Birthstones in October: Opal and Tourmaline – Magic and Protection Combined

The opal stands for:

• Hope
• purity
• Truth

The fascinating opal can help to recognize and experience love and is a loyal companion for all those who are looking for true love. The white opal in particular stands for purity and warmth. It promotes patience, communication skills and imagination, while at the same time conveying gentleness and empathy.

Opal is also associated with personal transformation and spiritual purification. Its energetic effect on the psyche is said to absorb negative energy and purify the mind and soul, which can promote positive change in the wearer's lifestyle.

The opal is a fascinating gemstone that presents an almost magical play of colors. Shades of red, blue, violet, yellow and green alternate in colorful speckles and spots. In the light, the surface of some opals shimmers in all the colors of the rainbow - an effect called opalescence. The stone itself can be black, blue or even colorless and transparent, creating fantastic color contrasts.

Origin:
Opals can be found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Mexico, the USA, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada, but also in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Tourmaline stands for:

• creativity
• wisdom
• loyalty

Tourmaline is said to have many positive powers. Tourmaline creates a strong protective shield around its wearer. It also prevents negativity and balances the chakras. Tourmaline is so strong that it can even dissolve negative energies and transform them into positive energy.

It has a calming and balancing effect on the psyche and soul, and is considered a protective stone against negative emotions that our fellow human beings bring to us, such as envy, infidelity and resentment. It strengthens perseverance and self-confidence, supports our wishes and brings us closer to our life goals.

Tourmaline is available in more than 50 different shades of color - from colorless to pink, red, yellow, brown, green, blue and black. Due to the variety of colors, tourmaline is considered the stone of the rainbow. Tourmaline often has the fascinating ability to shimmer in different colors - depending on how the light falls on it.

Origin:
Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Brazil, USA, Africa, Mexico, Canada, Madagascar