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So what is Tourmaline exactly? Tourmaline is it’s own mineral family that actually encompasses a few different individual species. The chemical makeup is very complex and this complexity gives rise to so many separate Tourmaline species. In total there are 30 individually unique types of Tourmaline, however in the gem world there are generally only three species that we deal with everyday. The basic chemical formula for Tourmaline is XY3Z6(T6O18)(BO3)3V3W, where each letter can be replaced by a variety of different elements. This is called a pseudomorph, because every Tourmaline has the same ...
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So what is Tourmaline exactly? Tourmaline is it’s own mineral family that actually encompasses a few different individual species. The chemical makeup is very complex and this complexity gives rise to so many separate Tourmaline species. In total there are 30 individually unique types of Tourmaline, however in the gem world there are generally only three species that we deal with everyday. The basic chemical formula for Tourmaline is XY3Z6(T6O18)(BO3)3V3W, where each letter can be replaced by a variety of different elements. This is called a pseudomorph, because every Tourmaline has the same crystal structure, but the elements inside the crystal vary. Pink Tourmaline can be found mostly in Afghanistan, Africa, Brazil, and the US.
The three main species that we see being used in jewellery are Schorl, Dravite and Elbaite.
Schorl - Dark black, opaque stones
Dravite - Generally a brownish dark stone
Elbaite - The mosst common gem material, this species comes in a range of beautiful colours.
Please note that images are to show a random sample of possible shapes and sizes - these exact tourmalines are not the ones that will be sent.
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