Indicolite Tourmaline (3.48 grams) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Item Description

A wonderful group of Tourmaline crystals from an undisclosed locality in Minas Gerais featuring sharp, lustrous, striated prisms and a beautiful light blue color (Indicolite) with minor pink highlights. The crystals are pretty gemmy, and lustrous on the prism faces, with slightly matte luster on the terminations. Very good shape, though there is a separation mark on the back of the smaller crystal where another Tourmaline once grew. . Specimen weight is 3.48 grams. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").