Polychrome tourmaline - fabulous colors

One of the most unusual and unique varieties of tourmaline are polychrome crystals. Two or more shades occur in such minerals, which makes them very attractive and in demand among jewelers and collectors.

Description

Multi-colored tourmalines, like other varieties of it, form in hydrothermal soils and are of igneous origin. The shape is prismatic, with a needle or columnar end. The raw crystal is very reminiscent of a pencil.

The colors in the stones can have a smooth transition from one to another, or change dramatically. For example, a bright pink color may gradually fade to golden honey and not create a clear contrast of color borders. And some copies of the polychrome mineral are distinguished by a significant difference in color. For example, a watermelon gem has a bright scarlet center framed by a green border. But the Burmese tourmaline, which is popularly called the "frozen drop of blood", combines a blood-red hue with a sharp transition to black. The most common color combinations:

• green with pink, blue or yellow;
• blue with blue;
• pink with yellow;
• scarlet with black.

Among all varieties of polychrome tourmalines, individual minerals are of particular importance:

• head of a Turk - crystals of light colors with a bright red head;
• Moor's head - light transparent stones with a dark head;
• watermelon tourmaline - bright pink center surrounded by a green edge.

Very rarely, nature gives completely unique tourmaline minerals, in which you can find three or more color combinations. Such a variety of shades is explained by a variety of impurities in the composition.

According to their physical characteristics, multi-color minerals are not much different from other varieties of tourmaline. They also have a glassy luster, high hardness, a permanent magnetic field, and an electrical charge.

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The healing properties of the polychrome mineral are not suitable for everyone. So, it is forbidden to wear a gem:

• pregnant women;
• allergy sufferers;
• people with high body temperature;
• those who have bleeding and soft tissue ruptures.

Otherwise, it is widely used in alternative medicine. It is used to treat the kidneys, liver, stomach, endocrine system. With the help of electromagnetic radiation emanating from the stone, it is used in the early stages of oncological diseases, stress, and nervous disorders are treated.

In the field of magic, the mineral is used as a talisman against witchcraft. It is believed that multi-colored tourmaline is able to create a protective shell around its owner and prevent the impact of any negative energy. In addition, the crystal is able to reveal creativity and hidden talents.

Application

Polychrome tourmalines are very popular in the jewelry industry. Due to their structure and color, most often they are cut in the form of an octagon or a baguette in order to emphasize all the beauty of the color transition. However, this applies only to those specimens in which the colors are stretched over the entire surface of the crystal. If we are talking about minerals such as watermelon, where different colors are stretched across, then they are made in the form of plates, where the edges are not processed at all. In general, it is customary not to process polychrome tourmalines so as not to disturb the pristine beauty created by nature itself.

To whom does

The mineral will help Sagittarius to develop creative abilities, to realize everything planned, to establish relations with others.

Capricorn will help get rid of resentment, attract material well-being, fill with positive emotions.

Bright and multi-colored tourmaline will bring joy to Leo's life and fill him with positive thoughts.

As for all other signs of the zodiac, the stone will be a wonderful amulet for all occasions. However, it is not recommended to wear it all the time.