Paraiba Tourmaline Benefits

In gem healing therapies, Paraiba tourmaline is regarded as a spiritual gemstone that brings positivity, peace and a feeling of fulfilment. It is said to have immense healing properties that help the wearer to stay fit and healthy.

• Sharpens Intuition & Creative Skills

   – Paraiba tourmaline gemstone is said to enhance the wearer’s intellectual abilities and helps to remove negative perceptions and confusions of life. Its positive energies stimulate the throat chakra and assist clear expression of thoughts. Paraiba tourmaline gemstone is believed to greatly benefit orators and public speakers.

• Promotes Emotional Healing

  – Psychologically, Paraiba tourmaline stone benefits the individual to recover from unpleasant memories and replace them with new ideas. It also supports the people who feel over-burdened with responsibilities and encourage personal accountability.

• Supports Meditation & Spiritual Vision

   – The soothing energy of Paraiba tourmaline stone encourages the wearer’s forgiving tendencies and helps the person to stay calm and peaceful. According to the gem therapists, this gemstone is a wonderful aid for meditation and spiritual practices.

• Improves Metabolism & Immune System

   – In alternate healing therapies, Paraiba tourmaline gemstone is considered beneficial for people suffering from any eye-related ailment, metabolic disease or immune-related disorder. Paraiba tourmaline healing properties are said to have a positive effect on the throat, eyes, teeth, jaw, hormone production, vital organs and bones of the wearer.

About Paraiba Tourmaline

The unparalleled beauty, limited availability and huge demand collectively made Paraiba tourmaline a legendary gemstone. Despite its recent discovery, the natural Paraiba tourmaline stones earned a good reputation in the gemstone world. Its popularity increased further when the gem therapists recognised the healing properties of Paraiba Tourmaline.

• In western culture, Paraiba tourmaline is accepted as October month birthstone and the zodiac stone for Librans and Scorpions.

• Paraiba tourmaline gem is an absolute delight for serious collectors who seek for fine gems for their collection.

Quality

The origin, color, luster, clarity and cut of the Paraiba Tourmaline defines its overall quality. While evaluating a Paraiba tourmaline, the color and brilliance (luster) always remain the most important criteria. The best quality Paraiba Tourmaline gemstone must have a phenomenal color and luster. Even a minor difference in these quality factors can create a huge difference in prices.

• Origin

   – The copper-rich Paraiba Tourmalines were originally found in the Paraiba states of north-eastern Brazil (Mina da Batalha mine). But later some copper-rich tourmalines were also discovered in the African states like Mozambique and Nigeria. Quality-wise, it is difficult to differentiate Brazilian Paraiba Tourmalines from the African Paraiba Tourmalines. However, due to its historical significance, the copper-bearing Paraiba Tourmaline Brazil is always regarded as a more valuable purchase. Please contact our Gem Experts to buy Paraiba Tourmaline from Brazil at best prices.

• Color

  – Unlike other tourmalines, Paraiba tourmaline involves an interesting interplay of two element traces – Copper and Manganese that give rise to numerous unique hues. Paraiba tourmaline color usually ranges from light blue to neon blue and greenish-blue combined with a brilliant glow. Although buyers admire all these shades but Neon Paraiba Tourmaline (blue or green) is always being most the appealing and rare variety. In the market, the pure neon blue Paraiba Tourmaline and neon green Paraiba Tourmaline are considered quite valuable.

• Clarity

   – Gemstone Paraiba Tourmaline belongs to the Type II clarity category. It means these gems may contain some visible imperfection such as liquid and gas inclusions, healed fractures (fissures), brownish-yellow metallic inclusions and color-zoning. Generally, the cleaner and less included copper bearing Paraiba Tourmaline loose gemstones are considered best for purchase.

• Cut

   – Due to the scarcity and high value of raw Paraiba Tourmaline, this gemstone is faceted with great caution to retain maximum weight without hampering the beauty. Since they are available in nature as cylindrical rods, therefore, the rough is usually cut in rectangular, round and oval shape. Paraiba Tourmalines in highly customised brilliant cuts are rare and more precious.

Paraiba Tourmaline Prices

Paraiba tourmaline’s beauty can surpass any other tourmaline and therefore demands a premium for its exclusiveness. Due to its depleting deposits and no futile new discovery of mines, the price of Paraiba tourmaline accelerated steeply in the past few decades. In the international gem markets (especially in USA and Japan), Paraiba tourmaline stone price may cross the value of finest red Rubellite and green Chrome tourmaline.

Note – Paraiba Tourmaline prices in India starts from Rs 3,000 per carat ($50 approx.) and can reach up to Rs 50,000 per carat ($750 approx.) and above for high-quality specimens.

• Origin

   – Due to its deeply saturated color and great historical significance, Brazilian Paraiba tourmaline price per carat is usually higher than Nigerian Paraiba Tourmaline or Mozambique Paraiba Tourmaline price per carat. According to the market experts, Brazilian Paraiba tourmaline value can reach upto three times of the Mozambique Paraiba tourmaline prices.

• Color

   – Paraiba Tourmaline color is the major consideration while choosing this gemstone. The vivid neon blue Paraiba Tourmalines in a medium tone and high saturation is regarded as the most desirable color variety and always fetches a good premium. The presence of slight green overtone is common, therefore, doesn’t creates a significant difference in price. However, pure blue Paraiba Tourmaline is always pricier than the green or blue green Paraiba Tourmaline. Gems with undesirable yellow or brown traces are considered relatively less valuable.

• Carat weight

   – Paraiba Tourmaline even above 1 carat are geographically rare. Thus, the price per carat of Paraiba Tourmaline from Brazilian origin grows exponentially when moving beyond two or more carats. The rise in Paraiba Tourmaline carat price may be slightly less for the African counterparts.

• Clarity

  – In Paraiba Tourmaline gemstones, the eye visible natural flaws are more common whereas clean pieces are hard to find. Therefore, the price of Paraiba Tourmaline increases dramatically for naturally clean stones.

• Cut

   – Fine quality Paraiba tourmaline rough stone is rarely found in nature. Therefore, it is faceted judiciously to derive maximum value. Paraiba tourmaline cabochons (non-faceted, polished gems) in oval and round minimises loss of weight and thus doesn’t create any significant hike in prices. In contrast, the loose Paraiba tourmaline gemstones in deep fancy cuts involve greater weight loss in cutting. So, Paraiba tourmaline stone prices for such stones are expected to be high.