On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate paraiba tourmaline brazil 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 24 antique edition and 949 modern creations to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect paraiba tourmaline brazil among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those produced as recently as the 21st Century. For this particular accessory, there are many different carat weights to choose from, but
.5 carat and
1 carat versions are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made iterations of the classic paraiba tourmaline brazil over the years, but those made by
Joke Quick,
Mark Henry and
Ara Vartanian are often thought to be among the most beautiful. See these pages for a
cushion cut iteration of this accessory, while there are also
emerald cut cut and
oval cut cut versions available here, too. There aren’t many items for
men if you’re seeking a paraiba tourmaline brazil, as most of the options available are for
women and unisex.
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.