Red Tourmaline, Elite of the Rainbow Colors

If tourmaline can be compared as the most beautiful rainbow in the world, red tourmaline then can be the elite among the group. By containing different quantities of manganese, different degree of red would be manifested, which made red tourmaline the most precious one expect Paraiba tourmaline among the complete group. Favor of Chinese for tourmaline has been a tradition for a long time in the 19th and 20th centuries, it was said that the Empress Dowager Ci Xi had special love for tourmaline- among her grave goodies, there was a pink lotus sculptured with tourmaline weighing about one kilometers, it was said that value of the pink lotus reached about 75 million taels of silver. Even in nowadays, it is favored due to the connotation of warding off evils. Red tourmaline gains more and more acceptance and favorite because of its flamboyant beauty and auspicious connotation.With a variety of colors, different red is known as the most enriched color, all from light red to deep red can be regarded as red tourmaline. If you are interested in color and gem, it is of great fun to find to “similar” red ones, while soon you will find that much difficulty would be occurred just as to find two similar leaves in the woods.Elite among red tourmaline is called ruby tourmaline which has the meaning that it is a kind of gem that is as precious as ruby, which can be regarded as symbolization of being prosperous. With pure, bright and stable characteristics, there is rarely a kind of gem that can be compared with red tourmaline expect ruby. Red can bring energy of being enthusiastic, bold, and bright, which can bring great connotation for bring good luck for the wearer. From its name we can gain its precious and rare feature, the flamboyant and outstanding gem has been imbued with decisive characteristics: pure, flamboyant and stable.The empress Dowager Ci Xi was a loyal lover of tourmaline. Most jewelry items were hard to win Ci Xi’s heart for the reason that she had seen much treasure, while red tourmaline with slight pink with exception was her favorite, which was known as pink tourmaline. There are many different versions of names on the color of pink tourmaline, deep ones can be regarded as “double red light”, while light ones “single pink”. Though pink tourmaline is famous for its beauty, but the fire-like red one is still the best respected one among folk collectors!Qualified origins of ruby tourmaline are mainly in Brazil, Africa etc.. The fact that production of ruby tourmaline in various deposits is rare plus strict identification on its quality made tourmaline of high quality and the rare deposits very precious, thus value of red tourmaline is higher than any other ones.Most of the red tourmaline with high quality is produced from Brazil. When compared with ones with other color, the read one is of relatively higher double refractive index, facet edges can be seen from the observation from the surface of the stone’s facets, which is then used to distinguish red tourmaline from ruby, spinel and garnet.