Pink Tourmaline Meanings
Love, Emotional Healing
Chakra: Heart
Element: Water
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Birthstone: October
Wedding Anniversary: 5th year
Number: 7
Pink Tourmaline Crystal Healing Properties
Is believed to generate feelings of joy, happiness and relaxation. Similarly, it is thought to help us find strength when we feel most vulnerable and help us search for the joy in life’s learning experiences. Many feel it is a powerful emotional balancer and cleanser, and as such is though to be a great ally to help deal with stress. Similarly, it is thought to be a good stone to offer support to sensitive & active children who have trouble sleeping.
History and Uses
Tourmaline has been known since ancient times, a likeness of Alexander the Great carved in India in the 2nd or 3rd century BC has been found. It is the only gemstone which has such a wide variety of colours including red, pink, green, black, blue, violet, yellow and brown. This amazing crystal is pyroelectric and piezoelectric and Dutch traders would rub them and use them to pull the ashes from their meerschaum pipes, hence their name aschentrekkers or ash pullers.
Geological Description
Pink Tourmaline is a complex borosilicate with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. Its crystal pattern is hexagonal (trigonal) with prismatic crystals and striations running parallel to the main axis. This crystal is found in California, Brazil, Africa, and Afghanistan.
Affirmation
My heart is healed and whole, and I radiate the energies of love.