1.44 ct Orange Tourmaline - Emerald Cut

At 1.44 carats, this tourmaline from Nigeria carries its orange color through an emerald cut, measuring 8.4 x 5.8 x 3.9 mm.

Tourmaline takes a wider range of color than almost any other gem species, because its crystal will accept so many different coloring elements. Nigeria's gem fields rose to prominence in the 1990s and remain a significant modern source. It is entirely untreated; no heat, no enhancement, the color exactly as the earth made it.

This is a center-stone-grade gemstone with a character of its own, chosen rather than settled for. Hand-selected and photographed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.