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Bicolour ring with leaf-green tourmaline and diamonds
Germany late 20th C. Yellow and white gold 18k. Slightly elevated front, centrally set with an oval-cut verdelite weighing 0,60 carats, accompanied by 28 single-cut diamonds weighing in total 0,28 carats SI, wesselton. Hallmark.
Ring size 57. 4,3 g.
Tourmaline was already known in antiquity, but has only been used in Europe since 1700. The word tourmaline goes back to the Singhalese word «turamali», which means «stone with mixed colours». Today there are various names for the different colour varieties on the market. For example, the stones from pink to red are called rubellite and the green stones are known as verdelite.

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