Green 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 to -288) describes a stone with the ability to attract the pieces to itself straw or pieces of wood, it's easy to understand why as he talks about tourmaline. Later at During the eighteenth century, explorers the Dutch used tourmaline as a material for the to clean their pipes, as 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 that 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.

The principal deposits are in Brazil, Afghanistan and Australia, in Brazil, Russia, Thailand and Burma, in Madagascar, India United States.

Green tourmaline or verdelite

Green tourmaline belongs to to the large tourmaline family. It is also known as verdelite. It comes in different shades of green, with its transparent appearance. Green tourmaline is the most common after black. More other tourmalines can be found on rare occasions. such as chromifers. The latter are rarer and more sought-after.

Greenelite varies in tone from yellow-green to bottle-green, and even dark green and olive green. In the past, it tourmaline has been used on numerous occasions green was confused with emerald. And so it was, when a Spanish conquistador brought the verdelite from Brazil, it provoked numerous rushes. Everyone was convinced they would find emeralds. Later, many of the jewels emeralds, turned out to be emeralds. tourmalines green.

Like all tourmalines, verdelite is composed of a complex silicate of boron, sodium and aluminum. Tourmaline green has a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on Mohs scale. For comparison, diamond has the highest hardness, i.e. 10 on this same scale. This hardness of 7 to 7.5 makes the for jewellers, who can create numerous jewelry.

The main deposits are located in are located in Brazil, etc.

The benefits of tourmaline green in lithotherapy

Benefits for your health psychic

Wearing a green tourmaline brings peace and serenity to the mind. It brings joy to its wearer and its surroundings. Its beautiful green colors evoke the greens present in nature during the spring, the season of renewal. It is said that green tourmaline is excellent for all types of people who want to start from scratch. She gives them the strength to leave a relationship toxic, thankless work, etc.

Greenelite promotes reconnection with one's inner self, thus enabling understand the nature of traumas that are often related to childhood and especially to the lack of love. The wearer comes to understand and move forward. He can easily overcome certain difficulties of life. This magnificent green stone eliminates mood disorders and combats states of sadness intense.

Green tourmaline develops courage and strength. It engenders esteem self-confidence and self-assurance. It helps to turn towards others without distrust and can even re-establish links with beings who have drifted apart. She restores relationships of trust and dialogue, especially with a father or mother.

Verdelite has a reputation to develop the ability to let go and act on intelligence. This crystal allows you to be flexible and receptive to all everyday events. It keeps negative emotions, such as anxiety, anxiety and fears buried.

Benefits for your health physical

Placing a green tourmaline in a bedroom to keep thoughts away restless at bedtime. Gentleness and helps you fall asleep. Visit quality sleep. The wakes up full of vitality and energy. She wants to start physical activity, a healthy diet healthy and balanced. This stone is said to be effective against fatigue chronicle.

Greenelite is excellent for proper fluid circulation

Allows its wearer to drink enough water, just like a plant, which needs it to develop.

Green tourmaline and astrological signs associates

Green tourmaline is a powerful stone because of the benefits and virtues that it bestows on all natives of the zodiac. However, sometimes the stone develops deeper affinities with certain astrological signs. For example including the following signs :

• Balance : symbol of peace, justice and harmony. This sign represents unions, marriage and elegance. Wearing a green tourmaline allows you to turn to others without distrust and can even re-establish ties with loved ones who have moved away. Visit company of this sign is highly sought-after, because he's very kind. These natives hate solitude and conflict. They dream of a fairer, more egalitarian world. This sign likes to move in social circles: it loves to be admired and the gaze of others is of great importance. It is said of this sign that he has a gift, especially for dancing. From more, this sign is always in fashion, it has the taste for beauty and refinement. It also hates conflict and makes an excellent mediator. However, he sometimes finds it difficult to and take sides with one over the other. than for the other. Underneath his friendly and smiling, they hide from the grip and the determination. In love, it is the sign of and will soon be looking to get into couple. Adventures don't tempt him. He does to make his relationship work, and turns into a wedding ;
• Capricorn : symbol of ambition, social advancement and perseverance. This sign represents work, solitude and early maturity. Visit of a green tourmaline develops its courage and inner strength, it provides high self-esteem. In fact, this sign suffers from a severe lack of confidence and confidence. From an early age, he knew exactly what what he wants to do with his life and will do anything to get it. He easily gives up leisure activities in order to devote herself to her studies or her work. He finds it very difficult to open up and trust others. He is extremely methodical, organized, rigorous. He enjoys his loneliness and has very few friends. We find him rather psychorigid. On the other hand, it's someone reliable and serious, associated with knowledge and expertise. At the end of many years, he finally managed to take awareness of its value. Successful is essential to him and he's will work tirelessly to achieve it. Visit He is shy and has a complex. He dreads romantic relationships, because he has a very fear of suffering. Over the years, he learns to trust and succeed in starting a family ;
• Fish : symbol infinity, religion and faith. This sign represents mystery, intuition and clairvoyance. Wearing a green tourmaline helps you reconnect with your inner self and generates an understanding of the nature of some of his traumas. This sign is whimsical and likes to live by night. He borders on marginality. Be careful, because this sign is very and can quickly succumb to any temptation. addictions. He likes to evolve in a world of dreams and sweetness. He can be sensitive and extravagant. He has a dual personality, changeable and paradoxical. He has an incredible flair and can become a great financier: he knows to unearth bargains. This sign is said to that he possesses many artistic gifts. Visit love, it can be totally libertine or to the on the contrary. He dreams of the great love, but he likes to multiply his conquests. He can be erotic, and often has a strong need to idealize his conquest. But he ends up by devaluing himself. He has to come down to earth in order to have a balanced relationship sound couple.

Green tourmaline and chakras

Green tourmaline helps to chakra balance frontal. This chakra is located between eyebrows, above the bridge of the nose. He gives access to intuition, openness spirit and imagination.

The frontal chakra well balanced and harmonized, knowledge, skills and knowledge, memory and capacity synthesis and analysis. The person finds solutions to the problems encountered in the life.

The frontal chakra unbalanced, not too open, allows the negative energies to develop and the person becomes manipulative. She is proud and proud. She uses thought to assert your power and satisfy your needs personal.

The frontal chakra unbalanced, closed, causes dysfunctions. The person closes in and lacks discernment. She is unable to assert itself and depends of others.

Maintenance, purification and tourmaline recharging green

Since extraction to your home, your green tourmaline could neither purify nor recharge at with the help of surrounding elements such as the sun, earth and water. Handled from many times, it has inevitably been in contact with all kinds of influences and can lost its effectiveness. As soon as it arrived at home, it is necessary to purification, then to its recharge.

The following operations are possible to carry out maintenance at least once a year. month or after a lithotherapy session. Immerse your stone in a glass of source for 2 hours. Dry gently with a soft cloth. For a lighter purification, opt for white sage fumigation or a bowl Tibetan.

Recharge your stone with afternoon sun for 2 hours hours or place it in a geode or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours. hours.