Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch 24x36mm as a gemstone that is

as a gemstone that is cut into many shapes and often given a high polish

It is a rare variety of Pectolite

iron or manganese imp

a phenomenon that occurs when light hits the chips of silica inside the gemstone and a rainbow of different colors refract inside the stone

Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch 24x36mm as a gemstone that isTourmaline 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