On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate brazil tourmaline for your needs in our varied inventory. Every item for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
Gold,
18k Gold and
Platinum. You can easily find a 12 antique edition and 55 modern creations to choose from as well. Finding the perfect brazil tourmaline may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Finding an appealing brazil tourmaline — no matter the origin — is easy, but
Nazarelle,
Sarosi By Timeless Gems and
Gemjunky/M D Designs each produced a popular version that is worth a look. See these pages for an
oval cut iteration of this accessory, while there are also
cabochon cut and
round cut cut versions available here, too. If you’re browsing our inventory for a brazil tourmaline, you’ll find that many are available today for
women, but there are still pieces to choose from for unisex and
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.