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Rubellite tourmaline, one of fourteen sub-groups
of the tourmaline group of gemstones.
Generally reddish in color it also includes pink
tourmaline and ranges to a reddish brown.
More about rubellite color at the bottom of this
page.
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Sunset tourmaline |
Rubellite
tourmaline |
 Gemstone
type, Tourmaline
Origin, Africa
Size, 10mm
Clarity, inclusion
Weight, 7.82
Cut, checkerboard princess
Price $234.00
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 Gemstone
type, Rubellite tourmaline
Origin, Africa
Size, 15.6 x 7.87 mm
Clarity: Flawless
Weight,7.92
Cut, Emerald
Price, $633.60
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Rubellite
tourmaline |
Rubellite
tourmaline |
 Gemstone
type, Tourmaline
Origin, Africa
Size,
Clarity, Flawless
Weight, 7.89
Cut, Emerald
Price, $473.40
A marvelous deep red tourmaline very nicely
cut
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Sunset Pink
Tourmaline |
Sunset tourmaline |
 Gemstone
type, Tourmaline
Origin, Africa
Size, 7.65 mm
Clarity, Flawless
Weight, 2.45 cts
Cut, Princess checkerboard
Price, $196
Very light and bright orange pink gemstone.
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 Gemstone
type, Tourmaline
Origin, Africa
Size,
Clarity, Flawless
Weight: 2.53 cts
Cut, Modified Portuguese round
Price, $202.40
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Rubellite color actually
is not as restricted to pure red as one
might expect. In fact, it includes quite
a range of reds, pinks, and purples. And
depending upon the direction of the cutting,
this color can shift from a purplish to
a reddish or pinkish color in the same gem.
Tourmalines are notoriously directional
in color. Its strong pleochroism leads cutters
on a wild goose chase for the best color
while retaining the most weight.
Although Afghanistan produces some cranberry
and dark purplish color rubellites, stones
from this locality are usually heated to
create the intense vivid fuchsia tones of
the unheated Nigerian material. Nigeria
produces some cranberry color, as well as
magenta, deep purplish-red rubellites. Madagascar
rubellites are most often dark and brownish.
Unlike ruby, which has to have at least
50% red, rubellite must have just enough
red to prevent it from being called a pink
tourmaline. The rubellite range can include
reddish-pinks (including a cranberry, somewhat
orangey, purplish-pinkish-red) to an almost
pyrope (dark brownish) red.
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Gemstone
type, Tourmaline
