How to maintain tourmaline to make it brighter

Tourmaline is a gemstone with very beautiful colors and is very high-end as an ornament. Tourmaline is bright in color and has a very high gloss. It is also very beneficial to the human body if worn as jewelry for a long time. However, tourmaline is also a very fragile gem. Wearing it for a long time will affect the gloss of the tourmaline and make it dull. So, how can we maintain tourmaline to make it brighter?

Tourmaline is the handicraft name of tourmaline, which means that tourmaline that reaches jewelry grade is called tourmaline. Because minerals contain chemical elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, and potassium, they appear in various colors. One reason for the shiny color is that during the production process of tourmaline, wax is used to polish the surface. The wax will increase its glossiness but not change the transparency. On the contrary, it will affect the transparency a little. After wearing for a long time, the wax component will slowly evaporate, and the friction with human skin is equivalent to a polishing process. The surface will become finer and finer, and the glossiness will be improved, so it will become translucent.

Another reason is that when worn for a long time, the oily substances and sweat secreted by the human body will penetrate into the interior of the tourmaline through the extremely tiny gaps on the surface. These acidic and alkaline elements will chemically react with the chromium ions in it and dissolve them, causing them to flow and shift. In this way, the tourmaline will appear to the naked eye to be more watery and enchanting. The third type is the cracked tourmaline. After long-term wear and maintenance, the body oil will slowly penetrate into it, making the cracks less obvious. To use an idiom, it is always new.

On the contrary, some tourmalines will not change color and may even become darker. The main reason for this is that they undergo the process of glue injection during processing. After being worn for a long period of time, some of the glue will gradually become dark, and it will look a bit dull in appearance. However, this change will take some time to be seen.

But not all tourmalines have this kind of change. Generally, those that are too dense or rough are not easy to change, such as tourmaline with stone texture. Only high-quality products without glue injection will have the reaction of becoming brighter and brighter, while low-quality products will not produce this change. Ultimately it comes down to the water content of the tourmaline. If the water content is above 4 points, it is easy to wear through, but if the water content is below 4 points, it is basically impossible to wear through.