An unusual tourmaline, I would say! The reason is that pastel-colored tourmalines from here seldom have strong color depth, but this one does. In other words, most pale tourmalines are second-rate, because of it. Somehow, it works for this piece - a strong pastel color that is NOT second-ran at all but rather just plain different than the normal Afghani style. Both the blue and the pink are deeply colored and unusual shades to find in combination with each other. It looks more like a popsicle than like a natural tourmaline, I admit. This cluster is also pristine, and complete all around as you can see here. It is 275 grams. The main crystal is 3.5 x 3 cm There are gemmier, more deeply colored tourmalines out there...but this one just has a unique quality to it that makes it stand out for color impact and beauty, even among the crowd. It is from the collection of Dr. Ed David, a remarkable collector and also a scientist in the real world; who was president Nixon's science advisor among other positions he has held. Ed collected very few crystals of the gem species, perhaps 10% out of 1000 specimens only, and so they each HAD to be unique for him to want them. Price includes specimen, painting, and custom lucite base for display.