Presentation :

Names) :

• Tourmaline => Buergerite, Schörl, Elbaite, Rossmanite, Feruvite, Uvite, Olenite, Liddicoatite, Foitite, Magnesiofoitite, Povondraite, Dravite, Chromdravite, Ferridravite, Vanadiumdravite, Tsilaisite.

Etymology:

• Tourmaline: From the Sinhalese tourmali which designated the crystals imported from Ceylon to Europe.

Group, Family:

• Tourmaline Group.

Color :

• Multicolor, Red, Orange, Dark Yellow, Yellow, Colorless, Apple Green, Light Green to Dark Green, Light Blue to Dark Blue, Blue-Mauve, Violet, Dark Magenta, Magenta, Red-Magenta, Brown, Black, sometimes Asterism or Shimmering, Rarely Changes color, Rarely Trapiche.

Chandelier:

• Glassy.

Origin :

• Africa (Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe).
• America (in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, California and Maine in the United States).
• Asia (Afghanistan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka).
• Oceania (Australia).
• Europe (Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Switzerland). In France, it is found in the Lyonnais, the Massif Central, the Massif des Maures, the Vosges, the Armorican Massif and the Pyrenees.
• The majority of tourmalines today come from Brazil. But, depending on the colors and varieties, these stones can come from Afghanistan (indicolites), India, Madagascar (rubellites), Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Burma, Russia (Siberites) or Thailand. We even find some crystals in France but they are not used in jewelry.

Crystal system:

• Trigonal 296.

Chemical composition :

• general formula: Na/xMg/yFeII/zFe/wAl/aLi/bCa/cCr/dTi/e [(OH)4|(BO3)3|Si6O18].

Transparency:

• Transparent, Translucent, Opaque.

Density :

• 2.84 to 3.40.

Hardness :

• 7 to 8.

Cleavage:

• Bad to Good.

Breakage:

• Irregular, slightly conchoidal.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance:

• Good.

Heat resistance:

• Good | May change color slightly around 450 to 650°C.

Black tourmaline properties:

Physical virtues:

• Protects the nervous and digestive systems.
• Strengthens muscles, bones and teeth.
• Help fight epilepsy.
• Promotes balance and coordination of movements.
• Relieves arthritis and general pain.
• Fight against pollution and all bad influences.
• Helps in the elimination of heavy metals by the body.
• Relieves respiratory allergies (hay fever).
• Increases vitality and energy.
• Soothes intestinal disorders.
• Promotes coordination of movements and language.
• Promotes the healing of skin diseases (shingles, erysipelas, etc.)
• This stone has properties influencing magnetic fields, it can be used to reduce the negative effects of electromagnetic waves from domestic electrical appliances. In people who are very sensitive to electromagnetic pollution, black tourmaline will greatly ease their lives.
• Treats and energizes the kidney system, helping to urinate better.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Gives self-confidence.
• Alleviate fears.
• Disperses nervous tension and stress.
• Relieves sadness, anguish and anxiety.
• Encourages a positive attitude.
• Promotes reconciliation.
• Promotes the achievement of objectives.
• Help to calm family relations.
• Protected bad influences.
• Encourages a positive attitude.
• Promotes love and desire.
• Protects and absorbs electromagnetic waves.
• Helps to understand others and oneself.
• Inspires empathy and compassion.
• Promotes reconciliation.
• Help achieve goals.
• Promotes wealth and prosperity.
• Facilitates commercial relations.
• Helps combat dyslexia.

Spiritual virtues:

• Inspire wisdom and peace.
• Promotes anchoring necessary for the good practice of meditation.

Environmental virtues:

• The electrical qualities of tourmaline give it a protective shield role. All tourmalines are affected but black tourmaline is particularly affected. Surrounding static electricity and harmful radio waves from electrical appliances, computers, and cell phones are absorbed. You can have them in several places in your home, near or on devices emitting these waves (television, computer, etc.).
• Also useful against the harmful zones of the Hartmann network, this electromagnetic grid which would cover the Earth. The properties attributed to tourmaline vary depending on the type of gem. Black tourmaline would be particularly effective, placed in the four corners of a house, to protect it from a geobiological point of view. It would strengthen the muscles, especially the heart.
• The “watermelon” version would be effective against emotional problems. Rubellite helps keep the liver healthy, it also protects the lymph and joints, not to mention the circulatory system. Blue tourmaline has beneficial effects on glands such as the thyroid, while green tourmaline concentrates its benefits on blood problems (anemia, poisoning).
• – prevention of cholesterol accumulation, – blood purification, – improved circulation, – improved sleep, – stress relief, – improved immune system…. etc,
• Tourmalines are minerals that produce negative ions
• To fully understand the benefits of negative ions, it is important to understand the effects that positive ions have on our body.
• The high concentration of positive ions (and the lack of negative ions) is associated with most environmental stressors found in our daily lives: pollution, cigarette smoke, pesticides, dust, waves emitted by high voltage lines, computers, mobile phones, electrical appliances etc.
• Positive ions create free radicals known to be dangerous to our health.
• Tourmaline converts humidity in the air into negative ions which

Chakra:

• Root chakra, 1st Ch.

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Cleaning with clear spring water or filtered water (never salt in the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, and then take it out in the morning to rinse it with new spring or filtered water.
• Direct recharge on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser or rock crystals in a circle (like a time dial), points toward the center, and place your minerals in the center to recharge them. Another method, place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl/mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method, place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other forms of sacred geometry.
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming consists not of telling your mineral what it should or should not do, but of putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask him to do what he needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleaning and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on different levels, for my greatest good as well as for the greatest good of the people around me."

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