Gemmy bluecap Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite

Item Description

A remarkable, 6.0 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm, fat, fantastically shaped, squat bi-colored tourmaline with a rare blue cap termination. In fact, it is purple, teal-blue and shades of blue, with really nice color patterns that are more subtle in person than they appear in photos. The crystal is remarkably gemmy in the upper section and translucent for one so fat in width. It is complete all-around, with all sides lustrous and capped by the matte surface on top. The purple cap turns the rest of the crystal a gorgeous robins egg-blue, when backlit through the termination. The matrix is purple, sparkling lepidolite and an attached, partial tourmaline crystal (that side crystal is broken, but was broken in situ long ago and is not a fresh break). It is extremely rare to see these come back on the market now, as they all came out in a trickle some time ago, from just a few pockets (as I recall, mostly between 2000-2005). Valued at $3500-4500 and a stunning piece, in person