223.7 grams
7.5 cm
Hardness: 7 - 7.5
Location:
Urubu Mine,
Aracuai, Minas Gerais Brazil
Chemical Composition: Tourmaline is a complex silicate of boron and aluminum, composition varies. Tourmaline crystals are hexagonal, prismatic crystals that commonly have a rounded triangular cross section, striated lengthwise. Also radiated, columnar, massive.
Colors include blue, green, pink, red, yellow, brown, black, bi-colored, tri-colored, and colorless.
Metaphysical Attributes: Inspiration, understanding, confidence. Balances male/female energies and the mind.
Green Tourmaline: Creativity, prosperity, abundance. Represents life energy of plants. Excellent for people who work with herbs for healing. Enhances cooperation and healing. Opens the heart chakra, and corresponds to the astrological sign of Capricorn.