On 1stDibs, there are many options to choose from in our inventory of blue tourmaline 8 carats. These distinct designs — crafted with great care and often made from
Gold,
18k Gold and
White Gold — can elevate any look. Our collection of these items for sale includes 38 vintage editions and 231 modern creations to choose from as well. Our inventory has long been popular, and it includes earlier versions that date to the 18th Century and newer variations that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Pieces in our collection of blue tourmaline 8 carats made by
Contemporary jewelers — as well as those associated with
Modern — are very popular. Versions of these items have been a part of the life’s work for many jewelers, but those produced by
Polya Medvedeva Jewellery,
Luigi Ferrara and
Merkaba are consistently popular. A selection of
oval cut,
cushion cut and
round cut can be found today on these pages. If you’re browsing the variety of blue tourmaline 8 carats for sale, you’ll find that many are available today for
women, but there are still pieces to choose from for
men.
Very few gems dazzle quite in the manner that tourmaline does — vintage and antique tourmaline jewelry is a showstopper, and you can blame this on its wide range of spectacular colors. In fact, when Dutch traders brought stones back home from Sri Lanka that they couldn't identify, they called them "toramalli," a Sinhalese term for "mixed gems."
If you could transform the ocean to a gem, this is what it would look like: a clear, translucent azure, bordering on turquoise, hypnotizing in its depth and sparkling in the sun.
There is, in fact, such a stone, although it comes from deep in the copper-rich mountains of Paraíba, Brazil, and not from the oceans along its coast. Far rarer than diamonds, Paraíba tourmaline, a kind of tourmaline discovered only in the 1980s, is treasured as much for its extraordinary color as its scarcity, both of which contribute to its high value.
While diamonds generally sell for about $6,000 per carat, a carat of Paraíba tourmaline is likely to fetch about $16,000. Fans of the gem are said to include singer Taylor Swift and actress Zooey Deschanel, as well as some of the finest jewelers.
“No other stone can have a color as magnetic and captivating as Paraíba tourmaline,” says Vania Leles of VanLeles Diamonds, who combines the stone with diamonds and other gems in several of her designs.
You don't have to stop at Paraíba tourmaline jewelry — on 1stDibs, find the most extraordinary antique and vintage tourmaline rings, tourmaline and diamond earrings and other accessories.