Tourmaline: The Gemstone of Every Color

If any gemstone deserves the title "most versatile," it might be tourmaline. It's a boron silicate mineral that occurs in an enormous range of colors — pink, green, blue, black, yellow, and watermelon-style pieces that shift from pink to green within a single crystal — all within the same mineral family. October's birthstone, tourmaline has been prized in jewelry for centuries precisely because no two pieces look quite alike.

Beyond its color range, tourmaline has a genuinely unusual physical property: it's pyroelectric and piezoelectric, meaning it can generate a small electric charge when heated or when physical pressure is applied. This property was even noted by Dutch traders in the 1700s, who used tourmaline crystals to pull ash from their pipes — unknowingly attracting the ash electrostatically.

Black tourmaline, one of the most widely collected varieties, is popular both for jewelry and as a display specimen, and is often associated in metaphysical traditions with grounding and protection. Our multicolor tourmaline pieces showcase the mineral's range in a single strand, while our black tourmaline specimens highlight its more subtle patterning and occasional red inclusions.

Explore our tourmaline jewelry and specimens to find a color — or combination of colors — that's right for you.