Charoite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch HPS06302022 ” Tourmaline is unusual in

” Tourmaline is unusual in that it is both pyroelectric and piezoelectric

strong tropical wood native to the Philippines

It is also one of the hardest

It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that branch like tiny tree limbs through the stone

Charoite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch HPS06302022 ” Tourmaline is unusual inCharoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color. Originally discovered in the 1940s and not introduced commercially until 1978, it is a relative newcomer to the gem market. The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia, Russia, the only site where it can be found.