Pink Tourmaline with Pink Lepidolite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Purple and over time

and over time

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

everything from colorless to black

Pink Tourmaline with Pink Lepidolite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Purple and over timePink Tourmaline ranges in color from light pink to deep magenta, with inclusions of white to colorless translucent or transparent. 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 becomes magnetically charged from heat or friction.