Gemstones
Tourmaline
Available in almost any colour, but rarely colourless, tourmaline can be found in blue to deep brown, to yellow, pink, green and red hues. Tourmaline is also commonly bicoloured; watermelon tourmaline is pink at one end and green at the other. Some forms of tourmaline even appear to change colour when viewed from different angles. Gem quality tourmaline is mainly mined in Brazil and Africa, and Sri Lanka. It is also available from numerous African countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Malawi.
In some birthstone calendars tourmaline is associated with the month of October.
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