![]() This is rose cut pink tourmaline in 3mm, 4mm and 5mm rounds. So when I do get it, it’s always exciting. ![]() I can never get enough of this stuff when I do have it, it goes fast, and when I run out I have to scrabble for more. One of the things I love about tourmaline is the pleochroism, and you can see that face-up in these two pears below: the apricot and the pink alternating as you turn the stones in the light. Whether or not you believe that, I can see any one of these pieces holding their own in a piece of jewellery and let me tell you, these stones appear pretty clean. It’s also supposed to inspire creativity. Legend has it that this is because it travelled along a rainbow and picked up all of the different colours. I do adore tourmaline it is my favourite stone, and one of the things I love is the colour range, so many different shades. Not just pink either I have a couple of really gorgeous yellows a warm sunshine and sharp citrus as well as a couple of bluish-greens. These here are the mixed cuts small to medium in size and a really gorgeous selection from pale petal pink through bubble-gum and and apricot to deep, vibrant fuchsia. But there is something about pink tourmaline which is simply irresistable, and I’ve just listed a whole new bunch of free-size cabochons and mixed cuts. View More Pink does not stink, part 1Īlright, I admit it when my older daughter went through her pink phase, which lasted for years I could not wait for it to end. You can find them on the Hong Kong site here, and on the US site here. Prices start at $6.10 for a light pink tourmaline stone rising to $10 for a dark pink. I’ve got light pink and dark pink tourmaline and it is stunning, and green tourmaline as well which is unusual and which never hangs around long in its rose-cut form. The tanzanite is light blue/violet depending on the angle of view, the pleochroic little so-and-so. The rainbow moonstone is AA grade, so a few wisps and veils but excellent clarity and strong adularescence. It’s white Ethiopian material, so the play-of-colour appears suspended in the stone. I mean, not in a mystical way the play of colour is super-strong. The tanzanite, moonstone and opal I have plenty of. The tourmaline is not going to hang around. I mentioned it to a customer and she said, ‘oh, how about opal? How about rainbow moonstone?’ So I said good plan and went to my supplier who said, ‘Pink tourmaline! Green tourmaline!’ So now we have all of those things. Then I had a brainwave: tanzanite! The same colour and effect but much more plentiful and at a price that won’t stick in your gullet. A while ago I had some 3x4mm rose cut sapphire pears, and they were really popular, but I struggled to replace them, as it’s always a bit difficult finding nice quality sapphire at a price-point that doesn’t make you choke on your morning tea. I’m so in love with these: beautiful rose-cut pears in a variety of exciting stones.
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