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Gemmy Watermelon Tourmaline
- Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
- Start Time: 03/22/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/28/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A beautiful, 3.0 cm, gemmy watermelon tourmaline has a light green rind around the pastel-pink core. The glass termination is water-clear and you can see the distinct green and pink zones. The crystal is nicely complimented by smaller tourmalines (one with a broken and healed termination) and is aesthetically set in a matrix of bladed cleavelandite and lavender lepidolite. The crystal has only very trivial termination edge wear. Classic, showy and excellent combination material from Paprok.