tourmalines
Color: All colors.
Main sources: Brazil, Namibia, Mozambique, Sri Lanka.
In History
An Egyptian legend explains that these stones passed through a rainbow during their journey from the center of the earth.
Rubellite: Deep red or shaded with purple or pink.
Main sources: Brazil, Namibia, Sri Lanka, Australia.
Tourmaline of Paraíba, with colors ranging from bright green to neon blue to turquoise. These particular colors are due to the presence of copper in the crystal. These stones were discovered in Brazil, in the region of Paraíba, in the early 1990s. They are also found in Nigeria and Mozambique, however, they are very small deposits and are almost exhausted.
Indigolite, blue-green in color. These are dark but particularly elegant stones that offer very different hues to the eye depending on the light.
