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Pink Tourmaline
UncommonHeart Chakra

Pink Tourmaline

Also known as: Rubellite (deep red-pink), Stone of Love and Compassion

Complex Aluminum Borosilicate

Pink Tourmaline is a lithium-rich variety of tourmaline ranging from pale pink to deep red-pink (Rubellite). It is prized for its ability to open the Heart Chakra and invite love, compassion, and emotional healing.

Healing Properties

  • Opens Heart Chakra to love
  • Heals emotional trauma
  • Promotes compassion and joy
  • Supports emotional recovery

Emotional Benefits

  • •Heals emotional trauma
  • •Opens the heart to love
  • •Promotes joy and lightness in the heart

Spiritual Benefits

  • •Aligns Heart Chakra with higher love
  • •Cultivates spiritual joy
  • •Encourages loving spiritual devotion

How to Use

Wear over the heart, hold during healing meditations, or give as a gift to someone experiencing heartache.

Meditation

Place on the heart chakra to dissolve emotional armor and welcome genuine love.

Placement in Home

Bedroom or relationship spaces for loving, joyful energy.

Traditional Uses

Associated with heart health and hormonal balance. Not a substitute for medical treatment.

Ethical Sourcing

Verify sourcing especially for Afghan and Nigerian stones. Lab-grown versions available.

Quick Facts

Mineral Class
Silicate – Cyclosilicate (Tourmaline)
Crystal System
Trigonal
Chemical Formula
Na(Li,Al)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Mohs Hardness
7–7.5
Transparency
Transparent to translucent
Luster
Vitreous
Planetary
Venus
Typical Price
$15–$300+

Care Guide

Water safe
Sunlight safe

Cleansing

Running waterSound healingMoonlight

Charging

MoonlightRose Quartz clusterSunlight (brief)

Associations

Zodiac

LibraTaurus

Element

WaterEarth

Intentions

LoveJoyCompassionHeart healing

Origins

BrazilAfghanistanNigeriaSri LankaUSA

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