Tourmaline on Smoky Quartz (uncommon combo)

Pech, Konar Province, Afghanistan
Cabinet, 12.0 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm
Start Time: 03/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/17/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A dramatic and very uncommon CABINET combination specimen from the pegmatites at Pech. Two, beautifully gemmy and lustrous, bi-colored, pastel-pink to seafoam-green to teal-blue, tourmaline crystals are very jauntily set at the termination of a very large, lustrous and translucent, smoky quartz crystal. The striking large tourmaline is 4.8 cm and both terminations are broken. The smaller tourmaline is 3.2 cm, doubly terminated and is pristine. The smoky has a razor-sharp termination with trivial edgewear. Contacting is mostly restricted to one side of the impressive large smoky. Tourmaline and smoky combinations of this size and quality are rarely available from Pech.

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