When buying Paraiba / Copper Bearing Tourmaline / Cuprian Elbaite be sure to; 1) Ask if the stone is a Paraiba, Copper Bearing Tourmaline or Cuprian Elbaite. The answer to this question must be yes for the...
What the Difference between Lab Created , Synthetic and Simulated Gemstones? Lab created, Lab grown and synthetic are synonymous terms. To use either of these terms, according to the FTC, the gemstone must be...
Legend has it that on the long way from the Earth’s heart up towards the sun, Tourmaline traveled along a rainbow. And on its way it collected all the colors of the rainbow.It is easy to see why ancient people...
What a grand world it is if you own a Paraiba Tourmaline. The queen of them all, Brazilian Tourmaline is rare and very expensive. This copper bearing form of Tourmaline can range in price for a clean stone...
Paraiba Tourmaline, Rarest of Color Paraiba Tourmaline These cupriferous tourmalines from the Mina da Batalha in the Federal Brazilian State of Paraiba are small, rare and precious. Their spirited...
Gem Auctions at AmyGemStore TOURMALINE No other gemstone offers buyers a wider variety of colors than tourmaline. Besides being found in every color of the rainbow, tourmaline may also be multicolored in...
Sad times are here, yet another Paraiba source nears the end. The famed multi-colored find of Mozambique Paraiba Tourmaline has neared it end, the mine has been suffering a lack of production for just over a...
Tourmaline can come in an amazing array of colours. The reason being, according to myth is that it passed a rainbow on its way up from the centre of the Earth. It is no wonder then that it is referred to as...
99% of all big and clean tourmalines sold from Thailand are fake. In china, they are buying tourmalines, crushing into powder and adding chemicals to make new tourmalines that are sold on ebay.People have lost...
Yellow Tourmaline The tourmaline is a real miracle of colour. It not only comes in green, red, blue, yellow, colourless and black, but also as a multi-coloured or colour-changing gemstone or as a cat's eye....