Tourmalinated Quartz

One Tourmalinated Quartz Tumbled Stone Color: transparent with black sticklike inclusions Chakra(s): Root Astrological sign(s): Scorpio, Gemini Mohs scale: 7 The black tourmaline in tourmalinated quartz helps ground your spiritual practice in everyday life.  Tourmalinated quartz helps you return to center when you feel out of balance. It helps you focus so that you can continue to achieve your goals.  Tourmalinated quartz helps to draw out dark, negative emotions so that they can be released. Use this stone when you overreact to a situation or a person and need to understand the reason for this negative reaction. With this stone in hand, locate the source of the emotional problem so that you can begin to heal. Black tourmaline helps deflect electromagnetic frequencies emitted from cell phones, computers, and other electronic devices. This stone helps you identify and heal the source of physical toxins by increasing your awareness of what needs to be cleared to achieve and maintain good health.  Excerpted from The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones by Margaret Ann Lembo