Yellow tourmaline bracelet Brazil A+ (Tsilaisite) balls 5-6mm

The name tourmaline comes from “turmali” or “turamali” which is actually a Sinhalese name given to this fabulous stone from Sri Lanka by Dutch explorers in the early 18th century.

In Sri Lanka, a legend says that tourmaline comes from the sky and during its descent to earth, it would have crossed a rainbow which gave it its variations of colors. This explains the origin of its name meaning “the stone of a thousand colors”.

In fact, tourmaline has been known for thousands of years. In the 3rd century BC, traces of this stone were found. In Greece, it was Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) who brought this stone back from his expeditions. However, tourmaline, due to its many colors, has very often been confused with other minerals.

Thus, there are very few legends or myths attached to this stone due to its late identification. However, some tourmalines have piezoelectric properties, which means that they have an electrical charge, negative at one pole and positive at the other pole. Tourmaline attracts particles to itself.

When the philosopher Theophrastus (-322 to -288) describes a stone having the ability to attract pieces of straw or pieces of wood, we understand that he is talking about tourmaline. Later in the 18th century, Dutch explorers used tourmaline to clean their pipes, because the stone attracted ashes.

As an anecdote, in the 16th century, a Spanish conquistador discovered a green tourmaline in Brazil, which he identified as an emerald. This discovery caused a rush in the Brazilian regions in search of these famous emeralds. The error was corrected in the 19th century and the emeralds were transformed into tourmalines.

Often mistaken for precious stones, tourmalines are therefore found in many jewels, and even in the British crown. We can also mention the Timur Ruby, a 352 carat jewel that was thought to be a ruby ​​until 1851 or the 170 carat Black Prince ruby ​​which is actually a tourmaline.

Tourmaline is increasingly attracting interest from connoisseurs and collectors. Thus, the Empress of China Cixi (1861-1908) loved this stone so much that she began to collect it. She asked for sculptures, brooches, watch clasps, rings, etc. to be made from it. Today, it rests on a cushion of tourmalines.

Tourmaline comes in various shades. They can also be bicolored or multicolor. There is a wide variety of tourmalines, of different colors, from opaque to transparent, with striated or hexagonal structures. It has a rhombohedral crystal system. It is an igneous and metamorphic rock that can come from hydrothermal deposits.

So, there are several types of tourmalines with various compositions such as magnesium silicates, sodium silicates, iron silicates, clay silicates, fluorides and borosilicate. Tourmalines are actually a whole family of stones, which have the same internal structure, but differ in chemical composition and therefore in color and appearance.

The main deposits are located in Brazil, Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Thailand, Burma, Madagascar, India, and the United States.

There are different varieties of yellow tourmalines.

For example, there is Malawi tourmaline. The crystals of this type of tourmaline are often small in size with a canary yellow color with green reflections of an exceptional brilliance. The stones in their raw state can be cleaned with lemon, which impregnates the stone and gives it a good smell.

Then in 1913, the mineralogist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945), founder of geochemistry, described a type of tourmaline of several colors: elbaite. It is transparent or translucent and has a glassy and resinous luster. Its name comes from the deposit discovered on the island of Elba in Italy. There is red elbaite: its color varies from red to orange and from orange to dark yellow.

A manganese variety of elbaite, called tsilaisite, was found at Tsilaisina in Madagascar. It is a yellow-colored tourmaline. It can be lemon yellow to olive yellow, similar to peridot. In its raw form, it can be confused with citrine or yellow fluorite.

It is worth noting that yellow tourmaline is one of the most expensive varieties of tourmaline. The price of these yellow tourmalines varies depending on their quality, purity, origin and weight. A tourmaline mounted on a ring can reach a hundred euros.

Yellow tourmaline, commonly used in the world of jewelry, is also becoming popular in the world of lithotherapy.

The main deposits are located in Brazil, etc.

Yellow tourmaline is appreciated for its energizing virtues. It is a stone of dynamism and vitality. It allows people who are mentally and physically tired to regain energy and the will to achieve their goals.

It is a natural stone that encourages taking control over oneself, one's demons and negative feelings anchored in the person. It allows to identify the nature of the psychological blockages felt. By facilitating introspection, yellow tourmaline helps to overcome traumas related for the most part to childhood.

This stone reduces anxieties, buried fears and anxiety attacks. It restores confidence and assurance to its wearer. The wearer becomes more serene, more relaxed and less suspicious. He learns to appreciate himself and to be at ease in society. He overcomes his modesty and his complexes, develops self-esteem.

Yellow tourmaline encourages changes in life, such as changes at the professional level, but also at the sentimental level. In addition, it helps the person to free themselves from the hold of the other and gives them the strength to flourish by themselves. It makes the person happy and thus contributes to their happiness. It is also perfect for people in reconversion. It is the energy of all new beginnings.