Paraiba tourmaline: the properties of the stone and photo

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Paraiba Tourmaline known to science not so long ago. It cannot be found in the works of the great jewellers of the past or read about it in old tales. However, during its short history the stone Paraiba managed not only to conquer the hearts of many connoisseurs, but also to acquire their own legends.

Paraiba tourmaline

Treasures of the Brazilian hills

The First of these is the day when man first picked up a nugget of the Paraiba. It happened in the early 80s of the twentieth century in a remote Brazilian province. One AMAS watchdog arrived there with a group of like-minded people – such as dreamers, like himself. They spent about five years in fruitless search of treasure. But the searchers did not lose hope, and the watchdog had implicit faith that his dream will ever be realized. But to see the result with your own eyes the researcher was not able, did not live quite a bit to triumphant discovery.

Paraiba tourmaline stone

However, his dream indeed came true. The reward for hard work and faith was the discovery of a unique tourmalines that had a deep blue shade, excellent strength, relatively large size and remarkable purity. Paraiba tourmaline gets its name from the place in which it was first produced. The same name was called (and still called) the one province in Brazil. Since it is believed that Paraiba gives the owner the ability to know mysteries and find lost or hidden.

Chemical and physical properties of the Paraiba

Have you Noticed that the Paraiba tourmaline, a photo of which is presented in this article seem to be glowing, luminous? If you are lucky enough to see this stone in person, you will make sure that this is what he looks like. The thing in the physical characteristics of the stone, through which the gem refracts the sun's light and dramatically strengthened it.

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Paraiba Tourmalines come in many shades, from pale turquoise to deep green. Because of this, they even sometimes confused with more expensive and precious gems: sapphires, emeralds, colored diamonds. But in fairness it should be noted that some samples of the Paraiba, with perfect transparency and smooth color, are really worth a lot of money. Due to the fact that this stone is beautiful in its own way, and besides is quite rare. He is not inferior in strength to many precious stones, fragile not call him. And here, for example, transparency Paraiba will handicap the emerald almost always contains inclusions, and turbidity.

Paraiba tourmaline ring

Magical effect of the stone

The Astrologers claim that Paraiba tourmaline-a stone difficult. It gives the owner not only the ability to know hidden things, but also courage, honesty, confidence in achieving goals.

It is believed that the stones red-brown shades close to the colors of the Earth are responsible for the health and physical strength. And heavenly shades, including Paraiba, provide a spiritual connection of the owner with the higher powers. Often jewelry with this unique stone intuitively choose those who are in spiritual quest.

Hydrothermal stones

Today, scientists learned how to artificially create the conditions necessary for forming many precious and semiprecious stones. In the laboratory, the same processes as in the bowels of the mountain, however time on the growth of the nugget out significantly less, because temperature, humidity and other processes managed by people. Grown laboratory and Paraiba tourmaline.

Paraiba tourmaline photo

How to distinguish a fake when buying jewelry? First, in the case of tourmaline laboratory cultivation is not considered bad manners. Hydrothermal Paraiba no way inferior to natural stones either in beauty or quality. The only difference between them in price. Of course, mined in the fields of natural stones are much more expensive. And much rarer. If you are planning to buy jewelry mass production, rest assured – in this hydrothermal stone. Labeling in these cases contains an annotation of GT (or HT, if the description given in English).

But some unscrupulous jewelers called Paraiba crystals, having absolutely no relation to the tourmalines. Glass and plastic to mix with the stone can be only in the dark. Remember: the main feature of this amazing stone – it is a strong refraction of the beam, creating the effect of lights or even glow.

Jewelry value

Could such a wonderful gem to stay without the attention of those who manufacture jewelry. In jewelry, it is customary to frame the tourmalines in sterling silver. But the Paraiba can even meet in platinum and 18K gold, and even in the company of more expensive gemstones. For example, in the lenses of the paparazzi got Salma Hayek, ears which were adorned with large teardrop earrings with Paraiba tourmaline and diamonds.

earrings with Paraiba tourmaline

By the Way, Salma – is not the only celebrity in the Arsenal which there are ornaments with paraibas. Madonna owns a large asymmetric ring amazing beauty Sandra Bullock and Victoria Beckham too, not once wasseen in jewels with this stone.

Paraiba in the works of Lydia Cartel

The world-Famous French artist called the guardian of the heritage of rené Lalique. In his works Lydia combines precious metals and the finest gems they can find in the world. Did not remain without attention and Paraiba tourmaline. She used it when creating a jewelry collection dedicated to the inhabitants of the sea. The following illustration shows the Paraiba tourmaline, the ring is crafted in a small workshop Lydia Cartel.

Paraiba tourmaline how to distinguish a fake

In this workshop, similar to covered with velvet box, you can meet not only the stars of stage and cinema, but also famous designers. For example, Lagerfeld calls Lydia one of the best, so many shows its collections you can see her jewelry Paraiba and other tourmalines.

Care – the key to the safety

If you possess jewelry with this gem, don't forget to take care of them. Paraiba tourmaline has a very high hardness-7.5 on Mohs ' scale, but it is possible to damage, for example, diamond or titanium. Do not store jewelry in a pile, otherwise the stones will scratch each other.

Stone needs regular cleaning. Just rinse the jewelry under running water, and if necessary remove dirt with a brush. Water not only eliminates potiranie traces of dust, but also cleans the energy of the gem. But the fire is better not to joke, as with sunlight. Prolonged contact with light affects the color of the stone, and the heat can make it muddy.

Following these simple recommendations, you will significantly prolong the life of jewelry with a beautiful Paraiba for many years.


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