Superb Gem Tourmaline Crystal (lavender termination)

Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Miniature, 5.1 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 11/14/2009 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/24/2009 7:15:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed

Item Description

It has everything you would want in one of these: bright green color at the bottom, and a glassy, bright LAVENDER (rare), pure gem, complex termination with flashing faces. NO contacts or damage. 39 grams. This is a SUPERB and top quality crystal, from the same pocket as the larger one we ran in our $999 auctions this week. I have no others. It was a small find 1 year ago. Yes, this is just what it looks like, a superb and sizeable $2,500 gem tourmaline crystal from Paprok. And that does not mean you should let some bidder walk away with it for $1500: the $2,500 valuation is what you would pay directly to the Afghanistan dealers at Tucson or Denver, and that is what is should fairly go for at auction as well, since these are of course "blue chip" crystals that everyone wants and are never discounted. Anything less and you are getting a BARGAIN.

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