Tourmaline Triangle -- Black Crystal & Filigree Pendant

A rod of black tourmaline crystal is framed in a triangle of antique brass filigree. Black tourmaline, historically known as Schorl, has a uniquely primal beauty, midnight-black with a blueish, raven-wing shimmer. The pyramid-like shape adds an intriguing occult quality evocative of the All-Seeing-Eye. A powerful little statement piece indeed. Tourmaline grows pillar-shaped crystals and can form in any color depending upon their chemical environment, and can sometimes acquire a rainbow gradations of color, caused by chemical fluctuation over time. Black tourmaline, also called Schorl, is the most common variety of tourmaline. An iron-rich solution lends an opaque darkness and metallic luster, and imbues it with unique magnetic properties. When heated, or put under pressure, black tourmaline becomes electro-magnetically charged and gives off static electric energy. It pryoelectric (under heat) and piezoelectric (under pressure). Schorl is a favorite stone for ritual work and shamanic pr