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Tourmaline (ex Kosnar and Petereit Collections)
- Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
- Miniature, 4.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 05/13/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/20/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A lot of people think of Tourmalines when it comes to the Gillette Quarry, and this piece is a good example of said material. This is a lovely reference Tourmaline from Haddam Neck. It features a 1.3 cm, sharp, thin, somewhat lustrous, gemmy, blue-green crystal with a rare bright yellow termination which is sitting flush against the matrix which consists of a partial dark Smoky Quartz crystal. Yellow is a rare color when it comes to Tourmalines, but Haddam Neck produced a fair amount of them. A nice specimen of this rarely seen material from Connecticut.