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Tourmaline Rings : 18 Karat Gold Ring Featuring a Green Cat's Eye Tourmaline
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18 Karat Gold Ring Featuring a Green Cat's Eye Tourmaline - FJ.7192
Collection: Modern Jewelry
Medium: Gold and Tourmaline
$3,600.00
Location: United States
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Tourmaline's name comes from the Singhalese word
"turmali," which means, "mixed." Bright rainbow
collections of gemstone varieties were called
"turmali" parcels. Tourmaline, occurring in more
colors and combinations of colors than any other
gemstone variety, lives up to its name. There is a
tourmaline that looks like almost any other gemstone.
Many stones in the Russian Crown jewels from the
17th Century once thought to be rubies are actually
tourmalines.
Perhaps this is why this gemstone is said to
encourage artistic intuition: it has many faces and
expresses every mood. Tourmaline is also of interest
to scientists because it changes its electrical charge
when heated. It becomes a polarized crystalline
magnet and can attract light objects. This property
was noticed long ago before science could explain it:
in the Netherlands, tourmalines were called
"aschentrekkers" because they attracted ashes and
could be used to clean pipes. Tourmaline occurs in
every color of the rainbow and combinations of two
or three colors.
setting complements the natural hue
of the gemstone without attracting attention away
from it. Looking at this sparkling gemstone, the
unique qualities and stunning beauty of tourmaline
becomes evident.
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