On 1stDibs, there are many options to choose from in our inventory of tourmaline beads. These distinct designs — crafted with great care and often made from
Gold,
18k Gold and
Silver — can elevate any look. Our collection of these items for sale includes 64 vintage editions and 248 modern creations to choose from as well. Our inventory is broad and distinctive, with accessories on offer that were made as long ago as the 19th Century to those produced as recently as the 21st Century.
Contemporary and
Artisan are consistently popular styles when it comes to tourmaline beads. There have been many well-made iterations of these items over the years, but those made by
Karen Sugarman Designs,
Marina J. and
Gemjunky/M D Designs are often thought to be among the most beautiful. There are many
bead,
round cut and
mixed cut tourmaline beads for sale. If you’re browsing the variety of tourmaline beads for sale, you’ll find that many are available today for
women, but there are still pieces to choose from for
men.
Prices for tourmaline beads can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $61 and can go as high as $84,244, while tourmaline beads, on average, fetch $1,998.
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.