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3.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm. A very nice pair of terminated raspberry red Tourmalines from an unusual locality. The luster on the crystals, the largest of which is 3 cm x 2 cm, ranges from fair to very good, and the color is very attractive. The terminations on the crystals are particularly rich in cranberry color. A very nice tourmaline from an unusual location! Probably mined in the late 1980s or early 90s. Ex. Charlie Key stock.
12.6 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm. This large matrix is shot through with opaque crystals of rubellite tourmaline of a deep salmon-red color, still embedded in the host matrix of massive lepidolite in which they formed. There are dozens of crystals here! It is most interesting to see tourmaline crystals in situ, particularly when the specimen is this rich and from a classic locality! This material historically was very prized as carving rough as far back as the early 1900s and much was sold to China as well as to gift shops and the like in the US. Now, it is hard to come by. Though massive, this is a good example of classic old San Diego commercial carving rough.
3.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm. A beautifully gemmy green tourmaline crystal from a BRAND NEW LOCALITY and FIND in Brazil - the Teixerinha Mine in Minas Gerais. The highly lustrous pencil tourmaline is aesthetically wrapped in lustrous, off-white, tabular lepidolite crystals. The crystal has a pleasing emerald-green color, which the UNRETOUCHED backlit photo highlights.
4.9 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm. A pristine, gemmy and lustrous Himalaya tourmaline. This showy crystal is nicely accented by off-white cleavelandite blades on one side, but is UNUSUAL and UNCOMMON, in that that the core and termination are green and the outside rind is raspberry-red. The complex pyramidal termination is also unique, in that the terminations faces alternate between being glassy and having a frosted finish. Older Himalaya material.
3.4 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm. This 15-gram crystal is just INCREDIBLY gemmy for the Himalaya! And, it is terminated, and has accenting albite and a little lepidolite that really set off the crystal beautifully. The great majority of Himalaya crystals are translucent-to-transparent rather than truly gemmy, so this is quite special. There is a small plateau on the back side with a little chip in it, but it is not a detraction unless you go looking for it. Just a super-pretty display face, with the termination slanting towards you, and the albite/lepidolite perfectly placed.
2.6 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm, 2.4 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm, 1.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm. THREE very gemmy, terminated crystals of tourmaline from Pech - fine bright green color and super luster.
4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm. Let me say right off that this fine crystal does have one repair at around the mid-point. This being said, it is hard to find tourmalines from this locality, and this is a really good one! It has a pink core with a light, bright pastel-green rind and termination. The termination is complete, undamaged and gemmy, and there is no contact or damage on the rest of the crystal either other than a couple of barely visible micro-dings. The crystal is nicely transparent as well. It weighs 15 grams.
6.8 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm. Crystals of green tourmaline shooting through a gemmy crystal of quartz like swords through a stone! When these come out, the tourmalines are usually bashed up pretty badly, but these are in unusually good shape. There are even some complete terminations, which is not common since the terminations cannot usually be preserved when these are taken out. The tourmalines are cutter-quality gem material, the longest measuring almost 4 cm, with one of its terminations intact! A very dramatic specimen!
3.6 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm, 3.2 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm, 2.5 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm. Three small gem crystals of tourmaline from the Pederneira Mine - all terminated, complete and lustrous.
8.4 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm. A very unusual tourmaline crystal from the Safira Mine in Brazil. This large crystal grew to a certain point, then formed most of a termination - but part of the crystal kept growing another 3.5 cm. So, you have what looks like one crystal growing out of another one. The bottom, thicker part has a pink core wrapped by bottle green. The top part is translucent bottle green. An old piece, with a J.C. Filer label.
6.1 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm. A big, fat Himalaya tourmaline crystal, a fine translucent pink for most of its length, but capped with a deep red gemmy termination - really unique! This termination is super-lustrous and has not contacts or damage. The crystal is complete all around, with no contacts, and there are a few little lavender-colored lepidolites on the sides. Weighs an impressive 80 grams.
2.9 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm. A super-gemmy and beautiful crystal of tourmaline, terminated and with an intense scarlet tip complementing the light green bottom part.
5.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm. A SUPERB, GEM, emerald-green tourmaline crystal from Virgem da Lapa, Brazil. This killer crystal has a complex pyramidal termination, that is achroic or colorless. Very nearly pristine, with only the faintest bruising on one termination edge. This is a CLASSIC, OLD-TIMER that Ed Ruggiero bought from Pala Properties in 1976. 28 grams. This material came out briefly from Virgem da Lapa and not again in such quality here.
5.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm. I was told that this was found circa 1920, though there is no way to prove it now. However, it IS a classic old-style tourmaline from an important East Coast locale, showing a famous "bent" style that was well-documented here. This bending reflects natural break-and-reheal cycles within the pocket as the crystal grew. Seldom do you see the effect so pronounced! Ex. Lazard Cahn, George Elling Collections.
4.1 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm. A colorful, blue-green tourmaline characteristic of the famous find here in the early 1970s, with deep hue and good glassy lustre. This piece has great color saturation, really showing off the blue shade of the coloration in particular. Henry Minot specimen.
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