0.63ct African Canary Tourmaline & Diamond Accent Ring 9ct YG

Tourmaline is one of the world’s most colorful gem varieties, Tourmaline comes in beautiful greens,yellows, pinks and purplish-reds with desirable medium tones that are not too dark or too light.Tourmaline is strongly pleochroic or more specifically, it is the most dichroic (two-colored) of all gemstones. This means each Tourmaline crystal has two colors (primary and secondary), whose intensity changes when viewed from different angles. Because of its strong pleochroism, the orientation of Tourmaline during lapidary is extremely important. Every Tourmaline in this collection has been faceted by experienced lapidaries who carefully orientate each crystal to maximize the gem’s colorful brilliance.Major sources for Tourmaline include Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique and Nigeria.In the summer of 1998 one of the world’s most significant Tourmaline deposits was unearthed in a farming area about 40 kilometers from the city of Ibadan in Nigeria’s Oyo state near the border with Benin (West Africa) with later deposits located approximately 135 kilometers from Ibadan.

This ring features:

• 12 x Round cut Nigerian Canary Tourmaline gemstones measuring approx. 2mm each with a combined minimum gemstone weight of 0.396ct.
• 4 x Round cut Nigerian Canary Tourmaline gemstones measuring approx. 2.5mm each with a combined minimum gemstone weight of 0.24ct.
• 18 x Round cut Natural Diamond measuring approx. 0.9mm each with a combined minimum weight of 0.072ct.
• Total combined minimum gemstone weight for this piece is 0.708ct.
• Expertly crafted in 9ct Yellow Gold with a metal weight of 2.8grams.

The ring sits approx. 5mm above the finger and measures approx. 12.5mm down the finger.

The band measures approx. 2mm at the shoulder and approx. 1.5mm at the base.