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Elbaite Tourmaline
$1,500.00 €1,265 £1,090.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID:
CC21305
This beautiful miniature Elbaite Tourmaline is from a pocket discovered in the Coronel Murta pegmatite in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais; an area known the world over for its magnificent gem minerals. This single, ex. matrix Elbaite crystal measures 4.1 cm tall and has a slightly elongated asymmetric hexagonal cross-section. The prism grades from limpid flamingo-pink pervaded by wispy dislocations within the Tourmaline lattice to an increasingly gemmy and intensifying hot cerise-pink. This is followed by an orange-crimson zone then finally a termination of ruby and cranberry-red. The termination forms an almost symmetric pyramid with mirror-smooth faces and a brilliant glassy lustre. A fabulous Elbaite Tourmaline from Coronel Murta, mounted vertically on a small, colourless acrylic base.