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Mineral Specimens with Elbaite
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2.4 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm (largest). A set of 11 gemmy and lustrous, rose-red and light green tourmaline crystals from a new find at Aracuai, Brazil. Nearly all of these glassy beauties are pristine. There are only a couple of trivial bruises. 23 grams total weight.
11.5 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm. Paraiba tourmaline is the RAREST and MOST DESIRABLE tourmaline varietal in the world. The UNIQUE blue color in this elbaite is caused by copper and comes only from the Batalha Mine in Paraiba. This colorful CABINET specimen features a HUGE, 5.5 cm, lustrous, peacock-blue tourmaline crystal aesthetically attached to the side of a milky quartz cleavage. The termination is contacted, not damaged, per se. It is opaque and rough, but still, is what it is.
5.4 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm. A gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, multi-hued green tourmaline with a very gemmy, light purple/lavender, 3 mm zone just below the termination from Pech, Afghanistan. The pinacoid termination is black and has moderate lustre and the tourmaline is beautifully complimented by the off-white albite. A very high quality tourmaline from this famous locality, as purple and green tourmalines are not that common.
6.5 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm. Stunningly gemmy from top to bottom, with very beautiful and unusual color! This important old tourmaline is a classic of the 1960s finds at Virgem da Lapa, showing a vibrant hue that is unique to this day. I can recognize a Virgem da Lapa of this style anywhere on sight, it is so unusual. Most of it is lavender, with light green at the bottom and yellowish-pink at the top. Complete all around, with a fine, sharp termination. Super lustre too. There is a gem nodule at the base. Ex. George Elling Collection. 18 grams.
5.9 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm. A translucent-to-transparent (typical for the Himalaya), DOUBLY-TERMINATED tourmaline crystal, complete and undamaged. It has two shades of green for most of its length, and pink at one of the terminations. This fine crystal weighs 13 grams.
8.2 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm. This would be a very fine and large gem tourmaline crystal even without the distinction of having another one intergrown right at the termination! The crystal weighs 34 grams. It is mostly green, but has strips of pink along two "corners" (it is roughly tri-sided), and at one termination. At this pink termination, there is a smaller crystal growing - the termination of the big crystal grew right around it - and miraculously, BOTH terminations of the big crystal and one on the small crystal are intact! So they managed to get this specimen out with three of its 4 terminations. What a cool piece!
A matrix specimen featuring an extremely fine small crystal of this classic deep blue, unheated, natural indicolite that once set the standard for blue hue in gem tourmalines. I am told these came out befor eBrazilian indicolite was common, and still set the standard for a"pure" blue. 5.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
3.9 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. A pure gem tourmaline crystal with a razor-sharp pyramidal termination, and super luster. The interior is just on the brighter side of bottle-green, and beautifully clear. This fine crystal weighs 9 grams.
7.4 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm. This is a large, pristine, doubly-terminated tourmaline out of the collection of A.C. Burrage that has it all. The crystal is BRIGHT green at both terminations, with the middle section almost equally balanced between pink and bottle green. The luster is excellent for the Himalaya. The crystal is complete and un-contacted all around. It is quite sizeable, and weighs 47 grams. A KILLER!
3.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm. A STUNNING, VERY GEMMY, cranberry-red tourmaline with a beautiful pyramidal termination from Malkhan, Siberia, Russia. EXCEPTIONALLY GEMMY for this locality and pristine! The UNRETOUCHED backlit photos highlight the gemminess and beautiful color saturation. The color and gemminess rival Jonas Mine tourmalines. 16 grams.
5.1 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm. A SUPERB, doubly-terminated tourmaline crystal from the Himalaya Mine, out of the Russell Jones collection. It has a super pyramidal termination, interesting and unusual in that the faces are silky, with glass-smooth bevels where they meet! This crystal is quite gemmy for the Himalaya. it is mostly a fine bright pink, with a hint of green towards the middle. Excellent luster. This fine gem crystal weighs 24 grams.
4.9 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm. Two tightly inter-grown, very gemmy crystals of tourmaline from Pech. The crystals have subtle, light pink and green tones. The terminations are glassy and perfect. Just a bit of attached matrix. Weighs 10 grams.
2.3 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (largest). Three excellent, OLD-TIME, very gemmy and lustrous tourmalines to 2.3 cm are glued into a plastic case. The two indicolites, of different blue shades, are sharply terminated, while the light green crystal has two healed terminations. Comes with an old John Albanese, a prominent East Coast dealer, label dating from 1953-1968. The label says Pala and I think the crystals are from the Stewart Mine though perhaps one is from King Mine. Ex George Elling Collection.
4.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm. An aesthetic specimen of two, very gemmy and lustrous, parallel-growth, green tourmaline crystals from a BRAND NEW LOCALITY and FIND in Brazil - the Teixerinha Mine in Minas Gerais. The pyramidal terminations are frosted. The crystals have a pleasing emerald-green color, which the UNRETOUCHED backlit photo highlights. 4 grams.
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm. A fine, very gemmy California tourmaline crystal - with a superb termination, fine luster, and no contacts or attachments. As you can see, it has very good clarity and two tones of green - bottle green at the bottom, grading to a more spectral green near the termination. Weighs 15 grams. Characteristic of unusual all-green tourms from here.
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