22860000 22860000 (`@````````` 266 263 5 110185200 110185200 Text Box: The name tourmaline comes from the Singhalese words 'tura mali'. In translation, this means something like 'stone with mixed colors, referring to the color spectrum of this gemstone, which outdoes that of all other precious stones. There are tourmalines from red to green and from blue to yellow. They often have two or more colors. There are tourmalines which change their color when the light changes from daylight to artificial light, and some show the light effect of a cat's eye. No two tourmalines are exactly alike. This gemstone has an endless number of faces, and for that reason it suits all moods. No wonder that magical powers have been attributed to it since ancient times. In particular, it is the gemstone of love and of friendship, and is said to render them firm and long-lasting. In the trade, the individual color variants have their own names. For example, a tourmaline of an intense red is known as a 'rubellite', but only if it continues to display the same fine ruby red in artificial light as it did in daylight. If the color changes when the light source does, the stone is called a pink or shocking pink tourmaline. In the language of the gemologists, blue tourmalines are known as 'indicolites', yellowish-brown to dark brown ones as 'dravites' and black ones as 'schorl'. The last mentioned, mostly used for engravings and in esotericism, is said to have special powers with which people can be protected from harmful radiation. The complete Tourmaline story

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Text Box: Tourmaline Facts ¨ Hardness: 7 ¨ Color: Appears in virtually every color and tone. ¨ Durability: Brittle, avoid high heat and temperature changes. ¨ Availability: Available, rich emerald green and ruby red are among the rarest. ¨Tourmaline was the first gemstone mined in the U.S. other than turquoise. ¨Pink  Tourmaline in an alternate birthstone for October. ¨ Stone for the 8th wedding anniversary ¨ Tourmaline occurs in bi-color and also tri-color stones. ¨ There is no synthetic tourmaline.  

 

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   Tourmalines are gems with an incomparable variety of colors. The reason, according to an old Egyptian legend, is that the tourmaline, on its long journey up from the centre of the Earth, passed over a rainbow. In doing so, it assumed all the colors of the rainbow. And that is why it is still referred to as the 'gemstone of the rainbow' today.
 

 

 

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