Specimen from Skardu

This beautiful Green Tourmaline on Quartz from Skardu, Pakistan 63*24*43mm specimen weighs 90.8g. It is from the gem fields of Skardu, Pakistan, sourced locally by our partner, Lawrence Handicrafts. It features a Quartz crystal with numerous Green Tourmaline crystals. 

Emotional growth

Green Tourmaline is a beautiful complex lithium-rich borosilicate mineral and a member of the Elbaite mineral colour of the rainbow, and crystals can be multi-coloured. Elbaite usually forms as elongated rods or prismatic crystals that are heavily striated. Blue and Green Elbaite crystals are often pleochroic, which means that the crystal appears darker in colour when viewed along its vertical axis, compared to viewing along its horizontal axis. Elbaite is an igneous mineral that almost always forms in granite pegmatites. Elbaite can be any 

Green Tourmaline is a powerful heart-activation stone. It brings invigorating energy of growth and expansion to the emotional body. The resonance of Green Tourmaline aligns with the heart chakra, helping to calm the nervous system and emotions.

Colour: green, olive green, emerald green

Crystal system: hexagonal

Location: Afghanistan, Brazil, Namibia, Pakistan, USA

Rarity: rarer

Mineral Class: silicates

Chakra: Heart

Emotional: compassion, generosity, joy, peace of mind, relaxation, self-expression, soothing, stress, trauma, trust, understanding

Mental/intellectual: decisiveness, determination, empathy, focus, inner peace, new beginnings, opportunities, resolution, sense of purpose, truth

Spiritual: awareness, clairvoyance, connection with nature, consciousness, enlightenment, expansion, grounding, growth, meditation, transformation, unity, wholeness

Astrology: Capricorn, Venus, Earth

Number: 6

Birthstone: October