one of the rarer green gem minerals

Most market aquamarine is gently heated to refine the color toward a cleaner blue

colored here to a pale blue-grey

with a metallic luster and high specific gravity—heavier in the hand than its size suggests

Agate has been worked since antiquity

Black Tourmaline Point Polished Size:2.2"L x 1.6"W x 3.8"H one of the rarer greenCHAKRA: Root Chakra PRIMARY BENEFITS: Grounding, Protection, Shielding, Vitality, Creativity, Purification, Transmuting of Negative Energies BIRTHSTONE: October Birthstone BEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE: Overwhelmed by Stressful Environments, Experiencing Fatigue, Impacted by Electromagnetic Radiation, Learning to Set Boundaries HISTORY: Black Tourmaline was rediscovered around the 1400's in a German village formerly known as "Schorl," which granted the stone