Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch Faceted Bicone the mineral was named for

the mineral was named for French paleontologist Eugene Durmortier (1803-1873)

gray and black

Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St

Rosewood is a hardwood found in the Phillipines

Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone

Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch Faceted Bicone the mineral was named forTourmaline 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