Tourmaline​

Tourmaline is the aftermath bathhstone for October along with the opal, the stone was first discovered by Dutch traders of the west coast of Italy in the late 1600s or early 1700s. the name Tim Allen comes from Sinhalese term ‘turmalin’ which was the name given to all the coloured crystals on the island of Sri Lanca at the time, this all inclusive name indicates the inability of ancient gem dealers to differentiate tourmaline from the other stone, tourmaline husband said to be good for keeping the digestive system healthy as well as strengthening teeth and bones, it also recommended for the adrenal disorders and it is used by modern partitioner to treat stress and trauma.
Tourmaline is the most popular, most colourful and most available gem stone in Nigeria, Nigeria tourmaline is of wide varieties of colours, red, pink, blue, green, white, bi-color, tri-color, watermelon and paraiba tourmaline.

there are tourmaline depots in kaduna, nasarawa and osun state among other places in Nigeria.