These new fancy-tipped tourmalines, very reminiscent for their lustrous terminations of Pech (Afghanistan) material, are in fact from Coronel Murta in Brazil. A small pocket yielded perhaps a few dozen crystals of such quality, with lustrous terminations and superb luster and transparency as you see here. This is a sharp, very beautiful example of the rare habit found in this single pocket here around 2005. These had been hoarded and slowly released to the market, but that stash is done now. Few remain to be had; and for the size range, this is an excellent small cabinet sized piece with top quality that wsa long held back by the owners of the pocket in their own personal collection (I am the one who first purchased this in 2006, for a customer, and just got it back recently by exchange). The color is, as it looks, YELLOW on the termination atop a pinkish-red body. The bottom two photos show this phenomenal color - one in normal light and the rightmost with a strong light from beneath, which intensifies the yellow tones. The termination is ultra-glassy, frankly the glassiest you can ever see in a tourmaline! These things look Afghani in form and termination, in fact...rarely would you see such from Brazil. But the color is unique, not found anywhere else quite like this. And in combination with the crazy luster and sharp terminations, these will be remembered as one of the best tourmaline finds of the era I am sure. Major pieces from this pocket are now in the most elite private collections, and very few of any note have been for sale recently or can be expected to be. This is truly a stunning crystal! It is pristine and complete save one small contact in the back. Joe Budd photos