Red Tourmaline

Who Should Wear a Red Tourmaline stone?

Red Tourmaline meaning ‘Lal Turmali’ in Hindi is one of the most popular varieties of Tourmaline gemstone. Due to its red hue, it appears much like the precious ruby gemstone, therefore, is often used as a cheaper alternative in jewelry.

• Red Tourmaline birthstone is a perfect gift for October borns. Hence it Is also called October birthstone. It is also regarded as the 8th Anniversary gemstone.
• Red Tourmaline hardness (7 – 7.5 Mohs) is good enough to resist daily wear and tear. It doesn’t need any extra care and is a perfect stone to set in daily wear jewelry.
• Chakra healing therapy connects Red Tourmaline with the ‘Heart Chakra’. Thus, it is believed that wearing Red Tourmaline gemstones can bring great results for people dealing with circulatory or digestive issues.

Red Tourmaline Charm Pendant

Quality

Due to its attractive color and outstanding beauty, Red Tourmaline is hugely popular and always remains in demand across the world. The color tone of this gemstone is the major quality determinant as it differentiates the gem from other closely similar color varieties (Pink Tourmaline & Rubellite). Generally, The Geographical origin, Color, Clarity, and Cut play a major role in assessing a Red Tourmaline’s quality. Buy the best quality Red Tourmaline gemstone to make the most of your shopping.

• Origin

  – Unlike other gemstones, Red Tourmaline’s source doesn’t factor into value. However, origin brings a slight difference in the gem’s quality. Most of the gem-quality, natural earth mined red Tourmalines come from Brazil, Africa, USA, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Zambia, Burma (Myanmar) and Madagascar. Out of all origins, Brazil and Nigeria are known for producing the most beautiful, eye-clean Red tourmalines.

• Color

  – The colour in Red Tourmaline ranges from ruby-red to a deep purplish red. The intensity, depth and the overall distribution of the color are the most vital consideration. Generally, the deeper is the red hue, more valuable is the Tourmaline.

Picture of Red Tourmaline displaying Color Variation Image Credit – Google

• Clarity

  – Being a Type II clarity gemstone, the red color variety of Tourmaline is likely to have some visible inclusions (needle inclusions, liquid filled crystals and fractures). Minor inclusions can be ignored if the transparency is not suffered. Highly included gems often look unattractive and are less valuable.

• Cut

  – The robust nature, good supply and affordable prices of natural Red Tourmaline mineral allow the cutters to experiment a little with its shape and cut. One can comfortably find Red Tourmaline in fancy cuts like rectangular cut, square cut, trillion cut and cushion cut etc. But of course, round and oval Red Tourmalines are more common in the gem market.

Trillion cut Red Tourmaline Pear shaped Red Tourmaline