It can cost more than 500 per carat.
Pink tourmaline stone price per carat.
This is a tougher question as it really depends on the color and clarity of the gemstone.
But paraiba tourmaline is so scarce that prices are difficult to define.
Pink especially hot pink is in demand as of 2010.
Fine brazilian material is the rarest and most expensive.
Ready availability keeps tourmaline prices reasonable.
Because of its availability tourmaline s price is typically not very high making it one of the more affordable gemstones.
Chrome tourmalines rubellites and fine indicolites and bi colors may sell for as much as 1000 ct.
Indicolite dark blue or blue green and rubellite ruby red are also very popular colors.
Color and clarity have an enormous affect on paraiba prices.
Chrome is a rich intense green tourmaline from tanzania.
As with most other gems tourmaline s value is strongly affected by color and size meaning that larger specimens of rare colors can easily become much more expensive than the average tourmaline exemplar.
Pricing of tourmaline is reliant on the color you are buying.
Most expensive are the paraĆba tourmalines which may reach tens of thousands of dollars per carat.
Green tourmaline brazil dark green si vvs type ii.
With so many colors available in tourmaline you can find it at 50 a carat or more rare tourmaline can fetch up to 10 000 per carat.
Pink tourmaline brazil si vvs type ii 500 to 1 500 per carat.
Most colors are fairly common but pure blue red orange yellow and purple stones are rare.
Cuprian elbaite si vvs type ii 2 000 to 15 000 per carat.
Small tourmalines under 5 carats are fairly easy to obtain at modest cost.
Only when you get into large sizes or extremely rare or fine colors do prices go over a few hundred dollars per carat.
However one can find a notable difference in tourmaline price in other countries like usa uae u k dubai or malaysia.
Note generally tourmaline price in india starts from 150 per carat 3 approx and goes up to 3 000 per carat 45 approx plus depending upon its quality and size.
It can cost as much as 400 per carat as a loose stone.
Fine tourmaline crystals that command the highest prices per carat are usually cut into more conservative emerald cuts ovals and cushions.
Clean stones withs vivid color can easily command prices well over 5000 per carat with mozambique stones usually less.