In nature, minerals can take on infinite colors thanks to atomic exchanges within the crystal lattice, or due its deviations; not only diamonds have this extraordinary ability, but there is another group of gems known for its multiple colors due to the “elasticity” of the crystalline structure: we are talking about tourmalines.

The name derives from the Sinhalese word “Thuramali” meaning “stone with mixed colors”; in the infinity of shades that these gems can assume, there are some particularly interesting for jewelry: these are parahiba tourmalines (among the rarest and most precious), rubellites (with an intense purple red color), watermelon tourmalines and last but not least, the indicolite tourmalines.

Perhaps the name may sound new to you, but maybe the color may remind you of fantastic jewels seen in some window shop in the city center: a very intense greenish blue, the same color as the deep blue sea.

These minerals grow in the bowels of the Earth, when magmatic liquids, rich in chemical elements, cool down forming real pockets rich in beautiful perfectly developed crystals.
If we are lucky enough, a miner from some remote Russian, African, Afghan or Brazilian mine will find this “pocket” and bring to light its crystalline formations, thus allowing us to appreciate and stone-set these rarities in some jewels.
Right because of their formation, they can reach considerable dimensions and, consequently, dizzying prices too!