DT bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Quartz & Cleavelandite ex Obodda

Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
Miniature, 5.4 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Start Time: 03/14/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/21/2013 6:38:46 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A killer tourmaline combination specimen from Stak Nala and the Herb Ododda dealer stock. This superb and aesthetic, doubly terminated, bi-colored, crystal looks like a winged Valkyrie with the two, strikingly extended, sharp, tabular quartz crystals! The gemmy pyramidal termination is a beautiful clear pink above the glassy body of dark green with bright areas of olive-green. The basal pinacoid has a thin layer of pastel-pink above olive-green and dark green. Smaller quartz blades and the striking, bladed cleavelandite corsage "tail" at the base are super accents. This is stunning, incredibly sculptural 360-degree large miniature. The tourmaline is very nearly pristine, with only one tiny spot of side wear at the base of the large pink termination. Both "wings" are pristine. The only attachment point is on one side of cleavelandite corsage at the base. This is undoubtably the finest, most aesthetic, Stak Nala combination tourmaline of this size tha we have offered at auction. Valued at $1200-1500 and worth it.

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