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Tourmaline (Smale Coll.)
- Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Miniature, 4.1 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
- Start Time: 05/21/2009 5:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/28/2009 6:11:55 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, pink tourmaline with a cranberry-red, pyramidal termination area from the famous Cruzeiro Mine of Brazil. There are even gemmy flashes of yellow-green on the very top of the termination! This very nearly pristine beauty is old-time material from the 1960s or 70s and is from the Steve Smale Collection. Super trivial termination edgewear is barely visible. Cruzeiro tourmalines of this color and quality are only available from older, recycled collections, such as Steve"s. 15 grams.