We deal in tourmaline of every origin and every variety, with a specialism in copper-bearing Paraíba-type material. That means wholesale parcels for the trade, single stones sourced for a private commission, and rough cut to a client's brief — and, when it is the honest answer, telling you that what you are describing does not exist at the price you have in mind.
Coherent parcels for jewellers, dealers and manufacturers: one variety, one colour range, a narrow weight band — so a buyer can price a lot without opening every paper.
For a private client commissioning a single jewel. Tell us the variety, the colour you have in mind, the size range and the budget, and we look for it — including where it does not exist.
From our rough or from yours. Tourmaline is a stone where the cutter's decisions matter more than in almost any other species, and we treat the orientation as part of the buying.
A generalist has to be adequate at forty gems. We are answerable for one. The reference pages on this site — chemistry, colour, properties and origins — are the same knowledge we buy with.
Brazil, Mozambique, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Madagascar, Namibia, Tanzania, the United States. We buy across the map because the same variety behaves differently from each source, and knowing which is which is most of the job.
Paraíba-type is where the money and the fraud both concentrate. We apply the laboratory definition rather than the marketing one — copper confirmed by chemistry, saturation inside the defined range, and the iron limit respected.
Species and variety named precisely, origin stated only where it can be supported, treatment disclosed in the honest form. If a stone is a fine blue tourmaline and not a Paraíba, that is what the invoice will say.
Every stone is examined in-house before it is listed or offered — measurements taken, treatment considered, colour judged out of the display lighting. Where the value justifies it, the stone goes to a first-tier laboratory.
Variety, colour, weight range, budget, and what the stone is for. Five lines is enough to start.
What we have or can reach, with the faults named. Unedited photographs and video in daylight-balanced light.
Laboratory report where the premium justifies it — origin and copper confirmation above all. Nothing is hidden from you, including inconvenient findings.
If the stone is rough, the cutting brief is agreed before the saw. Insured shipping, full documentation, export papers where they apply.
Trade enquiries, a single commission, or a parcel of rough you want cut. Variety, colour, weight range and budget is enough to begin.
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