Gem Tourmaline on Quartz

Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 3.1 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 02/25/2017 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/02/2017 6:32:21 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An adorable tourmaline and smoky quartz combination miniature from the famous Cruzeiro Mine. A 2.2 cm parallel-growth cluster of gem, glassy, well-striated, pretty bottle-green tourmaline crystals with very dark purple terminations is dramatically set on the side of sharply terminated, water-clear. light smoky quartz crystal. The 360-degree smoky is very nearly pristine, with only trivial edge wear. The nearly pristine tourmalines are actually doubly terminated, having a healed base, and have only trivial bit of termination edge wear to the primary tourmaline. Classic and excellent, old-time material from the 1960-70s finds at this noted pegmatite. Multiple display possibilities on this amazing cutie.

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