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Tourmaline offers the widest array of color choices of any gemstone in the world. There are so many color that tourmaline seems to lose track itself and shows up in multi-colored and even color changing varieties. They also are available in the largest price range of any gem. From under $50 to well over $10,000 per carat, these beautiful stones have been prized for their beauty for over 2,000 years. One type, rubellite, so closely resembles fine rubies, that it was mistakenly used in their place in 17th century Russian Crown Jewels.
Although nobody really knows the exact origins of the name tourmaline, Robert Webster, in his book Gems, posits that in 1703, stone dealers in Amsterdam received a shipment of what they thought were yellow zircon, which the Sinhalese exporters called turmali.
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