Blue tourmaline photos

[kristinar]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone have a photo of a "true blue" (not paraiba) tourmaline that they could share? I''ve purchased a ring in which the main stone was identified to me as a blue tourmaline. It doesn''t look like any of the blue tourmalines that I''ve found pictures of on the web. It actually looks a lot like a medium-blue tanzanite or a ceylon blue sapphire. (I don''t think it''s a natural tanzanite because it''s checkerboard cut, and I''ve never seen a checkerboard cut on a tanzanite.) I tried to get an RI on it but it''s a bezel set stone so no reading in the setting. I''ve attached an abysmal photo that I took with my phone. (Sorry, my camera isn''t working right now.)

Any chance that it''s really a blue tourmaline? Many thanks.

Kristina

 

[Kaleigh]

Looks more like blue topaz to me. Where did you purchase it?

 

[kristinar]

eBay. I know, I know. I''ve actually had pretty good luck there - combination of luck and due diligence.

I don''t think it''s topaz. It''s more purple than it is depicted in my photo. It''s actually closer to this color.

 

[Missrocks]

It could definietly be a tourmaline. The presence of maganese in can create this violetish blue color. Here is a picture of a "mozambique" tourmaline out of Africa. I have seen them much brighter than this though, but this is the best pic I could find.

 

[kristinar]

Thanks so much. I''m thinking my best bet is to pop the stone out and just check the RI. I''ll post the results.