Plum Tourmaline 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Almondine & Almond Peach Turquoise is one of the

Turquoise is one of the oldest known gemstones

Legend has it that it came to the world

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

” the Latin word for copper

Plum Tourmaline 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Almondine & Almond Peach Turquoise is one of theTourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to dark. It can even exhibit various colors within the same specimen. Its name derives from the Sinhalese word turamali, which translates to stone of many colors. Due to this variety of colors, Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones. Many stones in the Russian crown jewels from the 17th century