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Triangular-Shaped Pink Tourmaline - FJ.6931
Origin: Afghanistan
Medium: Tourmaline-Gold
$3,400.00
Location: United States
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This Gemstone Has Been Set in a Modern 18
Karat Gold Ring. Weight 7.5 carats
Tourmaline's name comes from the Singhalese
word "turmali," which means, "mixed." Bright
rainbow collections of gemstone varieties were
called "turmali" parcels. Tourmaline, occurring
in more colors and combinations of colors than
any other gemstone variety, lives up to its name.
There is a tourmaline that looks like almost any
other gemstone. Many stones in the Russian
Crown jewels from the 17th Century once
thought to be rubies are actually tourmalines.
Perhaps this is why this gemstone is said to
encourage artistic intuition: it has many faces
and expresses every mood. Tourmaline is also of
interest to scientists because it changes its
electrical charge when heated. It becomes a
polarized crystalline magnet and can attract light
objects. This property was noticed long ago
before science could explain it: in the
Netherlands, tourmalines were called
"aschentrekkers" because they attracted ashes
and could be used to clean pipes. Tourmaline
occurs in every color of the rainbow and
combinations of two or three colors.
The soft pink hue of this tourmaline is one of the
most popular and highly prized of all colors. In
fact, the Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi, the last
Empress of China, loved pink tourmaline so much
that she bought almost a ton of it from a mine
far away in California and ultimately went to rest
eternally on a carved tourmaline pillow. This
precious stone has been masterfully cut into a
triangular shape. The reserved gold setting
complements the natural hue of the gemstone
without attracting attention away from it.
Looking at this sparkling gemstone, the unique
qualities and stunning beauty of tourmaline
becomes evident.
- (FJ.6931)
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