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Tourmaline
Tradename(s):
Indicolite (Blue/Green),
Rubellite (Pink/Red), Schorl (Black)
Family:
Tourmaline
Description:
Tourmaline forms in igneous and
metamorphic rocks and veins. It occurs with lepidolite,
microcline, and spodumene in granite pegmatites.
Hardness:
7-7.5
Found:
Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Brazil,
Mozambique, England, and Maine, California, New Jersey, New
York/U.S.A. Maine State Mineral
Healing
Properties:
Treatment of disorders of lungs,
throat, larynx, esophagus, thymus, and thyroid. Dark Blue can be
used in the treatment of disorders with the eyes and the brain.
Strengthening the skills associated with communication and
psychic awareness. Helps one live in harmony with ones
environment
Astrology:
Sign of Libra & Taurus. A
gemstone of the Autumn season. Black tourmaline is associated
with the planet Saturn.
Chakra:
1st - Survival Center (Black) 4th
- Heart Center (Green, Watermelon, and Pink) 5th - Throat (Blue)
6th - Third eye (Pink) 7th - Crown Center (Tourmaline in Quartz)
Feng Shui:
Protects against negativity.
(Black) A balancer that strengthens the immune system. (Green)
Encourages communication as well as strengthens the lungs.
(Blue) Stimulates the other tourmalines and their effects. A
balancer. (Watermelon) Balances passive/aggressiveness.
Increases perception and creativity. (Pink) Promotes peace and
increases spiritual understanding. (Tourmaline in Quartz)
Tourmaline in general repels evil spirits.
Legends and
Folklore:
The name is from
Singhalese tourmalli, "mixed colored stones". Importation of
this mineral goes as far back as the Greeks and Romans who
imported it from the Orient. The Dutch colonists used it to
clean ash from pipes. When heated, tourmaline develops an
electrical charge and the stone was referred to as the "electric
stone". Because of this, tourmaline had been used in pressure
gauges and thermometers. |