Legality of describing green tourmaline as "Emerald Green Tourmaline" or "Precious Tourmaline
74 F.T.C. 1655 · July 17, 1968 · Digest No. 267
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No. 267. Legality of describing green tourmaline as "Emerald Green Tourmaline" or "Precious Tourmaline. The Commission was requested to render an advisory opinion as to the legality of describing green tourmaline as "Emerald Green Tourmaline" or as " Precious Tourmaline." The stone involved in the request was said to contain chromium , the same coloring agent which produces emerald when it occurs in beryl and the stone resembled emerald .in appearance. The Commission advised that it was of the opinion that the words "emerald" and "precious" may not be used in connection with the \'.ord "tourmaline" to describe the stone in question. (File No. 683 7124, released July 17 1968.