Vitality

This small Yellow Tourmaline floral cluster specimen 26*28*25mm weighs 12.5g. This rare specimen was sourced locally in Pakistan for us by our partner, Lawrence Handicrafts.

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; blue, green, pink, red, etc.

Transparency: translucent, transparent

Lustre: vitreous

Crystal system: trigonal; hexagonal, prismatic

Fracture: subconchoidal, uneven

Hardness: 7–7.5

Mineral group: cyclosilicates, tourmaline group Formula: Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈₎(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Other characteristics: The colour of Elbaite varies due to tinting by the presence of trace elements, even within a crystal. Elbaite can also be strongly pleochroic, with shifting colours appearing from different lighting angles.

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

Rarity: rare (especially gem-quality)

Chakra: varies by colour

Emotional: emotional flexibility, energy balance, joy

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

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