TOURMALINE - PHYSICAL & METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Tourmaline occurs in all colors. Commonly used names have been given to tourmalines of specific colors or color combinations such as Rubellite for pink to red shades, indicolite for blue tourmaline and watermelon for tourmalines showing concentric color zoning with pink-red cores surrounded by green. Since some species of tourmaline such as elbaite and liddicoatite can look exactly the same and laboratory analysis is necessary to determine the precise tourmaline species, the generally preferred nomenclature today for tourmalines that have not been lab analysed is simply to use the color of the specimen as a prefix followed by tourmaline as in green tourmaline. GREEN TOURMALINE brings success. PINK TOURMALINE will bring love and friends. TOURMALATED QUARTZ aids peace of mind. It is found in many countries including Burma, United States, Brazil and Zimbabwe. When the tourmaline is rubbed it becomes charged with magnetic electricity and the luck intensifies.