Tourmaline on and included inside Smoky Quartz (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

Pakistan has produced a good number of fine gem crystals/minerals over the last few decades, but not a lot of great Tourmalines. With regard to Tourmaline crystals, Pakistan is typically outshined by the specimens from nearby Afghanistan, but there are a few localities that produce some very attractive specimens. This piece is from Chhappu, which is not typically known for its Tourmalines, and came from a small pocket a couple years ago. The piece hosts several attractive green colored, gemmy, prismatic crystals of Tourmaline sitting on and included inside gemmy, colorless, hexagonal crystals of Smoky Quartz. The largest Tourmaline measures 2.7 cm. No major damage I can see, though the termination of one of the Quartz crystals has an indentation where a Tourmaline crystal once grew and left behind a little "cast". A good-sized, showy and desirable specimen from a fairly hard to find locality in Pakistan.