Identification

• Heating or compressing a tourmaline crystal---by rubbing it between your hands, for example---generates a different electrical charge at each end, causing the ends to attract dust. The ends of the crystal have different shapes, helping to make the stone recognizable. Rubbing black tourmaline brings luck and happiness.
  
  

Considerations

• Black tourmaline helps you access your root chakra, or energy center. Artists and writers historically have worn this stone to inspire creativity.
  
  

Protection

• The black stone wards off negativity and protects a person form radiation, electromagnetic smog, and black magic spells.
  
  

Benefits

• Black tourmaline enhances a person's awareness. The stone also helps heal gout, arthritis and the immune system.
  
  

Emotional Benefits

• The stone lessens the effects of fear and obsessions in those who work with it on a regular basis.