6.55ct Watermelon Tourmaline, Emerald Cut Burton’s Gems and Opals Outlet Stores

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Emerald Cut Watermelon Tourmaline:

Due to its color saturation and large size, this natural 6.55 carat watermelon tourmaline is a quality piece for gem collectors and jewelry lovers alike.

More Information…

The Weight: 6.55 carats

The Origin: Brazil

The Measurements: 13.5mm x 9.6mm x 5.6mm

Other Notes: Green fades to pinkish white, then intense pink

The Scientific:

• Mohs hardness: 7 – 7.5
• hexagonal crystal system (six faces)
• can come in every imaginable color and shade of color, including combinations of different colors in a single stone

The Spiritual:

• calms and soothes emotions
• cleanses and heals emotional all wounds
• known as “the gateway to the inner self”

Gemology 101: Rutile Inclusions

The final two photo slots show the tourmaline under 15x and 45x magnification, respectfully.  While many inclusions from the 15x shot are indicative of natural tourmaline, we choose to focus on the series of thin, white, straight lines that run East-West at a slight diagonal angle in the 45x magnification photo.

Rutile is a needle-like mineral that can be found included in a variety of different gemstones, including quartz, tourmaline, sapphire, ruby, alexandrite, and more.  To date, scientiests have yet to be able to recreate this unique inclusion in any type of lab created synthetic; when a gemologist finds these thin needles in a gemstone, the evidence proves a strong case of natural origin.

About Tourmaline:

Tourmaline is a gemstone well-known for naturally occurring in any shade and saturation of color on the color spectrum.  Special terms are assigned to stones of certain colors, such as “rubellite” (red), “indicolite” (blue), “schorl” (black), “dravite” (brown), and “Paraiba” (highly rare electric blue only from Brazil).  Occasionally, multiple vivid colors can be present in a single stone, completely independent from one another.  These stones are referred to as “bicolor” and “tricolor.”

Tourmaline is a hard stone coming in at 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs hardness scale.  While stones are safe to use with chemical jewelry cleaner, it is very important to note that tourmaline cannot be put into an ultrasonic cleaner machine.  Many tourmalines contain natural liquid-filled inclusions that can burst from ultrasonic vibrations created by such a machine, causing a stone to break.  Soap, water, and a soft bristled toothbrush are safe and effective for cleaning tourmaline jewelry.

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