Tourmalines come in a wide variety of exciting colors. In fact, tourmaline has one of the widest color ranges of any gem species! Many tourmaline color varieties have inspired their own trade names: Rubellite is a name for pink, red, purplish red, orangy red, or brownish red tourmaline. Indicolite is dark violetish blue, blue, or greenish blue tourmaline. Paraíba is an intense violetish blue, greenish blue, or blue tourmaline from the state of Paraíba,
