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It's out and I bought it already with the ink and cartridges. I'm wondering how close it is to the Pacific color. Also confusing is how this is like a blue and the Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline was a pinkish red as I recall.

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It's in the turquoise/cyan/teal category, but more green than Pacific. The ink is significantly more green. See this photograph and comparison video by GouletPens:

 

Lamy-Al-Star-Turmaline-Comparison_1500x.

 

https://blog.gouletpens.com/2019/12/sneak-peek-2020-special-edition-lamy-al-star-turmaline/

 

There's a comparison in the video between Lamy Turmaline, Amazonite, and Pacific Turquoise inks at ~1:43 into the video.

 

Some people say that the pens are too close, but for me personally, Al-Stas Pacific was too blue, but Turmaline is perfect.

 

Tourmaline can be pink (rubellite) and it can be an aqua color (indicolite): http://www.geologyin.com/2018/04/tourmaline-species-and-color-varieties.html

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P.S.: if you already have the ink on hand, could you please comment on its water resistance properties? If you s plash some water on the writing and dab with a paper towel, does the ink smear significantly, or can you still clearly read the writing?

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Thanks Intensity, I wondered how it compared to Pacific. 👍

 

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Thank you for sharing! It is a wonderful color!

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Just ordered the pen and cartridges. It's available in the Lamy Shop now.

 

If you’re in Munich, you can go to the Lamy Office which owns the lamyshop.com website. I collected my Lamy 2000 Bauhaus fountain pens there last October.

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I prefer my Lamy Pacific color best, but blue and grey are my go to colors in general.

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I don't really WANT an Al-Star, but I might actually order this...I have no idea why I would do such a thing except I love this color range. Maybe my daughter will eventually get into Fps and I can gift it to her.

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I saw the Turmaline Al-Star in a local stationery shop today. I thought I had the color pinned after seeing photographs on-line, but it was a big surprise in person. The color is not only different enough in hue from the old blue-green and pacific, but it's also significantly darker and more vivid. The word that came to mind when I saw it was "sporty". It stands out from other Al-Stars and LXs, that are all more subdued than the saturated punchy Turmaline.

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Well, I bought one. Hopefully I really like it, because I really didn't need another "cheap" pen. I'm trying to consolidate the collection (quality over quantity), after all...

 

Maybe I really will just stick it in a dresser drawer for a few years and then gift it to my daughter...

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Bought a bottle of Turmaline ink today after trying it out in the store. Kind of regret it after the fact as I'm usually not into such green teals, but we'll see. It behaves a lot like Iroshizuku Syo-Ro in that it goes down on the paper a more blue-teal color and dries very green, like a blue-tinted green. The color shift happens pretty quickly and is interesting to watch, from the fresh writing to the dry writing a line or two above.

 

The ink is highly saturated and fairly wet, sheening as readily as Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku with red-magenta edges around letters on good paper. The color of the ink is more saturated and slightly more green than Ku-Jaku, if that helps anyone. In comparison with Turmaline, Ku-Jaku looks a bit muted and grayed and a touch more blue.

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I bought the pen and some ink cartridges a few weeks ago in Munich and although this is a very green turquoise (not in my blue wheel-house) It is a nice ink that is very good in the shading department, I enjoy how you get nice variation in words, particularly the end of the word where ink pools a little. It is a nice vibrant ink that pops nicely.

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I've posted a mini review of Turmaline: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/352479-mini-review-lamy-turmaline-2020-le-ink/

 

Very frustrating to show teal colors accurately, but if it helps, it's a very green teal. I would even call it a blue-leaning green in some light. If you are using paper on which the ink sheens heavily, such as Tomoe River, the copious red-magenta sheen can shift the overall appearance somewhat toward more blue teal, since red cancels out green. It's a beautiful ink.

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I have been using the Turmaline for several weeks now.

 

I find the color to be very very pleasing, and it behaves very well....no issues.

 

I am very happy that I picked some up of this Special Edition ink.

 

Lamy has had some really good Special Edition inks in the last few years...Petrol, Dark Lilac...

 

I also have enjoyed their Crystal line of inks.

 

Bill P.

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None of those proprietors thought you would want it, probably.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

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Is the Lamy cartridge that comes with the Turmaline Al-Star Turmaline ink? I don't think it is - just checking lol.

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