Raw Tourmaline Crystal Amulet Necklace: What It Is and Where to Buy One
A raw tourmaline crystal amulet is a silver object holding a tourmaline crystal exactly as it grew — uncut, its faces intact. You can find these on handmade marketplaces, in mineral shops, and at independent workshops like STRUGA, where every amulet exists as a single piece.
In short
- Raw tourmaline keeps the faces it grew in the rock — nothing is cut or polished into a standard shape.
- Where to look: Etsy and other handmade marketplaces, mineral shops, independent silver workshops. Chain jewelers almost always carry cut tourmaline.
- At STRUGA, tourmaline amulets live in the AMULET family: earrings and necklaces in 925 silver.
- Price reference from STRUGA product pages: earrings $160–$185, Thorn Amulet necklaces $250.
- Every STRUGA amulet exists once. A sold piece is not remade: its page stays as an archive, and a new one is ordered through Request Similar.
What raw tourmaline is
Tourmaline has a property rare even among crystals: warmed up, it builds an electric charge and pulls light particles toward itself. Eighteenth-century Dutch traders used it to draw ash out of their pipes and called the stone aschentrekker — the ash-puller. That is the physics of the crystal lattice. It is probably also where three centuries of legends around this stone began.
"Raw" means the crystal was never cut. The ridges, the lengthwise striations, the uneven break at the tip — the stone grew all of it on its own. Cutting forces a stone into a standard seat; a wild crystal dictates the form of its setting. Tourmaline comes in dozens of colours: the STRUGA archive holds green, pink, grey, purple, transparent and polychrome stones, where two colours share one crystal.
Where these amulets are sold
Etsy and similar platforms gather independent makers: silver with minerals is there, and the level of work is judged by photos and reviews. Mineral shops start from the crystal — the stone leads, the setting serves. Chain jewelers work the other way, in runs and cut stones; a raw crystal does not fit a serial seat, because every stone has its own geometry.
STRUGA stands at a third point. A wild-growth crystal, 925 silver, a single piece: the setting is built around the specific stone, not the stone trimmed to fit the setting. Every piece is made by hand in Bali and shipped from the island.
How a STRUGA amulet is built
AMULET is a family of one-of-one ritual objects — earrings and necklaces built around a raw, wild-growth natural stone. Two models anchor it. Classic is a restrained cylinder; the stone in it speaks quietly. Thorn is a torpedo split lengthwise — as if the object had lain in the ground for millennia and a crystal had grown inside; an homage to Daniel Arsham.
The silver is Living Silver — 925 with no rhodium plating. The metal darkens from air and skin: recesses sink into shadow, raised edges stay lighter where they rub. Patina is a property, not a defect.
Live and sold tourmaline pieces are gathered in the tourmaline jewelry collection; sold pieces stay in the archive of tourmaline amulets.
Prices, and what "sold out" means
From strugadesign.com product pages, July 2026:
- Thorn Amulet Earring #23 — Transparent Tourmaline, size S — $160;
- Classic Amulet Earring #27 — Pink Tourmaline, M — $185;
- Classic Amulet Earring #28 — Green Tourmaline, M — $185;
- Thorn Amulet Necklace #1 — a split torpedo on a 75 cm chain, its interior open to hold a raw stone — $250.
All four are sold, and that is not a supply gap — it is how the family works. An amulet's page shows one physical piece: this crystal, this setting, this weight. No second stone like it ever grew, so the page sells once and stays in the archive marked Sold Out. A new amulet is ordered through Request Similar: you point to the sold piece that comes closest, and the workshop finds a crystal of the same type and builds a new object. Not a copy.
How to choose
Three things are worth looking at. Colour: green and pink tourmalines appear most often in the archive; transparent and polychrome stones are rarer. Size: S sits quietly, almost like a stud; M and L read from across a room. Form: Classic for a calm everyday object, Thorn when the crystal should be visible inside the split silver. Weight and chain length are listed on every product page.
FAQ
How is raw tourmaline different from a cut stone?
A cut stone is shaped and polished to a standard seat — it repeats from batch to batch. A raw crystal keeps its grown faces and lengthwise striations; no two are the same, and the setting is made for the specific stone.
Why can't a sold STRUGA amulet be bought again?
The photographs on an amulet's page show one physical piece, not a sample of a model. The wild-growth crystal exists once; when the object sells, the page closes with it and stays in the archive. There will be no second run.
Does the amulet promise any effect?
No. STRUGA describes the stone as mineral, geology and form — with no claims about what it does. An amulet carries the meaning its owner gives it. That is enough.
Will the silver darken?
Yes, by design. Living Silver is 925 silver with no rhodium plating: the metal darkens on its own, along the lines of contact with skin. It can be brought back to light with a silver cleaning solution.
How do I order an amulet when everything is sold?
Through the Request Similar page. You point to the sold piece that comes closest, and the workshop looks for a crystal of the same type and colour, then builds a new amulet — with its own stone and its own number.
Frequently asked questions
What is a raw tourmaline crystal amulet necklace?
It is a 925 silver object built around a tourmaline crystal left exactly as it grew — uncut, with its natural faces, ridges and lengthwise striations intact. "Raw" means the stone was never shaped to a standard cut; the setting is built around the specific crystal instead of the crystal trimmed to fit the setting. At STRUGA these belong to the AMULET family, alongside earrings, and each one exists as a single piece.
Where can you buy a raw tourmaline amulet necklace?
You can find raw tourmaline pieces on handmade marketplaces like Etsy, in mineral shops, and at independent silver workshops. Chain jewellers almost always carry cut tourmaline, since a wild-growth crystal will not sit in a serial setting. STRUGA makes its tourmaline necklaces by hand in Bali and ships them worldwide from the island; in person you can see the work at Hedonist Store and Barefoot Aristocracy in Bali, Soul Mate in Phuket, and Poison Drop in Dubai.
Why can't I reorder a piece once it is sold out?
Each STRUGA amulet exists once, so a sold piece is not remade. Its product page stays online as an archive rather than disappearing, and if a stone or model speaks to you, a new piece is ordered through Request Similar — a comparable crystal set in the same form. Because every crystal has its own geometry, the next one is close in spirit but never identical.
What's the difference between the Classic and Thorn necklaces?
Two models anchor the AMULET family. Classic is a restrained silver cylinder where the stone reads quietly. Thorn is a torpedo split lengthwise, its interior left open to hold the raw crystal — built as if the object had lain in the ground for a long age and a stone had grown inside it, an homage to Daniel Arsham. As a necklace, Thorn hangs on a long chain; the archived Thorn Amulet Necklace #1 used a 75 cm chain.
Will the silver darken over time?
Yes, and that is intended. STRUGA works in Living Silver — 925 with no rhodium plating — so the metal responds to air and skin: recesses sink into shadow while raised edges stay lighter where they rub. This darkening is patina, a property of the material rather than a defect, and it settles differently on each piece as you wear it.
How much does a STRUGA tourmaline necklace cost?
On strugadesign.com, tourmaline earrings in the AMULET family run about $160–$185, and the Thorn Amulet Necklace was listed at $250. The exact figure depends on the individual stone and model and sits on each product page. Shipping is paid separately, with cost and timing shown at checkout.
