Tourmaline, Brown (Dravite)

  • Enhances objectivity, tolerance and understanding.
  • Brings calm, hope, relief of anxiety and stress, a sense of being secure in your world, and serenity.
  • Protective energy, especially of the home.
  • Helps ADHD, ADD, immune system & animal healing.
  • Deeper acceptance of and understanding of shadow self.
  • Grounding, strong earth connection.
  • Stamina and courage when in difficult situations.
  • Attention to, and release of, emotional issues.
  • Self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-love.
  • Releases negative energy, while filling your auric field with high vibration, loving energy.
  • Helps you accept that all of you is perfect, even the parts of yourself that you may find unacceptable or unlovable.
  • Compassion for all aspects of self, and gentle, soothing healing of your emotional body.

Michelle Ferris

Michelle Ferris is the owner, curator, and buyer for Crystal Lounge by Crystallography Gems. Born & raised in Seattle by first-generation parents, she has worked to create authentic, connective, and inclusive events for the better portion of her professional life. Since 2013, Michelle worked to create community-activated Rock, Gem, Art, & Music shows, at which Crystallography Gems was a cornerstone. At the start of the pandemic, moved her operation online, and opened a shop in Georgetown, expanding into a larger showroom in 2022. In November 2023, she moved her shop to downtown Seattle, rebranding it as Crystal Lounge by Crystallography Gems. Her shop offers crystals, minerals, gems, rocks, jewelry, and metaphysical tools, and focuses on getting her customers the tools they need, and the education needed for them to make informed, confident decisions about their purchases.