Tourmaline, Blue (Indicolite)
Blue Tourmaline, also known as Indicolite, belongs to a group called Elbaite, which is a member of the Tourmaline family. Elbaite is by far the most colorful group, including Indicolite (blue), Verdelite (green), Rubellite (pink) and Watermelon (pink with green rind).
Blue Tourmaline is often used to enhance communication by enabling you to speak honestly and through the heart. It is a stone of compassion, and helps one to be more open-minded. Blue Tourmaline can open up communication with higher realms, and helps one find the cause of illness. By concentrating on the Third Eye, Blue Tourmaline can increase perception, intuition and psychic abilities. Like all Tourmalines, Blue Tourmaline is a metaphysically protective stone which is said to balance and harmonize the chakras.
Physically, Blue Tourmaline eases insomnia and helps relieve problems associated with the eyes, throat, larynx, thyroid, adrenal and pituitary glands. It can also balance fluid in the body and eases bladder and kidney ailments.
In general, Tourmaline can become electrically charged as a result of heat or pressure, which is a testament to the ability of these crystals to impact one’s energy field. Tourmaline is very grounding and helpful in releasing stress and tension.
Blue Tourmaline Color Energy
Blue Tourmaline reflects the color energy of a clear, radiant sky as winter gives way to spring and the sun climbs higher each day. It marks the beginning of life and emotion. Blue crystals bring trust, faith, patience, and respect, lending the focus we need to become more sincere, act more responsibly, and become more trustworthy. Light blue crystals help us accept the life we have, develop patience, reconcile differences, or seek forgiveness. They also assist in dealing with grief, letting go of the past, and curing guilt. Dark blue crystals enhance the respect and compassion we have within ourselves. They teach us humanity, discretion, and honor, and encourage us to act more charitably and focus our efforts on service to others.
Meditation with Blue Tourmaline
For dedicated individuals, meditation with Blue Tourmaline can open doors to the highest spiritual realms, offering experiences of ecstatic rapture. For those who have difficulty returning to a grounded state, holding a piece of Tourmaline is recommended.
Blue Tourmaline can also facilitate deep meditation and a Zen-like state of illuminated emptiness. It aids one in releasing attachment to outcomes as well as to the past, and is an ideal crystal for exploring past lives in order to resolve current emotional problems.
Physical and Metaphysical Properties for
PROPERTIES FOR STONE: Blue Tourmaline (Indicolite)
PRIMARY CHAKRA: Throat-Chakra
SECONDARY CHAKRA: Third-Eye-Chakra
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal-Crystal-System
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Na(Li, Al)3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3 (OH)4, Sodium Lithium Aluminum Boro-Silicate Hydroxide
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra-(September-23-to-October-22), Taurus-(April-20-to-May-20)
NUMERICAL VIBRATION: Number-55, Number-6, Number-9
HARDNESS: 7-to-7.5-Hardness
COLOR: Indigo-(dark-blue)
LOCATION: Brazil, Pakistan
RARITY: Uncommon
PRONUNCIATION: bloo TOUR-muh-leen / bloo TOUR-muh-lin
MINERAL CLASS: Borosilicates-Mineral-Class
ISSUES AND AILMENTS (PHYSICAL): Adrenal-Glands, Bladder-Problems, Insomnia, Kidney-Disorders-and-Health, Laryngitis, Throat
ISSUES AND AILMENTS (EMOTIONAL): Communication-and-Expression, Compassion, Honesty
ISSUES AND AILMENTS (SPIRITUAL): Connecting-with-Higher-Realms, Enhances-Intuition, Enhancing-Psychic-Abilities
EXTRA GRADE: Beautiful blue color, partially transparent, 10% - 25% matrix
A GRADE: Nice blue color, translucent, 25% - 50% matrix
B GRADE: Poor blue color, opaque, and/or > 50% matrix
AFFIRMATION: I communicate with honesty and compassion.
QUESTION: Do you find it easy or difficult to feel compassion toward others?
REFERENCE 1: http://www.healingcrystals.com/Crystals_to_help_in_Negative_Times_Articles_1804.html