Gems Of Wisdom💎

T ourmaline comes in so many varieties of colors like colorless, pink, red (rubellite) green which for those who believe in crystal magic is believed to enhance androgen that's why women are advised not to wear them but the rarest of all tourmaline is the 'paraiba tourmaline' named after the region Paraiba in Brazil where it was first mined & paraiba tourmalines also comes in many different shades of bright blue colors & the rarest & most valuable of them all is the 'neon carribean blue' pictured below.  This image is decades old & been used by GIA to demonstrate the finest color of tourmalines & it seems no other paraiba tourmaline possess such color making it one of the world's most valuable & rarest gems & even more rare than most precious stones there is like diamonds, rubies, sapphires & emeralds! Tourmalines have an interesting property for when heated or robbed they became electrically charged & this phenomenon

T here's two birthstones for October & they are the opal which is the traditional & the pink tourmaline like these 2 carat Ethiopian green opal and this 1.75 tourmaline in my personal collection. However the choice for opals as a birthstone are broad while for tourmaline although it comes in many different colors only the pink tourmaline is considered a birthstone like this 1.75 carat emerald cut deep purplish pink tourmaline.   Opals come in many different pricepoints and the finest varieties are extremely rare & very valuable just like the finest varieties of tourmaline called 'paraiba tourmaline'.  However a pink tourmaline is cheaper than the finest opal but it doesn't mean they're cheap.  A 1.04 carat pink tourmaline from Leibish & Co. retails for $400! While the finest black opals for example can sell for over $20,000💰per carat! Buy my favorite birthstone for October is the pink tourmaline & why is that?  Bec

L ast September 27, 2018 was the most special day in the Universe✨because it is my birthday! (laughs) And it has been a tradition of me ever since ever to gift myself some jewelry during my birthday! And it has been a tradition of me also since 2012 to gift myself the anniversary symbol of that particular year! Last 2012 the anniversary symbol of my birthday was the pearl & so I gifted myself gorgeous South Sea pearls pendant & diamonds set in yellow gold that I designed. This time my anniversary year is the coral and so this coral cuff is my birthday gift to myself! It is a carved red coral with two auspicious chinese symbols of phoenix & dragon chasing each other! It is my favorite chinese symbolism and the luckiest!  This will bring me good luck and success to my life! Coral is one of the most valuable gems used in jewelry because many countries forbids the extraction of corals from the sea & so they are considered as special as the e