Multi Tourmaline 3-5mm Banded Chip A Grade - 15-16 Inch featured_08242023 Opalite is the trade name

Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples

Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red

which receive their color from trace amounts of chromium

often used as a talisman by kings

Multi Tourmaline 3-5mm Banded Chip A Grade - 15-16 Inch featured_08242023 Opalite is the trade nameTourmaline 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