Gemstones - Rare Purple Tourmaline
Since 1981, we have been bullish on Tourmaline due to
the hardness, color range, size, rarity and low price. Over the past few years,
larger and/or finer colors of Tourmaline have started selling for $1000+/ct on
both the retail and wholesale markets. Higher priced material prior to this time
frame was Paraiba Tourmaline (1989) and more recently, the deposits of the
wonderfully colored Mozambique Tourmaline (2006 +/-) which has essentially
disappeared from the market as the mine/locality has not been producing as it
once had. (A small parcel of very fine Mozambique Tourmaline rough was offered to
All That Glitters from the mine owner in 2013 at a value of $1,100,000.)
Read an excerpt
from a recent article (December 2013) on Fine Quality Tourmaline, specifically
Mozambique Tourmaline at the bottom of this page.
Jump to the article at the
Bottom.
To read more about Mozambique Tourmaline, visit our main page devoted to Mozambique Tourmaline,
where you will find many other fine colors as well as the purples, fuchsia, magentas, etc. found below.
All That Glitters Mozambique Tourmaline Page
We are believed
to have the Most Purple Tourmalines as well as some of the Finest
Available!
Mozambique Purple Tourmaline - Many are Certing as CUPRIAN
Tourmaline!
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3.28ct Purple Triangular Mozambique Tourmaline. Has some inclusions which is to be expected,
but not really eye visible. For the color and location, this is a super price! (extgem-14-01)
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1.53ct Amethyst Purple Mozambique Tourmaline
(pntrd-08b-02) |
Purple
Tourmaline from Afghanistan?? If so, possibly a one shot find. We were told
that only one crystal was found, and the gemstones below are from the cuttable section of
the crystal. Would have loved to have seen the crystal! The three gemstones
below are from that one crystal. Since most of the Purple Tourmaline has been coming from
Mozambique, there is a high probability that the origin was mis-identified; if not, then
these purples would be even more collectible and sought after since purple is not really known
to come from Afghanistan... |
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A - 2.26ct Trilliant Rare Purple Tourmaline (mapint-10-01c)
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B - 2.39ct Emerald Rare Purple Tourmaline (mapint-10-01a)
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See Description Above |
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3.32ct Square Cushion
with a Checkerboard Top, Purple Tourmaline (mapint-10-01b) |
Again, wonderful Purple Tourmaline! Of course, until only a
few years ago prior to Mozambique Tourmaline Discovery, True Purple
Tourmaline was unheard of; therefore, when the world discovered that there
was such a color in this gemstone, it was deemed very rare and very
collectable. We are pretty certain that this material will not be found in
quantity, making these gemstones worthy to be found in collections and
museums. |
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3.90ct Cushion Purple Tourmaline, Mozambique
(gat-10-01b) |
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4.52ct Round Purple
Tourmaline, African Measures approximately 9.0x7.4mm (gat-10-01c) |
RARE - Certified
Cuprian Amethyst Purple Mozambique Tourmaline As indicated previously on the All That Glitters
Website, this color from Mozambique (the cases that we are aware of that
have been tested) has been found to contain Copper and therefore is Cuprian
Tourmaline. |
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8.91ct Mozambique
Purple Tourmaline WITH
Copper -
CUPRIAN. RARE Color and this one is CERTED! (cwgc-10-01) Like most
of our prices, this is price below the wholesale price as defined by the
trade handbook called The Guide. |
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2.80ct Pear Shaped Deep Purple Mozambique Tourmaline. Color in real
life is more purple! (nmdco-09a-02) |
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A - 3.36ct Dusty Pinkish Purple Mozambique Tourmaline (nmdco-09a-01*) |
B - Wonderfully Purple 3.79ct Squarish Cushion Mozambique
Tourmaline (nmdco-09a-03) |
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A - Brilliant, Lively Pinkish Purple 4.57ct Trilliant
Mozambique Tourmaline (nmdco-09a-01) |
B - 7.91cts Total Weight: Rarity of Rarities! A matched
pair of square cushion, Purple Mozambique Tourmalines! Never thought that
we would see something like this, as finding purples is difficult enough.
This is like having the luck to find a matched pair of Paraiba Tourmalines
from the original strike in '89 at the Sao Jose da Batalha Mine! Note that
all the purples that we have seen certs for, have come back positive for
Copper, making this type of material Cuprian Tourmaline - for those seeking
such gemstones! (nmdco-09a-05) |
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A - 5.80ct Pear Shaped Purple Tourmaline, inclusions as one
can see in the photo. Partial recut by our Master Cutter, Stephen Kotlowski. (kaek-06-03) Preliminary spectrometric analysis indicates Copper (Cuprian Tourmaline) |
B - 5.90ct Oval Purple Tourmaline. Partial recut by our
Master Cutter (Stephen Kotlowski). (kaek-07-22) |
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10.28ct Oval Amethyst Purple
Tourmaline faceted by our Award Winning Master Cutter who is known for his meticulous cutting - Stephen Kotlowski. (pntrd-08a-01a) Though now a
well known gemstone due to it's publication, we still currently have it
at the wholesale cost of a well known West Coast business. Priced back in
2007. Call or email if you have an interest. Only one like this!
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11.58ct Cushion Purple Tourmaline faceted by our Master Cutter, Stephen Kotlowski.
(pntrd-08a-01c) |
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4.00ct Round Mozambique
Tourmaline, Royal Purple. This color is rare as well as the shape. Have not
seen ANY rounds of size in this gemstone. Also, this was faceted by our
Master Facetor (Stephen Kotlowski) who recently won an award in the ATGA Cutting Competition.
(kaek-06-02) Preliminary tests using a
spectrometer do indeed show this to be Cuprian Tourmaline. Measures
approximately 10.4x6.6mm Photos do not do this gemstone justice - color is
richer in person! |
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A - 2.32ct Oval Mozambique Deep Purple Tourmaline
(gat-08-01) |
B - 2.42ct Oval Mozambique Purple Tourmaline
(gat-08-02) Preliminary spectrometric analysis indicates Copper (Cuprian Tourmaline) |
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Deep Amethyst Colored 8.44ct Pear Shaped Mozambique Tourmaline
(pntrd-08a-01b) |
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A - 9.03ct Mozambique
Purple Tourmaline (kaek-07-02) |
B - 3.36 Pear Shaped
Deep Amethyst Purple Mozambique Tourmaline (limgem-08-03) |
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Here is another incredible and special gemstone, hailing from the
small, now famous strike of uniquely colored Tourmaline from Mozambique!
This beauty is a color shifter also, making it even more rare! Under office
fluorescent lights or daylight, the color is a purplish pink or a pinkish
purple (as seen here). No question that it contains purple though! Under
incandescent lights, there is no pink - only purple,; very amehyst like...
(In the past, some genstones would pick up more puprle under fluorescent
lights, such as Paudarco Amethyst. The fact that we see more purple under
incandescent vs. fluorescent lights, makes this particular gemstone a
curiousity.) Until recently with this discovery, true purple tourmaline was
just not seen. The dimensions of ths gemstone are approximately
13.1X8.0X6.4mm and is an elongated cushion weighing 4.73cts. It is quite
large for this material and is mostly clean. (One problem that one
encounters with this purple color is that it tends to be very included.
Since we have purchased our material in person, we have attempted to
purchase only the finest, best color, eye clean material possible. We
attempt not to recut these gems due to the high value in the gemstones
themselves. We cannot afford to loose much weight and try our best to find
those gemstones which are mostly eye clean, have good color and decent
cutting.) (gemgbl-07-01) Preliminary spectrometric analysis indicates Copper (Cuprian Tourmaline) |
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A - 10.32ct Roundish Pinkish Purple Mozambique Tourmaline (yahya-06a-04b )
Preliminary spectrometric analysis indicates Copper (Cuprian Tourmaline)
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B - 12.06ct Tanzanite Colored Oval Mozambique Tourmaline,
has the look of a color change sapphire - sort of blue but also purple
depending on lights (yahya-06a-04a)
This particular color from Mozambique (as well as from the original Paraiba locality) typically heat treats to the bright neony blue that is known as Paraiba.
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Mozambique Purplish Pink Tourmaline, 0.63ct, Oval (gembkk-06-01)
$315 |
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A - Mozambique Tourmaline, 0.79ct Oval, purplish pink
(dazgem-06-01b) $395 |
B - Mozambique Tourmaline, 1.62ct Oval, lavender
(kaek-06-01) Preliminary spectrometric analysis indicates Copper (Cuprian Tourmaline) |
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Mozambique Tourmaline, 2.74ct total weight, 2 pieces, purple
(kaek-06-32) $500/ct (Possibly Copper present) |
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Excerpt from ICMJ's Prospecting and Mining Journal, Dec 2013, Volume
83, Number 4, page 68.
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Note: Magnification and bright lighting is required to
photograph gemstones. Some inclusions may be visible
under these circumstances. You are viewing photographs as
if you were using a loupe or microscope - not your unaided eye.
Under normal conditions, these inclusions may not be
visible.
Not responsible for mismatches of prices, photos, stocknumbers, etc.
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