Black Tourmaline
Protection
$5.50
per 8mm bead
The stone for keeping your own outline visible in a crowded week.
Black tourmaline is the stone most often placed at thresholds — by the door, in the bag, at the desk. Folk practice describes it as an edge you can feel, which is a more honest promise than a shield. The vertical striations are natural growth lines.
- Origin
- Brazil
- Hardness
- 7.5 Mohs
- Bead size
- 8 mm
- Finish
- Polished
Hard at 7.5 Mohs but brittle along its length; it chips rather than scratches. Store it apart from harder beads and it will outlast most of your jewellery.
Read the full Black Tourmaline entry →Wrist size
A single-stone bracelet: this stone plus the $12.00 hand-strung base. Add more in the Studio.
$32.50 more earns free US shipping and a flannel pouch — keep adding stones in the Studio. Below that, shipping is calculated at checkout.
