Polychrome Tourmaline with Lepidolite

Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Start Time: 10/21/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/29/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A classic and classy, polychrome tourmaline from recent finds at the famous Pederneira Mine. This gemmy and lustrous cutie grades upward from cranberry-red at the base to pleasing pink to near coloress to teal-blue to green at the weirdly etched, steep, three-sided, pyramidal termination. The lavender lepidolites and little sidecar crystal at the base are nifty accents. Complete all-around and nearly pristine. The little sidecar has a broken termination and part of one side of the crystal is contacted, but has no damage, per se. Everything you want from a little Pederneira, color and quality.

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