0.35 Cts of Chrome Tourmaline in a pear Cut

6 x 3.75mm, Chrome Tourmaline pear

Lovely bright green with good color !

• Dealer Offering Item for Sale: New Directions - Gems

   

  No gemstone has such richness in color as Tourmaline. Green Tourmaline, also known as Verdelite, is perhaps Nature's best healing crystal of the physical heart, channeling its electrical energies into the center of one's being and creating a flow of wholesome energy to all parts of the body and self.

  Tourmalines come in a wide variety of exciting colors. In fact, tourmaline has one of the widest color ranges of any gem species, occurring in various shades of virtually every hue. Many tourmaline color varieties have inspired their own trade names:

• Rubellite is a name for pink, red, purplish red, orangy red, or brownish red tourmaline, although some in the trade argue that the term shouldn’t apply to pink tourmaline.
• Indicolite is dark violetish blue, blue, or greenish blue tourmaline.
• Paraíba is an intense violetish blue, greenish blue, or blue tourmaline from the state of Paraíba, Brazil.
• Chrome tourmaline is intense green. In spite of its name, it’s colored mostly by vanadium, the same element that colors many Brazilian and African emeralds.
• Parti-colored tourmaline displays more than one color. One of the most common combinations is green and pink, but many others are possible.
• Watermelon tourmaline is pink in the center and green around the outside. Crystals of this material are typically cut in slices to display this special arrangement.
• Tourmaline Specifications:
  • Gem Species: TOURMALINE
  • Hardness: 7 -
  • Density: 2.82
  • RI: 1.61 -
• Size: 6 (L) X 3.75 (W) mm
• Cut: pear
• Calibrated Gemstone: No.
• Carat Weight: 0.35 Carats TCW
• Overall Grade: AAA-
• Clarity Description: IF - Internally Flawless: Free on inclusions under 10x magnification.
• Clarity Breakdown: Loupe clean meaning that no inclusions are seen using 10x magnification.
• Cutting Breakdown: Brilliance cut. Stone has equal and symmetrical faceting with proper cutting angles "critical angle".
• Carat Breakdown: Average in Carat Weight for this size stone (+/- 5%).
• Photo Clarity Breakdown: Color is Excellent & True, Image is Sharp, & Background is Not True Color.
• Photo Taken without Flash.
• Photo shows Multiple views of a single gemstone.
• Pricing based on single gemstone.
• Note: Gemstone is close to a Calibrated Size “6x4mm Pear” and most likely will fit a standard setting. Most standard setting will work with + or - .25mm..
• Facts about Chrome tourmaline is a rare, gemstone quality variety of chromium-bearing green dravite. Dravite is one of several specific varieties of the tourmaline group. Although dravite tourmaline is quite common in occurrence, most deposits are too opaque or too heavily included to be of any gemstone value. Chrome tourmaline, or chrome dravite, owes its color to traces of chromium, the same element responsible for red ruby and green emerald. It may also contain vanadium, another coloring agent commonly found in both emerald and tsavorite garnet. Chrome tourmaline is highly-prized for its distinct, rich forest-green color and is considered a collector's gem, but not because it lacks the hardness and durability for jewelry, but because of its extreme rarity in occurrence.

  Unlike other varieties of tourmaline, chrome tourmaline is rarely found in large sizes, in fact, most stones weigh less than a single carat. Chrome tourmaline is found only in Tanzania and is often associated with green tsavorite garnet, a very rare and valuable variety of garnet. Tsavorite is also found solely in Tanzania and is often mined from the very same location as chrome tourmaline. Contrary to most beliefs, there are surprisingly very few gemstones that naturally occur in green; subsequently, even fewer colored by chromium. The color of chrome tourmaline is said to rival that of the finest emerald and tsavorite, but is much more affordable. Its color is also similar to chrome diopside, another chromium-rich gemstone, but tourmaline is significantly harder and much more durable for jewelry use.

• Note: Photo taken with gemstone holder with white cloth background.
• The gemstone is so reflective that you can see Flash from Normal room lighting. Gemstones have a high light translucency nature, so it's makes it harder to take a photo with out some Flash (Very High Reflection).
• We grade each gemstone for Color, Clarity, cut, and Carat weight. We try to define / analysis each gemstone and photo taken (all photo are of the gemstone itself not a general stone photo) to help you make a better decision.
• These photos are intended to provide you with an accurate visual representation of the gem.
• Photo's taken with a macro lens, which may make the gemstone look larger in some views..
• Combining of views also may make gemstone look different sizes.
• All photos are the exactly the gemstone pictured, minus any display items. Photos are likely not actual size; please see item description for dimensions. If there is a defect not discernible in the pictures, it will be included in the text. , Please keep in mind that the prismatic reflective properties of gems will often produce varying degrees of color and what colors you see, someone else may not. If there is a concern or doubt, please ask prior to purchase. Remember that color is a very tricky thing to transmit electronically. There are many variables, including lighting, background, physical filters, digital filters, the capabilities of the monitor on which the image is displayed, and the color perception of the viewer.
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