Tourmaline

Tourmalines are a gemstone that comes in a huge colour range, and can also display several colours within one crystal.

Nineteen48 tourmalines are directly sourced from the women miners of East Africa. Most of the tourmalines here are from the Moyo Project, a responsible miner-to-market gemstone collaboration that works with women artisanal gem miners and their male allies in Tanzania. Nineteen48 is proud to be one of only three global partners that supply Moyo Gems to the trade. 

The tourmalines from Tanzania typically display green, yellow, golden brown and occasional chrome green hues.

Other tourmalines are responsibly sourced from the famous Cruziero mine in Brazil and from Sri Lanka. 

None of the tourmalines are treated in anyway.

Ratnapura has been the focal point of gemstone mining and trading in Sri Lanka for generations. It is situated in the major gem mining region in Sabaragamuwa Province and is the provincial capital.

As well as numerous gem traders, lapidaries and jewellery makers, there is also an office of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority.