Tourmalines: a lesson in colour with Louis Vuitton

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. Visit our website: Subscribe to our newsletter: Follow us on: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: Pinterest: 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