enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Tourmaline - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline

   The Empress Dowager Cixi of China loved pink tourmaline and bought large quantities for gemstones and carvings from the then new Himalaya Mine, located in San Diego County, California. [26] It is not clear when the first tourmaline was found in California. Native Americans have used pink and green tourmaline as funeral gifts for centuries.

3. Pleochroism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleochroism

   Pleochroism of cordierite shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera Pleochroism of tourmaline shown by rotating a polarizing filter on the lens of the camera. Pleochroism is an optical phenomenon in which a substance has different colors when observed at different angles, especially with polarized light. [1]

4. Tourmaline (activist) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline_(activist)

   Tourmaline (born 1983; [1] [2] formerly known as Reina Gossett) [3] [4] is an American artist, filmmaker, activist, editor, and writer. She is a transgender woman who identifies as queer . [ 2 ] Tourmaline is most notable for her work in transgender activism and economic justice , through her work with the Sylvia Rivera Law Project , Critical ...

5. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

   www.aol.com/gemstone-meanings-power-significance...

   Emeralds and other green gemstones like tourmaline, peridot, and jade correlate to the green color wavelength and heart chakra, so wearing stones of such color can amplify one’s heartfelt ...

6. S-type granite - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-type_granite

   Figures 5a and 5b are both in plane polarized light with the orientation of tourmaline rotated to show its characteristic change in color known as pleochroism. The calcium phosphate mineral apatite is a common accessory minerals of S-type granites.

7. Gemstone - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone

   Paraiba Tourmaline has become one of the most popular gemstones in recent times thanks to its color and is considered to be one of the important gemstones after rubies, emeralds, and sapphires according to Gübelin Gemlab. Even though it is a tourmaline, Paraiba Tourmaline is one of the most expensive gemstones. [31]