- MD-159396
- Elbaite, Lepidolite
- Teofilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
- Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 7.3 x 6.6 cm
- SOLD
This specimen out of the Elling Collection has an old Eugene Sensel collection label with it. It features a number of large green tourmalines, to 5.5 cm in length, attractively piled up on a contrasting matrix. The tourmalines show good transparency, and the piece was extracted with all but a few of the crystal terminations intact. The brecciated matrix that is shot through with translucent columnar books of lepidolite.