Tourmaline Chips A Grade 33IN

$1989 $3315

SKU: 99ST492-A

These A-grade tourmaline chip beads come strung on a 33-inch strand, giving you a generous length of genuine semi-precious stone in purple-family tones. Tourmaline's natural variation means each chip is one-of-a-kind, so the strand reads as a richly organic whole rather than a uniform line.

The coloring falls within the purple family, and because these are natural tourmaline chips, expect the hue to shift and deepen across individual pieces — that's the stone doing what it does best.

Specifications

  • Size: 6 mm
  • Color: ["Purples"]
  • Material: Tourmaline

What to make with them

The irregular chip shape works beautifully for stringing layered bohemian necklaces or wrapping multi-strand bracelets where the organic texture is part of the design. They're also a natural fit for wire-wrapping projects or mixed-media work alongside seed beads, where the 6 mm scale holds its own without overpowering finer elements.


Showroom Location

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Description

You can almost taste the rainbow in a strand of these vibrant candy colored gemstones (please do not taste the beads). Tourmaline comes in a wide variety of bold colors ranging from bubblegum pinks, lemony yellows, earthy browns and emerald greens. Individual tourmaline crystals rarely come in one solid color, most show various shades of a color or even entirely different colors. This stone possesses the interesting trait of becoming electrically charged when heated or rubbed. It will attract dust and hairs. The Dutch once used this heated stone to clean their tobacco pipes, and called the stone "ashentrekker" (ash puller). This trait means that tourmaline requires gentle soap and water cleaning more often than most gemstones. Do not use an ultrasonic cleaner for this gemstone.

Additional Details

  • MaterialTourmaline
  • Color FamilyPurples
  • Size6 mm
  • Gemstone TypeTourmaline
  • Mineral FamilyTourmaline
  • BirthstoneOctober
  • Zodiac AssociationLibra
  • Chakra AssociationHeart

Color story

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