3.58 Ct.Tw.Total Carat Weight Paraiba Tourmaline Pair from Mozambique

There are stones that arrive like a memory of sea and sky, and these two pear shaped paraiba tourmalines arrive as a remembrance of light itself, calling softly to the heart. One weighs 1.61 carats, the other 1.97 carats, their sizes singing in perfect counterpoint, their silhouettes 8.81 x 7.30 x 4.36 mm and 8.93 x 7.47 x 5.19 mm, each a precise pear that suggests both a teardrop and a comet. Their color is the electric blue that made paraiba tourmalines legendary, intense in its saturation, lucid in its transparency, carrying the kind of breathing blue that seems to come from deep ocean caverns lit by moonlight. These gems are mixed brilliant cut, worked with a hand that knew how to coax fire from crystal, and their polish is excellent, so that every curve and plane is as refined as a lovers whisper. The origin of these gems is Mozambique, a place whose earth tenderly births this rare chroma, and their enhancement is heat treated, a stabilizing breath that deepens and harmonizes their natural color while preserving the soul of the stone. When you hold them, you feel the careful thought of the cutter, the provenance of the mine, and the quiet certainty that you carry something both geological and timeless.

The workmanship in these paraibas reveals itself most completely in the way they live with light, for the mixed brilliant faceting has been conceived to perform a ballet of reflection and refraction, sending flickers of aqua and electric blue out into the world with every tilt of the hand. The table and crown facets catch ambient rays and break them into a soft, luminous scatter, while the pavilion facets return those beams as quick silver flashes and sustained watery glows, creating a lively interplay between brilliance and scintillation. Because they are very very slightly included evaluated at eye level, they present clarity that is magnificent to the naked eye, allowing the facets to work unhindered so that beams travel cleanly through the stones and bloom into brilliant flashes, subtle flashes of azure and a hint of green that give depth and life to their core. The excellent polish means that edges are crisp and windows are bright, so that every cut surface becomes a miniature stage, throwing a spectrum that feels both oceanic and celestial. In sunlight the stones spark with electric vivacity, in candlelight they become small pools of turquoise flame, and under the softest indoor luminescence they reveal delicate internal reflections that seem to whisper of hidden coves. The mixed brilliant cut is at once a technical choice and a romantic one, balancing fire and brightness, dispersive color and scintillation, so that these gems are as suitable for an intimate setting as they are for a piece that announces its presence to a room.

At The Natural Gemstone Company we present these paraiba tourmalines not as inventory, but as invitations, small luminous promises that ask to be set into a life and into a piece that tells a story. Imagine them opposite one another in a bespoke pair of studs, or paired as a twin halo ring that mirrors two hearts, or nestled together in a pendant that moves like a pair of tides, each stone answering the other with its own voice of blue. Their combined weight and matching pear shape allow for elegant symmetry and fluid asymmetry alike, giving a jeweler room to design something that feels tailored and intimate. We can advise on settings that will enhance their brilliance, recommending warm metals for contrast or cool settings to amplify their blue radiance, and we will describe the care needed to keep their polished faces singing for generations. These paraibas come from Mozambique and have been heat treated to secure and celebrate their intense color, and we stand by their natural beauty and the attentive craftsmanship that produced their cut and polish. If you seek a gemstone pair that reads like a poem, that flashes like memory, and that will become a cherished witness to your moments, these electric blue paraiba tourmalines await, ready to be transformed into the piece that will carry their light forward.