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.
Pink tourmaline on eudialyte | On lepidolite | On quartz rose
Tourmaline is a stone often associated with other minerals. The most common combinations are pink tourmaline on eudialyte, pink tourmaline over lepidolite and pink tourmaline on rose quartz.
You can find all characteristics of pink tourmaline on the text dedicated to it. We are going to We are particularly interested in the benefits of of the minerals that accompany these tourmalines roses.
The pink tourmaline on eudialyte
The combination of pink tourmaline and eudialyte boosts the effectiveness of both stones. We have already seen the properties of pink tourmaline. We will develop those of eudialyte.
Eudialyte is a variety of garnet from pink color, which has the particularity of being often associated with various other minerals, in in this case pink tourmaline. Its pink is darker, sometimes turning a darker colour. brown, but it remains quite rare.
The name eudialyte comes from the Greek meaning well and dissolvable. It belongs to the silicates, subgroup of cyclosilicates. It is soluble in acids, hence its name. It has was identified by Friedrich Strohmeyer in 1818 following the discovery of a specimen from on the southwest coast of Greenland.
Eudialyte is composed of cyclosilicates sodium, calcium, cerium, iron, potassium manganese and zirconium. It has a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs scale. In In comparison, diamond has the hardest on the same scale, i.e. 10.
It is a stone with a relatively low price. affordable, even when mounted as a jewel. However, we'd like to thank some high-quality pendants can be reach a hundred euros.
The company's main deposits are in Russia, in Canada, the United States and Greenland.
The benefits of tourmaline rose on eudialyte
Psychological benefits
The benefits of pink tourmaline (se refer to the text on pink tourmaline) are coupled with those of eudialyte. Eudialyte releases negative emotions, such as anguish and anxiety. Associated with pink tourmaline, it encourages introspection and reconnection with the self inner self. It generates understanding traumas often linked to childhood.
This makes it ideal for taking on a new challenge departure. It helps to overcome grief, loss and suffering and guilt. Pink tourmaline on eudialyte is a stone of resilience. It allows you to rebuild yourself both in terms of emotionally and professionally. It gives entrepreneurial courage. It is a stone of that helps to overcome grief and loss. doubts. It restores self-confidence.
Physical benefits
Tourmaline on eudialyte is a stone of resilience: ideal for healing after injury or surgery surgical. It encourages its wearer to physiotherapy exercises correctly, this which facilitates healing.
It is also an anti-stress stone which frees you from agitated thoughts bedtime. In this way, it promotes sleep by warding off nightmares.
Pink tourmaline on eudialyte and signs associated astrological
Pink tourmaline on eudialyte as well as pink tourmaline has special affinities with the zodiac sign of Aries: find out more the characteristics of this sign in the text on pink tourmaline.
Pink tourmaline on eudialyte and chakras
Pink tourmaline on eudialyte as well as pink tourmaline helps balance the chakra of the heart. Discover the importance of having the heart chakra harmonized in the text on pink tourmaline.
The pink tourmaline on lepidolite
The marriage of pink tourmaline and lepidolite enhances the effectiveness of both stones. We have already seen the properties of pink tourmaline. We will develop those of lepidolite.
Find out more at lepidolite by reading the article about it dedicated. Here is a condensed version of this text:
Lepidolite comes from the Greek name "lepis". meaning scale in reference to the structure of stone. Its name was given by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817). This stone is composed of lithium, silicon, aluminum and manganese. The manganese gives it that beautiful color lilac.
Lepidolite can be confused with muscovite, but the latter does not possess its beautiful colors. However, lepidolite is a mineral that can be colourless or white, more rarely yellow or green, or even pale red. However, the most common colors are pink, violet or purple.
This stone belongs to the large family micas. It comes in the form of tabular, prismatic or pseudo-hexagonal. It has a hardness of 3 on the Mohs scale. In comparison diamond has the highest hardness, i.e. 10 on the same scale. Lepidolite is therefore a so-called fragile stone.
The main deposits are located in Brazil, in Tanzania, Madagascar, India and the United States or Zimbabwe.
The benefits of tourmaline pink on lepidolite in lithotherapy
Psychological benefits
Pink tourmaline combined with lepidolite provides its wearer with a sense of well-being confidence and self-assurance. He feels a great deal of serenity and can combat negative thoughts.
This combination boosts concentration, imagination and memorization. It enables its bearer to achieve the objectives he or she has set. It is said to stabilize mood and is suitable for indecisive people, who often change their minds.
Like many pink minerals mauve, violet, pink tourmaline on lépidolite develops spirituality and promotes meditation. It enables reconnects with his inner self and succeeds in the identification of bottlenecks often linked to childhood traumas.
Physical benefits
Pink tourmaline on lepidolite provides serenity and effectively combats stress, nervousness and indecisiveness.
Prevent stress, nervousness and indecisiveness.
Thanks to its soothing properties, tourmaline rose on lepidolite helps you get a good night's sleep and therefore recuperative. The wearer wakes up full of vitality and energy. It feels strong enough to resume an activity physical. In addition, this association is reputed to strengthen the body in its together.
Pink tourmaline on lepidolite and associated astrological signs
Pink tourmaline on lepidolite just like pink tourmaline has special affinities with the astrological sign of Libra: find out more about the characteristics of this sign in the text on pink tourmaline.
Pink tourmaline on lepidolite and chakras
Pink tourmaline on lepidolite just like pink tourmaline helps balance the heart chakra. Rediscover the importance to have the heart chakra harmonized in the text on pink tourmaline.
Rose tourmaline on quartz rose
The marriage of pink tourmaline and quartz rose enhances the effectiveness of both stones. We have already seen the properties of pink tourmaline. We are going to develop those rose quartz.
Find out more at rose quartz by reading the related article dedicated. Here is a condensed version of this text:
Quartz, the most widespread mineral on the the earth's crust, belongs to the silicates, a subgroup of tectosilicates. It has a beautiful pink color due to various inclusions of metal oxides, such as manganese, titanium and dumortierite. The pure, transparent quartz is called rock.
The word quartz comes from "quartez". meaning "bad ore". It was only in the 16th century that a German scholar declared that the term quartz referred only to rock crystals.
The first traces of rose quartz are appeared around 7,000 years ago in the Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).
Rose quartz has a hardness of 7 on Mohs scale. For comparison, diamond has a hardness of 10, the highest on the the same scale. It looks translucent, more or less cloudy.
The main deposits are located in Brazil, etc.
The benefits of tourmaline pink on quartz pink in lithotherapy
Psychological benefits
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz is a powerful stone for healing wounds emotional losses, painful losses and the overcoming childhood trauma, often due to a lack of love.
This association represents love: love of self and love of others. She provides calm, serenity and confidence. It fights against negative emotions such as anxiety, fears and anxieties buried. It opens the bearer to happiness joy and acceptance of love.
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz provokes openness towards others, without distrust or doubt. It fills emotional gaps. It generates compassion, empathy and understanding.
Physical benefits
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz is a powerful combination against stress and its harmful effects on the body.
This combination of pink stone is reputed to maintain libido, even in couples of long standing. It reinforces love in all relationships.
Rose tourmaline on quartz rose and astrological signs associates
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz just like pink tourmaline has special affinities with the astrological sign of Scorpio: find out more the characteristics of this sign in the text on pink tourmaline.
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz and chakras
Pink tourmaline on rose quartz just like pink tourmaline helps balance the heart chakra. Rediscover the importance to have the heart chakra harmonized in the text on pink tourmaline.
Maintenance, purification and recharging pink tourmaline
Whether for pink tourmaline on eudialyte, pink tourmaline on lepidolite and pink tourmaline on rose quartz, care and maintenance of these stones is the same as for tourmaline rose. Here's what to do as soon as the arrival of your stone at the heart of your home.
First of all, it is essential to proceed purification, then recharging. Visit the following operations are to be renewed in maintenance at least once a month or after for use in lithotherapy.
Dip your pink tourmaline on eudialyte, on lepidolite or rose quartz in glass spring water for 2 hours. Dry in with a soft cloth. For a lighter purification, opt for the fumigation with white sage, a flower of life and a Tibetan bowl.
Recharge your stone with the sun's rays in the afternoon for 2 hours. You can also also place it in a geode amethyst.
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