Two Tone Green Tourmaline & Diamond Pendant

This beautiful pendant is set with an unusual green Tourmaline, perfect for a Tourmaline or rare gem collector. Look close at this Tourmaline, and you will actually see two colors: a bright green, and a dark forest green. This two tone Tourmaline phenomenon is known as “dichroism.” This is not a color change effect, nor is it a bicolor gem. Instead, the Tourmaline crystal bends light at different wavelengths as it is turned, such that one axis looks one shade, the other axis a different shade. If a dichroic gem is cut just right, at a slight angle to these two axes, then the two shades will blend together in the same gem. This green Tourmaline was custom faceted into a cushion shape that perfectly sits on that line between the two shades, resulting in a bright gemstone with multiple shades of green within it. We set this in a classic white gold mount, with a few Diamonds for sparkle, such that attention stays on this rare and beautiful Tourmaline.

Details: custom made 14k white gold pendant set with 5.17ct cushion Tourmaline (African, dichroic) and .09ctw natural Diamonds (SI2-I1 GH).