Stories and legends
The name tourmaline comes from "turmali" or "turamali" which is in fact a Sinhalese name given to this fabulous Sri-Lanka stone by explorers Dutch in the early 18th century.
In Sri Lanka, a legend has it that tourmaline comes from and on her descent to earth, she would have crossed a rainbow which transmitted its color variations. This explains the origin of its name meaning "the stone of the a thousand colors".
In fact, the tourmaline has been known for thousands of years. At In the 3rd century B.C., traces of the this stone. In Greece, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), who reported this stone for these expeditions. However, the tourmaline, because of its many colors, has very often been confused with other minerals.
So, there are very few legends or myths attached to this stone because of its identification late. 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 a stone with the ability to attract straw or pieces of wood, we're able to understands that he's talking about tourmaline. Later in the eighteenth century, the Dutch explorers made use of the to clean their pipes, because the stone attracted the ashes.
For the record, in the 16th century, a Spanish conquistador discovered a green tourmaline in Brazil, which he identified as an emerald. This discovery triggered a rush in the Brazilian regions in search of these famous emeralds. The error was corrected in 19th century, and emeralds have been transformed into tourmalines.
Confident of many times with precious stones, the tourmalines are therefore found in a large number of jewelry, and even the British crown. On we can also mention the Timur Ruby, a jewel of 352 carats thought to be a ruby until 1851 or the Black Prince's ruby from 170 carats, which is actually a tourmaline.
Tourmaline is provoking an ever-growing craze on the part connoisseurs and collectors. And so.., the Chinese empress Cixi (1861-1908) loved the stone so much that she began to to collect. She asked them to make her sculptures, brooches, fasteners for watches, rings, etc. It rests today on a cushion of tourmalines.
Tourmaline can be available in a variety of shades. They can be also be bicolored or multicolored. It There is a wide variety of tourmalines different colors, from opaque to transparent, with striated or hexagonal. It has a crystalline system rhombohedral. It is a magmatic rock metamorphic deposits, which can be derived from hydrothermal.
So, there are several types of tourmaline with various compositions such as magnesium, sodium, iron, clay, minerals fluorides and borosilicate. Tourmalines are a whole family of stones, which have the same internal structure, but differ in chemical composition and therefore in color and appearance.
The main deposits are located in Brazil and Afghanistan, in Australia, Brazil, Russia Thailand, Burma, Madagascar, India, in the United States.
Brown tourmaline or dravite
Brown tourmaline or dravite is a variety of tourmaline from brown or mahogany color, sometimes so dark that it is confused with black tourmaline. It is a mineral of the cyclosilicates, sodium hydroxylate, aluminum and magnesium.
In addition to the elements of its formula, brown tourmaline can be contain iron and manganese impurities, titanium, calcium, chromium, vanadium, potassium and fluorine. It is especially appreciated for its strong magnesium content.
This mineral can be found mainly in limestone or in dolomites, or even in the mafic igneous rocks (for the record: mafic : refers to a rock or mineral rich in iron and magnesium).
Discovered in 1883 in Slovenia, brown tourmaline also carries named Dravite after the river where the it was found in abundance. This river is called Drava and is located in Slovenia and the Austria.
Brown tourmaline is distinguished by its transparent appearance. It has a rhombohedral crystal system and possesses a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. By way of comparison, diamond has the highest hardness in the world. 10 on the same scale.
The main deposits are located in Brazil, etc.
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Les benefits of brown tourmaline in lithotherapy
Ses psychological benefits
Brown tourmaline helps to overcome life's difficulties and gives us the courage to accept the unthinkable. It allows you to make peace with your past and identify the origin of certain blockages often linked to childhood. Injuries emotional impact of past experiences into gentle healing.
Anchoring stone, brown tourmaline gives a sense of the responsibilities and full awareness of the reality. It offers its wearer the the opportunity to enjoy life to the full the present moment, without worrying about the past, nor of the future. It inspires a life more stable, orderly and structured.
This stone encourages sociability: the wearer of a brown tourmaline is more open to others easily. He shows more empathy, compassion and understanding. He learns to to trust others and blossom socially. This stone is recommended for people with adjustment problems social.
In addition, the brown tourmaline is renowned for stimulating creativity. Perfect for artists or for those who like to create. It is said to frees the mind and imagination. It also increases the ability to memorization.
It's also a stone for protection against energies such as anger, resentment and resentment. hatred. It keeps harmful people away from the tourmaline wearer's environment brown.
Ses physical benefits
Brown tourmaline is a stone rich in magnesium. It allows its wearer a better fixation of this one.
Brown tourmaline is also recommended in the fight against addictions or bad habits. It gives us the strength to resist and fight harmful impulses. Wearing a tourmaline strengthens the mind.
This stone enables good circulation of body fluids.
The brown tourmaline and signs astrological
Brown tourmaline possesses many virtues and faculties that act on all the natives of the zodiac. However, this stone sometimes develops more pronounced affinities with certain astrological signs. These include for the following zodiac signs:
- Aries: symbol of enthusiasm, ardour and impulse. This sign represents dynamism, momentum and energy. Wearing a brown tourmaline accentuates its sense of responsibilities, giving him full of reality, and enables him to enjoy life to the full. This sign communicative energy. He is bold and go-getter. Ambitious, he looks for fighting spirit and wants to be the first. He aims for success and even after a setback. Sometimes immature, he has a tendency to get angry over small things. He's a straightforward person who can be and offend his interlocutor. He misses diplomacy. However, he does possess charisma, and his company is very sought-after. A big spender, he goes a lot working towards success that will ensure his livelihood. He likes to put his heart and soul into his projects, that he doesn't always see through to the end. It's not not a vindictive person, he reacts on the fly. moment, then moves on. In love, he reveals a passionate side and gets carried away often quickly. He loves to conquer of the other. Its primary aim is to seduce. He needs a relationship exhilarating. Routine will drive him away;
- Virgo: the symbol of organization, logic and perfection. This sign represents work method and science. Wearing a tourmaline helps her overcome the difficulties of the and allows him to make peace with his past. past. This sign is often anxious and stressed. and very shy. He'll protect himself behind a mask of coldness. He shows himself very manic and obsessed with cleanliness. He is insanely demanding with him and with the others. Highly organized, he strives for perfection. He is often highly talented and technical which he puts at the service of others. However, he suffers from a great lack of confidence and is relegated to the background. It tends to irritate others with criticism constant. Dedicated, he does not hesitate to sacrifice for others. On the other hand a real workaholic. He loves to get indispensable. In love, he's self-conscious and modest. and shy. He prefers to miss so as not to suffer in the event of an accident. rejection. He is neither sentimental nor romantic and if he marries, it will be for reason and not for love ;
- Scorpion: symbol of death, instinct and desire. This sign represents mystery, destruction and sexuality. Wearing a brown tourmaline teaches him to trust others and to blossom socially. This sign is secret, mysterious and not easily revealed. He remains enigmatic and reserved. Sometimes extreme, he can be tyrannical, violent and sadistic. He likes to experience things that are sometimes forbidden. His super-powered instinct allows him to detect his interlocutor's weaknesses. He even to the point of manipulation. He has a taste for success and can show formidable. Very demanding of others, he is loyal and wholehearted. On the other hand, he doesn't know forgive, and if he is betrayed, his vengeance will be formidable. However, underneath its complexities, he hides a loving and affectionate nature. He has a great sense of humor, but he doesn't have can't stand to be mocked. Visit love, he needs to possess the other. He seeks to merge with his or her partner. He is passionate and fiercely jealous. He likes to transgress morality. Over the years, he calms down and becomes an excellent spouse.
The brown tourmaline and the chakras
The brown tourmaline helps chakra balance root. This chakra is located on the perineum, at the base of the spine. The root chakra is oriented downwards.
The root chakra provides a sense of security and of well-being. The person feels good about head. She's confident, feels good vitality and energy.
The root chakra unbalanced, too open makes the person waterproof on the outside. It doesn't feel physical pleasure. She can become hyperactive and fall into all kinds of excesses. She succumbs to various addictions.
The root chakra unbalanced, closed is then in full dysfunction. The person no longer has feet on earth. She develops severe stress, a always afraid of being abandoned. She has no longer has any notion of reality unstable. She loses her self-confidence and has no no longer interested in sex.
The interview, purifying and recharging tourmaline brunette
Since its launch extraction to your home, your brown tourmaline can neither be purified nor recharge using the elements that like the earth, the sun or the sky. water. Handled many times, it has necessarily come into contact with all kinds of influences, both positive and negative. It may even have lost some of its efficiency.
As soon as he arrived in your home, you need to purification, then recharging your brown tourmaline. The following operations are at least once a month or after a lithotherapy session.
Dip your brown tourmaline in a glass of spring water for 2 hours. Dry with plenty of precautions. Avoid direct contact with the salt. For lighter purification, opt for for white sage fumigation or a bowl Tibetan.
Recharge your brown tourmaline by placing it in the rays of the full moon or put it in a geode or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours. hours.
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