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Welcome to the Tourmaline Mineral Gallery If you have more items you would like listed on this page please use the link below. --

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Tourmaline is known to be the most colorful gemstone known to man and for a long time has been called “Rainbow Gem” by mineral collectors for good reason. All the colors of the rainbow and more are seen in its extraordinary ranges. Many crystals come as a mixture of colors, for example the watermelon crystals, where the inside of the prism is red and the outside is green. On the other hand, you also get crystals that changes color from the one end to the other end, which are usually cut in a square form. Tourmaline has a hardness of 7.5 on the Moh’s scale which means it is hard enough to be cut in all the shapes and styles available; from precious gems, carved figures or sliced cross sections for collectors

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