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Watermelon Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite 
Back to Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Dec 8,2011
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Starting Time:12/1/2011 07:00:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:12/8/2011 06:30:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:8.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
- Size Description:Small Cabinet
Description:An aesthetic cluster of gemmy and lustrous, watermelon tourmaline crystals from recent finds at the famous Pederneira Mine. The large, vibrant, cranberry-red/pink cores are sheathed in and capped by beautiful, teal-blue tourmaline. The major crystal has a broken, rehealed. lightly frosted, termination atop - irregular but not broken. Pink lepidolite crystals are peppered on the larger sidecar crystal, which is doubly terminated (the lower termination was broken and 'rehealed'). The small sidecar has a lightly etched, olive-green, pinacoidal termination. Complete all-around and pristine. A classic, representative watermelon tourmaline from this noted locale, circa 1998-2000 finds. Comes with a custom-made and engraved lucite base, valued at $125, for free. Valued at $1250-1500.
