Tourmaline (bicolor)

Item Description

Here we have a beautiful miniature size, bi-colored crystal with fine glassy luster and excellent gemminess. The top most portion of the crystal is a gentle pink hue with transitions into a very soft blue zone in the center and then goes back to the pink tone. Afghanistan has truly produced some of the most attractive Tourmaline specimens around for the last 25 years or so, and they have really held their own against Tourmalines from other world localities. This crystal is certainly clean enough in areas to produce wonderful gemstones. The crystal is complete all the way around with an excellent termination. It is becoming more and more difficult to obtain superb quality Tourmalines from Paprok for decent prices, as the locals seem to be charging more and more for them after each new find. It has also come to my attention that the Chinese are buying up a large percentage of the gem grade Tourmalines from this area, so less and less material is available on the market in recent years. Valued at $1650 in the inventory.