Stories and legends
The name tourmaline comes from "turmali" or "turamali" which is in fact a Sinhalese name given to this fabulous Sri-Lanka 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 of straw or pieces of wood, we can 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 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.
The pink tourmaline on eudialyte | On lepidolite | On rose quartz
Tourmaline is a stone often associated with other minerals. The most common combinations are pink tourmaline on eudialyte, the pink tourmaline on lepidolite and tourmaline rose on rose quartz.
You can find all the characteristics of the pink tourmaline on the text that is dedicated. We're going to take a closer look to the benefits of these minerals that accompany these pink tourmalines.
The pink tourmaline on quartz rose
The marriage of the pink tourmaline and rose quartz the effectiveness of the two stones. We have seen previously tourmaline properties rose. We will develop those of quartz pink.
You can find out more about rose quartz by reading the dedicated article. Here is a condensed version of this text:
Quartz, the mineral the most widespread on the earth's crust, belongs to the large silicate family, tectosilicate subgroup. It has a beautiful pink color due to various inclusions metal oxides, such as manganese, titanium and dumortierite. Pure quartz and transparent is called rock crystal.
The word quartz comes from "quartez" meaning "bad ore". It wasn't until the 16th century that a German scholar declared that the term quartz crystals only. rock.
Firsts traces of rose quartz appeared, a long time ago. around 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). days).
Rose quartz has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs. For comparison, diamond has a hardness of of 10, the highest on the same scale. It has a translucent appearance, more or less less cloudy.
Main features deposits are located in Brazil, etc.
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Les benefits of pink tourmaline on rose quartz in lithotherapy
Benefits for the body psychic level
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz is a powerful stone for to heal deep emotional wounds painful losses and overcoming trauma related to childhood, often due to the lack of love.
This association represents love: self-love and the love of others. It brings calm, serenity and confidence. It fights against negative emotions such as anxiety buried fears and anxieties. It opens the to happiness, joy and the acceptance of love.
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz opens towards without suspicion or doubt. It fills emotional deficiencies. It leads to compassion, empathy and understanding.
Benefits for the body physical plan
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz is a powerful combination against stress and its harmful consequences on the body.
This association of pink stone is renowned for maintaining libido, even in long-term couples. It reinforces love in all relationships.
The pink tourmaline on rose quartz and signs associated
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz, just as pink tourmaline has special affinities with the sign astrology of Scorpio: find out more about characteristics of this sign in the text on pink tourmaline.
Pink tourmaline rose quartz and the chakras
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz just as pink tourmaline helps balancing the heart chakra. Visit the importance of the heart chakra harmonized in the tourmaline text pink.
The interview, purifying and recharging tourmaline rose
Whether for the pink tourmaline on eudialyte, pink tourmaline on lepidolite and pink tourmaline on quartz pink, the care of these stones is the same than for pink tourmaline. Here are the operations as soon as your stone arrives at the in your home.
First of all, it's important that is essential, and recharging. The following operations are to be renewed at least once a year once a month or after use in lithotherapy.
Dip your pink tourmaline on eudialyte, lepidolite or on rose quartz in a glass of spring water for 2 hours. Dry with a towel. soft cloth. For lighter purification, opt for white sage fumigation, a highly effective flower of life and a Tibetan bowl.
Recharge your stone in the afternoon sun for 2 hours. You can also place it in an amethyst geode.
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