Tourmaline is a very exotic gemstone and it can be of various colors such as blue, red, yellow, pink and honey. Some of them may also include a bit of a rainbow flash or a gentle multi-coloring. The other may have a dark chocolate brown color due to the high content of iron and they are called a schorl. There is a special type of tourmaline which is called an achroite. It is colorless like quartz. The most popular tourmalines can display two opposite colors such as purple and green.

Tourmaline that is pink and green is also known as “a watermelon.” An African tourmaline that is at the same time a vivid green and blue is called a “neon” tourmaline. “Mohrenkopf” is clear and its both ends are black.

Tourmaline is a very complex gemstone and that’s why it has so many different colors. This crystal mostly consists of aluminum boron silicate that is found naturally in hunks, spidery thin needles and elongated ringed column. Tourmalines had the ability to masquerade and due to this ancient jewel dealers often called them tumali, which means “mixed gemstones of unproven identities.”

These crystals were taken to create individual and unusual flair because every stone has a unique shape. The designs of jewelry were chosen according to the individuality of the stone. For instance a piece of Turk’s turquoise, which is red at one end and black at the other can suit perfectly to features made in silver or gold. A sliced as a coin watermelon turmaline can be taken to make a pendant or a brooch. The benefit of a tourmaline is that it is multicolored. If you want to create a linked bracelet form one chunk of tourmaline you can pick different color for each setting. When the Art Deco jewelry designers find out about the charm of the tourmaline they created entire Princess cut rings that featured the stones set in a spiral that looked like a mound on the finger.

If you want to buy these stones for resale or in order to design jewelry you should choose a tourmaline that has 50/50 split in terms of its ability to reflect two colors, such as the granny apple green and soft pink. Such tourmalines are mined in Africa.

Tourmalines are mostly centering and grounding stones. They contain a lot of lithium which is used to calm manic depression. These stones are known for their folk healing abilities and help in reviving the body. They are also great energy conductors, so they are widely used in cosmetic industry where the stones are grinded up and put into anti-aging creams.