Red and pink tourmalines come in many different shades, from a light, delicate pink, a “bubble-gum” pink, a fine hot pink to intense ruby-like red, called ‘rubellite’ from the Latin ‘rubellus’, meaning reddish. “While most gemstones in good qualities should as a rule be as free of inclusions as possible, they are looked upon with some favour in the case of the rubellite: indeed it is inclusions that render this stone really interesting from the point of view of the connoisseur.” (ICA)
