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This bright bicolor Tourmaline has an excelente cut and clarity, its beautiful, pale orange and pink colors and its size make that this valuable gemstone perfect for an halo engagement ring with this shiny stone as main gem. Don't miss this African Tourmaline and buy it now for an affordable price.
Tourmaline and Opal are the birthstones for October. In 1952, the Jewelers of America association included the Tourmaline in the list of birthstones, becoming the second birthstone for October.
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WEIGHT : 2.14 ct.
SIZE : 7.62 * 7.52 * 5.68 mm.
SHAPE : Round. Portuguese Cut.
COLOR : 4. (rO) reddish Orange
TONE : 4. Medium light
SATURATION : 3. Very Slightly Brownish / Grayish
CLARITY GRADE : Slight
CUT GRADE : Excellent
TREATMENT : Untreated
HARDNESS : 7 - 8
Inclusions type : Healed fractures. Two-phases inclusions. Trichites.
We took several photos:
We take photos with daylight (no lightbox and no extra lighting at all).
And we take photos and videos on mirrors in a light box with extra lighting (this kind of photos clearly show the quality of the cut and the clarity of the gem).
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THE QUEEN OF COLOR: TOURMALINE
Tourmaline is the name for a group of related mineral species, with a very complex chemical composition. The name is derived of the word “tourmali”, this word in singhalese was used for colored gems, mostly zircons.
COLOR: The most important
Tourmalines exist in all colors: Multicolored, Bicolor, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Blue-Green, Purple, Violet, Brown, Neon Blue, Colorless, sometimes Asterism, Change Color and Trapiche. ALL.
The most expensive color varieties are Paraiba Tourmaline (vivid green and blue with copper bearing), Rubellite (vivid bright red), Indicolite (blue), Chrome Tourmaline (intense green) and Bicolor. The saturated colors have high demand, in the last years the less saturated colors (soft pink tourmalines) have become popular.
CUT & SIZES
Tourmaline is often cut into rectangular shapes because of its prismatic crystal habit, however Tourmaline's gems offer a huge variety of cuts: oval, round, emerald, pear, heart, trillion, fancy, cabochon, etc. Cat's eye tourmaline is cut into cabochon, and watermelon tourmaline is often cut into slices. Tourmaline is available in large sizes, however Paraiba tourmaline are common small sizes, as are Chrome Tourmalines or Rubellite.
CLARITY & INCLUSIONS
Paraiba, Rubellite, Watermelon, Red and Pink tourmalines will show eye-visible inclusions unlike the green and blue tourmalines which will show eye-clean inclusions.
Cat's eye tourmaline is usually translucent to opaque (the chatoyancy is because to thin needle