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Black Tourmaline Healing Energies

Black Tourmaline (Schorl) clears, connects & aligns the subtle pathways of the subtle bodies. This can initially be an uncomfortable experience, but worth it afterwards. It is a powerful protective stone; protecting from all electromagnetic radiation, including from mobile phones & computers, and also from psychic attacks of all descriptions. Therefore it assists therapists of all kinds in keeping their energy fields safe. In addition the environment is cleared of harmful energies. It is a good grounding stone. Black Tourmaline aids the releases of negative thoughts as well as stress and tension. It increases strength and vitality. It detoxifies the physical body and strengthens the immune system. It reduces pain and benefits those with arthritis.

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Blue Tourmaline (Indocolite) Healing Energies

Blue Tourmaline (Indocoloite) aids meditation, intuition and psychic abilities, particularly communication with higher beings and channelling. It brings profound insights and promotes thinking & behaviour from the higher self. It protects from negative energies. It enables effective and honest verbal communication. Old emotion pain is healed as past hurts dissolve, leaving room for fresh positive energies to take their place. Blue Tourmaline reduces pain, (especially of the sinuses) and is a great general healing aid. It particularly benefits the lungs, throat, thyroid, thymus, larynx, oesophagus and especially the heart.

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Brown Tourmaline Healing Energies

Brown Tourmaline (Dravite) aids connection with the realms of the Fey, as well as the energies of the Earth, including ley lines and stone circles. It clears & repairs the aura. It offers protection on all levels, especially for those involved with vibrational healing. It helps with centring and grounding. It transmutes negative energies into positive ones from the individual or environment, leaving a sense of calmness. Dravite increases determination and willpower to achieve set goals. It is beneficial for the immune & digestive systems and liver. Also it helps the hips & legs, aiding both physical & metaphysical movement.

Green Tourmaline (Verdelite) Healing Energies

Green Tourmaline (Verdelite) aids meditation, especially concerning this life's contractual path. It helps to connect with Nature; tree & plant lore and the faery world. It opens & expands the heart chakra, clearing out anything that is no longer necessary to allow fresh energies in. It attracts success & abundance, including financial security, as well as enhancing new projects. Verdelite increases vitality and prolonged energy. It reduces anxieties, helps overcome phobias and calms the nerves. It balances the emotions and brings a sense of peace & contentment. It aids sleeping and benefits the heart, thymus and immune system.

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Pink Tourmaline (Rubelite) Healing Energies

Pink Tourmaline (Rubelite) aids meditation which brings insights for personal & spiritual development. It strengthens the heart chakra, clearing away blockages and enabling the shift from the lower chakras to the higher. It increases will power & determination alongside realistic expectations. It increases creativity, and promotes the acceptance of the feminine aspect, for both men & women. It attracts abundance. Pink Tourmaline lifts the mood, releases and balances the emotions, making the world seem a better place for those who are at a low point. It eases pain following grief and loss. It enhances a loving relationship. It balances the electrochemical system and strengthens both the immune & reproductive systems.

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Watermelon Tourmaline (Bicolour) Healing Energies

Watermelon Tourmaline (Bicolour) is one of the best crystals for the heart chakra; being both green and pink in colour and having a softer, gentler energy than other Tourmalines. Spiritually, it connects to the higher Self allowing the giving & receiving of unconditional love. Also, it enhances contact with guardian angels and spirit guides. Emotionally, it removes blocks, particularly long-standing ones that are holding up your development, allowing you to move forward. Watermelon Tourmaline is very beneficial for those feeling deep grief & loss, especially concerning the unexpected or traumatic death of a loved one.

Photo shows the colours of Watermelon Tourmaline.

Tourmaline Mineralogy

The Tourmaline Group has a general formula of AX3Y6(BO3)3 Si6O18(O, OH, F)4. The A can be either calcium or sodium. The X can be either aluminum, iron, lithium or magnesium. The Y is usually aluminum, but can also be chromium or iron. Some potassium can be in the A position, some manganese can be in the X position and some vanadium can be found in the Y position, but these elements are usually not represented in the formulas of the tourmaline members. Mineral class is Silicates, subclass Cyclosilicates and group is Tourmalines.
There are several varieties of Tourmaline, however they share some properties. They are piezoelectric which means that when a crystal is heated or compressed (or vibrated) a different electrical charge will form at opposite ends of the crystal (an electrical potential). Conversely, if an electrical potential is applied to the crystal, it will vibrate. Secondly they are pleochroic which means that the crystal will look darker in color when viewed down the long axis of the crystal than when viewed from the side. This property goes beyond the idea that the crystal is just thicker in that direction. Even equally dimensioned crystals will demonstrate this trait.
Crystals are translucent to opaque with a vitreous lustre. Crystal habits include massive and elongated three sided prisms, striated lengthwise. The crystal system is trigonal, cleavage is absent and fracture is uneven to conchoidal. Hardness is 7-7.5, specific gravity 3.0+ and streak is off white.
The members of the Tourmaline Group of minerals are as follows.
Buergerite has the chemistry NaFe3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3O3F, Sodium Iron Aluminum Boro-silicate Oxide Fluoride. is similar to Schorl, however the iron content differs. It is brown, associated minerals include those commonly found in volcanic rocks and it is mostly limited to San Luis Potasi, Mexico.

Dravite has the chemistry NaMg3(Al,Fe)6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4, complex Sodium Magnesium Iron Boro-Aluminium Silicate. Crystals are light to dark brown. Associated minerals include those linked with metamorphic rocks such as Micas, Feldspars and Quartz. Notable occurrences are Brazil and Africa. Chromdravite (Sodium Magnesium Chromium Iron Aluminum Boro-silicate Hydroxide Fluoride) is a green variety.

Elbaite has the chemistry Na (Li,Al)3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3 (OH)4, Sodium Lithium Aluminum Boro-Silicate Hydroxide. It is named from Elba, Italy. It has many colours that are named varieties. Indicolite is blue, Rubellite is pink, Siberite is violet, Verdelite is green and Watermelon Tourmaline is green with a pink centre. Paraiba Tourmalines are mined in the state of Paraiba, Brazil and have extraordinarily bright shades of blue and green. Associated minerals are those linked with granitic pegmatites and metamorphic rocks such as Micas, Feldspars Quartz as well as Beryls, Garnets, Spudumene and Topaz. Notable occurrences are California & Maine USA, Brazil, Italy, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Russia.

Schorl has the chemistry NaFe3(Al,Fe)6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4, Sodium Iron Aluminum Boro-silicate Hydroxide and is the most common of the Tourmaline group. Its colour is black and it can be seen as an inclusion in Quartz where it is known as Tourmalated Quartz. Associated minerals include those linked with metamorphic rocks such as Micas, Feldspars and Quartz. It occurs in many locations.

Uvite has the chemistry Ca(Mg, Fe)3Al5MgSi6O18(BO3)3(OH)3, Calcium Iron Magnesium Aluminum Boro-silicate Hydroxide. The usual 6 Aluminiums is reduced to 5, with a Magnesium inserted into the sixth position. The colour ranges from colourless through white to light brown, green or black. Associated minerals include Apatite, Sphene, Zircon and Quartz. Notable occurrences include Sri Lanka and New York USA,

Other varieties are
" Feruvite (Calcium Iron Magnesium Aluminum Boro-silicate Hydroxide)
" Foitite (Iron Aluminum Boro-silicate Hydroxide)
" Liddicoatite (Sodium Lithium Aluminum Boro-silicate Oxide Hydroxidem Fluoride)
" Olenite (Sodium Aluminum Boro-silicate Oxide Hydroxide)
" Povondravite (Sodium Iron Boro-silicate Hydroxide Oxide)

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