by RushabhS on Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:49 pm
Hi,
The gemstone in the ring is tourmaline. Tourmaline is a crystal silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, potassium. Tourmaline gem stones come in a wide variety of colors. The name comes from the Sinhalese word "turamali" or "toramalli", which applied to different gemstones found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
The Pink Panther is a 50-carat princess-cut diamond and is not a gemstone per se. And you can get quite a few rings in a variety of gold colors. There is not only the original yellow gold but also white gold and even pink gold. Blue gold is also possible by doping gold with cobalt, giving it a shiny blue sheen!.
The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.
Ralph Waldo Emerson