"Red-tip" polychrome Tourmaline (Steve Smale Coll.)

Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Start Time: 05/04/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/14/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, "red-tip", polychrome tourmaline from the famous Cruzeiro Mine. The translucent, cranberry-red, pyramidal termination grades downward to a very gemmy, teal-blue to green at the base. This beauty is complete all-around and pristine. The contact at the base has no damage, per se. This is CLASSIC, old, 1960s-1970s material from this renowned locale. Ex Steve Smale Collection. 12 grams.

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