Gem bi-colored Tourmalines

Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Miniature, 4.6 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm (Largest) (2 Pieces)
Start Time: 01/20/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/26/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A "gem" of a two-piece deal! Two, beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, bi-colored, tourmalines have pink cores with green rinds (watermelon tourmaline), gorgeous, gemmy, bottle-green, mid-sections and pretty pink, complex, pyramidal terminations. The large crystal is technically doubly terminated, as the base broke, healed and regrew. The large crystal has a bit of albite at a contact and nearby there is a nearly full-length contact, where another crystal lay, but there is no damage, per se. The smaller crystal also has a side contact, with only very trivial bruising. Classic and colorful Paprok tourmalines. This is a very nice lot. 15 grams total weight. 9 and 6 grams each.

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