Histories and legends
The name tourmaline comes from "turmali" or "turamali" is actually a Sinhalese name given to this fabulous stone from Sri-Lanka by Dutch explorers in the early 18th century century.
In Sri Lanka, legend has it that the tourmaline comes from the sky and on its descent on earth, she would have crossed a rainbow who passed on his color variations. This which explains the origin of its name, meaning "the stone of a thousand colors".
In fact, tourmaline has been known for centuries millennia. In the 3rd century B.C., people traces of this stone. In Greece, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) who brought this stone back from his expeditions. However, tourmaline, because of its high many colors, has often been confused with other minerals.
So, there are very few legends or myths attached to this stone because of its late identification. However, some tourmalines have piezoelectric, which means that they are have an electric charge, negative at one pole and positive at the other pole. The tourmaline attracts particles to itself.
When the philosopher Theophrastus (-322 to -288) describes a stone with the ability to to attract to it pieces of straw or other pieces of wood, we understand that he's talking tourmaline. Later in the 18th century century, Dutch explorers began to used tourmaline to clean their pipes, because the stone attracted the ashes.
Anecdotally, a 16th-century Spanish conquistador discovered a tourmaline in Brazil, which he identified as being an emerald. This discovery provoked a rush in the Brazilian regions to the search for those famous emeralds. The mistake was corrected in the 19th century and emeralds were are transformed into tourmalines.
Confused many times with stones tourmalines are found in the most prestigious in many jewels, and even in the crown in the UK. Another example is Timur Ruby, a 352-carat jewel that was thought to be a ruby until 1851 or the Prince's ruby 170-carat black, which is actually a tourmaline.
Tourmaline is provoking more and more and connoisseurs alike. collectors. The Empress of China Cixi (1861-1908) loved this stone so much that she began to collect them. She asked sculptures and brooches, watch fasteners, rings, etc. She today rests on a cushion of tourmalines.
Tourmaline comes in a variety of shapes colors. They can also be two-tone or multicolored. There is a wide variety of tourmalines, in various colors, from from opaque to transparent, with structures or hexagonal. It has a rhombohedral crystalline. It is a rock magmatic and metamorphic, which can be derived from hydrothermal deposits.
There are several types of tourmalines with various compositions such as magnesium silicates, sodium silicates, iron clay, fluorides and borosilicate. The tourmalines are in fact an entire family stones, which have the same structure but differ in chemical composition and therefore in color and appearance.
The main deposits are in Brazil, in Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil Russia, Thailand, Burma and Madagascar, in India and the United States.
Green tourmaline or verdelite
Green tourmaline belongs to the great tourmaline family. It is also found in under the name verdelite. It comes in different shades of green, with this transparent. Green tourmaline is the most widespread after black. More rarely, we can find other green tourmalines such as the chromiferous. The latter are rarer and most sought-after.
Verdelite ranges from yellow-green to green-green. bottle, through to dark green and red. olive green. In the past many times that green tourmaline was confused with emerald. So when a spanish conquistador brought back the verdelite from the Brazil, it provoked many a stampede. All were convinced they would find emeralds. More later, many of the jewels that were to be emeralds, turned out to be tourmalines green.
Like all tourmalines, verdelite is composed of boron-sodium complex silicate and aluminum. Green tourmaline has a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. For In comparison, diamond has the hardest 10 on the same scale. This hardness from 7 to 7.5 makes jewellers happy who can make a wide range of jewelry.
The main deposits are in Brazil, etc.
The benefits of tourmaline green lithotherapy
Psychological benefits
Wearing a green tourmaline brings peace and serenity of mind. It provides joy for the wearer and those around him. Its beautiful green colors evoke the greens found in nature in spring, the season of renewal. We say that green tourmaline is excellent for anyone who want to start from scratch. It gives them the force to leave a toxic relationship, a job ungrateful, etc.
Greenelite promotes reconnection with the self and thus helps us to understand the nature of traumas often linked to childhood and especially the lack of love. The carrier arrives understand certain bottlenecks and move forward forward. He can easily overcome some of life's difficulties. This magnificent green stone eliminates mood disorders and combats states of intense sadness.
Green tourmaline develops courage and strength. strength. It builds self-esteem, self-assurance and confidence. It helps to turn towards others without distrust and can even reconnect with loved ones who have drifted away. She restores relationships of trust and dialogue, especially with a father or mother.
Verdelite is renowned for its ability to develop letting go and acting on intelligence. This crystal allows you to be flexible and receptive in the face of everyday events. It wards off negative emotions, such as anxiety, anguish and fears buried.
Physical benefits
Placing a green tourmaline in a bedroom to keep restless thoughts at bay. bedtime. A softness settles in and helps you fall asleep. Sleep becomes and quality. The person wake up full of vitality and energy. She's keen to get back into exercise, a healthy, balanced diet. This stone is said to be effective against chronic fatigue.
Verdelite is excellent for the good circulation of body fluids.
It allows its wearer to drink enough water, just like a plant, which needs needs it to grow.
Green tourmaline and astrological signs associated
Green tourmaline is a powerful stone in because of the benefits and virtues that it dispensed to all natives of the zodiac. However, stone can sometimes develop greater affinity with certain signs astrological signs. This is particularly true of following:
- Balance: symbol of the peace, justice and harmony. This sign represents unions, marriage and elegance. Wearing a green tourmaline allows you to turn to others without distrust and may 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 the relationship work and to turns into a wedding;
- Capricorn: symbol of of ambition, social advancement and perseverance. This sign represents work, solitude and premature maturity. The port of a green tourmaline develops courage and his inner strength, it gives him a beautiful self-esteem. In fact, this sign suffers from big lack of confidence and self-assurance. Very he knows exactly what he wants to do with his life. his life and will do anything to get it. He renounces to devote more time to his hobbies studies or work. He has great difficulty and trust others. He is extremely methodical, organized and rigor. He likes his solitude and has very little friends. We find him rather psychorigid. At on the other hand, he's a reliable and reliable person. seriousness, combined with knowledge and expertise. After many years, he finally comes to realize its value. Professional success is essential for and he will work tirelessly reach him. In love, he is shy and very complex. He dreads relationships because he's afraid of suffering. With the years, he learns to trust and manages to start a family;
- Fish: symbol of 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 his relationship.
Green tourmaline and the chakras
Green tourmaline helps to balancing the frontal chakra. This chakra is located between the eyebrows, above the the bridge of the nose. It gives access to intuition, open-mindedness and imagination.
The well-balanced frontal chakra harmonized generates knowledge, memory and synthesis skills, and analysis. The person finds solutions to problems encountered in life.
The frontal chakra out of balance, not too much allows negative energies to flow and the person becomes manipulative. She is proud and haughty. She uses to assert its power and satisfy personal needs.
The frontal chakra unbalanced, closed, causes malfunctions. The person inward-looking and lacking in discernment. She can't assert herself and depends on of others.
Maintenance, purification and tourmaline recharging green
From its extraction to your home, your green tourmaline could neither be purify, nor recharge with the help of elements that surround it, such as the sun, the land and water. Handled many times, she has inevitably been in contact with all influences and may have lost some of its efficiency. As soon as he arrived home, he to purify it, and then to process it. recharge.
The following operations are to be carried out, in maintenance, at least once a month or after a lithotherapy session. Immerse your stone in a glass of spring water for 2 minutes. hours. Gently dry with with a soft cloth. For further purification light, opt for sage fumigation or a Tibetan bowl.
Recharge your stone with the sun's rays from in the afternoon for 2 hours or drop it off in an amethyst geode or on a cluster of quartz for 24 hours.
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