Tourmaline jewelry: the 100 colours gem

Do you know the color of tourmaline? Tourmaline is a very particular gem because it is present in nature in more than a hundred shades of different colors, sometimes even polychrome. In fact, its name derives from the Sinhalese “turmali” which means stone of mixed colors. Over the years it has also been called “the…

Rubellite, the purple red tourmaline

Have you ever heard of rubellite? There is a stone, very similar to ruby, which is actually rubellite. It is a purplish red tourmaline. From the beginning of the twentieth century it was often confused with ruby. In reality they are both very precious gems and of a wonderful color, but the rubellite also has…