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GIA 15ct Natural Paraiba Tourmaline Super Clean

SKU
Dimensions (mm)
16.450 x 14.830 x 9.580mm
Weight (cts)
15.000
Certified Gemstones
Yes
Treatment
No Treatment
Type
Faceted
Colours

15ct paraiba tourmaline with brilliant clarity.

This Portuguese cut paraiba is greenish-blue with excellent fire. A high quality paraiba tourmaline must fulfil color and lustre criteria, but it is rare to find a perfect stone.

Mining paraiba stones is difficult. They are mined mostly by hand with manual tools like wedges and sledge hammers. The difficulty mining makes paraiba tourmalines invariably very expensive.

Paraiba tourmalines in the rough are not vivid until they are cut. When they are cut, they appear to glow intensely even where there is little or no light.

See a video of this gem in low light: https://youtu.be/mPzQuor7xQI

Because of its fire, the color of this paraiba is able to come through in daylight and very importantly, display its neon-like quality when light varies, even up to very low light.

If you consider the photos, observe how the color of the paraiba takes on a neon glow when the hand slightly folds over, and then compare to how the color lightens when the hand is fully outstretched. Light play affects the paraiba tourmaline in every way.

You can observe that in the dark, the stone appears to glow. The ‘glowing’ paraiba in the very dark photo is also very real!

Two videos are necessary to showcase the light-on-color phenomenon of this gem, one in white light, and one in very low light.

Photos are minimally edited for brightness calibration. Daylight / garden photos are not edited.

Paraiba tourmalines first became popular because of its spirited colour. The elements responsible for the varied shades and beautiful colouring of the paraiba variety are attributed to copper, iron and manganese. Scientists have found that the fair amount of copper gives the paraiba tourmaline its glowing color.

It is quite astonishing when you pass by this gem on the table, how it glows in the dark!

While it is true that many gems are less common than diamonds, it seems truer to say paraiba tourmalines are simply coveted.

GIA Report Number 5283994311.

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cinematicornaments
cinematicornaments
A look at our selection will reveal that we are not gem dealers. The items we include for sale here come from our own private collection, with some lots used for setting our own jewelry. What we mean to say is, these are all high quality pieces that have passed through a selective eye, rather than readily available gems for sale. None of these are for sale like available "stock" in a store. Which explains why the prices may look too good to be true - we use these gems ourselves! We are artists/craftsmen/jewellers with plans to use the gems you see here some day. But until then (and for cash flow reasons), these are available to similar minds. We have a store in Singapore called the Singapore Island Jewellery Store. We work with commissioned fine jewellery pieces, gemstones, and antique jewellery. We specialize in unheated and high carat gemstones. We do not accept returns at our store. There is just too much processing involved for a small business like ours. We would rather have no sale than to have an uncertain sale. However, because Gem Rock implements a 14-day return policy for all sellers, we will accept returns and charge a 10% restocking fee. Shipping and insurance charges are not refundable. Exchanges may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Listing Type : Standard
Product ID : 803456
Starts : 12th July 2019 10:35 am PDT
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