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Watermelon Tourmaline is one of my favorite crystals. There's something about its spectacular color zoning, that switches from green to pink, that really speaks to me. It has always felt like a perfect representation of the energy of the heart - and it embodies so much related to the qualities of love and connection we associate with the heart. Discover the incredible healing properties of Watermelon Tourmaline and how you can incorporate this amazing crystal into your own practice!
A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Watermelon Tourmaline: “I allow myself to be in flow with the energy of love and I center love in the ways in which I show up in the world."
Common Healing Properties of Watermelon Tourmaline:
- Balances the energy of your body, mind, and spirit
- Encourages you to care for yourself and your community
- Instills the desire to act from a place of love and connection
- Promotes nurturing and compassion
- Enhances feelings of love for oneself and others
- Promotes peace, calm, and tranquility
- Encourages gentleness
- Instills joyfulness
- Enhances feelings of gratitude
- Offers you comfort during difficult times
- Facilitates awareness of whether or not you're actions are in alignment with creating and cultivating the life you desire
- Supports you as you work to heal from the effects of toxic relationships (friendships, family, and romantic partnerships)
Colors: Distinct pink and green color zoning in concentric circles
Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Pisces, Cancer, Virgo
Companion Stone: Lepidolite
Moon Phases: Waxing Gibbous, Full, Waning Gibbous
Companion Flowers: Pink Cosmos
Elements: Fire, Earth, Water
Companion Essential Oil: Rose Geranium
Common Origins: Brazil, Namibia, Maine (USA)
Notes: This stone is a combination of Green Tourmaline and Pink Tourmaline found in the same stone, therefore, it also embodies the properties of both of these stones.
Wanna’ Get Science-y? Click Here to get information about the chemical composition, hardness, streak, etc. of this crystal from one of my favorite sites!
More About Watermelon Tourmaline:
It's important to note that Watermelon Tourmaline differs from Bicolor Tourmaline in that the color zoning must occur in concentric rings in the Watermelon variety whereas Bicolor Tourmaline's color zoning occurs side by side along the length of the crystal. According to Mindat.org, "the name was coined by George Robeley Howe [1860-1950] of Norway, Maine, USA. The name was first used in a Lewiston, Maine newspaper account in 1910 when describing specimens from the Havey Quarry in Poland, Maine, USA."
How to Work with Watermelon Tourmaline:
A practical way to work with this stone is to gaze through a slice to center love in your actions. A small slice of Watermelon Tourmaline can act almost as a lens, a point of focus, and gazing through it allows you to see things from a new perspective, one were love is at the center of how you engage with others and respond to the world around you.
"This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong.” All About Love: New Visions
Make yourself comfortable and hold a slice of Watermelon Tourmaline in your hands. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and bring the stone over your heart.
Visualize sending love from your heart to the stone. Set an intention for making love central to the way you show up in the world. It may help to write this down. How would you like to connect with others? In what ways can you give and receive more love? How can you root into love when things feel challenging? How can you rely on love to help you show up for yourself, for others, and for your community?
When you feel ready hold the slice up to one eye and gaze through the concentric circles of the Watermelon Tourmaline. See the world through the lens of pink and green, helping to shift your perspective and move you into alignment with love.
Close your eyes again, and bring the stone back to your heart. Ask that the crystal help be a touchstone to encourage you to act with love. Carry this stone with you as a talisman and reminder to root into the power of love in your everyday actions - big and small.
How to Spot Fake Watermelon Tourmaline:
There are a few imitation Watermelon Tourmalines on the market (mostly faceted glass). They are VERY uniform in appearance and don’t have the common fissures/fractures/inclusions that you’d expect to see in a natural stone.
Watermelon Tourmaline Fakes Resources:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisrock/comments/13sq816/watermelon_tourmali ne_real_or_glass/
- https://www.frgems.com/synthetic-watermelon-tourmaline-stones
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