Tourmaline (rare color)

Item Description

Tourmalines are celebrated as some of the most colorful gems in the world, both for the intensity of their hues, and the fact that they are found in virtually ever shade you can think of. Some colors like green, pink and blue are more common to Tourmaline, and one of the rarest shades is purple. This stone has a distinct silvery-purple hue, which is only seen in a very small percentage of Tourmalines. The gem has a concave/quantum "Rectangle" cut, with only slight inclusions. Tourmaline is classified as a type-3 gemstone, which means that inclusions in the stones are acceptable in the trade for collectors and dealers, so a stone like this is perfectly acceptable for the material. The gem was cut from a broken crystal found at the Cruzeiro Mine in Brazil in the early 2000s. A cool stone to add to any Tourmaline suite or to match up with a crystal for "rough and cut" set.