Black tourmaline is a stone that is a must have for anyone working with crystal healing or crystal energy.

Tourmaline Comes in a wide variety of colors and like most crystals there is a specific attribute given to each color as well as those to the main attributes of the crystal or stone family. Black tourmaline or schorl is one of the most protective stones.

It not only protects from the negative thoughts and emotions of others, it also clears your own negative thoughts dissolving tension and stress encouraging a laid back attitude with a clear,focused, objective and rational, neutral thought process.

Black tourmaline is a stone of emotional and mental stability. It promotes a positive attitude even in difficult circumstances. A powerful grounding stone, it helps to bring flighty and scattered energies and thoughts into focus. This also eliminates unnecessary energies from our system by pulling it into the ground to be dispersed.

Black tourmaline is a cleansing stone like no other. Many Crystals and stones have the ability to cleanse negative energies and work quite well for those purposes but tourmaline is one of the quickest and strongest stones for cleaning the subtle energy bodies as well as the environment. Tourmaline takes heavy, dense, low vibrational energy and dissolves and transmutes it to lighter vibrations. Just holding Black tourmaline brings about instant grounding cleansing as well as protection from further  dense and environmental energy pollution. You will see the term pollution used in regards to the uses of Black tourmaline quite often as it has a wide sweeping effect that not only effects the body but the surrounding environment as well.While many stones work on the low dense or negative energy given off by the thoughts and consciousness of your self and others  Black tourmaline also absorbs and cleanses natural and man made sources of energetic pollution.

Black Tourmaline  pulls less refined energies such as electromagnetic smog as well as many other environmental pollutions that are caused by the electrical devices and radio frequencies. A  piece of tourmaline taped or glued to a cell phone or computer can help protect you from some of the most common sources of electromagnetic smog. A large piece of  black tourmaline is effective in blocking geopathic stress which is believed to be radiation points due to the stresses from the earth itself.

The effects of prolonged exposure to strong electromagnetic fields have been thought to cause, Nervous system symptoms (e.g. fatigue, stress, sleep disturbances), Skin symptoms (e.g. facial prickling, burning sensations, rashes), Various body symptoms (e.g. pain and ache in muscles), Eye symptoms (e.g. burning sensations), Various less common symptoms, including ear, nose, and throat symptoms, digestive disorders, As well as anxiety depression and panic and uncontrollable irrational fears that are said to be responsible for the belief in some haunting scenarios. Black tourmaline  is one of the stones to top the list as a protection and cleanser of this energy.

Black tourmaline`s most potent physical healing properties are it ability to cleanse and detoxify the body and according to the Judy hall in The Crystal Bible it strengthens the immune system, it treats arthritis dyslexia, provides pain relief and defends against debilitating disease.

Mineralogical Information from wikipedia – Tourmaline is a crystal silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classed as a semi-precious stone and the gem comes in a wide variety of colors. The name comes from the Sinhalese word “turamali” or “toramalli”, which applied to different gemstones found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).