Crystal: Watermelon Tourmaline
Weight: 9.6 kg
Height: 50cm
Origin: Brazil
Form: Raw matrix
Best known for: Joy | Emotional Healing | Love | Protection
Chakra: Root chakra
Use:
Watermelon Tourmaline is known as the master heart healing crystal and is said to:
- Deepen your relationships
- Heal past trauma
- Strengthen your Immune System
- Attract love
- Open and activate the Heart Chakra while aligning energies, attracting love, healing the body, calming the mind, reducing stress and promoting mental sharpness
Science:
Mohs Hardness: 7-7.5
Chemical composition: Tourmaline is a boron-ring silicate with a very complex chemical formula of XY3Z6B3Si6(O,OH)30(OH,F) - where X, Y and Z can be a number of elements such as calcium, sodium, aluminium, iron, magnesium, chromium and lithium.
Watermelon tourmaline is a mineral crystal that most often forms within a type of Igneous rock, called Pegmatite. Pegmatite forms when molten magma cools and a mix of rainwater and minerals fill the cracks in the magma. These veins of hot liquid are rich in Earth elements such as silicon and iron. As the watery mix of elements and magma cools, it creates solid pegmatite rock, with tourmaline crystals inside.
The 'watermelon' colour - being mostly white, pink and green comes from its richness in lithium, whereas another variety - black tourmaline, is very iron-rich.
This stone is also 'pyroelectric' and 'piezoelectric', meaning it has the ability to produce electricity once it’s heated, and can store electrical charge. Many believe that the stone’s pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties make it extremely powerful, bringing many benefits to one’s health and well-being.
Feng Shui:
Black tourmaline is associated with your Root Charkra, located at the base of your spine and responsible for your sense of security, stability and feeling grounded. In Feng Shui, tourmaline placed in the North of your work desk is said to release work and personal stress.