Black Rutile: Illuminating The Veins of Healing Black Rutile is well-known for encouraging spiritual advancement and for being associated with higher worlds. The stone is renowned for its capacity to shield you from all forms of negativity and bad energy. Because of the reddish-brown to black needle-like rutile inclusions inside the transparent quartz gem, the name "rutile" is derived from the Latin word "rutilus," which means red.