What are tourmalines and how to set them?

The most common question in terms of exclusive and rare gemstones are how much they cost and how rare they are. Tourmaline comes in various and vivid colors. These stones can range for inexpensive to rare, making a few of them very expensive sometimes.

Pink stone

Pink tourmaline is a favorite for many for their custom engagement rings in Lockport, NY; diamonds set with pink tourmalines, or wedding band that is paved with tourmalines are quite common and beautiful at the same time.

Greenstone

Green Tourmaline is very rare and is one of the most expensive forms of the stone to buy.  The green-colored stones, have chromium present, giving the green color, which is incredibly vibrant and vivid. There may be a yellowish tint or a blueish hue to the stone, generally the blue is preferred.

Paraiba Tourmaline

The rare neon-blue form known by the trade name Paraiba Tourmaline is probably the most expensive form of the stone, which is mined in Brazil. After Brazil, there have been traces of the stone that has been found in Mozambique and Nigeria.

All tourmalines display pleochroism, which means that there are noticeable color changes whichever angle it is viewed from. Multicolored stones are rare and beautiful, and the watermelon tourmaline is one such stone; it has a red center with a green outer ring. This is unique and beautiful and is one of the types that are available.

Whichever stone you choose, you can be sure that this stone has enough variations for different setting and combinations, and often is better than diamond jewelry in Lockport, NY.