Raw green tourmaline

This green tourmaline is truly a beautiful work of art from mother earth. This tourmaline has beautiful elongated bands, as if it was cut, but not by a human but by an elf who can make such small strips. Yet it was created completely naturally. The tourmaline contains a number of fractures inside, but is generally clear.

This green tourmaline weighs 1.6 grams.

Dimensions approx.: 3.4 x 0.4 cm

The tourmaline comes in a sturdy black box with the Insight Stones logo and is well protected.

How green tourmaline works

Green tourmaline is also called verdelite. Green tourmaline is energetically a counterpart of pink tourmaline. Where pink tourmaline mainly feeds the feminine energy, green tourmaline feeds the masculine energy. Just like pink tourmaline, it works on the heart chakra, but it will feed you with strength, courage, endurance and will help you ground yourself more and invite you to embrace the physical world. Green tourmaline can also have a healing effect and especially help you embrace the healing power of nature and with these new discoveries you can give it back to others. Where pink tourmaline can mainly help you connect with others, green tourmaline mainly lets you connect with the earth and yourself. This will give you more stability in your life and you will also dare to express yourself more.

Origin of the name tourmaline

Tourmaline is a name derived from Sinhalese, a language spoken in Sri Lanka from where European sailors brought the stone. It is not entirely clear what the name refers to exactly. One theory is that it comes from the word 'turamali' which means 'stone that attracts'. Another theory is that it comes from 'turmali' which means 'gemstone with different colors'. Both are actually very applicable to tourmaline because tourmaline is a stone that attracts and also has many colors. For example, in addition to green tourmaline, there is also pink , blue , black , yellow-brown, dark brown and white/transparent tourmaline (this is very rare). Watermelon tourmaline (a combination of green and pink) is also very popular among gemstone collectors.

Physical and chemical properties of green tourmaline

Tourmaline is a tetrahedral crystal form, a tetrahedron of equilateral triangles. The chemical formula for green tourmaline is: Na(Li,Al,)3 (Al,Cr,V)6 [OH,F)4 (BO3 )2 Si6 O18 ] Tourmaline generally forms in acidic plugonites, especially in pegmatites. In these, the multi-colored crystals can form.