Blue Tourmaline 2mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - Microfaceted Rounds - 15-16 inch new02242022 Known to Egyptian and Aztec

Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

Mica is heat-resistant and does not conduct electricity

found only in the Dominican Republic

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue-green associated with true Turquoise

Blue Tourmaline 2mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - Microfaceted Rounds - 15-16 inch new02242022 Known to Egyptian and AztecBlue Tourmaline ranges in color from green to blue to yellow to green with black, milky white and clear, colorless inclusions. It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron, magnesium and other metals that give it its color. Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from turmali, the Sinhalese word for mixed color precious stone. Tourmaline is unusual in that it is both pyroelectric and piezoelectric, meaning it