tourmaline jewelry Last time, I was down in the Southwest visiting my mom I kept hearing the phrase tourmaline jewelry while her and her friend sat at the dining room table chatting it up. I was ten feet away from them in the family room watching something on TV but the phrase, “tourmaline jewelry,” kept grabbing my attention. I think her friend was talking about some online purchase she made but I was more interested in finding out what this word meant. It had me interested because how fun it is to say. I kept mouthing it to myself while waiting for the laptop to boot up to try and figure out how it was spelled.

After a quick search online, my tourmaline jewelry questions were answered. For those of you reading this, scratching your head with the same question, tourmaline is a crystal from the silicate mineral group ranging in colors that got its odd name from Sri Lanka where many of these gems are found according to Wikipedia. After checking out some pictures of the semi-precious stone, it makes a lot of sense why my mom’s friend had bought tourmaline jewelry online. Crystal is always a cool looking stone.