The case of paraiba tourmaline in the 1990s was a different story. It is one of many varieties of tourmaline with a chemical structure made up of different elements. Paraiba tourmaline can glow like a neon like quality with its colors blue green and violet. Electric blue brilliance burnt into our minds. Paraíbas are elbaite tourmalines colored by copper except of course liddicoatite specimens.
Very rare brazilian paraiba tourmaline gem brazil genuine genuine gemstone pear. Paraiba tourmalines are almost always quite small since the beautiful cupriferous tourmaline crystals from the noble hill in paraiba were almost all fragments when they were discovered. Paraiba tourmaline is an elbaite mineral. Our paraiba tourmaline price is extremely competitive and our collection of loose paraiba tourmaline is the finest in the world. The large natural gem owned by billionaire business enterprises 21 is a bluish green in color.
See the main tourmaline gem listing for the properties of. A gemstone spectrum brian c. It is a rare event when a new gem variety causes tremendous excitement in the gemstone world. They have a refractive index ri of 1 603 to 1 655 and specific gravity sg of 2 84 to 3 10. We offer the finest paraiba tourmaline tanzanite tsavorite aquamarine emeralds and much more.
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At paraiba international we offer the most exquisite paraiba tourmaline gemstones from brazil and mozambique. Found in lava meteorites and deep in the earth s mantle yellow green peridot is the extreme gem. This month s featured gems. A large cut tourmaline from paraiba measuring 36 44 mm 33 75 mm 21 85 mm 1 43 in 1 33 in 0 86 in and weighing 191 87 carats was included in the guinness world records. Browse our selection of gemstone jewelry and design your own gemstone ring or pendant.Welcome to paraiba international. Make offer very rare brazilian paraiba tourmaline gem brazil genuine genuine gemstone pear 70 cts windex blue paraiba tourmaline stone size 5 x7 oval. Browse our selection of brazilian and mozambique paraiba tourmaline today. It happened with tanzanite in the 1960s but only with the marketing muscle of tiffany co. The variety and intensity of the characteristic neon color ranges have set a new standard of excellent for color interpretation in this population of alternative colored stones.
Larger raw stones with a weight of over 5 grammes which had not cracked were rare and only very few crystals had a weight exceeding 20 grammes. They have a high birefringence of 0 013 to 0 024 so you ll almost always see doubling with your loupe. Larger raw stones with a weight of over 5 grammes which had not cracked were rare and only very few crystals had a weight exceeding 20 grammes. Welcome to paraiba international. At paraiba international we offer the most exquisite paraiba tourmaline gemstones from brazil and mozambique.
They have a high birefringence of 0 013 to 0 024 so you ll almost always see doubling with your loupe. See the main tourmaline gem listing for the properties of. Very rare brazilian paraiba tourmaline gem brazil genuine genuine gemstone pear. The case of paraiba tourmaline in the 1990s was a different story.