Paraíba Tourmaline
The Paraíba Turmaline, known for their super saturated colour, has been originally found in the Heitorita’s Batalha Mine since 1988.
So far, this is the only location in the world to have gems with this unique characteristic.
The Green Paraiba Tourmaline
The green Heitorita Paraiba Tourmaline is considered one of kind and found at this unique mine.
Even though the vivid blue hues brought worldwide fame to Heitorita, the green tones are just as stunning.
Our Tourmalines…
Heitorita Paraiba Tourmalines are one of the rarest and most expensive colour gemstones in the world. They are not only breathtakingly beautiful, but also believed to invoke human intuition and wisdom. These gems are produced in our Boutique Mine in Sao Jose da Batalha ,deep in the northeast of Brazil.They were initially discovered by our founder Mr. Heitor Dimas Barbosa in 1988. The location in the Brazilian state of Paraíba is why these tourmalines are known worldwide as “ Paraíba Tourmaline”.
The rarest variety of our gems Tourmaline has a most unique, exuberant and vividly intense colour which emanates light of its own, a vivid neon blue. This is mostly due to their rare high copper content.
Our Tourmalines have a great variety of colours and range of shapes , and are often used in haute couture collections, becoming timeless pieces of art.
“It was a globe with a thousand facets; It shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the Moon!”
J.R.R Tolkein, The Hobbit