Tourmaline with Lepidolite

Golconda area, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 6.0 x 5.1 cm
Start Time: 08/10/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/19/2023 6:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $715
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Item Description

Tourmaline from Brazil keeps surprising us, and this is from one of the few new finds of 2022, a multicolored cluster from the Golconda region of mines. The specimen features a single 7-cm-long and terminated crystal, perched as if like a balanced dancer atop the cluster of tourmaline and lepidolite below. It is dark, but has color when backlit, as you will see in the video. We did not strongly light it for the photos - and you should get color if it has a light aimed at it in a case, though admittedly it first appears dark. It has an attractive composition, overall. Note, it has 2 or possibly 3 repairs, cleanly done, as is typical for Brazilian tourmaline clusters. This specimen is donated by MINERALAUCTIONS.COM as part of the 2023 Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium benefit auction, with proceeds benefiting Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and mindat.org. Thanks to all of our participants!

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$715 08/19/2023 4:07:20 pm (CDT)
$690 08/19/2023 4:07:20 pm (CDT)
$665 08/19/2023 3:00:18 pm (CDT)
$640 08/19/2023 2:38:53 pm (CDT)
$615 08/19/2023 1:59:06 pm (CDT)
$600 08/19/2023 1:59:06 pm (CDT)
$560 08/18/2023 11:31:50 pm (CDT)
$555 08/18/2023 11:31:49 pm (CDT)
$535 08/18/2023 7:14:15 pm (CDT)
$510 08/18/2023 7:14:15 pm (CDT)
$420 08/15/2023 9:54:10 pm (CDT)
$410 08/15/2023 2:55:26 pm (CDT)
$400 * 08/12/2023 11:29:11 pm (CDT)
$400 * 08/12/2023 11:29:11 pm (CDT)
$360 08/12/2023 11:28:45 pm (CDT)
$350 08/12/2023 11:28:45 pm (CDT)
$310 08/11/2023 6:26:01 pm (CDT)
$300 08/11/2023 6:26:01 pm (CDT)
$100 08/11/2023 4:26:13 pm (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.