Bi-colored Tourmaline on Smoky Quartz ex Saller Coll.

Item Description

A classic, older combination specimen from the famous Himalaya Mine. Two, gemmy and lustrous, bi-colored tourmalines are very aesthetically set on the side of a sharply terminated, water-clear, smoky quartz crystal. The tourmalines have beautifully gemmy pink bodies with striking gray terminations. The large tourmaline is 3.7 cm and the single cleavelandite blade is a super accent. The quartz termination is strikingly pristine and the side contacting on the smoky is essentially damage-free. The trivial termination edgewear on the large tourmaline is barely noticeable and is certainly not a detraction. This very showy and seldom available Himalaya combo piece probably dates to the 1970s or 80s, possibly earlier. Ex Saller Collection.