The Bi-Colour Pink Tourmaline crystal in this cluster is the better formed crystal in this matrix. It is quite clear with the slightest hint of green. at its other end. The matrix is Lepidolite and is highly UV reactive. This specimen was sourced in Afghanistan by Lawrence Handicrafts for Rocks and Things.
Pink Tourmaline is a positive crystal that brings strength as it opens your heart chakra. These energies bring you to a place of love, through conviction, courage and strength. It improves energy circulation throughout the chakras and subtle bodies. Its balancing and heart energies lend you strength and courage so that you can view your situation with proper perspective and self-compassion.
Elbaite is an igneous mineral that almost always forms in granite pegmatites. It is a complex lithium-rich borosilicate mineral. Elbaite can be any colour of the rainbow, and crystals can be multi-coloured. Black is rare.
Elbaite usually forms as heavily-striated elongated rods or prismatic crystals. Blue and Green Elbaite crystals are often pleochroic. This means that the crystal appears darker in colour when viewed along its vertical axis, compared to viewing along its horizontal axis.
