Tourmaline Gia

Natural Paraiba

Paraiba Tourmaline Platinum Ring

Indicolite Tourmaline

Paraiba And Diamond Ring

Gia Loose Gems

Gia Rubellite

Brilliant Cut Tourmaline

Green Paraiba

Tourmaline Gia For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact tourmaline gia you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from Gold, 18k Gold and White Gold — can elevate any look. Find an antique version now, or shop for 86 vintage or 113 modern creation for a more contemporary example of these cherished accessories. You’re likely to find the perfect tourmaline gia among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Creating a tourmaline gia has been a part of the legacy of many jewelers, but those produced by Sarosi By Timeless Gems, Merkaba and Nazarelle are consistently popular. See these pages for an oval cut iteration of this accessory, while there are also pear cut cut and cushion cut cut versions available here, too. When shopping for a tourmaline gia, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for unisex or men today than there are for women.

How Much is a Tourmaline Gia?

Prices for a tourmaline gia can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $950 and can go as high as $318,000, while this accessory, on average, fetches $13,500.

The Legacy of Tourmaline in Jewelry Design

Very few gems dazzle quite in the manner that tourmaline does — vintage and antique tourmaline jewelry is a showstopper, and you can blame this on its wide range of spectacular colors. In fact, when Dutch traders brought stones back home from Sri Lanka that they couldn't identify, they called them "toramalli," a Sinhalese term for "mixed gems."

If you could transform the ocean to a gem, this is what it would look like: a clear, translucent azure, bordering on turquoise, hypnotizing in its depth and sparkling in the sun.

There is, in fact, such a stone, although it comes from deep in the copper-rich mountains of Paraíba, Brazil, and not from the oceans along its coast. Far rarer than diamonds, Paraíba tourmaline, a kind of tourmaline discovered only in the 1980s, is treasured as much for its extraordinary color as its scarcity, both of which contribute to its high value.

While diamonds generally sell for about $6,000 per carat, a carat of Paraíba tourmaline is likely to fetch about $16,000. Fans of the gem are said to include singer Taylor Swift and actress Zooey Deschanel, as well as some of the finest jewelers.

“No other stone can have a color as magnetic and captivating as Paraíba tourmaline,” says Vania Leles of VanLeles Diamonds, who combines the stone with diamonds and other gems in several of her designs.

You don't have to stop at Paraíba tourmaline jewelry — on 1stDibs, find the most extraordinary antique and vintage tourmaline rings, tourmaline and diamond earrings and other accessories.