It is the other main stone for the sign of Libra [the astrological sign just occurring on the calendar] and the month of October. Yes I know it's not Oct. but it is Libra so bear with me.
The word tourmaline is Sinhalese and comes from the root word thurmali which means any of many precious stones. [Wiki] It is mined all over the world with new deposits being found all the time. It comes in a rainbow of colors from black to colorless and is used for decoration, jewelry, it's electromagnetic conductive properties[black schorl]This last has been fading as the business sectors have found easier replacements but the healing sectors have picked up the slack. Tourmaline is known as a good healing stone.
I had/have a rainbow one shaped as a wand, not for wearing and for no reason I could see, broke in half.
ReplyDeleteI love all crystals.
Me, too, Shayna. I have a collection of rocks and crystals from all over. I've given many away but I still have some. They are what I collect.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid we took a road trip up to Oregon to find thunder eggs. We'd never actually done anything like that and had no idea what we were doing, so we just started digging in random spots near the highway. We dug all day and managed to dig up two (very live) scorpions, but nothing resembling even a rock, much less a thunder egg. That night at the campground, my parents were telling another couple about our adventure that day, and the man just kept shaking his head and saying "Crazy Californians!"
ReplyDeleteGood times...
{shudders] at scorpions...and laughs at the image of you digging all over the place.
DeleteIf nothing else, it was a good family experience!
DeleteA very wonderful woman once sent me a piece of tourmaline which I keep in my bundle. I love this stone.
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