This estate pink tourmaline necklace is crafted in 14k yellow gold, weighing 18.1g and measuring 22 inches long. The captivating pink tourmaline pendant measuring 23mm long and 10.5mm wide exposes a significantly sized 6.85ct oval-faceted pink tourmaline measuring 16mm long and 10mm wide, graded 'lively bright-fuchsia' color and 'good' clarity. This alluring, brightly colored gemstone is secured by quatrefoil prongs atop a diaphanous gallery, surmounted by a well-designed triumvirate bale of pronounced width. The supporting 14k yellow gold rope chain is rendered in twisted gold wire and secures with an ovular lobster clasp stamped with the purity mark '14k'.
With an incomparable spectrum of colors, tourmaline has been called ‘the gemstone of the rainbow’ since ancient times. Deriving its name from the Singhalese words ‘tura mali’ meaning ‘stone with mixed colors’, tourmaline’s array of colors includes from red to blue and from blue to yellow, each possessing several shades and some changing under different lights or showing a cat’s eye effect. Tourmalines are mixed crystals of aluminum boron silicate with a complex and changing composition and crystals of a single color are fairly rare. The more widely known varieties within the color spectrum of this gemstone are ‘rubellite’ tourmaline with an intense red color, the pink tourmaline, the 'indigolite’ or the blue tourmaline, and the ‘verdelite’ with its emerald-green color. The highlight amidst all tourmaline varieties is the ‘Paraiba’ tourmaline, a gemstone of intense blue to blue-green, discovered in 1987 in a mine in the Brazilian state of Paraiba . Tourmalines deposits are found in Brazil, Sri-Lanka., South and South West Africa, Tanzania, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In spite of abundant sources, fine quality tourmalines are not found in all deposits and hence the price spectrum of tourmaline is almost as broad as that of its color. The color spectrum, its availability and the fact that every variety of tourmaline is unique, have made it a popular gemstone to which magical powers have been attributed since ancient times. In particular, it is considered as the gemstone of love and friendship and is believed to render them firm and enduring!
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