Rubellite Tourmaline in/on ''Lepidolite''

Item Description

A nice combo piece from the historic Himalaya Mine featuring prismatic, translucent, lustrous, striated, lovely reddish-pink colored Rubellite Tourmaline crystals which are sitting on an partially embedded in silvery purple colored "Lepidolite" matrix. The largest Rubellite crystal measures 1.6 cm long. It should be noted that this particular Mica has been referred to as "Lepidolite" for many years, but it is no longer a valid mineral species. According to the information you can see on mindat.org, Lepidolite is now defined as a mineral in the so-called Polylithionite-Trilithionite series. In any case, the term Lepidolite is still used commonly, and we're sticking with it for the purpose of this listing.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 61.3.1.8 CA.3; 5136 George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
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