Green Tourmaline 4x5-7x9mm Graduated Nugget - 15-16 Inch Featured Wood Beads second only to diamond

second only to diamond

Opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica

as well as brown to reddish brown or red in color

while titanium can create yellow or orange

between Topaz (8) and Corundum (9)

Green Tourmaline 4x5-7x9mm Graduated Nugget - 15-16 Inch Featured Wood Beads second only to diamondGreen Tourmaline ranges in color from pale green to dark emerald to shades of olive and moss green. It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron, magnesium and other metals that give it its color. Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from turmali, the Sinhalese word for mixed color precious stone. Tourmaline began to be highly prized after George Kunz, a mineralogist and jeweler, sold a piece of Green