Bi-colored Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Lepidolite, etc.

Item Description

Sculptural and uncommon large tourmaline and smoky quartz combination from the renowned Himalaya Mine. A pleasing, gemmy bi-colored 2.7 cm tourmaline is aesthetically set between a diverging pair of glassy, lustrous, transparent to translucent smoky quartz crystal sections. The gemmy and lustrous bi-colored tourmaline has classic "Himalaya pink" outer area surrounding a darker core and an unusual stepped-growth pinacoidal termination. Gray Kaolinite is attractively set atop the piece and the piece is further complemented by a field of lilac Lepidolite crystals on the back. Adding character and interest the tourmaline becomes a schorl and protrudes out of the bottom of the piece. The tourmaline is about 5.7 cm long. Tourmaline and smoky quartz combinations with accessories are quite RARE from this famed locale and this is a very fine and unusual example.