Find the exact ring afghanistan you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from
gold,
18k gold and
platinum — can elevate any look. You can easily find a 3 antique edition and 100 modern creations to choose from as well. Finding the perfect ring afghanistan may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. A ring afghanistan from
Merkaba,
Michael Engelhardt and
Tamir — each of whom created a beautiful version of this treasured accessory — is worth considering. While most can agree that any ring afghanistan from our collection can easily elevate most outfits, but the choice of a
tourmaline version from the 76 available is guaranteed to add a special touch to your ensemble. See these pages for a
cushion cut iteration of this accessory, while there are also
emerald cut cut and
brilliant cut cut versions available here, too. Finding a ring afghanistan for sale for
women should be easy, but there are 73 pieces available to browse for unisex as well as
men, too.
Prices for a ring afghanistan can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $70 and can go as high as $95,000, while this accessory, on average, fetches $2,175.
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.