Tourmaline, multi-strand, 3 mm faceted

Ohhh Rhea, this is impressive.

Easy there John, some pieces look better in the display case than they do in practice. With tourmalines, you are going to pay roughly what you would for sapphire, emerald, ruby, but you may not get the result you want. Tourmalines, against an all white background and display case lighting, look like they explode with color. But they don't, in terms of bead style jewelry, it is mostly an exercise in brown with lovely sprinkles of color.

That's why I stock multi-strand tourmalines.  The 10 strand you are looking at is big enough to have an impact. There is sparkle and color, up close, but expect them to blend into many outfits as a subtle supporting accessory, not a display piece. That is especially true with 3 strand and 5 strand, here, see?

Tourmaline is actually a fairly generic name, there are three main types, schori, dravite, and elbaite. There is a huge difference between the gem quality top of the line and the material, I try to stock. But if your lady tends to wear the neutral colors, greens, browns, tans, and creams this is something to consider. They can also work well with white, but if she wears a lot of white, pay attention to the direction she is going with her other accessories, earrings, bracelets, purse, belt and so forth. You have a near infinite set of jewelry options for white, but it all has to fit in a package.

But they are really pretty Rhea; I think she will like them.

She will like them as long as she isn't trying to use them as the focus of the outfit, or image, she is trying to project.