Multi-Color Tourmaline- Brazil Sulfur 4th millennium BC

4th millennium BC

“Seeding” a pearl means inserting a bead of a predetermined shape and size into the tissue of a mollusk in order to control the shape of the pearl

or kaolinite

so the life cycle can begin again

Multi-Color Tourmaline- Brazil Sulfur 4th millennium BCAlbite (Elbaite) also known as Tourmaline is a group of mixed crystals with the following major members, Elbaite, Dravite, Schorl, Buergerite, Tsilaisite, and Uvite. The general color range of the mineral's family are colorless, pink, green, blue, yellow, brown, and black. What distinguishes tourmalines are the three sided cross sections that are different than any other mineral.