Watermelon Tourmaline Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Bicolor Tourmaline
A pink-and-green tourmaline for balance, joy, and a healed and open heart.
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Venus
- Day
- Friday
- Chakra
- Heart
- Color
- Pink center with a green rind
- Hardness
- 7 - 7.5
- Found in
- Brazil, Madagascar, Afghanistan, Maine and California (USA)
How to use it
- Balance give and take
Hold a slice when a relationship feels lopsided. Touch the pink and name what you give, then the green and name what you need in return.
- Bring back joy
Set the stone on a sunny windowsill on a Friday. Write down three small pleasures you have been too busy for, and do one that day.
- Heal after a hurt
Hold watermelon tourmaline over your heart and breathe into it slowly. Picture the green wrapping and protecting the soft pink center while it mends, taking all the time it needs.
Works well with
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History and folklore
Watermelon tourmaline gets its name from its look: a pink center and green rind, just like a slice of melon. The colors change as the crystal grows, because the minerals available in the surrounding fluid shift over time. It is found in Brazil, Madagascar, Afghanistan, and in the United States in Maine and California. Many collectors prize thin cross-sections that show both colors. Witches see it as a heart stone that balances tenderness with growth, and use it for joy, love, and emotional healing.
A pink-and-green tourmaline for balance, joy, and a healed and open heart.
- Intentions: Love, Healing, Peace
- Element: Water
- Planet: Venus
- Zodiac: Gemini, Virgo
- Day: Friday
- Chakra: Heart
- Color: Pink center with a green rind
- Hardness: 7 - 7.5
- Found in: Brazil, Madagascar, Afghanistan, Maine and California (USA)
Safety: Raw tourmaline crystals can be brittle and may crack with sudden heat; avoid hot water and handle thin slices gently.
How to use it
- Balance give and take. Hold a slice when a relationship feels lopsided. Touch the pink and name what you give, then the green and name what you need in return.
- Bring back joy. Set the stone on a sunny windowsill on a Friday. Write down three small pleasures you have been too busy for, and do one that day.
- Heal after a hurt. Hold watermelon tourmaline over your heart and breathe into it slowly. Picture the green wrapping and protecting the soft pink center while it mends, taking all the time it needs.
Works well with: Pink Candle, Green Candle, Friday, Rose, Litha
Folklore
Watermelon tourmaline gets its name from its look: a pink center and green rind, just like a slice of melon. The colors change as the crystal grows, because the minerals available in the surrounding fluid shift over time. It is found in Brazil, Madagascar, Afghanistan, and in the United States in Maine and California. Many collectors prize thin cross-sections that show both colors. Witches see it as a heart stone that balances tenderness with growth, and use it for joy, love, and emotional healing.
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