Find an expansive variety of tourmaline chinese available on 1stDibs. All of the items for sale were constructed with extraordinary care, often using
Gold,
Silver and
Vermeil. Our inventory is broad and distinctive, with accessories on offer that were made as long ago as the 18th Century to those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many different pieces in our collection of tourmaline chinese to choose from, but
Art Nouveau and
Contemporary tourmaline chinese are of considerable interest. Many examples in our inventory of these items are appealing no matter their origins, but
Giulia Colussi produced popular versions that are worth a look. Many pieces in our collection are stylish for most occasions, but
Tourmaline versions, from our inventory of 9, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look, day or night. A selection of
cabochon,
mixed cut and
cushion cut can be found today on these pages. If you’re browsing the variety of tourmaline chinese 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.