Play a video Basic gemstone information: Tourmaline is a stone with amazing properties. This jewelry stone surpasses any other gem in the variety of its colors. Its hardness is quite high - 7-7.5 on the Mohs scale.
The main deposits of Tourmaline are located in Brazil, Mozambique, Nigeria, as well as in Pakistan.
In the old days, tourmalines were often used to decorate the crowns of monarchs. They are used, for example, in the decoration of the famous cap of Monomakh and the crown of Empress Anna Ioannovna.
Jewelry with tourmaline due to the heat of our body is able to form a low-frequency magnetic field that emits anions. They help to reduce muscle pain, relieve rheumatic diseases and calm the nervous system.
According to astrology, people of the fiery signs of the Zodiac can choose tourmaline of any color. The stone will help them to achieve inner calm, harmony, will allow them to cope with intemperance, excessive stubbornness.
