Tourmalines: a lesson in colour with Louis Vuitton
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Maria Doulton gets up close to some of the finest tourmalines in the world, sourced by Louis Vuitton for its new Conquêtes high jewellery collection.
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Tourmaline, that chameleon of the gem world comes in every colour of the rainbow,
but Vuitton has assembled here a range of exceptional quality blue and green hues
including several Paraiba type tourmalines.
This set of jewels began its life three years ago when Vuitton's gemmologist saw this Paraiba type tourmaline from Mozambique. From the initial spark this green stone threw out, it took three years to collect these rare tourmalines to create the set we see today.
But let’s start at the beginning with this necklace, of all the tourmalines the Paraiba is the most popular for obvious reasons - we all love the promise of a neon-bright stone - and a great Paraiba type even out of direct light will beam out its electric colour.
A Paraiba type tourmaline is defined by the amount of copper and manganese in the stone
and only a gem laboratory can certify that. The colour can range from swimming pool blue to bright green and it's the balance between the blue of the manganese and the green of the copper in the stone that create these different colours. All the tourmalines here are from Mozambique.
No less spectacular is the largest tourmaline in the set that at 54.3 carats is special because of its size and the fact that it's loupe clean, and of course its mesmerizing blue colour. What makes tourmalines so precious is that it's very difficult to find more than one of each kind so unlike emeralds, or sapphires, or diamonds they're incredibly difficult to match.
Having searched the world for the best of mother nature, Vuitton re-cuts all of its stones to maximise their beauty, with the appropriate cut that alters the speed of light traveling through the stone, they achieve these dazzling effects.
As for the design of these jewels, the bold look of Conquêtes, which combines the monogram flower with the V of Vuitton for the first time, forms shield-like talismanic shapes that will appeal to women who dare to be different both in their choice of style and colours.
Spectacular!!
Amazing documentary and well described, now this become our highest selling gemstone paraiba, we never thought people will love so much but what an amazing color these paraiba tourmaline coming just coolness to your eyes.
Maria Doulton is amazing of the work ediction 🌷
0:12 Lindo!💖
Wow!
Les tourmelines paraiba ont elles d'autres couleurs. Néanmoins ces pierres sont magnifiques. Merci beaucoup.
fantastic .....
Боже мой, какая красота. Хочу носить такие красивые, роскошные ювелирные украшения, с Божьей помощью, для Радости Души, Духа, Тела; во Здравии Души, Духа, Тела; в ЛЮБВИ, УДАЧЕ; ЧУДЕСАХ, положительного решения в Денежно-материальном достатке по Жизни до глубокой старости в ЛЮБВИ, ЗДРАВИИ, РАДОСТИ, СЧАСТЬЕ, УДАЧЕ; ЧУДЕСАХ, положительного характера во Благо и процветание нашей планеты Земля во все времена, с Божьей помощью.
Lovely now I'm a royal star
I owned one like this few years ago..
Much beauty and elegance 😇🙏🌎🙌🤲☮️✝️🌄🕊️🎁🌊✌️😊
Paraiba Tourmaline is named after the Paraiba Mine which was named after the state of Paraiba in Brazil. While some Paraiba Tourmalines can come from other countries like Mozambique. None of them have the vibrant cyan/blue-green color that rivals the Paraiba Tourmalines from the mine in Paraiba, Brazil.
Actually, I prefer the blue green Paraiba’s from Mozambique to the more turquoise color from Brazil.
And so do most Asians who can afford the stones…
Exquisite!
tigermoon44 klm hue so
Boa tarde, sou fornecedor de Turmalina Paraíba acompanha laudo gemologico.
Wow
Хотите знать,что сделано?!
İnşallah hamisi menim olsun 👐👐👐
Классно, неа, просто классно!
what is the difference between tourmaline n sapphire.
freedo yop othman chemical and atomic make-up. Refractive index. Specific gravity. Hardness. Toughness. Crystal habits. In a word.. alot
Sapphire is harder at 9, next to diamond (hardest at 10), so is used more often in jewelries... while tourmaline's hardness is only at 7-7.5. Hardness is the measure if the stone breaks and scratches easily..
Though I agree, these Tourmaline's are exquisite, the commentator states that these are, "re-cut by Vuitton to maximize beauty & they altered the speed of light traveling through the stone to achieve these dazzling effects" (1:30 - 1:40) I disagree!
Maybe they altered the light to speed up and pass right through the stones? Sarcasm intended here.
All of the stones shown in this video have huge windows and leak a lot of light, these cuts are not maximized for Tourmaline, which has a tendency to "black out" dependant on the orientation of the cut to the axis. If you’re going to lose weight by re cutting any color stone, the least you can do is make sure your getting rid of windows and extinction. Which I would Think would be the reason and only reason to recut in the first place. I believe that anyone who has seen a large amount of this material will agree that these are no doubt large and beautiful! Yes, this color Tourmaline is rare , but these cuts really lack the attention the stones deserve and could use another look at those facet angles.
Taps fan. Your opinion is dually noted and respected. I still however disagree about over exaggerating my opinion. In my personal experience and years of having worked directly with this material, I believe, affords me the recognition and differentiation of a well thought out cut with proper facet alignments VS. A misalignment which allows some light to pass directly through the stone. Utilizing the proper Refractive index of the stone and proper orientation of the cut is the cutters art, they can achieve this perfection by bouncing the captured light back to the eye through the table and crown facets by bouncing the captured light off of the interior of the pavilion facets at just the proper angle. This attention to the mathematics of light entering and leaving the stone would maximize the brilliance. No offence intended. I personally feel that if I were to be expected to pay top dollar for a rare material I would demand excellence and OCD like attention to the design of the faceting to exceed expectations and not rest on a well written spiel to sell or interest me in a gem no matter who the seller or name brand.
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A wasted gems is such cookie cutter settings !! The Jewelers just using the name of the horrible designer ! And of course all the tasteless new riches will be impress with the name and that is all ! This is like compare the old french chandeliers with the new horrible shombeck chandeliers that are made for Hollywood movies that are the epitome of bad tastes !!...
Those paraibas are not soo amazing... dull colours, watery... but it is just my opinion