Tourmaline Astrological Sign: Libra - Elemental Tourmaline crystallizes in the form of vertically striated prismatic crystals, sometimes slender and sometimes needle-like. The color range includes deep pink to red to read-violet (Rubellite), blue (indicolite), yellow (also known as ”Peridot of Ceylon” and as Tsilasite), brown (Dravide), green, pink (Elbaite), orange, black, colorless, by colored, try colored, and colorless. The energy of Tourmaline relates to each of the chakras. It acts to clear, to maintain, and to stimulate each of the energy centers of the body. It can be used to attract inspiration, to diminish fear by promoting understanding, and to encourage self-confidence. It provides for balancing of the male/female energies within the body; it further provides for balancing of the mind, of the energy centers, and of the auric bodies, inducing the alignment of the mental processes and the chakras with the ethereal structure. Tourmaline has been used to stimulate balance between the left and right sides of the brain and to enhance cooperative efforts in the areas of creativity in healing. If further helps one to look within the depths of one's own being with as much belief in the reality of the inner world as one maintains for the other world. It helps one to release the concept of being the victim and to maintain fortitude and laughter while retaining consciousness. Vibrates to the number: 2 Brown Tourmaline (Dravite) Astrological Sign: Aries Brown Tourmaline can be used to clean the aura and to align the energy of the subtle bodies. It will open the pathways to facilitate this alignment, but it must be called for and anchored. It is a protective stone in the ethereal states bringing the presence of the Earth born personality to bond as well as to connect with the higher self to advance the goals of both entities in unison. It allows one to create a doorway to bridge the seemingly distant gap between the conscious aspects of our minds to connect with that of the subconscious. Bringing them together to view the connections forged not only in our relationships in this life but in that of past and parallel venues. It will also allow admittance to those places where our programming operates to clean those issues which need to be altered to be positive assets in our daily operations. Size: 18 x 15 x 12 mm + - 5/8 x 9/16 x 1/2 inches + - Weight 4.2 grams Chakra: 1st Root, 4th Heart Ray: 1st Will or Power, 7th Ceremonial Order Planet: Mars Element: Earth, Storm Vibrates to the number: 2 (Brown Tourmaline) and to the number 9 (Dravite)