Stone 101
Warm it up and it builds a tiny electric charge. Rocks aren't supposed to do that.
Tourmaline comes in more colours than almost any stone, from jet black to pink-and-green watermelon. Here you'll find bracelets, necklaces, raw chunks, towers, spheres and specimens.
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The basics
Tourmaline isn't one mineral. It's a group of boron silicates that grow as long, stripy columns.
Black tourmaline, called schorl, is by far the most common kind. Most green, pink and blue ones are elbaite. When a crystal grows pink inside and green outside, it's called watermelon tourmaline.
Heat or squeeze a crystal and its two ends pick up opposite electric charges. Geologists call that pyroelectric and piezoelectric.
Rituals, not rules
These are traditions people enjoy, not promises. Pick the one you keep coming back to.
Care
Straight talk
Black tourmaline is common and almost never treated. Bright pink and red gem tourmaline is sometimes heated or irradiated to boost the colour, and some colourful beads on the market are dyed or glass. If one of our pieces were treated or man-made, the title would say so.
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Good questions
It's traditionally linked with protection and grounding. Plenty of folks just like how bold and black it looks.
It's a tourmaline crystal that grew pink in the middle and green on the outside, like a slice of watermelon.
Yes. Tourmaline shares October with opal as a modern birthstone. Pink tourmaline is the classic pick for October birthdays.
Water is fine, so a rinse and a dry works. People also use smoke, moonlight or a night on selenite.
