Blue Tourmaline

Stories and legends

The name tourmaline comes from "turmali" or "turamali" which is in fact a name given to this fabulous stone from the Sri-Lanka by Dutch explorers in the early 18th century century.

A legend in Sri Lanka that tourmaline comes from the sky and when of its descent to earth, it would have passed through a who passed on to him his variations of colors. Which explains the origin of its name meaning "the stone of a thousand colors".

In fact, tourmaline is known for thousands of years. In the 3rd century B.C., we find traces of this stone. In Greece, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), who brought the stone back from these expeditions. However, tourmaline, in because of its many colors, has very often confused with other minerals.

There are very few legends or myths attached to this stone due to its late identification. However, some tourmalines have piezoelectric properties, which means that they have an electrical charge, negative at one pole and positive at the other pole. Tourmaline attracts particles.

When the philosopher Theophrastus (-322 -288) describes a stone with the ability to attract to itself pieces of straw or pieces of wood, it's easy to understand why he talks about tourmaline. Later in the course the 18th century, Dutch explorers began to have used tourmaline to clean their pipe, because the stone attracted ashes.

For the record, in the 16th century century, a Spanish conquistador discovered a green tourmaline in Brazil, which he identified as an emerald. This discovery triggered a rush of people into the Brazilian regions in search of those famous emeralds. The mistake was corrected in the 19th century, and the emeralds turned into tourmalines.

Confused many times over with precious gemstones, tourmalines are can be found in many jewels, and even in the in the British crown. You can also to the Timur Ruby, a 352-carat jewel that the was thought to be a ruby until 1851 or the 170-carat Black Prince ruby which is in reality a tourmaline.

Tourmaline is also a source of additional from connoisseurs to connoisseurs. and collectors. For example, the Empress of China's Cixi (1861-1908) was so fond of this that she began to collect them. She asked for sculptures to be made for him. brooches, watch fasteners, rings, etc. Today, it rests on a cushion of tourmalines.

Tourmaline is available in various shades. They can also be bicolored or multicolored. A wide range of variety of tourmalines colors, from opaque to transparent, with a range of striated or hexagonal structures. It has a rhombohedral crystal system. It is a magmatic and metamorphic rock, which can be from deposits hydrothermal.

So, there are several tourmalines with different compositions such as magnesium silicates, calcium silicates sodium, iron, clay, fluorides and the borosilicate. Tourmalines are actually a whole family of stones that possess the same internal structure, but differ in chemical composition and therefore in color and appearance.

Blue tourmaline and gem blue tourmaline indigolite

Blue tourmaline carries also known as indigolite or indicolite. This is a stone with a light to dark blue color. It is distinguished from other tourmalines by with a transparent appearance in brute.

its price remains moderate, but it will be higher when the stone is worked to adorn a piece of jewelry. In appearance, the tourmaline closely resembles aquamarine, celestine and fluorite blue.

It has a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. For comparison, diamond has the highest hardness of 10 on the same scale. It has a hardness ideal for jewelers.

The main deposits of blue tourmaline are found in Brazil and the United States. Pakistan.

The benefits of tourmaline blue in lithotherapy

His benefits in terms of psychic

Blue tourmaline is a a stone of calm and serenity. It frees the mind of negative thoughts that frequently recur. It encourages fidelity in love and friendship honesty.

This magnificent stone with its various blues stimulates creativity, imagination and inspiration. Its wearer has desire to create in any field artistic (painting, photography, etc.). She is also recommended for students people undergoing retraining, as it increases the memorization.

Blue tourmaline brings an open-minded approach to business, and helps lasting friendships. It encourages tolerance towards others, compassion and the understanding.

She lifts the veil on certain bottlenecks often linked to childhood traumas by promoting introspection. It is an excellent stone meditation that helps shed light on the cause of an apparent ailment. It causes the acceptance of past suffering in order to make it a strength: it's a stone of resilience.

Blue tourmaline helps to develop spirituality and clairvoyance. It wards off surrounding negativity and brings a sense of happiness and well-being spirituality. It helps the person to become a better, more ethical person. She is ideal for very materialistic people who want to gain in spirituality.

His benefits in terms of physique

Blue tourmaline dissipates feelings of sadness, unhappiness and anxiety. despair to give way to feelings positive effects. It gives vitality and fights effectively against stress. It allows the to reorganize their lives by resuming a healthy lifestyle with physical activity and power supply balanced.

It is famous for combat language disorders, develop eloquence and quality communication. It promotes the proper functioning of the chakra of throat.

The blue tourmaline and astrological signs associates

Blue tourmaline provides its benefits and virtues for the entire natives of the zodiac. However, like many stones, she develops affinities with certain astrological signs. This is particularly true for zodiac signs following :

• Sagittarius : symbol philosophy, spiritual evolution and religion. This sign represents the law, foreign travel and study superior. Wearing a blue tourmaline encourages fidelity in love and friendship. This sign radiates optimism and enthusiasm. He's adventurous, independent and very lucky. He is a natural federator makes an excellent chef. He doesn't need to use a lot of authority. He tends to play down situations and can't stand routine. He needs to engage in many projects - a little too many, in fact. that he doesn't finish them all. He needs a great deal of freedom and must have professional activity that leaves him free to its movements. It's a real battery electric: he lives his life 100%. He has a wild, untamed side. It is capable of a lot of hypocrisy, especially in the world of work. A very generous person, he loves to share with those around him. In love, he seduces, he charms and pleases. He has a great sense of humor and dreams of finding her soul mate while driving like a bawdy reveler. He is paradoxical, because he likes to multiply his conquests while looking for true love. With the maturity, he will calm down and build a beautiful family ;

• Verseau : symbol modernity, the future and friendship. This sign represents space, science and astronomy. Wearing a blue tourmaline gives him an open mind and encourages tolerance and compassion. This sign dreams of a fairer, more equitable world. egalitarian. He would like everyone to have access to knowledge across the board. It has a very idealistic view of life and can be utopian. It can go as far as anarchy and revolutions. It needs freedom and independence. He can do intuition and makes mistakes. rarely. A sign of intelligence and the future, he develops all kinds of projects and very inventive. Very keen on new, it can become a forerunner and creative. However, he is proud and intolerant. He hates routine and has constantly needs to be kept busy. Very stubborn, he can't stand anyone standing up to him. He has always right and that's that. In love, he is very distrustful, doesn't want any relationship passionate. He prefers to live a friendship with a very special partner independent (e), who won't make her a scene of jealousy. He prefers PACS to marriage and is in favor of abolishing taboos ;
• Fish : symbol infinity, religion and faith. This sign represents mysticism, the unconscious and intuition. Wearing a blue tourmaline helps him to develop his spirituality and clairvoyance. It wards off negativity a sense of happiness and well-being. spiritual well-being. This sign is a dreamer, sentimental, idealistic and strongly impressionable. He can then succumb to all addictions, having a life marginalized. It is very difficult to identify and to be defined. Highly sensitive, the the way others look at him means a lot to him. Very extravagant, it doesn't go unnoticed. often has a quirky style of dress. Luck often accompanies him and he makes trust his intuition, which deceives him rarely. Very generous, he doesn't hesitate to to help others. He is both a dreamer and creative. He has a very strong artistic developed. He suffers from hypersensitivity and may experience violent panic attacks and irrational. In love, this sign shows of great loyalty when he found his other half. Before that, however, he's going to live all kinds of sexual experiences unbridled. He tends to idealize the other and can sometimes devalue himself. He needs to be reassured and is very afraid of abandonment.

Blue tourmaline and chakras

Blue tourmaline helps to the balance of the throat, located at the level of the seventh cervical vertebra, vocal cords and bronchial tubes. This chakra is symbolized by a blue lotus. When this chakra is balanced and harmonized, the person can express themselves freely about their needs desires and emotions. It enables quality communication in order to give and receive. The person often shows diplomacy. His speech is harmonious, his voice is clear and poised. The person knows how to listen others with the heart.

When the throat chakra is unbalanced, too open, the person suffers from a lack of self-confidence. She tries to be strong and shows a lot of irony. She tends to want manipulate those around her. Sometimes she shows herself naughty and aggressive.

When the throat chakra is unbalanced, blocked, the person will too noisy and makes a speech inaudible. She represses her emotions and meets communication difficulties. The person suffers from stammering, shyness and babbling. She is stressed and doesn't trust her.

Maintenance, purification and tourmaline recharging blue

Since extraction to your home, your blue tourmaline can neither be purified nor recharged at using elements of nature such as water, sun and earth. She was manipulated many times and has certainly encountered all kinds of influences, negative as well as positive. It may even be that it has lost its efficiency.

As soon as you enter your home, it is essential to purify and recharge your blue tourmaline. The following operations are to be serviced at least once a months or after intensive use in lithotherapy.

Submerge your blue tourmaline in a glass of unsalted spring water for a few minutes. 2 or 3 hours. Dry gently with with a soft cloth to remove any residue. the last impurities. For purification you can opt for a lighter fumigation with white sage or in a bowl Tibetan.

Recharge your tourmaline blue in the afternoon sunlight for about 2 hours. You can also placed in an amethyst geode or on an quartz cluster for 24 hours.

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