BEAUTIFUL FACETED ROUND CUT COPPER BEARING PARAIBA TOURMAINE / VIVID ELECTRIC COLOR / VERY RARE!

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED ROUND CUT PARAIBA TOURMALINE MINED FROM PARAIBA BRAZIL. STRONG AMOUNT OF COPPER IMPURITIES AS DESIRED AMONG GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS ALIKE. AMAZING VIVID ELECTRIC LIKE ICE BLUE COLOR WITH VERY SLIGHT GREEN UNDERTONES AND VS CLARITY WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL FOR A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE SUCH AS PARAIBA TOURMALINE. MEASURES 6X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.01 CARATS. PARAIBA TOURMALINE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXOTIC GEMSTONE SPECIES THAT IS USUALLY FOUND IN SIZES SMALLER THAN 1/4 CARAT AND IS ALMOST ALWAYS HEAVILY INCLUDED. WHAT SETS PARAIBA TORMALINE APART FROM REGULAR TOURMALINE IS THE PRESENCE OF COPPER IN ITS CHEMICHAL COMPOSITION. PARAIBA TOURMALINE IS ONLY MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL WHICH IS WHAT THE STONE IS NAMED AFTER. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES TO FIND HOW RARE AND VALUABLE IT REALLY IS. THIS TOURMALINE MEETS AND SURPASSES ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY GIA TO BE SOLD AS A REAL PARAIBA INCLUDING BEING MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL, HAVIING COPPER IN ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, HAS A PRIMARILY VIVID BLUE COLOR, AND ALL OTHER VARIABLES WHICH MUST BE CONFIRMED IN ORDER TO BE LABELED A PARAIBA TOURMALINE. WHEN RESEARCHING THIS STONE AND COMPARING PRICES PLEASE BE AWARE OF LESS HONEST SELLERS ADVERTISING PARAIBA TOURMALINE MINED FROM LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL. IN ORDER FOR A GEMOLOGIST TO LEGALLY CERTIFY OR APPRAISE A STONE AS PARAIBA TOURMALINE IT MUST ORIGINATE FROM THE PARAIBA MINE SUCH AS THIS ONE HAS.