Did someone say pink tourmaline?

[Barrett]

nice colors in these afghan pinks. They are irridated

 

[Barrett]

more of the same parcel

 

[Barrett]

Last one on top here is last of that particular parcel


Here are some other pinks from a different parcel

 

[Barrett]

one more

 

[Coco914]

Oooo.... pretttty! What an nice shade of pink. Do you see a lot of fading over time, with irridated tourmaline?

 

[Arkteia]

They are of similar color. Can you irradiate tourmalines in such a way that they will still stay irradiated?

 

[minmin001]

wow, what r u going to do with them?

 

[Arkteia]

Sorry that was an autocorrect. My question was, if you see a bi-or tri-colored tourmalines, can you assume that they were not irradiated since they retained their different color are different sides of the crystal?

 

[LD]

I'm sure Amguy will correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty certain that irradiation of tourmaline is permanent and stable (i.e no fading).

Amguy - one of those parcels look like cut rhubarb and good enough to eat. I REALLY love the ones where you can see not only pink but also some coral colour (or is that just lighting in the photos)? 4th/8th and 10th photos.

 

[pregcurious]

Thanks for the beautiful and interesting post.