The Definitive Guide to the World of Color in Tourmaline Gemstones

The Definitive Guide to the World of Color in Tourmaline Gemstones

Purple Tourmaline Gemstones

Round – 1 to 5 Carats

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This is a beautiful standard round brilliant in a truly rare, well saturated, pastel lavender. It is cuprian and is slightly included. It has a fine medium tone level and weighs 2.68 carats.

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This standard round brilliant has about half of it included and the other half clean. The stone's medium tone level and great purple keep the beauty up despite the flaws. It weighs 2.30 carats.

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This lavender standard round brilliant is cuprian and comes from Mozambique. It has good clearity for cuprian tourmaline and is bright and flashy. It weighs 1.72 carats and could not keep the droplets of color away.

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>> This standard round brilliant is eye clean, but it only has a decent crystal. Its color is a nice lavender, but the grays descend on it. It is a droplet of color that weighs 1.06 carats.

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This standard round brilliant has a very rare color in tourmaline. Saturated purple needs copper to blossom and the inclusion are both expected and minor. It weighs 1.08 carats and is a droplet of color.

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>> I did not put included in the title of this standard round brilliant, because that is the norm with this material. I love the purple pink color and the droplet of color is bright and flashy despite the inclusions. It weighs 1.52 carats.

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This standard round brilliant has the usual inclusion in purple tourmaline from Mozambique. Still the stone is bright and flashy. This rare color indicates copper as a chromophore. It weighs 1.88 carats.

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This standard round brilliant is well saturated for a non copper bearing purple. But has a similar color to some cuprian purples. It weighs 1.01 carats and appears to be eye clean with good crystal.

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Purple is an unusual color in non cuprian tourmaline. This purple standard round brilliant is not well saturated, but still is a decent pastel color with some dark factors. It is mildly included with a lower level of crystal than usual. It weighs 2.56 carats.

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This cuprian pastel purple, violet, has a medium light tone value. It is moderately included, but has fine crystal between the imperfections. This gives it a flashy smile and it weighs 1.49 carats,

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This standard round brilliant is significantly included and that definitely impacts the beauty of the stone. Still it is a very rare Laurellite, a name I give to a cuprian, reverse Alexandrite color changer. It has good color and a moderate tone level. It is from Mozambique and weighs 2.43 carats.

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>> Yes, my spectrometer detected copper in this gemstone and I purchased it as a blue purple cuprian. I have stared hard at this standard round brilliant many times and I think I can see a fleeting hint of blue purple sometimes, but most of the time it is one of the purest of the pure, achroite. It is definite pure and bright and weighs 2.17 carats.

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I love this gemstone in ways no one else can appreciate. When some tourmaline from Mozambique was found to have copper, as a chromophore, the prices of the material escalated quickly. Also the availability of quality material decreased rapidly, I went with the flow and kept buying colors that I liked, included or not. The rough for this beautiful round, to me, was a mess. But it was big enough that I could manage to get a very nice bright, relatively clean, Laurellite round out of it. I lost a lot of material, but the discovery that it was a Laurellite, reverse Alexandrite color changer, was certainly enough to placate me. I particularly like it's medium tone level and that the inclusions don't flash. It weighs 4.15 carats.

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