Pink & Peach Tourmaline

About Pink & Peach Tourmaline

Manganese is responsible for the whole pink family, and the amount present decides where a stone lands: a trace gives the soft peaches and blushes that read almost like morganite, while heavier concentrations produce the saturated pinks and the red-purple rubellite that sits at the top of the range.

Pink tourmaline flatters a very wide range of skin tones, which is part of why it has stayed popular for well over a century. It also pairs unusually well with its own species — the mint-and-blush combinations that recur through Sharon’s work are almost always two tourmalines chosen to sit against each other.

Rubellite deserves a note of its own. To earn the name a stone should hold its red under artificial light rather than shifting brown, and fine rubellite is often more included than lighter pink material. Some inclusion is normal and accepted in this variety rather than treated as a fault.

Why Sharon works with pink & peach tourmaline

Sharon pairs pink and peach tourmaline against green tourmaline, pearl and opal more often than she sets it alone, and she is particular about matching pairs for earrings — two stones from the same rough will agree in a way that two similar stones from different parcels never quite do.

Caring for pink & peach tourmaline

Warm soapy water and a soft brush. Avoid ultrasonic cleaners, especially with rubellite, which is more often included.

Common questions about pink & peach tourmaline