My Favorite Birthstone For October💎

There'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? 
Because they're always beautiful & quite sparkly like natural color diamonds and them costing much much less than black opals is a plus!

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