“We must allow the stones to speak to us,” Catherine Plouchard often says. In this instance, the gems no doubt told her about the mysteries of the rainforest. Three petrol-blue tourmalines were the inspiration for the unusual BY KIM Rainforest necklace. The cool, deceptively simple, brilliant-cut diamond band twines like a vine to create the ideal frame for a veritable explosion of colours. Depending on the incident light, the three tourmaline droplets shimmer with the enigmatic colours of the Amazon: green, blue and petrol-blue. The smooth cabochon cut of these Brazilian tourmalines accentuates their opulent natural hues.

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