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Here is an easy way to start a tourmaline collection: a small polished point of pink tourmaline still set in its natural matrix.
At about 2.5 inches tall, it is the kind of piece you can keep on a desk, tuck into a display box or set beside a plant on a windowsill. We identify it as watermelon tourmaline, with green tones alongside the pink, and the polish helps both colors show. Even a small piece shows how tourmaline grows within its host rock, which is part of the appeal for collectors. Tourmaline is the October birthstone and the gem for an eighth anniversary, so it makes a meaningful little gift. This is the exact point shown.
The point is about 2.5 by 1.75 by 1.25 inches. Look at the ruler photo for scale.
Tourmaline is a large group of boron silicate minerals. Manganese produces its pinks and reds, while iron, and possibly titanium, produces greens and blues, and watermelon tourmaline is green on the outside and pink on the inside. Tourmaline is a birthstone for October and the gem for the eighth anniversary.
Stone Meaning: Pink tourmaline is traditionally associated with love and compassion.
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