Black Tourmaline

BLACK TOURMALINE

Introduction

Black tourmaline has numerous properties and associations that make it a special gemstone. It’s generally pitch-black, making it all the more striking. Black Tourmaline is an excellent grounding crystal for meditation and healing. Black Tourmaline is known to be one of the most effective and powerful stones that can heal and protect you physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It’s believed that black tourmaline is a good replacement for stress and tension. Crystal healers see the black gemstone as one that can inspire a positive attitude, regardless of the circumstance, as well as stimulate a sense of altruism. Let’s delve a little deeper into the world of Black Tourmaline.

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Healing Properties

♥ Relaxation ♥ Happiness ♥ Grounding ♥ Vitality ♥ EMF protection ♥ Balance ♥ Positive transformation ♥ Healing ♥ Strength ♥ Tolerance ♥ Protection ♥ Optimism

Relaxation: Black Tourmaline clears negative energies from your aura and promotes a relaxed and laid back attitude to life.

Happiness: If you’re looking for a stone or a crystal that will bring you good luck and happiness, you need not look far. Black Tourmaline is a stone for good luck and so much more.

Grounding:  Black Tourmaline is also a great gemstone to keep you grounded to the earth. A good sense of being rooted maintains your root chakra pure and balanced.

Vitality: Black Tourmaline increases physical vitality, replacing tension and stress with the ability to view the world objectively with clear, rational thought and neutrality.  

EMF Protection: If you have multiple gadgets at home, especially if it emits radiation or EMF, placing a black tourmaline is recommended to lessen its adverse effects on your body. 

Balance: Bye to negative energies and hi to positive ones that provide balance and calmness!

Positive Transformation: It inspires a positive attitude, no matter the circumstances, and stimulates altruism and practical creativity. 

Healing: Its supportive energy aligns the energy centers of the body and channels healing light throughout the system. 

Strength: It is seen as a symbol of strength. Carrying pieces of Black Tourmaline tumbled stones with you can strengthen your fortitude and help you survive in a very negative environment.

Tolerance: Tourmaline aids in understanding oneself and others, taking you deep into yourself, promoting self-confidence and diminishing fear. It banishes any feeling of being a victim and attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance, and prosperity.

Protection: Black Tourmaline is a protective stone that is very good for keeping negative vibrations away from your aura and out of your body space.

Optimism: Black Tourmaline should always be close to you so that you will always have good health, happiness, good luck, and optimism.

Metaphysical Properties

Encourages confidence and truth seeking

Cuts through anxious thoughts 

Strong grounding forces

Boosts metabolism 

Improves immunity

Stabilizes mood

Reduces anxiety and stress

Encourage clear thinking 

Protect you against misfortune

Balance and open all your chakras

Zodiac Birthstone

The birthstone of Libra, Scorpio, Capricorn

As an October birthstone, Black Tourmaline is a match for Libras and Scorpios but is also incredibly well suited to Capricorns. Black Tourmaline helps Librans to stay strong and feeling protected inviting them a secure space in which to share their thoughts and ideas when needed. Black Tourmaline is a stress dissolver for the Libra star sign.  For Scorpios, Black Tourmaline can help them with their indecisive and conflict avoidance traits. For Capricorn, Black Tourmaline may help you to grow a little bit of a thicker skin. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being sensitive but if you find it is getting in the way of your self-confidence, esteem levels, and ability to ease up in social settings, Black Tourmaline will also help Scorpios to be less demanding and Capricorns to be more expressive.

What Chakra is Black Tourmaline?

Black Tourmaline, along with other dark-colored stones, has a vibration that is closely aligned to the Base or Root chakra. Black Tourmaline improves the balance of your root chakra. When our root chakra is balanced we can enjoy heightened confidence and a sense of balance. It also help you balance and open all your chakras.

How to Cleanse & Charge Black Tourmaline?

Cleanse with water and Charge by smudging or in moonlight

Since Black Tourmaline is so efficient at absorbing the harmful electromagnetic waves from gadgets and devices, you may find that you need to cleanse. You can use natural, running water from a spring or stream to cleanse your stone or simply hold the crystal under your tap. It’s useful to recite or focus on a cleansing mantra while you work. A popular and simple way to cleanse your crystal is to smudge it in the smoke of a healing herb like sage, sweetgrass, cedar, frankincense or lavender.  You can either keep your stone under the new moon or full moon to charge it. Many believe that subjecting crystals to the moonlight can help recharge their positive energies.

How to spot Fake Black Tourmaline?

Black Tourmaline is a hard stone that shouldn’t suffer damage when being scratched by a knife. Try doing a scratch test with the help of knife or a very sharp needle will be able to scratch hard plastic, but not tourmaline. If the needle easily leaves a mark on the stone, it is unlikely that the stone is real black tourmaline. If the stone stays intact and doesn’t display scratch marks from a knife or steel nail then it’s probably the real deal. You can also check the gem for long vertical lines and in the case of tumbled Black Tourmaline you should still be able to feel cracks and fissures.

Final Thoughts

You have nothing to fear when you have Black Tourmaline close to you. Not only can it help ground you, but it can also be an excellent source of protection. Black Tourmaline can be used to both repel and protect against negativity. Wherever these stones are located, they will purify your space. They will suck all the negative energies from their surroundings and convert them to positive energy. Black Tourmaline should always be close to you so that you will always have good health, happiness, good luck, and optimism. It effectively helps the wearer be absolved of dark feelings, turning these anxious vibrations into a positive spin that nurtures the soul. This is definitely a powerful stone to have in your collection. Not only powerful and protective; it’s also a beautiful stone that can bring you joy, love, confidence, and good health. It brings plenty of benefits to your health and well-being. It’s definitely a must-have!