Red tipped Tourmaline (Smale Coll.)

Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.5 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Start Time: 11/14/2009 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/24/2009 8:07:46 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, highly desirable, "red-tip" tourmaline from the famous Cruzeiro Mine. The gemmy, cranberry-red, pinacoidal termination dramatically turns downward to a starkly contrasting, very gemmy, steel blue-gray. This beauty is complete all-around and pristine. This is classic, old, 1960s-1970s material from this renowned locale. Ex Steve Smale Collection. 8 grams. Valued at $800-1000. Try to find another.

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