Bi-colored Tourmaline (classic locale)

Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Start Time: 07/17/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/24/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A colorful and sculptural, bi-colored elbaite from this classic Brazilian pegmatite district. The terminations of the prismatic and flattened parallel-growth crystal cluster are quite gemmy and have very pretty, rose-red color. The lower half of the highly lustrous and striated crystals is starkly contrasting, gemmy to translucent, bottle-green. The frontal display view is pristine, with the contacting on the back being out-of-sight. Such fine colorful combinations are uncommon from Virgem da Lapa and date to 1960s or 70s finds. 20 grams mass.

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