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Acanthite
Acanthite
Imiter, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Acanthite
Acanthite
Imiter, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Datolite with Quartz
Datolite with Quartz
Dalnegorsk, Primorskij Kraj, Russia
Olmiite
Olmiite
N Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Republic of South Africa
Olmiite on Calcite
Olmiite on Calcite
N Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Republic of South Africa
Spinel (rough and cut)
Spinel (rough and cut)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Tourmaline Var. Bi-color Elbaite

Tourmaline Var. Bi-color Elbaite

sold
Locality
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Minerals
Elbaite
Dimensions
8.0 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Size class
Small Cabinet
SID
TOURM43

This is a gem, bi-colored Tourmaline from Brazil. It is more pinkish rubellite on one side and more teal-blue indicolite on the other side. There are a dozen different crystals all growing together. The colors are Intense, and there's nothing opaque about it. This is a great piece as a palm-sized, massive example of gem tourmaline from Brazil. It has excellent lustre. I just got this from an estate collection and it comes with its original label form Luis Leite, a famous Portugeuse dealer who passed away in the late 1990's. It weighs a substantial 121 grams! Given it is a "conglomeration," of gem pegmatite tourmaline, there are some broken crystals along with pristine terminated ones. 

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