Multi Tourmaline 8mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8-inch Size_5mm It’s believed that Kublai Khan

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

Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red

The fibrous asbestos inclusions in the stone give it the flash that inspired its name

Mookaite is formed by the ancient skeletal remains of radiolaria

and chromium lends a beautiful pink or purple

Multi Tourmaline 8mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8-inch Size_5mm 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