Spiritual meaning of Tourmaline
Understanding the energetic properties of Tourmaline.
Name: Tourmaline
Color(s): Bi-color, Black, Blue, Brown, Colorless, Gray, Green, Multi-color, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow
Mineral Information: a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium
Chemical Make-up: XY₃Z₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃V₃W, where: X = Ca, Na, K, or a vacancy. Y = Li, Mg, Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺, Al, Cr³⁺, V³⁺, Fe³⁺, (Ti⁴⁺)
Hardness: 2 to 2.5
Where they are found: Tanzania, United Republic Of; Myanmar; Afghanistan; Russian Federation; Sri Lanka; United States of America; Madagascar; Zambia; Kenya; Thailand; Congo; India; Sweden; Mozambique; Pakistan; Morocco; Unknown; China; Namibia; Brazil; Mexico; South Africa; Australia; Nigeria
About Stone: Tourmaline is not a single mineral, but instead is a group or family of minerals that all have the same crystal structure but different atoms that fit into that structure. Tourmaline belongs to the trigonal crystal system, so we can usually recognize a tourmaline crystal by its’ slightly rounded 3-sided cross section.
Zodiac Association: Libra and Virgo
Metaphysical Properties: The crystal aids in the detoxification process of the human body, promote health and healing, and is associated with the heart chakra, thereby enhancing love, compassion, and tolerance. Tourmaline is renowned for its powerful protective properties, such as shielding the wearer or carrier from negative energies and transforming dense energies into lighter vibrations.
Green Tourmaline brings more self-compassion to those runaway thoughts that want to control us.
Black Tourmaline cuts through anxiety while protecting us deeply.
Pink Tourmaline brings gentle joy and self-love to our whole being.
Blue Tourmaline helps us work through trauma in a soft and gentle way bringing us towards a place of deep and true healing.
Red Tourmaline helps with passivity so we can take more action. It is also an excellent confidence booster.
