Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch 24x36mm Tiger Eye has been revered

Tiger Eye has been revered and feared throughout history as an all to seeing

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

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

also known as the Stone Age

and as such is a particularly soft stone

Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch 24x36mm Tiger Eye has been reveredTourmaline 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