Black Tourmalinated Quartz 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Limited Editions Emerald and Heliodore -- and

Emerald and Heliodore -- and is often cut to highlight its chatoyant qualities

000 years ago

gray and mauve stone

The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places where they were ground off for use in traditional medicines

An orthoproxene mineral

Black Tourmalinated Quartz 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Limited Editions Emerald and Heliodore -- andTourmaline naturally occurs in a full color spectrum and is used as both a trade name and as a gemological name for a group of minerals of varying species Different forms of tourmaline may carry different metaphysical properties, with differing colors associated commonly associated with the corresponding color of one of the eight main chakras.