Siberite - Purple tourmaline
gemstones, also purple, mauve, with some green

As beautiful as it is rare, violet tourmaline is, in lithotherapy, a support for emotional healing and the liberation of the personal imagination.

The origins of violet tourmaline

Sometimes mistaken for Amethyst because of its violet to purple color, Siberite is a very different kind of semi-precious stone. It is distinguished by its chemical composition, which sets it apart from other tourmalines and by its unique physical properties.

Named after its discovery in Siberia in 1799, Siberite's success has been undiminished ever since. Fascinating and of great beauty, it can be used in haute joaillerie pieces. Its rarity also popularized its curative properties for headaches and muscular problems.

Lithotherapy properties

In lithotherapy, it is known for its relaxing and protective properties. Balancing energies and harmonizing the chakras, it helps relieve stress and restore sleep, overcoming fears and anxieties.

Violet Tourmaline is invaluable for reducing compulsive and self-destructive behavior.

In addition to the symbols associated with emotional healing and against negative energies and bad influences, there's a dreamlike dimension.

It's an enchanting, intriguing and mischievous stone that loves to stimulate your imagination, inviting you to dare to ask and visualize what you really want. By putting you on the path to accepting your deepest nature, it will open you up to a new world; perhaps it was already within your reach, invisible but before your very eyes, but it remained off-limits to you for reasons linked to your history and to guilt that doesn't belong to you, being pure illusion. In this dimension of facts, she confirms that you can become a better version of yourself, always finding a way to soothe you and put you back on your inner path, in search of your own happiness.

On a physical level

In lithotherapy, it helps with Alzheimer's, migraines, depression, epilepsy and DYS disorders. It has regenerative properties for the whole organism and supports you in periods of great physical or emotional fatigue.

How do I use violet tourmaline?

Associated with the third eye and crown chakras: place between the eyebrows or at the top of the head during meditation for greater mental clarity and spiritual perception.

Siberite can also accompany you as a necklace, pendant or bracelet, placed close to you or in your pocket to open yourself up to its virtues day after day.

Which crystals amplify the beneficial effects of Siberite in lithotherapy?

• Combined with Aquamarine to enhance mental clarity and better communication by activating the third eye chakra and the throat chakra.
• combined with Amethyst to intensify a spiritual connection
• Amethyst for added stress relief
• combined with Citrine, for greater joy and optimism
• With Prasiolite clear quartz, for enhanced healing and protective properties
• Labradorite, to strengthen intuition and protect against harmful energies
• Selenite for its ability to recharge other crystals.

Mineralogy of violet tourmaline

Violet tourmaline forms mainly in granitic pegmatites and hydrothermal veins. Siberite crystals are elongated prisms with a triangular cross-section and curved faces.
Its chemical composition is complex: it includes sodium, lithium, aluminum and boron.

Siberite has a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale - hard enough to be used in jewelry.

The main origins of Siberite are Russia, Brazil, Madagascar and the United States.