Tourmaline Jewellery

The Tourmaline Jewellery Collection at Palenque celebrates one of the gemstone world's most extraordinarily varied stones, tourmaline, a complex boron silicate mineral that occurs in a wider range of colours than almost any other gemstone. Where most stones are associated with a single colour, sapphire with blue, emerald with green, ruby with red, tourmaline defies such simple categorisation, occurring in deep forest greens and teal blues, in vivid pinks and hot reds, in pale lilacs and rich purples, in warm yellows and oranges, and in the extraordinary watermelon variety in which a single crystal transitions from pink at the centre to green at the edges, a natural phenomenon that has no parallel in the gemstone world. It is this colour range that makes tourmaline such a compelling and endlessly interesting stone, and it is this quality that the collection celebrates. The collection features beaded necklaces and bracelets in which strands of tourmaline beads are combined with 925 sterling silver or pearl detailing, the natural colour variation of the tourmaline beads giving each piece a lively, multi-tonal quality that is entirely the product of the stone itself. The combination of tourmaline with sterling silver brings a clean, cool metallic counterpoint to the warmth and variety of the stone's colours, while the combination with pearl introduces a softer, more organic contrast, the lustrous white of the pearl complementing the tourmaline's colour range in a way that feels both natural and considered. Each necklace and bracelet in the collection is a celebration of tourmaline's extraordinary chromatic range, a piece of jewellery whose colour and character are entirely determined by the natural beauty of the stone. Tourmaline is also the birthstone for October, making the collection a particularly meaningful gift for those born in that month. The Tourmaline Jewellery Collection is available exclusively at Palenque.