Maw Sit Sit with Taurus ♉ (Apr 20 to May 20) and Leo ♌ (Jul 23 to Aug 22), and practitioners often suggest the stone meets Taurus placements with the least friction.
None of this is exclusionary. If Maw Sit Sit keeps catching your eye, that interest counts for more than whether Taurus appears anywhere in your chart.
In the planetary layer of the system, Venus ♀ holds the rulership, and that planet's prominent transits are the traditional windows for deeper heart healing work with Maw Sit Sit.
How to Use Maw Sit Sit
Here are five ways I recommend working with Maw Sit Sit. Start with whichever feels most natural, there's no wrong entry point.
- 1
Meditation Hold
Take up Maw Sit Sit and register the first cool touch; a glassy stone at Mohs 6.5 warms slowly, and tracking that gradual change is a meditation in itself.
- 2
Body Placement
Heart-center layouts hand the pacing to the breath: Maw Sit Sit rides the rise and fall while you lie still. Watch the stone rise and settle, and let the watching be the entire practice. In my own sessions the noticing is what stays with me long after the stone has gone back on the shelf. The request the old charts attach here is heart healing.
- 3
Sleep Companion
At night, park Maw Sit Sit on the nightstand rather than working it; its job is the day's heart healing, and ending the day cleanly is how tomorrow's session starts well.
- 4
Carry With You
Pocket Maw Sit Sit for the days that involve other people's hearts: the visit, the apology, the date. One touch before you speak and one after turns the stone into a quiet heart healing checkpoint.
- 5
Crystal Grid Anchor
For grid work, give Maw Sit Sit the anchor position and run Jade and Jadeite on the outer points, all matched to a single heart healing intention. Rebuild it when it goes stale; a heart healing grid you have stopped seeing has stopped working.
How to Cleanse and Charge
A worked stone needs clearing, and Maw Sit Sit is no exception; practitioners describe an uncleansed crystal as muffled, present but quieter than it should be. For the full safety profile and the cadence I recommend, see the dedicated Maw Sit Sit care guide.
- 1
Water
A short rinse cleanses Maw Sit Sit: cool water, gentle rotation, sixty seconds, towel dry. Keep it brief; even water-safe stones prefer not to soak.
- 2
Moonlight
Once a month, let Maw Sit Sit sit overnight in moonlight, on the full moon if you can manage it. Nothing in the cabinet is harmed by this method, which is why it anchors most cleansing routines.
- 3
Sage
Smoke-cleanse Maw Sit Sit: light the sage, let it settle to a smolder, and move the stone through the rising smoke until your sense of it lightens, usually under a minute.
- 4
Sound
Hold Maw Sit Sit near a singing bowl, bell, or tuning fork and let a full minute of tone wash over it; sound reaches stones that water, salt, and sun cannot safely touch.
How often to cleanse
I recommend cleansing Maw Sit Sit at least once a month, more frequently if you're using it daily or during emotionally intense periods. You'll also learn to feel when a stone needs cleansing; it may feel heavier, duller, or simply “off.”
Charging after cleansing
After cleansing, charge Maw Sit Sit by placing it in morning sunlight for 30 minutes. This restores its energetic vitality.
Crystal Pairings
Temperament decides the partners for Maw Sit Sit: the heart family asks for company that gentles the room rather than edges it. A good traditional pairing supplies what tenderness lacks by itself, footing beneath it or brightness above it. Hold the candidate pair for a slow minute and notice which stone you set down first; the one still in your hand is the match.
How to Spot Real vs Fake Maw Sit Sit
Before buying Maw Sit Sit, run the piece through these checks; nothing here needs equipment, just your hands, the vivid green stone in question, and a healthy skepticism:
Temperature: genuine Maw Sit Sit feels distinctly cool at first touch and gives that coolness up slowly; resin copies feel warm almost immediately, which is the quickest tell there is.
Weight: real Maw Sit Sit should feel like stone rather than plastic pretending; if a palm-sized piece feels nearly weightless, walk away from it.
Color: expect vivid green, emerald, or black flecks with honest variation, banding, zoning, the odd inclusion; a batch where every stone matches exactly came out of a factory, not the ground.
Price reality: quality Maw Sit Sit runs roughly $25 to $150 for palm-sized pieces from reputable sellers; a price far below that range is usually answering a question you should have asked.
Trust your source: a seller who knows where a vivid green stone like this came from and says so plainly is worth more than every test on this list; CrystalStones.com publishes provenance for each Maw Sit Sit piece for exactly that reason.
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Shop Maw Sit SitFrequently Asked Questions
What is Maw Sit Sit good for?
Maw Sit Sit is traditionally associated with heart healing, abundance, protection, and vitality. Many people find it supportive for heart healing and for working with the Heart chakra.
Can Maw Sit Sit go in water?
It can. Maw Sit Sit handles brief water contact without trouble at Mohs 6.5, and a short rinse under cool water makes a sound regular cleanse. Pat it dry when you finish and avoid leaving it submerged overnight.
Can Maw Sit Sit be in the sun?
Sun is fine for Maw Sit Sit. A half hour of direct morning light both cleanses and charges it, and the vivid green tones are stable enough to take it.
What chakra is Maw Sit Sit?
Maw Sit Sit is primarily associated with the Heart (Anahata) chakra. Let it ride at the heart center during lying-down practice, moved by the breath; that station is the traditional seat of its heart healing work.
What zodiac sign is Maw Sit Sit for?
Maw Sit Sit is traditionally connected to Taurus and Leo. Astrological correspondence is one tradition among several, and nothing about your chart disqualifies you; people without a Taurus placement work with Maw Sit Sit all the time.
How do I cleanse Maw Sit Sit?
The best methods for Maw Sit Sit are Water, Moonlight, and Sage. Maw sit sit is a dense, durable rock from the jade tracts; common cleansing methods are all safe.
Is Maw Sit Sit real or fake, how can I tell?
Genuine Maw Sit Sit feels cool at first touch and warms slowly; at Mohs 6.5 it also resists the pocket scratches that mark softer fakes. A fair tumbled piece sits near $25 to $150 and shows honest variation across the vivid green range; flawless uniformity at a bargain price is the tell worth trusting.
What’s Next?
A few thoughtful next steps if Maw Sit Sit is calling to you.
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