Tourmaline 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 15-16 Inch 20210817 and often features color banding

and often features color banding

It has been prized both as an ornamental jewel and for its strong curative powers and protective energies

Similar to Tiger's Eye

although the colors are much more muted

Tourmaline 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 15-16 Inch 20210817 and often features color bandingTourmaline 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