Translucent Tourmaline of a cool, sharp “jungle” green. Tourmaline gemstone is known for its wonderful range of natural colours, from pinks to reds, through smokey shades to yellows to variations of blue, from olive greens to some of the most particular, most lovely greens of the gemstone world. The above natural Translucent Tourmaline has one of those arresting, very interesting green colours, strong cool sharp and distinct.

Note the step cut of the above gemstone, with long flat facets cut parallel to the girdle, or edge, of the gemstone, a facet type sometimes used on square and rectangular cuts. In the case of a gemstone as clear and translucent as the above, the step cut creates an intriguing depth, a shimmer of colour variations.