Tourmaline (tricolor) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a beautiful crystal of tricolor Tourmaline with lustrous, striated prism faces and good saturation for the size. A RICH cranberry colored termination gives way to an odd an alluring silvery-green hue in the center, and ending with lighter slightly orangey-pink color at the base. The piece is in good shape, with only a bit of roughness on the back, and would make a nice addition to any Tourmaline suite, a gem crystal collection, or a Brazilian collection. Classic material and great quality from the standpiont of color. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").