Plum Blossom Tourmaline: It's empty but it's not a gem

Maybe people have seen many beautiful fantasy tourmalines, and they think most tourmalines are of good quality and worth collecting! However, in the tourmaline's family there is also an "alien".

Although the literati are praising the beautiful plum blossoms, the plum blossom tourmaline is empty and has its beautiful appearance. It belongs to the middle and low grades in the tourmaline family. This is because the plum blossom tourmaline has a certain color between gemstone tourmaline and tourmaline, but its clarity, texture, etc. are extremely poor and almost opaque, which gives it the most deadly blow. The most important thing in gems is the purity, so plum blossoms are beautiful, but they are not gems!

But while the plum tourmaline is not a gem, people's love of beauty has never forgotten it. The color of plum blossom tourmaline is generally mixed with white and red, staggered, like an abstract plum pattern, looks good on the exterior, coupled with its cheap price, has been loved by some female friends.

The opinion of the editors here is that such tourmalines do not possess collectible value, but it is also okay to play with them. Do not compare them with gem-quality tourmalines so as not to be deceived and to buy high-priced and low-priced goods.

The tourmaline is beautiful in color and rich in color. It is one of the women's favorite gems. The tourmaline species is basically divided into two parts according to the place of production. One is Brazilian tourmaline and the other is Afghan tourmaline. It is divided into common tourmaline and plum blossom tourmaline according to the characteristics of product growth. And watermelon tourmaline.

We only say plum tourmaline. So how to pick a plum tourmaline?

The raw material of plum blossom tourmaline is produced in Xinjiang and is a pegmatite granite with red tourmaline. The plum tourmaline looks like little plum blossoms reflecting the snow scene. It is quite a part of the artistic conception of Chinese painting. When purchasing plum blossom tourmaline, you should pay attention to the following three points.

1, first look at your favorite color and pattern, the background is generally gray, with a dark, light and irregular pink, there are a few dark plum blossom tourmaline and plum blossom tourmaline collision, this is entirely based on personal Like to choose, eye margin is very important.

2, carefully observe whether the crystal cracks, plum tourmaline is a natural patchwork ore, the cracks between the colors is very easy to be ignored, so after reading it to use nails on the surface of the scraping inspection, feel not smooth when you want to carefully identify whether there is Cracks or other defects.

3, pay attention to see if there is a small hole formed on the surface of the crystal. Because the plum blossom tourmaline is a special structure formed by mixing various minerals. When it is processed into a bracelet, there may be a few broken crystals leaving behind a small hole. , affecting the appearance of an empty plum tourmaline is defective.

How to identify plum blossom tourmaline.

1, tourmaline color to be pure and bright. The tourmaline has many colors, but regardless of the color of the tourmaline, decorations made of tourmaline with a pure bright color have better aesthetics. And the purer and brighter the tourmaline color, the better its quality.

2, tourmaline purity is better. Most tourmalines contain impurities or inclusions, and even a few cracks are distributed on the surface, which is generally known as purity. The higher the purity of tourmaline, the less impurities it contains and the less cracks, the better its quality. Bracelets made of high purity tourmaline are more practical and beautiful.

Plum blossom tourmaline maintenance method.

Plum blossom tourmaline cleaning and maintenance is very common and very necessary. The cleaning of the tourmaline can keep the surface clean and clean, and clear the channel for the tourmaline to release energy to the outside world. It can also keep the beautiful tourmaline color as new. It can be said that cleaning the tourmaline is an important maintenance method.

Some people have suggested that the frequent cleaning of tourmalines may affect the color of the tourmaline and make it less light and bright. This statement is not correct, of course, the premise is in the natural tourmaline material conditions. The use of water to clean the natural tourmaline does not cause any signs of discomfort. There is no need to worry about it.


The cleaning and maintenance of tourmaline also need to pay attention to, that is, the temperature of fresh water. In general, cleaning tourmalines can not use too cold or too hot water, especially can not use hot water cleaning, hot water easily make tourmaline cracking, remember. Washing tourmaline with warm water is best. The water temperature close to our skin temperature can be the best.