Rubellite Tourmaline with Quartz

Jonas Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (1978)
Miniature, 4.7 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Start Time: 11/12/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/24/2009 7:00:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An unusual castle-like growth of intermixed rubellite tourmaline, and quartz, ingrown into each other. This is a Jonas Mine tourmaline from the classic 1978 find here, with the right color if not gemminess to it. It is not a typical Jonas at all, which is why it is perhaps interesting to the tourmaline collectors. The top is terminated, etched into an elongated termination as you see

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