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Bi-colored Elbaite w/ Quartz
- Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
- Thumbnail, 2.4 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
- Start Time: 04/09/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/16/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The pretty pastel-pink body of this elbaite has a nifty 4 mm gem colorless section below the glassy termination. The quartz shard matrix gives this cutie pizzazz. One prism face of the crystal is contacted, where another crystal once lay, but there is very little actual damage. A classic and showy combination thumbnail from the famous Tourmaline Queen Mine. Probably older material, but no proof. Valued by the former dealer at $195.