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Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, Off to Mine Tourmaline We Go.

Welcome fellow Gem Junkie!

This week we discussed Tourmaline, and as we have said before this is a complicated and beautiful gemstone that comes in every color, and sometimes more than one! Have a look.

Tourmaline colour chart grouping the species schorl, dravite, elbaite and liddicoatite by the colours each produces

Like we said, everything but the kitchen sink. Photo courtesy of http://navneetgems.com/tourmaline-wholesale-multi-pink-green-indicolite/

Black schorl tourmaline crystals standing in a bed of white matrix

The most commonly found Tourmaline- Schorl- ‘Skroll’- photo courtesy of https://www.crystalclassics.co.uk/product/schorl-tourmaline-with-albite-and-quartz/

Three watermelon tourmaline slices, each with a pink core inside a green rim

Watermelon Tourmaline- Don’t forget the rind! Photo courtesy of https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/14965741-beautiful-polished-watermelon-tourmaline-slices-14-25-ct-3

A large oval Paraiba tourmaline in its characteristic neon blue-green

The coveted Paraiba Tourmaline- Photo Courtesy of https://www.gemselect.com/other-info/paraiba-tourmaline-info.php

A cushion-cut blue-green tourmaline displayed in a gem box

As promised, the Namibian Tourmaline Jonathan picked up.

Emerald-cut green tourmaline ring with a diamond halo and crossover shank

A Parle one-of-a-kind Bi-color Green Tourmaline piece. 

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