Tourmaline (cat's eye quality) on Muscovite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

A cool specimen from Pakistan showing a pair of dark blue-green to green bicolor "cat's-eye" Tourmaline crystals which are sitting on a very good sized, complete, "frosted" hexagonal "plate" of Muscovite. There is a minor gemmy Quartz crystal sitting at the base of the Tourmalines. The Muscovite is nearly 100% complete all the way around, save for a small contact on one side. The reverse side of the piece shows a stubby Muscovite crystal with a gemmy golden internal color. Certainly different from anything I have seen from Pakistan, and would make a great addition to a Tourmaline suite. Rarely does one see Muscovite as the matrix for Tourmaline from Pakistan. Valued at $400.