Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Item Description

This specimen features excellent quality, shortened/flattened gemmy green lustrous crystal of Uvite Tourmaline measuring up to 8 mm across sitting atop gemmy, white/colorless Magnesite crystals on a pinkish colored matrix. The quality is good for the species, and these are some of the finest examples of Uvite in the world. A beautiful thumbnail of this rare Tourmaline species. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").