Tourmalated Quartz provides protection and grounding and increases personal power & amplifies energy. It can transmute any negativity into positive energy. In addition, tourmalinated quartz aids to balance yin/yang energies and release negative patterns. Zebra Jasper Yin-Yang, Energy Balancer The bold markings on Zebra Jasper lend insight into this stone’s properties. It helps to positively balance apparently disparate energies of many kinds: yin/yang, work/play, self/others, free-spiritedness/responsibility, creativity/practice, inspiration/research, intuition/knowledge, etc..  It also allows one to see both sides of a situation.