Watermelon Tourmaline Faceted Sterling Silver Earrings Double Terminated Point and Afghanistan

and Afghanistan

artfully set with Bell Rock soil

An oval ring for the wearer who wants something geological to reach for throughout the day

One sphere per order

Watermelon Tourmaline Faceted Sterling Silver Earrings Double Terminated Point and AfghanistanPink at the center, green at the rimthe color zoning visible through the facets like a cross section of fruit. Watermelon tourmaline is a color zoned elbaite tourmaline in which the core of the crystal grows pink or red (from manganese) while the outer zone grows green (from iron), producing the characteristic concentric color pattern. This zoning develops as trace element concentrations shift in the surrounding pegmatitic fluid during crystal growth.