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 / gem pink tourmaline rubellite
The tourmaline family boasts some very many varieties identified by a name or color. Tourmaline, for example pink is also called "rubellite" in because of its strong resemblance to the ruby. The The name rubellite comes from the Latin "rubellus". meaning "reddish". In fact, for anecdotally, in 17th-century Russia, a crown was adorned with pink tourmalines that we had mistaken for rubies.
Belonging to the tourmaline family, the pink tourmaline or rubellite is composed of borosilicate complex silicates, in iron, in alkalis and magnesium. It also contains a high copper and manganese content, which which gives it its magnificent pink color. The pink tourmaline can be transparent, translucent, even opaque. It is emphasize that its color can change according to the angle at which the stone is viewed.
Rubellite can sometimes have a very strong color close to red, hence its confusion with ruby. In shades of pink include dravite (light mahogany) and silerite (lilac-pink to violet-blue). Pink tourmaline has a hardness scale of 7 to 7.5 of Mohs. For comparison, diamond has a hardness of 10, the highest on this same scale. This hardness is particularly appreciated by jewellers in the making of their jewelry.
Pink tourmaline or rubellite was relatively affordable in terms of cost. However, with demand having risen considerably prices too!
The main deposits are located in Namibia, etc.
The benefits of tourmaline in lithotherapy
Psychological benefits
Pink tourmaline is closely linked to the feelings of love and tenderness. It emits vibrations to reconstruct and protect psychological well-being. It promotes introspection and reconnection with the self interior. It identifies the the nature of buried traumas, often linked to and lack of love. The person can then work on these traumas and moving forward. She'll be able to reach objectives it has set itself.
Thus, this stone restores self-esteem. self-confidence. It provides serenity, harmony and inner peace. It engenders confidence in others and can develop new relationships without distrust. She shows compassion and empathy. The person sincerely seeks to helping others in need. Then, this stone teaches the person to to love herself as she is.
Pink tourmaline is reputed to soothe sorrows and grief. It helps to overcome life's difficulties and thoughts negative effects. It frees the wearer from anxiety, fears and shyness sickly. It also allows him to take awareness of its qualities. Then she brings a sense of security when the wearer feels vulnerable. It encourages the resolution of conflicts, whatever their nature.
Physical benefits
Pink tourmaline brings serenity and enables its wearer to fight effectively against stress and its consequences on the body.
This mineral also promotes good sleep which will give its wearer a vitality and energy. This one finds the desire to resume physical activity. Overflowing of invigorating energy.
Pink tourmaline is renowned for helping its to free themselves from certain addictions. It gives him the strength to resist temptations.
At the same time, in terms of relationships the flame of passion. It combats libido problems, too in both men and women. It is the stone of love.
Pink tourmaline and astrological signs associated
Pink tourmaline gives off positive vibes, to love and tenderness. She spreads feelings of peace and harmony throughout all the signs of the zodiac. Sometimes some stones develop more than others affinities with certain astrological signs. This is particularly true for zodiac signs following
- Aries: symbol of action, enthusiasm and dynamism. This sign represents impulse, ardor and energy. Wearing pink tourmaline builds confidence, self-esteem and engenders trust in others. This sign charisma and leadership natural. He is spontaneously listened to and followed. He loves confrontation and fighting. He wants always be first in everything he does. undertakes. He can be immature and spendthrift. He needs to succeed professionally in order to his lifestyle. He sometimes too frank and can be hurtful. He's sorely lacking in diplomacy. He has instinct, has a personality warm and friendly. His company is often sought-after. He is never discouraged and always gets back up, even after a setback. He has a great sense of humor and sometimes irony. He invests his heart and soul in projects he doesn't will not necessarily lead to the end. In love, it is passionate, full of ardor and can burst into flames quickly. However, he is looking for experiments and will multiply conquests. With the years and maturity, he becomes an excellent spouse and can finally start a family;
- Balance: symbol of the justice, peace and harmony. This sign represents unions, refinement and elegance. Wearing pink tourmaline develops his sociability, which enables him to discover new relationships without mistrust and show compassion and empathy. The company of this sign is much sought-after. He is known for his kindness and altruism. He hates solitude and conflict. It is a an excellent mediator. The problem is that this sign has trouble making up his mind. He's always looking for satisfy all parties. He likes to evolve in the social world. He is often gifted particularly in dance. He loves to be looked at and admired. The gaze of others has of great importance to him. This sign dreams of a more egalitarian, fairer world. Visit his friendly, pleasant appearance, he demonstrates and determination. He has I abhor vulgarity and dirtiness. In love, this sign is romantic and sentimental. It is for harmony and peace. He'll be on the lookout to get married. He'll do anything to make sure works. It has a great sensuality, a vital need to please and be admired
- Scorpion: symbol of the sexuality, passion and desire. This sign represents the end of things, the mystery and the secret. Wearing a pink tourmaline allows her identify the nature of buried traumas, especially those caused by a lack of love and enables him to overcome them. This sign is extremely psychologically and quickly manages to his interlocutor, which allows him to sometimes to the point of manipulation. He is fascinated by the forbidden and excess. However, this sign is loyal and wholehearted. But beware, for he will not forgive any betrayal and his vengeance will be terrible. He can quickly become violent, vindictive and vengeful. He has a taste for success and proves formidable. He doesn't back down to get there first. Very difficult to understand, secretive, manipulative and sometimes a liar. Determined and strong-willed goes all the way with his project. He can to work hard and give it her all. In love, he's very hard to pin down. It shows itself passionate, hypnotic and possessive. He often complicated relationships, he seeks to to master the other, to merge with it. He has need to know about different experiences even to the point of pornography. Then he calms down and spouses loyal and protective.
Pink tourmaline and the chakras
Pink tourmaline helps to balancing the heart chakra. This chakra is located at the level of the sternum at at the front and between the shoulder blades at the back. The heart chakra, balanced and harmonized, is very open-minded, acceptance of self and others. The person a great deal of empathy and compassion. She is willing to help her next. She has a great zest for life, very communicative.
The heart chakra, unbalanced, too much open, provokes two types of behavior. At the person may show too much enthusiasm for the devotion in order to receive love and affection. recognition. Or the person develops a narcissistic and egocentric. She criticizes everything, becomes envious and demanding.
The heart chakra, unbalanced, blocked, prevents the person from opening up to others. She's angry, very selfish, intolerant. She can't accept herself and closes herself off to all forms of love. She can't forgive and is very afraid to be rejected.
The heart chakra, unbalanced, under makes the person impervious to all forms of love. She prefers to invest numerous intellectual and physical. She eventually convinced herself that she was doesn't need relationships.
Maintenance, purification and tourmaline recharging rose
From its extraction to your home, your pink tourmaline could neither be purify, nor recharge with the help of elements of nature such as the sun, the earth and water. It has also been handled many times and has necessarily been in contact with various energies, negative or positive positive.
As soon as your stone arrives in your home, it is essential to carry out a thorough purification, then recharging. Operations are to be renewed during maintenance at at least once a month or after a use in lithotherapy.
Plunge your pink tourmaline into a glass spring water for 2 hours. Dry in with a soft cloth. For a lighter purification, opt for the white sage fumigation or a bowl Tibetan.
Recharge your stone with the sun's rays in the afternoon for 2 hours. You can also also place it in an amethyst geode, or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours.
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