Multi Tourmaline 8mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8-inch Pink Garnet is used today not

Garnet is used today not only as an ornamental gem

or color-enhanced

yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white

Yellow Jade is not actually Jade

and over time

Multi Tourmaline 8mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8-inch Pink Garnet is used today notTourmaline 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