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Mineral Specimens with Elbaite
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5.8 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm. A dramatic and elegant watermelon tourmaline from recent finds at the Pederneira Mine of Brazil. The striking, gemmy and lustrous, main crystal has cranberry-red running throughout the length of the core of this beauty. The very thin green rind is beautifully capped by a teal-blue zone and the termination is a super-lustrous purple. The exquisite sidecar crystals at the base really add character to this fine piece. The long sidecar is pristine. The couple of other crystals have broken tips and there is slight contacting on the main crystal termination.
6.7 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm. A beautiful, bi-colored, gem tourmaline from recent finds at the Pederniera Mine of Brazil. The lower half of this lustrous crystal is a very pleasing combination of teal-blue and green, which grades upward to emerald-green. The steep, black pyramidal termination with intriguing etched faces tops off this excellent crystal. The pink lepidolite spray at the base is a nice accent. A classic Pederneira bi-color tourmaline.
A finely-terminated elbaite that grades from pink, to green, then to a gemmy pink at the termination. 5.6 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm. The Otjua Mine of Namibia has produced a beautiful and wide variety of polychrome tourmalines. This aesthetic cluster, with a dramatic, angled crystal, features lustrous, translucent, green-to-teal-blue crystals with pink terminations. Complete-all-around and pristine, this is a floater cluster and all of the crystals are doubly terminated. The main shaft is a beautiful array of variable length, parallel-growth crystals. Excellent material from the 1970s or 80s from this well-known locale. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
6.4 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm. A beautiful, polychrome, gem tourmaline from recent finds at the Pederniera Mine of Brazil. The lower part of this lustrous beauty is a watermelon tourmaline with the cranberry-red core surrounded by green. Next is a very pleasing teal-blue, which grades upward to emerald-green. The steep, black pyramidal termination with intriguing etched faces tops off this excellent crystal. A classic Pederneira polychrome tourmaline.
3.6 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm. A fine and highly unusual, bi-colored tourmaline from the Himalaya Mine. The classic, Himalaya pink body sharply turns to green. The gemmy and lustrous termination is a strange-looking, multiple parallel-growth with varying lengths of crystals. Older material from the 1970s or 80s. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
4.7 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (largest). Beautiful gem tourmaline crystals from Paprok that are pretty much "classic" in design and coloration for this locality - with a bright green bodies and a glassy, gemmy pink tips. Also familiar are the multi-peaked terminations. Both are complete-all around. Both crystals have just a bit of attached matrix on one side. Total weight is 9 grams, 6 and 3 grams, respectively.
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm. A Himalaya tourmaline crystal with a rare association of tan, translucent stilbite crystals. The pearlescent stilbites grew right on a side and the top of the fine, bi-colored crystal. The gemmy and lustrous tourmaline itself is classic Himalaya pink color turning to green at the base. The tourmaline and the large stilbite are pristine. A remarkable and highly unusual Himalaya combination specimen.
8.1 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm. This is a superb tourmaline for this style, and size range. The color is magnificent, the crystal is fat, and the lustre is high. Moreover, the termination is as lustrous, if not more so, than the sides. The termination is pristine except for the tiniest of edge wear, and one small white speck is actually an internal near-surface feature and not damage. Weighs 86 grams.
5.3 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm. Rich Kosnar obtained the specimen from his old friend and former partner, mineral dealer Walt Lidstrom. This piece is a great historic example of intergrown pair of vivid, gemmy pink Tourmaline crystals with minor associated Lepidolite and Albite (var: "Cleavelandite") The crystals are very lustrous, with complete basal terminations, and excellent color. To top it off, on the back (reverse) side of the specimen there is a small "cat’s eye" Tourmaline crystal of a pale pink color. The bottom of the specimen shows that these crystals are not pink throughout, but actually have green "cores" at the base. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm. The mine at Otjua, Namibia has produced a beautiful and wide variety of polychrome tourmalines. This sculptural, complete all-around, gemmy and lustrous crystal has a gorgeous, teal-blue body with a raspberry-red core at the base. The very interesting, star-shaped, pyramidal termination has lustrous and matte faces. The crystal is very nearly pristine. Excellent material from the 1970s or 1980s from this well-known locale.
4.9 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm. A fine and very unusual looking watermelon tourmaline from an uncommon Coronel Murta locale - the Machicho Mine. The lustrous, lower green, outer portion of this watermelon tourmaline has been partially resorbed and etched, giving the crystal a strange, shimmering look. The green zone below the termination is beautifully gemmy and lustrous. The pyramidal termination is shades of green and pink. This is a complete-all-around, pristine and fascinating Brazilian tourmaline.
4.7 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm. A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, bi-colored, stacked, tourmaline crystal from the well-known 2001-2002 finds at the Cryo-Genie Mine of San Diego County. The intergrown, stacked crystals have beautiful, bright pink bodies and pastel blue-green terminations.
4.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, bi-colored, sceptered green tourmaline with a pink base and striking pyramidal termination with intriguing etched faces. This gorgeous, uncommon and older specimen is from the Barra de Salinas pegmatites of Brazil; and later the Steve Smale Collection. Complete all-around and nearly pristine. Weighs 8 grams.
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm. A really fine and interesting Pederneira thumbnail of a gemmy and lustrous, watermelon tourmaline crowned by a "cap" of sharp, water-clear, quartz crystals. The tourmaline and the quartz crystals are peppered with pastel-lavender lepidolite crystals. Ex. Tim Sherburn Collection.
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