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What makes Paraíba special?
Color: Famous for vivid neon blue, turquoise, greenish-blue, and electric blue colors.
Copper-bearing: True Paraíba tourmaline contains copper, and often manganese, which creates its distinctive colors.
Rarity: Fine-quality material is extremely rare, especially the intense neon-blue Brazilian stones.
Origin: Originally discovered in Paraíba, Brazil, in the late 1980s. Similar copper-bearing tourmalines were later found in Mozambique and Nigeria.
Value: The strongest neon blue colors can be worth many thousands of dollars per carat, particularly when the stone is natural, untreated, and has good clarity.
