Tourmaline, Hematite and Quartz, from Guang Dong Province, China (No.74)

Tourmaline is a complex aluminium borosilicate, its crystal pattern is hexagonal (trigonal) with prismatic crystals and striations running parallel to the main axis.

No other gemstone has such wide variations in colours. Tourmaline can be red, pink, yellow, brown, black and various shades of green, are called Watermelon Tourmaline.

  

Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s continental crust, after feldspar.

Quartz crystals are said to amplify both body energy and thoughts and may provide for clarity in thinking to enable thoughts to more effectively influence matter.