Tourmaline (bi-color) on Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a beautiful 1.7 c, crystal of bi-color Tourmaline with lustrous, striated prism faces and good saturation for the size sitting on translucent white / colorless Quartz matrix. A beautiful green colored pyramidal termination on the Tourmaline gives way to an alluring and rarely seen silvery-lavender hue throughout the rest of the crystal. The piece is in good shape and would make a nice addition to any Tourmaline suite, a gem crystal collection, or a Brazilian collection. Classic material and great quality from the standpiont of color. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").