Schorl Tourmaline on Albite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful cabinet specimen featuring sharp, lustrous, prismatic, jet-black crystals of Schorl Tourmaline on lovely, bladed, pearly, lustrous, translucent, white Albite crystals matrix. This piece hails from the famous Golconda Mine of Brazil and is an old-timer from the 1970s. A nice combo specimen from this well-known mine. From the worldwide collection of noted Idaho collector Geary Murdock. Among other accomplishments, Geary was responsible for discovering some of the finest gem grade deep blue Aquamarine crystals in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho - which remain arguably the finest Aquamarines from any North American locality. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36634006/geary-jack-murdock