gemstones / Watermelon

This stone is found in a extraordinary range of colours, one of the most extensive in the mineral world.

The most common colour is black, but there are also purplish pinks and reds, yellows, a variety of greens, blues or a combination of these colours; and very occasionally colourless. High quality gems have no inclusions, with the exception of rubelites, which often have frost-like reflection full off liquid gas, mica veins and little parallel tubes. When these tubes are dense a cabochon cut heightens the attractive shot-colour ( one example being the cat´s eye tourmaline ). Rubelite Rubelite is a variety of tourmaline whose colour ranges from pink to red. The colour varies from a more or less intense pink to a rather beautiful bright red ( a little inferior to the Ruby ), pink or purplish pink or brownish red. Gemstones with more intense colours are the most highly valued… They are found in Siberia, Birmania, Sri Lanka, Brazil, the US and Madagascar. Green Tourmaline