Multi Tourmaline 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Hydrogrossular Garnet It’s believed that Kublai Khan

It’s believed that Kublai Khan once offered an entire city in trade for a sizable Ruby

It was first found in the Unaka Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina

The presence of Manganese within the stone produces the purple hue

the resulting rock is dark gray to deep black in color and riddled with pits and holes where air was trapped in the stone

with differing colors associated commonly associated with the corresponding color of one of the eight main chakras

Multi Tourmaline 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Hydrogrossular Garnet It’s believed that Kublai KhanTourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to dark. It can even exhibit various colors within the same specimen. Its name derives from the Sinhalese word turamali, which translates to stone of many colors. Due to this variety of colors, Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones. Many stones in the Russian crown jewels from the 17th century