Mermaid Tourmaline from Afghanistan
October 14th, 2025 by Jenny SweaneyWe are back from our fall break and refreshed! What’s more refreshing than this mermaid color Tourmaline? Fresh and minty! It’s a gorgeous gem, also called cuprian Tourmaline for the copper that causes the blue hue in some Tourmalines. The most famous blue Tourmalines can be bright as a swimming pool, with really vivid color. Those were originally mined in Paraiba, Brazil.
This Tourmaline is from Afghanistan and reached us through an American gem trader that works with gem cutters in Pakistan. He made us aware that many Afghan gems are now being mined by former Republican soldiers who formerly fought the Taliban and now have few other options to support themselves and their communities. Here’s an article if you’d like to know more:
