Black Tourmaline is excellent for psychic protection.   It has the ability to transmute and purify negative energy turning it into usable energy this is very important as it fully opens one’s psychic and empathic abilities.  You can clear your auric field by just wearing one or carrying one in your pocket.  It is also very effective at regulating and purifying the electrical and other energetic systems of the body it is especially useful for those who experience high levels of stress in their work or home lives.  Black Tourmaline crystals can act like an etheric vacuum cleaner clearing one’s own surroundings of negativity and disharmony.  And when such influences are not a problem Black Tourmaline can provide high levels of purification which serve to elevate one’s consciousness.  It is excellent for grounding and creating a protective energetic field.    
Element:   Earth   
Chakras:  Base