Balance, Vitality, Willpower

This Pink with Green Tourmaline flower cluster weighs 10.7g. The cluster, which I think resembles a flower, perhaps a rose, was sourced in Afghanistan for Rocks and Things Store by our partner, Lawrence Handicrafts.

Green and Pink Tourmaline is a complex lithium rich borosilicate mineral and member of the Tourmaline family. It crystallizes in the form of elongated rods or triangular and pyramidal crystals. 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.

Elbaite is a multi-coloured variety of tourmaline that includes striking gems like green, pink, blue, and watermelon tourmaline. It is an igneous mineral that almost always forms in granite pegmatites. Elbaite is a complex lithium-rich borosilicate mineral. Elbaite can be any colour of the rainbow, and individual 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, which means that the crystal appears darker in colour when viewed along its vertical axis, compared to viewing along its horizontal axis. Elbaite is UV reactive.

Elbaite balances energies, stimulates creativity, and enhances vitality.

Colour: multicoloured – green, pink, red, blue, etc.

Location: Africa, Brazil, Afghanistan, Namibia, Pakistan, USA

Rarity: rare (especially gem-quality)

Mineral group/class: silicates, tourmaline group

Crystal system/habit: trigonal

Transparency: transparent, translucent

Lustre: vitreous

Fracture: uneven to conchoidal

Hardness: 7–7.5

Formula: Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈₎(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Chakra: varies by colour

Emotional: energy balance, joy, emotional flexibility

Mental/intellectual: creativity, focus, imagination, new beginnings, willpower

Spiritual: alignment, awareness, heart opening, protection, purification, transformation