{"id":846,"date":"2018-06-29T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2018-11-02T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:48:36","slug":"hi-ho-hi-ho-off-to-mine-tourmaline-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/hi-ho-hi-ho-off-to-mine-tourmaline-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, Off to Mine Tourmaline We Go."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome fellow Gem Junkie!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-850\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?resize=525%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?resize=768%2C367&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?resize=1024%2C490&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tourmalines-color-chart-Navneet-Gems.png?resize=1025%2C490&amp;ssl=1 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like we said, everything but the kitchen sink. Photo courtesy of&nbsp;http:\/\/navneetgems.com\/tourmaline-wholesale-multi-pink-green-indicolite\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-1.jpg?resize=451%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"347\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The most commonly found Tourmaline- Schorl- &#8216;Skroll&#8217;- photo courtesy of&nbsp;https:\/\/www.crystalclassics.co.uk\/product\/schorl-tourmaline-with-albite-and-quartz\/<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images-2.jpg?resize=446%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"283\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watermelon Tourmaline- Don&#8217;t forget the rind! Photo courtesy of&nbsp;https:\/\/auction.catawiki.com\/kavels\/14965741-beautiful-polished-watermelon-tourmaline-slices-14-25-ct-3<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-849\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/paraiba-tourmaline-gemselect.jpg?resize=452%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/paraiba-tourmaline-gemselect.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/paraiba-tourmaline-gemselect.jpg?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The coveted Paraiba Tourmaline- Photo Courtesy of&nbsp;https:\/\/www.gemselect.com\/other-info\/paraiba-tourmaline-info.php<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=175%2C131&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?resize=667%2C500&amp;ssl=1 667w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2779.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As promised, the Namibian Tourmaline Jonathan picked up.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rmhcu775451qi.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"349\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Parle one-of-a-kind Bi-color Green Tourmaline piece.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shop our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/catalog.php?categoryID=&amp;pn=&amp;search_mode=basic&amp;last_viewed_cover_page=-1&amp;mms=search&amp;pgSize=100&amp;pgNumber=1&amp;nRows=0&amp;nPages=0&amp;obField=price&amp;WLID=&amp;obDir=DESC&amp;mode=search_results&amp;entryID=0&amp;asearch=true&amp;pgNumber=1&amp;active_checkbox=true&amp;part_number=&amp;designs=Search&amp;vendor=&amp;active_checkbox=true&amp;primary_gem_stone%5B%5D=H5%2CH2%2CMT%2CMH%2CRL%2CGH%2CMP&amp;price_min=&amp;price_max=\">Tourmaline Jewelry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &nbsp; &nbsp; Like we said, everything but the kitchen sink. Photo courtesy of&nbsp;http:\/\/navneetgems.com\/tourmaline-wholesale-multi-pink-green-indicolite\/ &nbsp; &nbsp; The most commonly found Tourmaline- &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/hi-ho-hi-ho-off-to-mine-tourmaline-we-go\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, Off to Mine Tourmaline We Go.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22,55],"tags":[97,73,99,67,52,51,38,93,96,50,45,27,95,92,98,94],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gemstones","category-jewelry","category-podcast","tag-bi-color-tourmaline","tag-gem-junkie","tag-gem-junkie-podcast","tag-gem-junkies","tag-gemology","tag-gemstones","tag-jewelry-design","tag-mint-tourmaline","tag-pariba-tourmaline","tag-podcast","tag-sharing-the-rough","tag-tanzania","tag-the-kitchen-sink","tag-tourmaline","tag-tourmaline-jewelry","tag-watermelon-tourmaline"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rmhcu775451qi-e1530223956999.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parlegems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}