Tourmaline Paraiba: description, properties and scope of use

Paraib tourmaline gained extraordinary fame in the last decades of the 20th century. Among the variety of minerals, including stones of red, pink, purple and other colors, blue has become the most popular nanocrystal. It glows from the inside, shimmers with blue, greenish and turquoise hues, has no equal in beauty and is highly valued among jewelers of the whole world. Our article is dedicated to this amazing stone.

One Brazilian prospector (mining man) named Heitor Dimos Barbosa has long been engaged in the search for precious stones and gems in the hills of the state of Paraíba in Brazil. He was quite sure that he would be lucky to find the minerals that would make him famous and glorify his native region to the whole world. In the old quarry from 1980 to 1987, he and his team dug a huge number of pits, but without success.

In 1989, a team of Barbosa miners discovered large deposits of tourmaline, which were cylindrical layers. They lay along the local river. Heitor Barbosa himself could not see this find, as he was struck by a deadly disease and soon died. The noble mineral was named Paraiba Tourmaline by the name of the locality where it was discovered.

In the autumn of the same year, the most beautiful blue nanocrystal was presented at an exhibition in the USA (Arizona), where it became a sensation. The event took 4 days. During this period, the price for paraibskogo tourmaline increased from 300 to 2 thousand dollars per carat. The nanocrystal received the highest rating from specialists in gems, it was assigned to the tourmaline group and ranked as precious stones.

Today, only very wealthy people can afford to buy jewelry with natural Brazilian tourmaline Paraiba, because the price of a carat is 5-10, and sometimes 20 thousand dollars.

The peculiarity of paraib tourmaline is in its unusual color. The chemical composition of the nanocrystal is very complex, it contains gold particles.

Among the large number of tourmaline stones, it was Paraiba that became a precious gem for this reason. The presence of copper, manganese and magnesium was the basis for the exquisite turquoise hue of tourmaline. Copper components provide crystal saturation with turquoise, blue, blue tones.

Looking away from the magnificent blue tourmaline Paraiba is simply impossible. Its shine strikes the eye, not only in the daytime, but in the evening. The color range varies from deep blue to greenish-neon hue. The sun's rays penetrating the nanocrystal can multiply its brilliance.

Currently, Brazilian tourmaline Paraiba is considered the most mysterious among the gems and the rarest gem. Tourmalines from Brazil are valued much higher than crystals brought from Africa and other regions of the world. Typically, the size of the stone does not exceed 7-8 carats, however, there were finds and more impressive sizes. The popularity of the handsome Paraibean is increasing every year, and along with it, its price is growing.

After a deposit was developed in Paraíbe, a tourmaline with an unusual crystalline glow was discovered in another Brazilian state, Rio Grande do Norte. After 7-8 years, the stones were found in Africa, and a little later at Magadaskar. Nigeria has become the latest modern deposit of unique tourmaline. It was there that the mining of tourmalines, completely identical to Brazilian stones, began.

According to scientists, the same composition of crystals is due to the fact that once they were in the depths of the same continent, which subsequently split. The fault divided the land into continents, and with them the occurrence of gems of identical composition also changed.

A huge number of people consider tourmaline from Paraiba the most beautiful and tender stone on the planet. The game of its colors in the sun allows you to compare the nanocrystal with the purest turquoise sea water or blue sky. In gemologists, tourmaline blue or blue is valued much higher than a stone of green or purple color.

Experts attribute a number of therapeutic and even esoteric properties to the Paraibic crystal with a powerful neon glow:

• it is generally accepted that blue tourmaline jewelry has a beneficial effect on the central nervous system of a person, his thoughts, his mood;
• stone stimulates the digestive tract, helps restore impaired metabolism;
• contributes to the attainment of emotional balance, a state of harmony and self-confidence.

Esotericists refer the blue tourmaline to the stones of the spiritual spectrum. They are convinced that the precious nanocrystal protects its wearer from negative energy, the evil eye, cleans the aura and improves health. According to astrologers, a person wearing a talisman with tourmaline from Paraiba will be able to find something that others cannot do.

Wards with blue tourmaline are recommended to be washed with running water from time to time in order to remove any negative accumulated on them.

After the Paraiba stone was listed in the catalog of precious materials, it became very popular among jewelers all over the globe. He learned how to process and use very high quality in the manufacture of various jewelry. Most of all, gemologists sought to artificially enrich various crystals, subsequently posing them as natural precious Paraibskie tourmalines. Only by chemical analysis can specialists distinguish original stones from skillfully made fakes.

Used various methods of influence on the mineral. The crystals were heated to high temperatures, thereby trying to enhance the gentle light blue tone, but there was no neon light. Any impact on tourmaline affected only the outer crystal layers, so none of the jewelers could achieve the very beauty and sparkle of the stone, no matter what efforts were made. Only blue precious tourmaline from Paraiba is able to emit unusual neon light.

You can wear it in different jewelry, but jewelers prefer to insert it into rings, necklaces, pendants. Any products with this expensive nanocrystal belong to the group of elite jewelry. Platinum, white and yellow gold are used as a frame. Complement jewelry diamonds. It is recommended to wear products with blue tourmaline in the evening, it is believed that at this time of day the optical parameters of the stone are activated in the best possible way.

To minimize possible scratches and wear, you need to store each individual piece of jewelry in a soft cloth or in the same package away from sunlight. If the products are left in the open sun, then over time the strength of the crystal weakens. The stone may begin to fade, or even begin to collapse from the inside.

Tourmaline jewelery is best cleaned with warm water and thick microfiber cloth or other soft material. You can not clean the stone with any chemical means, and you should not allow the noble gem to come into contact with fire.

Paraiba tourmaline can be worn by both sexes of any age category. It is not recommended to wear jewelry with tourmaline from Paraiba to those who suffer from thyroid disease or have serious heart problems. The unique blue stone is suitable for people who are often experiencing stressful situations, whose type of activity involves large amounts of energy.

Mineral will be a stimulant for recuperation and will give the owner confidence in the implementation of any of his undertakings. Tourmaline is worth looking for a life partner.

All these nanocrystals are considered to be stones patronizing lovers, and the blue gem from Paraiba is the stone of Venus, the planet of love and romance.

Paraiba's Venusian tourmaline energy makes your whole being shine with beauty and splendor, like a neon light bulb.

Like all blue or bluish stones, Paraibean tourmaline is a great ally for writers, teachers, scientists, speakers and consultants. The combination of blue and turquoise tones of the crystal gives the owner of this stone the ability to cause sympathy, his mental abilities increase, allowing him to find the right words in a given situation to support someone in a crisis and help him recover.

Tourmaline blue may be worn by all signs of the zodiac, it does not conflict with any of them.however, buying jewelry with a Paraiba gem is best impressionable and emotional natures to restore the balance of power and inner comfort. Gem is most suitable for people born under the signs of Libra, Aquarius, Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio.

A small video review of Paraiba tourmaline is provided in the video below.