Top Investment PARAIBA/COPPER BEARING TOURMALINE Gemstones

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Paraiba Tourmaline is one of the rarest gemstone.

Copper-bearing elbaite tourmaline is commonly called “Paraiba” tourmaline in the industry after the name of a state in Brazil from where the material was first found.

The Paraiba tourmalines, on the other hand, are sourced from Brazil, Nigeria and Mozambique.

(Sample AGTA, click on the report for a larger pdf. image)

A paraiba tourmaline is a blue (electric blue, neon blue, violet blue), bluish green to greenish blue or green elbaite tourmaline, of medium to high saturation and tone, mainly due to the presence of copper (Cu) and manganese (Mn) of whatever geographical.  

Generally, the samples were chemically analysed with ED-XRF techniques can be determined the trace of copper(Cu) and manganese(Mn) bearing elements in the stone.

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Q: How to Identify a  Mozambique Paraiba Tourmaline with LOUPE or with the naked eye ?

A: You will see the red, reddish-brown, brownish or black rutile needle inside the stone.

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