Tourmaline in crystalline form forms as prismatic striated crystals in a wide colour range (but most commonly black) and is often found in association with quartz, where it is a common inclusion. In appearance the coloured varieties are easy to identify, although brown-green varieties are sometimes confused with epidot. When looking at black tourmaline it can be confused with actinolite or rutile, but when observed closely it appears denser; tends to be obviously striated down its length; and has a glassy or greasy appearance, rather than being dull or reflective.
When found with quartz, the quartz acts to strongly amplify and broadcast the tourmaline's innate energies, which as you might expect are connected with their colour and the chakras. All tourmalines are hugely useful crystals for grounding and balancing the energy bodies according to their colour, and - when in quartz - for diffusing their energies throughout the immediate environs. Quartz with green and pink tourmalines are effective for balancing and opening the heart; with blue and indigo useful to strengthen the throat and 3rd eye; with orange and red are good to energise, clear and ground the lower chakra centres. Watermelon (pink core within a green outer layer) tourmaline is a rare formation that is the very best crystal for working with the heart and high heart centres: however the most frequently occurring tourmaline is coloured black. This is a very powerful stone for personal energy protection and for absorbing and clearing the energy field of negative EMFs - hence their usefulness when placed next to the TV or computer, or used with a mobile phone.
To read more about the different forms and formations of minerals and their uses, you may like to return to our main site and to the pages under the dropdown heading "Crystal Directories".
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11G082
'A' grade terminated tabular crystal. Four sides complete, two sides incomplete. Termination incomplete, due to groundmass and some damage during...
1 available
£9.00

11G090
A' grade terminated crystal. This crystal is actually four crystals that have grown together into a single crystal. The termination shows the crystal...
1 available
£9.00

11G144
Deep blue Aquamarine crystal. This crystal has grown across ground mass so neither termination has much definition The sides also have inclusion of...
1 available
£4.00

11G112
Nice pale green blue crystal. There is some marking on the side that reduces the clarity of this crystal. The Crystal has a nice termination and some...
1 available
£9.00

11G129
Good clarity Aquamarine crystal with a stepped termination. The crystal is missing the termination and is a section form the centre of a crystal. The...
1 available
£7.00

11G117
Very clear pale blue Aquamarine crystal with tourmaline crystals on the sites of the crystal. This crystal is actually two that have grown on the...
1 available
£12.00

11G140
Partial crystal of Aquamarine with partial tourmaline crystal and ground mass at base. The crystal has three side that are complete. The crystal...
1 available
£3.00

11G066
'C' grade terminated crystal. Nice clean hexagonal shape with six complete sides and a clean termination, but with groundmass of white feldspar /...
1 available
£1.00

17F132
This rough piece of white quartz contains randomly oriented crystals of blue / indigo and black Tourmaline (Indicolite). Although unpolished it has a...
1 available
£12.00

T271
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of natural Smoky Quartz included tumbled stones. You will receive one (chosen at random) of average weight 8...
4 available
£3.00

11G314
This pale smoky cluster of randomly orientated crystals, some of which are double terminated, has black and green-black inclusions, which are in...
1 available
£15.00

T123AL
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of A grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 15 grams. The A graded...
16 available
£3.50

T123AM
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of A grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 7 grams. The A graded...
8 available
£2.50

T123AS
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of A grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 2.8 grams. The A graded...
29 available
£2.00

T123BL
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of B grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 10 grams. The B graded...
1 available
£2.00

T123BM
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of B grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 5 grams. The B graded...
7 available
£1.50

T123BXS
Picture shows EXAMPLES of our stock of B grade Tourmalinated Quartz tumbled stones. You will receive one of minimum weight 2 grams. The B graded...
15 available
£1.00

15E104
This clear quartz crystal has been polished into a rounded dome-like freeform shape, and is crammed on one side with multiple needle-like inclusions....
1 available
£95.00
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