Tourmaline 3mm Yellow & Green Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Apple Rutilated Quartz is a silicon

Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle-like inclusions of Rutile

Discovered in 1910 on the west coast of Tasmania

Indigo gabbro is a color variant of the igneous mineral

Similar to Tiger's Eye

Tourmaline 3mm Yellow & Green Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Apple Rutilated Quartz is a siliconTourmaline 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