Indicolite Tourmaline (GEMMY ''floater'' crystal)

Item Description

The world-famous Pederneira Mine has been producing some of the most iconic Tourmaline specimens in the world for decades. It is celebrated for the superior quality and size of crystals that are found in a rainbow of colors. This beautiful small cabinet sized piece is a classic gemmy Indicolite tourmaline from circa 2010 finds. The highly lustrous, striated, steel-blue prismatic trigonal crystal is VERY GEMMY (and even WATER CLEAR in areas) and is complete all around. The piece is technically a "floater" as it features a basal termination on one end, and the other end is fully crystallized ("re-healed") featuring many tiny Tourmaline crystals and a bit of intergrown feldspar. If you look closely, the basal termination shows a dark purple hue, which is not unheard of, but certainly rare for Tourmaline. There us one clean repair on the crystal, which is certainly acceptable in the context of pegmatite species. VERY DIFFICULT to photograph correctly with the gemminess, glassiness, high lustre and striations. MUCH better in person! Specimen weight is 21.20 grams. A fine, classic gem Pederneira Indicolite. Priced at $3,000 in the inventory.