Rubellite

The name “rubellite” comes from the Latin ‘rubellus’, which means reddish. Rubellites are not merely red or shocking pink tourmalines. The important criteria is the way its color behaves in daylight and artificial light. A true rubellite will not change color depending on the light source. Most red or pink tourmalines display a visible tinge of brown in artificial light. Rubellites are mainly found in Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria and Pakistan and some beautiful shocking pink rubellites come from a gemstone mine in the USA. It’s hardness on the mohs scale is 7.5.