1.53 ct Green Tourmaline - Cushion

At 1.53 carats, this tourmaline from Nigeria carries its green color through a cushion cut, measuring 6.8 x 6.8 x 4.7 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 carries no treatment of any kind, so the color you see is the color that came out of the ground.

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.