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Tourmaline
- Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
- Ex. Brian Kosnar, Rice Museum
- Thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 03/30/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/08/2023 7:20:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $654
Item Description
The famous Himalaya Mine has produced some of the most iconic, eye-catching, and colorful Tourmaline specimens in the world. This piece is a robust, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, attractive multi-color crystal with a strong pink hue through the majority of the prism, and is topped off with a gemmy, blue-green colored "cap". When the piece is backlit, the two colors really stand out. I can't say for sure which pocket this piece is from, but I'll be that there are Himalaya experts out there who might know. There is a spot on the back of the crystal where another Tourmaline presumably once grew, but it is NOT damaged, and upon close inspection, I can see that it is fully recrystallized. A fine thumbnail-sized representative gem crystal from this historic locality. The specimen weight is 19.45 grams. From the collection of Brian Kosnar. Donated to the Rice Museum by a local donor, for this benefit auction.
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Bidding History
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| $654 | 04/08/2023 7:12:49 pm (CDT) |
| $629 | 04/08/2023 7:07:50 pm (CDT) |
| $604 | 04/08/2023 7:02:47 pm (CDT) |
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